With Christmas coming, thoughts may turn to fattening geese. If you’ve considered raising geese for meat, eggs or both, there are several things to keep in mind.

Like cats, dogs, horses, and chickens, geese come in many different shapes, sizes, and temperaments. While a goose’s behavior can be greatly shaped by how it is raised, each breed has distinct traits.

Ducks will gobble up emerging weeds, weed seeds, bugs, slugs and snails in the garden. Whether you raise them for fun or frugality, ducks and geese are great additions to a homestead. They forage for ...

Whether you’re looking for a new poultry adventure or just starting a flock, baby ducks and goslings can be a welcome addition to your backyard. Waterfowl such as ducks and geese can be raised ...

With Christmas comes the reminder that geese are getting fat, so could I just sing the praises of these noble birds, as both garden poultry and Christmas dinners? Producers of gargantuan grade A eggs ...

Goose has never been very important on the American table. It’s all dark meat, for one thing, and we already have a super-sized bird for festival occasions–the turkey, which has pretty much taken over ...