The lives of Geese

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland today for thousands of farmers worry about lead that flock of geese can be a carefree life - day after day, year after year.

Goose eggs are used occasionally as a food

At some point began to sedentary people to domesticate the Grey Goose. And today, many live on farms in Germany, in Europe but also elsewhere in the world, these domesticated birds, the geese. The geese are usually slightly lighter than their predecessors and can usually no longer fly. But they are very sociable, affectionate and loyal friends of the people have become.

Even the Germans, the Greeks and Romans, of course, the domesticated long before the official era flight of geese. Especially by the Romans even some legends about the importance of the geese as guards and Warner have survived. The geese were and are also mainly because of its tasty flesh and its hot springs, held mainly of the down. Also because their eggs were and are still the geese interesting. We ate earlier, not infrequently, goose eggs. A part of your down from a goose in the spring was attached to one or more geese nest in order to let them hatch and get pretty little goslings, which could attract large and winter kill. Even after 9 to 32 weeks they will be slaughtered today. Even today, some people eat very much like goose eggs. They are prepared just like chicken eggs, but have to cook or fry correspondingly longer, but taste pretty good. Goose eggs, however, are far more energy-rich than the eggs of chickens.

Of course, goose eggs are also correspondingly larger than chicken eggs. One should of course ensure that you are fit already processed no goose eggs. Geese are sexually mature early and stay long until more than 20 years. Today is a domesticated house goose lays eggs in up to 60 years. Goose eggs in the village houses are like used for baking or cooking. The goose eggs are hatched then, 28 days in the nest. In general, the goose incubates the eggs. But the Ganther can temporarily sit on it. He has, on the job, the brooding and the goose to guard and to protect it from predators and intruders. Are the little goslings hatched eggs from the geese, the geese then make the mother and Ganther that they are well protected and have enough to eat.