DUCKS AND GEESE 



shelter except during winter and during severe 

 storms. In the North it is the usual practice and 

 good practice to provide shelter for the geese, which 

 may take the form of a poultry house, or of any shed 

 or barn available for the purpose. A shed with 

 openings on the south side makes an ideal goose 

 shelter or house. Most breeders in the South who 

 give their flocks good attention also provide shelter 

 for them during the winter although geese are also 

 successfully kept in that section without shelter. 



The houses provided for the breeders must be 

 kept clean and as dry as possible. The best way to 

 do this is to bed them liberally with straw, shavings 

 or some similar material, especially during the win- 

 ter. As the bedding becomes soiled, more should be 

 added and the house should be cleaned out from 

 time to time and fresh litter put in. 



No equipment for the houses is necessary. The 

 geese will lay their eggs in nests which they make 

 on the floor and if plenty of clean bedding is pro- 

 vided, the eggs will not get badly soiled. Large 

 boxes, barrels, or similar shelter provided with an 

 abundance of nesting material may be scattered 

 about the range to provide places in which the geese 

 may make their nests. 



Yards. Usually no yards are provided for geese 

 as they are allowed the range of a pasture or are 

 allowed to roam at liberty about the farm. Any or- 

 dinary woven wire stock fence such as might be used 

 to fence a pasture will serve to keep the geese con- 



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