Beekissed
Mountain Sage
I've been interested for some time in raising geese for down and making down comforters and pillows. Anyone here do this and could you tell me the details?
I think this would be one more way of being self-sufficient, plus another way of diversifying your income. I can find very little in the library, or online, that refers to breeds that are good for this and how it is done.
I've heard that geese and sheep make good pasture mates and geese need very little maintenance, so this sounds like a possible way to make my place just one more notch up on the SS scale. Meat, down, keeping the orchard mowed down, good guard "dogs", etc.
Edited to add: Please refrain from expressing opinions about the merits of plucking down, as this is not relevant to my questions. If you MUST express an opinion, then that is certainly your perogative, but I don't wish this to become a debate on animal cruelty. Thank you!
I think this would be one more way of being self-sufficient, plus another way of diversifying your income. I can find very little in the library, or online, that refers to breeds that are good for this and how it is done.
I've heard that geese and sheep make good pasture mates and geese need very little maintenance, so this sounds like a possible way to make my place just one more notch up on the SS scale. Meat, down, keeping the orchard mowed down, good guard "dogs", etc.
Edited to add: Please refrain from expressing opinions about the merits of plucking down, as this is not relevant to my questions. If you MUST express an opinion, then that is certainly your perogative, but I don't wish this to become a debate on animal cruelty. Thank you!