The experiment was performed on Koluda geese (96 ♂ and 96 ♀) allocated to four feeding groups. The geese were fed starter diets (from 1 to 5 weeks of age) and grower/finisher diets (from 6 weeks of age), containing 20.16% and 19.14% of total protein, and 12.34 MJ and 12.10 MJ of metabolizable energy, respectively. The birds were raised to 12 weeks of age. In the 1st week geese of all four groups were fed ad libitum. In subsequent weeks the ration was restricted by 20% (in relation to the control group): from week 2 until the end of the rearing period (group IV) or until week 5 (group III) and from week 6 until week 12 (group II). The best economic results were achieved when geese were fed ad libitum for the first six weeks, and a restricted ration from week 7 until the completion of the experiment (group 2). Birds of this group, compared to those of the control group, had similar body weights (5151 g and 5311 g, respectively), but were characterized by significantly lower feed consumption per kg of body weight gain (3.34 kg vs. 3.95 kg). Their slaughter quality was also better, due to a higher meat content (50.64% vs. 48.11%) and a lower proportion of undesirable fat with skin in the carcass (27.18% vs. 31.25%). Birds of group 3 (feed restriction between week 2 and week 6) and birds of group 1 had comparable body and carcass weights, but feed intake was significantly higher in the former. Feed consumption was at a comparable level in group 4 (feed restriction from week 2 until the end of the rearing period) and in group 1, but the carcasses in group 4 contained less skin with fat (29.77% vs. 31.25%) and more lean (51.79% vs. 48.11%). On the other hand, birds of group 4 had lower body weights and lower meat weight in the carcass, in comparison with the control group (4678 g vs. 5311 g and 1448 g vs. 1571 g, respectively).