GOOSE BREEDING APPEARS A NEW ALTERNATIVE FOR FARMERS AS DEMAND RISES...
Ufuk Karaçay (55), who produces goose breeding in Çıldır district of Ardahan (a northeastern province of Turkey), said that he could not meet the demand despite producing 15 thousand geese per year. Stating that goose is a versatile animal that eats little, grows easily on its own and is a source of meat, eggs, feathers, fats and liver for its owners, Karaçay noted, "As such, geese have turned into very valuable assets from past to present." Price of 15 day old chicks is 40 liras... Karaçay, who also produces chickens, even small, besides the goose, explained, "I produce 15 thousand geese per year, with 400 breeder 100 male and 500 breeding geese per year. The demand is too high, I have difficulties in catching up. People of the village sell the geese that they bought from me 2-3 times the price they receive or cut them in the winter and meet their own meat needs. I feed the geese in organic feed and natural conditions. We sell up to 70 liras. This is very norm...