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Geese have an eventful life...

Domestic goose in chucks - Photo: Carola Schubbel

The geese, which we have today are derived from the geese from the mainly native to Central Europe. They belong to the type of ducks in the scientific sense. The special thing about geese is their relationship to each other. The animals combines a strong social bond with each other. Today it is assumed that the birds can even feel strong emotions like grief, like we do. Often they exclude one party or the death of the chicks from the group and mourn some time alone. geese choose only one partner for life, with which they repeated every year at hatching and rearing chicks. That partner dies, they stay the rest of her 25 years of life alone. If possible, use them to breed every year the same nest. You equip it again and again from new and then hatch from the eggs about 30 days. During this time guarding the nest and its partner the partner. In most cases there are several families of geese in a flock together and give each other at eight. For long flights, which they cover, which is very important. Create a few thousand miles down the animals through the classic V-formation, change in the ever-weary animals back to reduce drag and make flying easier. Formerly, the geese not only as a meat supplier but also as "watchdogs" on large farms and castles. By the loud chatter of animals of each intruder was reported successful.

Proud of its relationship with the Goose - Gander

The protection of his own kind is the very heart of the Gander

Gander outdoor - Photo: Daniel Kühne

The gander, gander proud of how he runs the farm. As he watched his family when the little ones are hatched. What a proud, stately, beautiful bird. A gander lives throughout their lives together only with a goose-wife when they are not separated. What kind of love, loyalty and what that care!.

On some farms the gander also assumes the function of a guard commander, sometimes better than a dog. He lets strangers with no ulterior motive on the court. Ganter can be up to 15 years. However, if they are provided as a Christmas dinner, then they do not live that long. A happy living on a farm Ganter, there are certainly from an excellent festive roast.

Canada Goose Gander - Photo: Martina Berg

This is different than at Gant, who must live together in an industrial fattening unit. They are part of a different type of fish meal. Malnourished. The feed on the organic farm living on the other hand gander of the fresh grass in the garden of potatoes, oatmeal, wild herbs and vegetables, so from what corresponds to the natural diet of its kind. And the reason is that we have a lot of meat tastes better, and did not compare with the taste of fish flesh of a gander, which was fattened industrially.

This type of farming should be abandoned, not only in the selfish interests of man and of his taste, but mainly because the animals themselves what gives man the right to proceed so the animals to keep them in a confined space and meet some kind not only to feed, but to fatten.

The small Goslings and their own unique charm

Geese during the breeding season

Even the geese breed, like all birds in Europe in the spring. What is a joy for the farmers if the small Goslings begin to peck at the shell from the inside and slipping a few hours later, after hard work! How cute are the little Goslings! They are the same on both legs and chatter around the mother. Only when they are tired, they seek the protection of her warm, tight against heat protective plumage. There is to eat oatmeal mixed with chopped nettles. It tastes great. And soon it turns fluffy yellow dress down a little brighter, the wings are clearly visible and frequently beaten with joy. The Goslings now run much farther away from the mother. But do they all like to swim.

Gosling twins - Photo: Simke.

Today there are too many Goslings that are hatched in the incubator. Here, the breeding is done industrially. There are no mothering by the mother goose. And also for the caregivers is very little time to get to their being Cute to erfreuen.

That is really no progress. For Goslings and the whole goose family, because the woman no longer sees geese. Their little geese couples live together anymore because where geese are raised industrially. People are poorer without the chatter of small and larger geese in the yard. And yet there they are, the organic farms, where Goslings grow up completely natural and perfectly happy and prosper. Later, the man the meat tastes much better than those Gosling the meat industrial drawn geese.