Yeah I've been catching some and penning them. I hatched over 150 so I had to free range birds. My great pyranese will run them away if he sees them flying over. He will bark and run in the direction they are flying over untill the hawk moves on. But unfortunately he can't stop them all cause...
Get a great pyranese dog and raise it with your birds. This will eliminate all of your four legged predators. It' worked for me and now my worst predator is the hawks on my free ranged birds.
I have heard fake geese work but never tried it. I've used fake owls, hawks, CDs, I even bought real geese that free range with my chickens. It works at first but it seems the hawks get used to everything I try. I have a great pyranese who does a pretty good job but those hawks are so fast that...
I just bought these geese and I think the bigger one is the male and might be a Chinese. The smaller looks like the female and I'm not sure on her breed. I don't know much about geese. I always have raised chickens so any help would be appreciated. Thanks!