The Most Sustainable Pastured Poultry
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Let me show you the most sustainable way to raise pastured poultry. Chickens, ducks, and turkeys are all inferior to this sustainable pastured poultry. I think that this bird can save the planet!
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I'm no farmer, I don't even have land. But it's really interesting to watch you work through how to have sustainable poultry. It's stuff I never even thought about. Thanks!
When you said, maybe we should all eat beans, that scene occurred to me. In southern California they outlawed cows because of the gas they emit. The dairy farmers moved to Arizona. Having worked at the air quality management district office, I learned it's not the environment, it's about the power. Thanks for the encouragement.
I totally agree, I was just saying yesterday that I believe geese and rabbits are 2 extremely underutilized sources of protein. Love the video!
And rabbit meat cooked in wine garlic and some herbs is absolutely beautiful.
Sadly people are afraid to eat cute animals, so most will never touch rabbit or Guinea pig despite both being 2 of the most efficient forms of meat production in terms of the environment and feed conversion. They're read meat but dont have the drawbacks of duck, chicken, or fish farming and require little to no room since they enjoy enclosed spaces much more then cows or birds so they're one of the only animals that might LIKE living in cages
I heard eating rabbit meat was bad becuase it was lean meat and you need fat too and there’s a disease that hunters that eat mostly rabbits get from not eating enough fat. So eating only rabbit is bad
I think rabbits multiply like rabbits. I think I used to have a great grandpa who bred rabbits and chickens on a balcony. Apperantlybthe rabbits multiplied like rabbits.
Both turn inedible grass into meat, but in a much much MUCH easier and smaller package than cattle. (Has someone done a kg-by-kg conversion of rabbit/goose/beef? Anyway, they're of course not nutritionally equivalent.)
I haven't tasted goose, but it's supposed to be similar to beef. Rabbits are extremely low-fat, but then you can have geese as well to make up for that. These animals, as well as goats, were invaluable to our ancestors. Donkeys were used as working animals, and can also be used as guards. So many animals our ancestors knew the value of, but we've forgotten because of industry.
During the recession I drove tractor trailers into NYC, Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, South Eastern NY for stocking the major chain supermarkets. I saw all the food warehouses just outside the NYC Metro area and how they were stocked from trucks from all over the country. Very fuel intensive. Meanwhile there is virtually NO farming going on in this region except hobby farming, pet horses and haying operations. Horses are an enormous hobby all over! The wealthy keep them as pets on beautiful farms. The farms are everywhere, 6 in my Town alone! There are supposedly more horses in the country now than during the Civil War!
As a long islander I can confirm. Land use here is horribly ineffective.
@@killerqueenisbestmanneko8419 Land use everywhere is horribly inefficient. But that's because the rich folk keep buying up huge swaths of acreage and then just doing nothing with it.
@@WalkerRileyMC i ironically think their land should be seized and expropriated for use by the rest of us. After all, the reason they have the money to buy that land is that they steal our wages in the form of profit. So in a way its actually our land lol
Its especially bad since everyone keeps going more towards shipping ny truck rather then by train.
You couldn't be more wrong. You can move produce from Arizona or California to NY for less fuel per pound of produce than you can from upstate NY. Tractor trailers running on interstates are more fuel efficient than pickup or box trucks on rural roads or state highways. This is very well studies and verified. And of course, shipping by train is even more fuel efficient.
I really like this site for the different content and the way Morgan explains the topics.
Watching the ducklings grow and mimic the adults has been a joy. I wish they would stay babies.
Absolutely! You're right. People complain that the Amazon forest is on fire, but it's on fire to have more land to plant soy. Soy for the farm animals. So I'm NOT buying meat from factories then supermarkets, but from my local farmers who pasture feed. Yes, they do supplement a little. If everybody did like me, the problem would be solved. I should be considering more geese meat, thanks for the thought process.
Nothing like a Christmas goose !
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis are you suggesting that a soy plant would produce as much O2 as a fully grown tree?
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis still won't compare to the thousands of plants and trees destroyed in the fire.
You should Grow SunFlowers to feed your ducks and gain more profit margins by making your own feed.
My ducks don't care for deshelled sunflower seeds and I'd imagine the shells can cause problems in their digestive tract.
@@TAPriceCTR He already feeds them sunflower seeds. Thats why i recommend it
@@jaridkeen123 ok. In that case he doesn't even have to remove them from the flowers. make the ducks do the work :D
@@TAPriceCTR the wild birds don't eat deshelled seeds and they are fine.
@@elhombredeoro955 assuming you meant to say seed instead of eggs... absolutely wild birds which evolved for eating shell on sunflower seeds have no problem with it, however, I'd wager most of them remove the shells themselves. additionally those birds generally have beaks, not bills.
According to Jarid, Shaw already gives his ducks sunflower seeds to which I say "ok" guess I was wrong... but your response about wild birds says nothing about ducks specifically. wild birds kill weasels... but those wild birds are not DUCKS.
I dig how you shoot it straight & give us your informed opinions & perspective. It makes it easy for us to disagree with ya (in only a few points) while keeping the conversation constructive. Cheers
Yes I missed hearing you say all duck go to bed but at least we still saw them going in and oh my goodness when I saw those babies following I LOVED IT!!!! I am so thrilled you found those babies. Great video as always. I just look so forward to all your new video.
You should make a video talking all about your Trees and how long they will take to start producing.
All very great points! I like how Edible Acres does their chicken operation (for eggs). They are nearly 100% fed from food scraps in compost and the bugs they find in them. I think they still keep some grain during the winter, not sure. But yeah I certainly want to try geese on my future homestead.
Hi..... Morgan, thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
My ducklings have been chipping away inside their eggs since last night... a couple of times I’ve heard “cheeping..."
It’s getting exciting... fingers crossed.
Good luck ^^
Connieditz Thank you... the first one, the most vocal one... has made his first crack in his shell a few hours ago... I wouldn’t be surprised if the cheeping he’s making, is cussing 🥰😂😂😂.
@@MyMumHasEpilepsy That sounds brilliant, keep me updated ^^
Connieditz Sure.... I’m really excited... but I know they can die, even during the hatching process... 😢🥰🥰🥰🐣👈🏼🥰🥰🥰
Connieditz the first baby hatched early hours this morning.... OMG... I’m so excited... I don’t know if he’s boy or girl... but his egg was always called ‘Jackson - he was the most vocal, cheeping 3 days before he hatched 🥰🥰🥰.
I love it when you reliese the geese and duck's . It's so cute to watch them walk.
Another side effect of geese: I take it you either mow less often, or have less area to mow since they're basically loud, feathered lawnmowers.
Not to put more pressure on you, but, thanks for another entertaining & informative video. You have a knack to making me laugh at times. Art in CA
You're so great Morgan. I'm from southbury, CT. But yeah u and Allison are the best! I look up to you in many ways.
We have been watching since you started this vlog with your ducks before and we still here.And now we decided to take a vlog with our ducks and chickens in our farm too.Thanks for being an inspiration to us.
thanks for showing off the pond - I was curious what it looked like by now!
Never sick of your info, I just love to watch ur animals and u explain. I grew up on a small farm. We had chickens, ducks, geese, horses, cows rabbits, pigs. Plus fruit trees and berry bushes and nut trees. It was only 3 acres, but wonderful. I had a pet duck. I miss that simple life.
Great video. I especially like your sense of humor.
My mother is from Ireland and talked about eating goose. You need a marketing campaign. Gosh - who has those skills! Go for it! Goose meat has a romantic quality - but also a sustainability feature. In WI there is def a hunting season for geese. I love the sustainability aspect, which I will share with my son is who is working on sustainability issues a a college student.
I love watching your videos, i am saving up money to buy land in South Florida and i want to so more Vegetables, Fruits, and Birds.
All ducks go to bed !
You have a good heart.
You are absolutely right. I was raised on a farm in Northern Idaho. We were organic before organic was a term. In 1975 my x-husband and I moved to South Dakota. What a shock when I saw crop dusters spraying the field of wheat and corn with pesticides. What a shock when I went to work in a feed lot. I would never have believed people were doing such vf things. I hate big Agricultural practices. I miss being on a organic and sustainable farm. Thank you for showing us the difference.
Kathrine Kerns What do you think of family farms in SD? Fortunately, SD has had politicians who came from family farms, some farms dating back to homesteading days, and want those to survive and thrive. There is also a strong Native American influence in SD regarding stewardship of the land as opposed to getting rich any way you can, which stewardship was the attitude of many family farmers from other parts of the country and world, too, who saw their farm as something to last generations. In the 60s-70s there was a back to the land movement of people who didn't want to be a part of big farming, (which emerged to feed the postwar homes as fast and economically as possible), and they made inroads into the way we all thought about our food and our relationship with the land, which at that point was poisoned and teetering on the edge, such as talk about dying Great Lakes. I was in Amarillo about ten years ago and there was a strong odor from the feedlots in Heifer, TX. That's the smell of money. The same thing was said about trying to breathe air laden with oil farther south or in the oil boom in North Dakota. That's the smell of money. Reminds me of the 1800s when the rich lived near their polluting city factories enjoying the smell of money. I guess for some people money CAN buy happiness. Not for most of us. Quality of life means more. I hope you get your organic, sustainable farm. :) Maybe in one of the dying small towns of SD that desperately needs a boost in population as young folks leave for the bright lights and chances at an exciting career in the big city, leaving behind the old folks at home.
@@653j521 I was there in 1973. I lived in Oneida S.D. which was 30 miles north of Piere. I was shocked the first time I saw a feed lot. I was shocked when I saw the aerial spraying of crops. I didn't like any of it. I liked the people, but, never liked they way they raised or cared for their crops and animals. I was more used to organic and sustainable methods, which my father, grandfather and great grandfather used. I don't like big agricultural farms, and think they are wreaking havoc on the environment, including the soil, water and air. The whole food chain is disrupted by not paying attention to the long term consequences of what we put in our soil and water. We need clean air and water, more importantly than anything. I hope that this answered your question.
This works for you on your land, in your region, with your climate and rainfall...
In Northern California there are no Summer rains and have a dozen different micro-climates. For most, geese are not an option unless we irrigate($$$).
A combination of chickens and cattle do better first me on our dry pastures. The cattle eat the standing dry grasses, the chickens follow the cattle and turn their manure piles and scratch under tgr oaks. Yes..we supplement some chvjen feed as well as alfalfa, rotten fruit and veggies in September & October.
PM Beaham I think we would all agree no water, no water fowl would be a good rule of thumb. :)
I love this guy because before he butchers the animals, he cares about them, and gives them a happy life. F THE FACTORIES
OMG that scene when 'all ducks go to bed' and seeing those 3 adorable ducklings following in the lineup...so precious and it must be so rewarding for you. I recently found your channel and got hooked so I'm binge watching oldest to newest videos. You have a gift of storytelling and are very interesting. I can see that it's a lot of hard work and really don't know how you juggle it all. IMO you're doing an awesome job. And..I really hope the 3 ducklings do well! ❤
Yeah!!!!! Water in the pond. all critters looking good.
I suspect a lot of things are faster than the puddle ducks.
I actually dislike the pekings. As in I feel sorry for them, bred into disability.
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis humans didn't spend millions of years evolving flight. So that argument is absolutely invalid
You do have an argument with their lost flight. However, several birds have given up flight including penguins, and all ratites. The campbells (and other domestic breeds) may have lost flight for the purpose of being useful to humans, but like for all domestic animals, being useful to humans has it's benefits including protection. Few domestic dogs could hold their own against a wolf, but there is a big difference between the breeding practices which created the border collie and those which created the pug.
husbandry is taking responsibility for the wellbeing of the animals not just irresponsibly seeing how extreme you can morph them. Until seeing his pekings, I had only seen stills and only knew they we larger and faster growing. Seeing them move like an 800+ pound person makes me believe their breeding has been irresponsible.
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis is that how you silence people who say things you don't like? accuse them of being mean? well guess what. because shame is something which cannot be imposed, your attempt to honesty shame me falls flat. anyone who feels shame about my analogy feels it of their own accord.
just because my analogy isn't sunshine and rainbows, doesn't mean it is not accurate.
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis my cayuga keeps up with my rouen, buff, sweedish blue, and golden 300s just fine. it's not just about top speed, or which is stronger... it is about maintaining viability.
before we continue.... are we arguing about where the line is? or do you believe any breeding practices are fine no matter the problems they impose on the offspring?
yes, your second comment is valid... which is why I liked it.
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis cross breeding of species does make sterile offspring which is a questionable morality... but crossbreeding of breeds within a species generally improves the health of offspring by giving back some lost genetic diversity.
all domestic ducks (except muscovy) came from mallard stock, it's understandable that we needed to take their flight to domesticate them. breeding out their ability to properly walk because we want more meat is the same Machiavellian attitude as leads to chicken battery egg factories.
If you need more duck meat, you can always cook another duck, you don't have to breed them into "obesity". It's fine to breed for size, color, prolific laying or what ever.... as long as you don't throw viability out the window.
I'm not saying pekins are as troubled as certain dog breeds, but seeing how hard it is for the puddleducks to move around, I am glad I did not get any because I find that degree if disability to be sad and something I hate to see DELIBERATELY passed on to the next generation.
I raised geese as a high school kid in northern Minnesota. They were penned in and ate grass mostly and some corn. They were cheaper to raise than chickens, which required a prepared food. I should have used a pen with a top on it as I had three geese fly away. I’m living in the Philippines now and I’m wanting to raise some Toulouse geese again. This time, the pen will have wheels and a too. I learned my lesson.
Great video. I am trying to get back to the basics and get me a small homestead in the future.
I want you to know that I play all of the ads on your videos. I want to help you grow in any way I can. Love your stories!
Your videos are always awesome
Thanks
Linda from Ct
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The show must go on so even with technical difficulties discovered, your synopsis and quick shots with voiceover, told the story while dolling out the cuteness factor. I was amused AND learned important stuff.
Al at Lumnah Acres has you over to help with the barn but I thank you for showing up! Without that alignment of events I might never have found The Quacken Master; a modern farmer, gifted, smart, willing to share his knowledge and understands that communication is key whether friend or fowl.
My grandpa used to slip duck eggs in under broody hens. They hatched them fine, and it was always funny watching them take newly hatched "chicks" past the stream and pond. The ducklings would dive in and the poor hen would have a conniption. A guy I knew who raised geese kept them all together until they were for the most part grown. Then he separated them with a fence between but still "together" and only released one group at a time. They stayed close and didn't wander too far. As opposed to when they were all released at the same time and found the neighbor's newly retiled pool and had an all-afternoon pool party.
Great video, Sir! Quality is through the roof and I think you might have a great point about geese.
Cutest babies ever! That last scene of them all going to bed....priceless! Three little ducklings waddling along.....I laughed! Blessings from NE Missouri!
Thank you for this video. I currently raise ducks on pasture for local restaurants, but it's been such a battle to find even non-GMO feed that's locally available and reasonably priced. We've finally located an excellent source, but we're grain-dependent in many ways. I think I will start a small flock of geese and begin introducing the idea of using more goose to my chefs. Thanks again!
Awesome video. Did anyone else notice the goose 🦆 that kept falling on it's face? 😂
I love americanas. SUCH AMAZING beautiful roosters and hens. I really loved how chill they were.
Enjoy so much also the new movable videos.
lol i love these ducks especially here at 3:48
Release the Quacken!
Fluffy white duck wobbling like crazy: yeeeEEAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
5:15
Airstrike Team Alpha Wing! GO!
That was very interesting. I think it is always a positive when you are less reliant on store bought feed and yet still able to produce healthy fast growing live stock. Thanks.
Very cool, we are all on the verge of better farming technologies. It will improve and more will join in. Big ag can't stop a million little farms like your. So good!
We have geese on our farm, 18, and actually it is quite profitable selling goose eggs for hatching in addition to providing us with a nice amount of meat. Goose confit is the best! And its great that it is basically the same amount of work as slaughtering a duck but you get way more meat. Plus they are a great lawn mower, and in the fall they love cleaning up fallen apples. Seriously underrated animal and extremely sustainable compared to our pigs!
Farm mutt chickens are the best. My most prolific and consistent layer is an easter egger mix one of my broody girls hatched out two years ago. Didn't have a rooster a the time, so I picked up some hatching eggs from a local farm and rolled the dice. Unfortunately got waaaaay too many roosters, but hey, it was only $5 and we still got dinner out of it.
seeing the top of your t-shirt I thought it was going to say 'If it feels good rub it' ;D
Geese do seem to be a good all rounder. Rotated on pasture, insect control, fertilizer, eggs, down and meat - the total package : )
Exactly!
@@GoldShawFarm But, isn't it true that geese only lay a few eggs/year, like 50 or less" And, people in these modern times do not have the taste buds for geese meat. It is great they are cheap to raise, but they are a niche market right now and for the for see able future.
I think I love the puddle ducks the most
Glad the ducklings were ok. I love geese and how they help the land, so much fertilization.. only downside to free range is they poop on your pathways, driveway and eat stuff they shouldn’t.. like my husbands coveralls, shoes, rubber boots 😂 great video and totally agree with your thoughts.
Bravo my friend.Well said. I said for years even if you are in city environment you can do a little bit with container growing and small chicken coops for eggs. Every little bit helps in the big picture of things.
Duck, geese, are DELICIOUS. Not to mention rabbits. So much better meat then your ordinary chicken/turkey.
Thanks for your videos.
Cat is like "screw the food dish, lets go catch some breakfast"......
Oh my gosh they are so cute! They do tend to get in the strangest places though. lol I love the puddle ducks, they are so ungainly on ground but in the water they are graceful... Keep up the great work! BTW I tend to agree with you about the geese. Mine do the same thing...
That is so true the animals that mainly graze on grass are the most sustainable. Besides goose is very good meat. For me it's like a cross between a turkey and a duck, very tender and not dry at all.
Great video, thanks for sharing your farm with us,
Jimmy
Jimmy Clark Did you mean to say birds, rather than cattle or horses, that mainly graze on grass are the most sustainable?
Geese are fairly smart and lovable; people may resist notion of them as the "new chicken"; but the sustainability factor is huge. Blazing Saddles reference! yay
Awesome video. Even better teacher and storyteller.
I think God put animals on the earth for us to eat them and for them to eat other animals. I however don't agree with raising meat the unhealthy way, like GMO and such. As long as we appreciate the things that died for us to live we can continue to sustain a healthy relationship. You need meat to be healthy. It has vitamins and minerals that are vital for our species. But it doesn't mean we aren't environmentalists because we go with the food chain. In fact it's instinct to eat !eat upon all meat eating species. Herbivores only eat herbs because that's what their body only needs. From the start of mankind our body told us it needed meat. That's life. So for those of you who are bashing others for consuming meat and calling them hypocrites...you should rethink. Oh, thanks too gold Shaw farm!!! Love you vids!! Very helpful for my farm!!
You're ducks are so cute.
Just some friendly advice from one who learned the hard way... You should always place hardware cloth on the bottom 2-3 feet of your pens and enclosures as a standard procedure. Reason being raccoons are notorious for reaching through the chicken wire openings, grabbing the heads of the chickens/ducks/babies and ripping them off thus killing your poultry. PLUS, as you just found out, young ducklings/chicks are excellent escape artists.
You’re 100%right. I have the exterior 4 feet covered in hardware cloth, but not the interior. But regardless, it won’t be long before the duck move to their new home.
@@GoldShawFarm You're doing great man. I love your vids and what you're doing out there. I don't have as many geese as you do but more ducks (50). I plan to increase the geese for many reasons, one you just cited here. I'm primarily chasing the egg market for now with the majority of my ducks being Metzer Farm White Layer 300's. Talk about wiping out the bug population around here! I'd love to hear how you went about marketing your eggs back when you had more ducks. Good luck!
@@Seal6Sniper sell organic duck eggs at premium based on demand
@@davelawson2564 Ok. Tell me more. What defines "organic" when it comes to duck eggs. I know the requirements are stringent to qualify as "organic". Who is the market, where is the market, how are you connecting with them, etc. Thanks.
@@Seal6Sniper Do some research
Thanks for the valuable information. You did not mention that the geese and duck meat reared this way is also much healthier. It contains less fat, lots of protein and minerals.
So glad you are highlighting geese
Morgan, That was very thought provoking and probably too much on the keeping it real side for some! Absolutely right, though! Last week we were two eggs off being self sufficient 😀. Me and my sack of layers' pellets, sack of mixed corn, oyster shell, grit and bale of shavings that I drive to obtain. No retail packing or transport in this small way, though.Very good. Regards Stephen.
Oh-my-GHOT, the little babies going to bed. My heart!!
Yes a blazing saddles bean clip!
I have geese. While they may be more sustainable, they are harder to process. Also take longer to finish. 24 weeks. Each one of my girls lay between 10-20 eggs in the spring. All the eggs are never viable. They are the same weight as my Mulard ducks that finish in less than 14 weeks. But man o man having access to goose meat in summer is priceless.
Oh there is water in the Pond👍my duck is fine for two days now,He gets the niacin since thursday.😁♥️Love your videos.hope the baby ducks are fine!
The Christmas goose was very popular in the 1800's according to Charles Dickens / A Christmas Carol. I'm pretty sure my Dad snuck in a goose here and there for family dinners & they're very greasy at least the ones he made.
They’re such a pain to butcher! That’s my problem. I raise 50 Cornish cross chickens for our meat. I raised 3 ducks this year to try it out and the feathers just never stop.
Excellent. Thanks.
Great video. Your video quality is superb. We are just starting our homestead. We don't have any meat animals yet, but our eggs are fantastic, no more store bought eggs!
well said. if you look at it like you said, we all would have to sustain ourselves by growing our own food and raising our own food.
Nice thought you have on geese, they definitely are smaller and grassfed which would solve some issues.
I think the main problem is with today's culture, huge cities of people relying on huge farms with hundreds of livestock. Then half the food is wasted. The best solution isn't going to happen..which is, everyone supplies their own food. There would be a lot less waste! So yes, for you as you said, we must do our best we each can do. Thanks for thinking out your farming solution to benefit this world, everyone's effort adds up!
Excellent look at the question of how _sustainable_ it can be to feed grains to animals -- even if they are kept on pasture. One possible solution if you have enough space is to grow annual crops on part of your own land to provide grain, but then unless you return to animal-powered agriculture (horses, donkeys, oxen, etc.) you still need expensive, fossil-fuel based equipment for seeding and harvesting. That's probably little more sustainable than just buying grain from some other farmer, except that you save some transportation costs.
I think your approach of focusing on the _types_ of animals we raise is the better way to go. Are you able to raise geese _only_ on grass, or do you supplement with grain? If they can live on nothing but pasture grass, that's great!
The problem with omnivorous monogastrics like pigs and chickens is that they require more protein than most pasture can provide with grass alone. Possible solutions include seeding pasture with more protein-rich, leguminous forage (alfalfa, clover, sainfoin, trefoil, etc.) mixed with grass. Another solution would be to find some protein-rich substitute for grain that can be produced on farm. One possibility is growing perennial mast crops (tree fruit and nuts) on the farm that can be collected and used to supplement what is available from pasture. Another consideration is that currently, most farmers send their livestock off-site for slaughter, yet about 1/2 the weight of these animals consists of "waste" which isn't used as human food (feathers, hides, viscera, head, bones, blood, hooves, etc.). If these animals were slaughtered on-farm, all of that protein-rich biomass could be used to provide at least some of the protein-fraction of the diets of pigs and chickens. Of course, it would be necessary to avoid feeding animals their _own_ slaughterhouse waste -- that way leads to madness! (and BSE).
Another good source of protein is _insects_ -- a large-scale BSF larvae composter on the farm might produce enough high-quality protein to satisfy the needs of pigs and chickens. Slaughter waste and manure are ideal food sources for these organisms, if you don't want to feed slaughter waste directly to your larger animals.
Probably the best solution overall is for farmers to switch to raising whatever mix of species is _possible_ using only the resources available on the farm without any external inputs of grain-based feed. If that means that few, if any pigs or chickens can be raised, with most of the animals being a mix of ruminant species (and maybe geese!), then so be it -- the price of pork and chicken will rise accordingly. The price of both are kept unnaturally low right now thanks to subsidized grain production, and this needs to stop.
Andrea Falconiero Good ideas. I'd like to see him go after his bugs with a vacuum cleaner. :) Fly into my face, will you? I think not!
I've never seen anyone farming geese in person but in Alabama, where I'm from, people have long kept goats as living lawn mowers, and for a tax break as property with livestock are taxed as farms not as residential property. Last time I was down there I found out that someone was putting dairy goats out on people's yards to graze and then milking them for cheese. Not really sure if the goats were fed grain supplementally, I didn't see the dairy end of things, but it struck me as a reasonably sustainable operation especially compared to all the industrial coops in the area.
I don't think people realize is we use to "walk" animals to market. They would eat the roadway vertical hedgerows along the way. It was low input and made sense. The way we do it now. The breeding doesn't even make sense anymore.
I know geese are almost entirely grazers but also Muscovy ducks make a very sustainable type of poultry since they can be fed almost as much on grass as geese, up to 85%. And the main advantage of Muscovy ducks is that they are far more prolific than geese producing up to four large clutches naturally per year, or producing up to 150 eggs per year if using artificial incubation. That’s far more than a goose’s total gosling production of only 20-50 per year on average depending on breed. Also Muscovy drakes are just as large as the smaller goose breeds like Chinese geese and make very good meat birds growing faster than geese as well. Because of their prolificness, you get far more meat while having to sustain far less parent birds, so the return is larger than with geese. I think the main reason geese are heavily used in meat production globally is because they are simply not very prolific for their size, for example a turkey is just as large as a goose but can produce up to 80-100 eggs per year. One creation that could potentially even change the world for the better could be a new breed of goose that can produce 70-100 eggs per year on a reliable basis while also having a similar growth rate to say a pekin duck. This could potentially already be achieved with certain kinds of smaller geese like white Chinese geese which are known to be the most prolific goose breed, occasionally even producing up to 100 eggs per year. Those birds that produce those 100 eggs per year could be selectively bred to produce a prolific meat goose breed for commercial production. These birds would be able to have a much higher feed to weight gain ratio than other grazers like cows and sheep, while also being able to be grown sustainably and in large numbers because of their prolificness. I think there are already goose breeds in China that regularly produce 70 or more eggs per year, and so the goose meat industry in China is very large, 90% of the worlds goose meat is produced in China. A prolific goose breed could also be used for sustainable egg production, since goose eggs are so large, fewer of them are needed so a goose that can produce 100 eggs per year while grazing on naturally growing grass would be an excellent sustainable option.
*Awe* Pablo patiently awaiting his morning smooches.
Also, it seems like a similar thing *could* maybe be done with the ducks, but that it would be a lot more involved. If you could replicate their natural habitat with a big ole pond full of a variety of self-propegating goodies...maybe it would work. Of course I have zero experience, so what do I know.
Have you ever considered Muscovy ducks? A very sought after meat and no quack, no noise.
You did a very well job as a farmer..
What do you feed the geese in the winter?
If you are raising geese for your own consumption, are the down feathers difficult to remove?
Morgan, good show. Always entertaining and educational. I really like how those Khaki Campbell ducks are actually taking care of their little ducklings, I am really surprised.....and they seem to be great attack animals as well, lol.
GEESE ARE AMAZING. I ONLY HAVE TWO OF THEM, BUT THEY WERE GUARD GEESE FOR MY CHICKENS, TO WA KE ME UP WHEN SOMETHING WAS ON MY PROPERTY, YET THEY HAVE LEARNED TO GUARD ME MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE THEM , THEY ARE SO AFRAID OF THEM WILL NOT COME AROUND. I don't eat them, or any of my animals they are here for a purpose.
Talking about being responsible while wearing an "If it feels good, do it!" t-shirt.
This is a very ideal life style🤔
The word you're looking for in describing the breed is "landrace." Basically, rather than human-directed selection for traits, you expose a variety of breeds and crossbreeds to an environment (like rural Vermont in this example) and the ones that thrive in that environment breed with each other and reinforce the traits like fecundity and weather resistance that make then suited to the environment they live in. Humans will invariably decide they must have traits x, y, and z, and then bend the animal's environment and reproduction to achieve that.
Let your stock sort out who breeds and how much, and after five generations or so you'll have farm animals that are freakin' bulletproof as far as environmental factors in your climate, other than predators.
That is a wonderful way that think about it!! Thank you
What in the world? Your wife kissed the cat good bye, but not you?...I'm hoping that she did off camera...🥰
lol he was holding the camera and she probably knew he was standing there filming, maybe?
She probably kissed him earlier...
Gmo is actually fine, even help.
Keep up the great work and thank you so much for always answering anything I ask about . There is a few channels on here I watch and I don't get answers which is a let down .
I'm in So. Cal. I do grow tomatoes...... and enjoy some of the "Homesteading Videos". I don't have or want animals, but still enjoy watching them. If there was any animal I would enjoy........it would probably be ducks. That said, your a good story teller and I like this video......keep up the good work!
Hi there long time no see, was soo happy to see you again but that green t shirt with the bear really threw me I'm not sure of what I saw or just thought I saw. Been watching from the start .
Like almost everything in life, it's a trade-off and you should go for the best trade-off you can get. Plain and simple
Smackchow But the options keep changing and knowledge keeps growing so we have to be alert to what is currently the best deal. Perhaps not always so plain or so simple.
@@653j521 that's obvious. always looking for the big better deal.
The other option is just to get poor and eat rice, beans, pasta, vegetables, and eggs (tortillas and spices/sauces too); worked well for me. Now that I don't buy meat I think I'll mostly stick to it even if I'm ever not poor, and I'll go for free range on occasion but I think I'm done buying CAFO. Those pig lagoons (not that I eat pork, I keep Torah) really made the issue very clear and real for me. Lagoons are defined as being near a larger body of water... I sure hope that those pig lagoons are not actual lagoons in that sense, if they are that is horrific.
Awesome and informative video, but the best part was the blazing saddles reference haha
Really enjoy your videos! Also am considering buying a farm and you place me right in the action; inspiring!
What do you feed the geese over winter? Will that mean a lot of hay
Feed them over winter? Thanksgiving and Christmas should have no problem cutting the consumption by culling the herd.
should be going to freezer school
How are the geese not flying over the fence? Flight feathers clipped? I would think they'd still jump and flutter the height of that fence.