This is a general guide as to how i reccomend the purchase of geese.
If you want geese as social pets, you would like to be able to interact with them, we reccomend buying them as young as possible. Geese bought from my farm are hand raised to 6 weeks before they are returned to their parents. Purchasing before the return to their parents is highly reccomended.
Goslings (baby geese) are very easy to care for. They require a heat lamp (regular 40watt light bulb and a reserve 25watt light bulb) ( or a oil heater on low) for warmth. Depening as to how many you buy they can come off heat at about 4 weeks at whitch age they are able to have the lights removed but still kept in the box. Goslings will start to eat grass from only a few days old, it is best to take them out for walks a few times a day, calling them and getting them used to your voice. They will follow you like young puppy! Keep an eye on them as they are still vaunerable. At this age they can be fed chicken crumbles or NU Duck a barastock product forumlated for waterfowl. All good produce stores will stock both products.
At 6 weeks mine are fending for themselves. They move into their adult house, by 10 weeks in they will be fully feathered and require no special attention. They will still follow you. The more attention you pay to them at this early stage the more attention they will pay to you when they are adults. As goslings get older (6 weeks +) you can introduce wheat and lucern chaff. The wheat helps to keep them warm and the lucern is a good source of protein and builds up fat. I usually ix some crumbles with the wheat and chaff. Grass will also be a staple part of their diet at this age.
Hand raised geese make ecceptional pets, the bonds you devolp at the young age will remain for a lifetime.
Some 3 day old goslings out for a walk