How do you get a goose to accept new babies that arn hers?
I know that geese in general are usually very accepting of babies and often steal other geese babies when they have the opportunity. This works a lot better if the goose that you are trying to get to adopt the baby has babies of her own. Remember the story of the ugly duckling? Was that a goose that took on the swan or was it a duck? If you are going to give the babies to Momma Goose to raise, make sure she has a nest. If she doesn’t, you are going to have to build one for her. Inside her hut, her house, the barn, or the abandoned dog house with a door: start with 1/2″ twigs on the bottom of the floor. Smash them up a bit with your feet, to make the edges soft. I did not say this was going to be easy, did I? Next, get leaves…..3 armloads of leaves, and place on top. Then place 2 armloads of hay on top. Please use Mulch hay, not straw. Straw would poke your eye out, and it is much to stiff for nesting. I always keep a bale of second cutting hay available for this. It is the softest ha
