Coffee with the Chicken Ladies
Aug 4, 2026 · 56 min · 18 segments
In this week's episode, we spotlight the big and beautiful African Goose, and Lisa Steele returns to the show to chat about the best goose breeds for beginners. We also hare our recipe for easy…
Lisa SteeleGuestBum, bum, ba-dum, bum, bum, bum, bum, ba-dum, bum, bum.
It's time for the Breed Spotlight, yeah.
Yeah.
This week's Breed Spotlight is...
Yes, it is.
We had a listener request for this one, so hey, took us a little while, but here we go.
It was a while ago, yeah.
We're trying to weed through all of our requests.
I apologize, because as usual, I cannot remember which listener requested it, but-
Thank you for the request.
[laughs]
This is a really fun one.
I learned a lot more about this goose than I knew, and of course, this goose is now on my list.
All the geese are on my list.
Of course, of course.
They have a reputation for being aggressive, but they are not as dangerous or as difficult as rumor would have it.
In fact, the Livestock Conservancy notes that African geese can be a great breed for beginners.
Hmm, which we're gonna be talking about soon in our main topic.
Right.
Now, their name is also a bit confusing because these geese are not from Africa.
They're more likely a significantly larger strain of the much lighter Chinese goose, and this makes perfect sense if you see them side...
the brown Chinese and the brown African side by side because their coloring is pretty much identical.
The most common color is the brown.
Bum, bum, ba-dum, bum, bum, bum, bum, ba-dum, bum, bum.
It's time for the Breed Spotlight, yeah.
Yeah.
This week's Breed Spotlight is...
Yes, it is.
We had a listener request for this one, so hey, took us a little while, but here we go.
It was a while ago, yeah.
We're trying to weed through all of our requests.
I apologize, because as usual, I cannot remember which listener requested it, but-
Thank you for the request.
[laughs]
This is a really fun one.
I learned a lot more about this goose than I knew, and of course, this goose is now on my list.
All the geese are on my list.
Of course, of course.
They have a reputation for being aggressive, but they are not as dangerous or as difficult as rumor would have it.
In fact, the Livestock Conservancy notes that African geese can be a great breed for beginners.
Hmm, which we're gonna be talking about soon in our main topic.
Right.
Now, their name is also a bit confusing because these geese are not from Africa.
They're more likely a significantly larger strain of the much lighter Chinese goose, and this makes perfect sense if you see them side...
the brown Chinese and the brown African side by side because their coloring is pretty much identical.
The most common color is the brown.
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