White Chinese Geese

The earliest record of Chinese geese in America is in the correspondence of George Washington. It discloses that in 1788 he received from Governor Morris two Chinese pigs and with them "a pair of white Chinese geese, which are really the foolishest geese I ever beheld; for they choose all times for setting but in the Spring and one of them is even now (November) actually engaged in that business." In 1850 Mr. Nolan wrote "It is a beautiful variety , next in size to the African and approaches nearest to the swan of any other goose. It is snow white, knobbed on the beak with orange legs, and truly ornamental on a sheet of water." The Brown Chinese goose is smaller than the white with identical coloring to the African goose.

Chinese geese, like Africans, are a more talkative breed of geese. Due to this characteristic, they are the best breed if you want to be alerted to intruders or other strange occurrences. They love to talk back to you - especially if you have raised them from babies. During the breeding season the ganders in a flock may sometimes get into contests and oftentimes the non-fighting geese will circle around, shouting their encouragement to their favorite combatant (at least that is what it looks like to me!).

Chinese geese, due to their smaller size and agility, may be the best for weeding purposes. As they love to eat grass, they have been used commercially to rid cotton, orchards, mint and other crops of grasses. If you want them to eat broad leaf weeds, you will need to train them by supplying them cuttings of the targeted weed starting at one week of age until you let them out. Otherwise they will eat the grass and leave the broad leaf plants unless they become very hungry. For more information on weeding, see Using Weeder Geese. In summary, White Chinese are very common due to several reasons: they lay large quantities of fertile eggs, they are excellent grazers and can get almost all their nutritional needs from green grass and are very pretty in their pure white feathers.

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Customer Reviews of White Chinese Geese

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April 24, 2021 | Huge personality!

Our "Cleopatra" is a huge entertainer. She follows around 'her' dogs and 'her' people because she loves being around others. She is super-spoiled. I chose this particular breed because the description said they are good 'guard' geese. She definitely announces when something or someone comes around. Love her; ordering another.

November 10, 2021 | Early layers, lots of eggs and great weeders!

I love our geese. We ordered 10 straight run, only one little guy didn't make it the first 3 days and Metzers refunded right away. We're down to 7 (one died because of a fall, the other was killed by a coyote) and we love them! 5 females and 2 males. The females started laying at 4 months old (!) when we thought they would take at least a year. They lay an egg about every 2 days. It's November (ordered them in March) and we already have little goslings hatching of our own! And yes, they are incredible weeders. Our yard is a desert now and we have had to fence all the gardens, but they can be trained to go up onto the hill where we need the most. They tend to leave the succulents alone in favor for grass, which is good since we have lots of ice plant that needs to be weeded. The only drawbacks are that they are very noisy, and they do eat a lot in the growing phase and required supplemental fed (which is understandable). The quality of the birds is pretty good I think - though we did have one female who had a teeny bit of black leakage under her wings and another who doesn't have very good type. Overall they are nice birds and we took one male to our local junior poultry fair where he was a big attraction :) Thank you Metzers for some awesome birds!

June 15, 2022 | Wow just wow

After struggling to find an actual good hatchery, I believe I have found one.

June 15, 2022 | LOVE my Chinese Goslings !

I received two Chinese goslings a week ago. They were born on Monday, I got them on Wednesday and on Thursday I had to take them with me on a trip because I didn't want to leave them alone. The first night at the hotel, I put them in the bathroom in a box with a heat lamp. However, they were making so much noise and didn't let me sleep so I got up at 2:00 am and took them to bed with me. Right away, they passed out. When I got up a few hours later, I put them on the floor because I had to go to the bathroom and they just followed me. They have been following me since them. I absolutely LOVE them. I take them to work every day and let them out of my truck every hour so they can eat grass around my office building.

June 25, 2022 | Love

I bought a male an female, they loved eating grass and weeds the moment I took them out of the box. They arrived in great shape I could not be happier and I would order from this company again!

December 6, 2022 | Love my geese!

Geese. if handled a lot can be wonderful friends, and lots of company. The two I purchased are no exception. They are sweet and always have something to say. Sometimes it's louder than I would like, but geese are fun animals! Jack and Lilly fit right in on the farm, they get along will the chickens and ducks.

March 13, 2023 | Sweetest goose ever

I love her. She is so adorable ,smart and cute. We named her Mama Goo. And she comes to her name.

March 22, 2023 | She's perfect

I just received my female gosling this morning and she is absolutely perfect. She is healthy and happy and hasn't stopped chirping. Thank you so much. Will have future purchases.

April 20, 2023 | Wonderful

Three beautiful little goslings in perfect health delivered promptly. Couldn't ask for a better experience. Thank you!

May 14, 2023 | Geese are the BEST!

Post office called me at 5 am to pick up my 20 babies! 4 weeks later, they seem happy and healthy and they get along with the other ducklings and goslings. They follow me around the BIG back yard wherever I go. The geese I purchased are just so friendly and cuddly!

June 12, 2023 | Super happy

Our ten baby Chinese arrived super healthy and spunky!! We will order from Metzer for all our water foul! Super happy

July 21, 2023 | Beautiful breed

We bought 1 bowling on May 8th and 2 more 5/29 (mixed goslings). We have had geese on our pond since 1961. We were down to 1 Toulouse goose and needed to increase our flock. We thought we would try this breed. They are a nice, noisy group like all teenagers. I cant recommend this breed enough. All of our girls are happily integrated into a new flock with our 4 new Africans.

September 1, 2023 | 10 weeks old and going Strong!

I ordered 2 female goslings and brooded them with "C" monsters, that was a MESS!! These geese are such great birds, friendly welcome when I get to the farm. I will be growing my flock in '24 and am looking forward to eggs. Very healthy birds, thank you Metzer family!

February 10, 2024 | We love our geese

We wanted to add geese to our flock and decided in December of 2023 to order 2 White Chinese geese from Metzer and are glad we did. Our geese have been fun to raise! They are growing out beautifully and very entertaining to watch. They are a nice addition to our small flock. If you're considering ordering ducks or geese we recommend Metzer Farms. Their customer service and staff are excellent and their birds have been a delightful addition to our homestead. Thanks Metzer! -Kimberly H. Oak Pond SC