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Grass loss to wild grazers?
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<blockquote data-quote="Macsky" data-source="post: 6861025" data-attributes="member: 44120"><p>I was just going to ask the question, I wonder if geese eat the snail hosts of liver fluke? Wouldn’t surprise me if they did, which would be a slight bonus, but you don’t see them grazing the wet spots, just the good bits!</p><p></p><p>The geese are a menace, and I don’t think much of their ‘fertiliser’ inputs, the grass getting a chance to grow would be much more appreciated. Their constant mowing of young leaf must really be stunting the growth potential for the season/year.</p><p></p><p>I have to disagree with [USER=63856]@Kiwi Pete[/USER] here, he will not be ‘gaining heaps’ from the geese.</p><p>I agree with so much of the holistic outlook and approach to farming, but with all good things there is a risk of blind idealism.</p><p></p><p>There needs to be a degree of pragmatism retained.</p><p></p><p>Shooting them is most likely the most effective way of getting rid of them. You could maybe also trap a couple of mink and take them a short boat trip out to the uninhabited islands where the geese are nesting and increase the biodiversity there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Macsky, post: 6861025, member: 44120"] I was just going to ask the question, I wonder if geese eat the snail hosts of liver fluke? Wouldn’t surprise me if they did, which would be a slight bonus, but you don’t see them grazing the wet spots, just the good bits! The geese are a menace, and I don’t think much of their ‘fertiliser’ inputs, the grass getting a chance to grow would be much more appreciated. Their constant mowing of young leaf must really be stunting the growth potential for the season/year. I have to disagree with [USER=63856]@Kiwi Pete[/USER] here, he will not be ‘gaining heaps’ from the geese. I agree with so much of the holistic outlook and approach to farming, but with all good things there is a risk of blind idealism. There needs to be a degree of pragmatism retained. Shooting them is most likely the most effective way of getting rid of them. You could maybe also trap a couple of mink and take them a short boat trip out to the uninhabited islands where the geese are nesting and increase the biodiversity there. [/QUOTE]
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