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post #11 of 12
6/29/12 at 9:30am
That's not protection, that's alerting. If the chickens listen they are alerted. Protection would be defending them, which geese won't do.

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post #12 of 12
6/29/12 at 10:12am

Your best bet is to have your own dog running around the property or one trained to stick close by to them. Or a larger animal like others have suggested. I also imagine that a flock of a dozen or more geese are going to much 'braver' than perhaps 2 geese. I only have 2 goslings currently and they are one of the larger breeds but I still consider them in need of my protection just like my ducks. I made sure their pond has hideouts for them, I check on them several times a day, if I hear them quacking up a storm I run outside to make sure they are ok and I let my rottweiler outside to roam frequently during the day (he leaves my livestock alone). 

Amy Beth. Zoo Mom to Cats, Dog, Lizards, Ducks, Chickens and Geese. Ducks: Pekins, FW runners, WH, Buffs, Black Runner, Golden 300s and Silver Appleyards. | Chickens: Buff Orps,  French Black Copper Marans, Bantam Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, TJs Leghorns, Naked Necks and EEs. | Geese: Brown African | 

 

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Amy Beth. Zoo Mom to Cats, Dog, Lizards, Ducks, Chickens and Geese. Ducks: Pekins, FW runners, WH, Buffs, Black Runner, Golden 300s and Silver Appleyards. | Chickens: Buff Orps,  French Black Copper Marans, Bantam Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, TJs Leghorns, Naked Necks and EEs. | Geese: Brown African | 

 

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