. The Game breeder . r them to run on andplenty of water holes or ponds. I use apen about two rods square with a waterhole four feet in diameter, and an Ashaped coop facing southeast and filledwith leaves or straw, in the middle ofthe pen or in the corner farthest awayfrom other pens, for their nesting my geese—about fifty in number—run together in a ten acre cow pasturecontaining two small ponds and plenty ofgrass. As each pair selects their nestand begins laying, I confine them to theirchosen pen. A few days after theyhatch I open the fence and let them goout into the pasture. If I
. The Game breeder . r them to run on andplenty of water holes or ponds. I use apen about two rods square with a waterhole four feet in diameter, and an Ashaped coop facing southeast and filledwith leaves or straw, in the middle ofthe pen or in the corner farthest awayfrom other pens, for their nesting my geese—about fifty in number—run together in a ten acre cow pasturecontaining two small ponds and plenty ofgrass. As each pair selects their nestand begins laying, I confine them to theirchosen pen. A few days after theyhatch I open the fence and let them goout into the pasture. If I want to raisethe goslings as pets, I put the eggs undera setting hen a few days before theyhatch. I feed the babies lettuce andbread soaked in sweet milk for a fewdays and let them run with the hen onthe lawn. As they become strong enoughto bite off the grass I feed them only alittle ground feed, of any kind, twice aday. When about half feathered out Ilet them eat whole grain with the chick- 170 THE GAME BREEDER. Wild Canada Gander Leading a Flock oCWhiteSFronted Geese on H. J. Jagers Plant. ens. Fresh water and sand shouldalways be before them. As they soonfill the water dish with dirt, it should beeasily cleaned, and a partly covered dish,in which they cannot wash, is goslings that run with their parentsseldom get any feed until they can eatwhole grains. As grass is their naturalfood one system is as good as the otherfor growing geese, but the ones raisedby hand are easier to handle because oftheir tameness. They will follow youlike a dog, but if you give them a chance,while young, they will also followstrangers and be lost. I have never attempted to feed for eggproduction. The geese eat with thechickens whatever I happen to feed they start laying while the weather isyet cold, as they often do, I remove theeggs from the nest but substitute oldspoiled ones until the goose is ready toset. Then I take away all the eggs,cover up the nest, and turn the
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