12 chickens 1 turkey now two geese... :(

[redtailross]

just got home form work, and found my embden Goose Norman/a missing, so I decided to grab the handgun and go look for her, well I found a clump of feathers no body...

I figured the fox, she norman/a'was calling all morning from about 4am...I went out but couldn;t see anything, I'm guessing the fox was watching me...

So I have lost two geese in one week. I have two geese on nests. Now I have to decide how to protect them?

I wish my husband was around, sometimes I wish me and the farm would come before his job... My two fav geese as well...

Im sorry but htat fox has cost me too much livestock in a month for it to survive.
12 chickens, 1 turkey, 2 geese...

 

[Lollipop]

Red, I feel your pain. I`ve got The Recipe, if you`re interrested. Critters would have wiped me out if I didn`t use it. PM me if ya want it.........Pop

 

[shortcake1806]

I'm so sorry you've lost so many of your birds. Why is it predators always get the favorites?

 

[chickencoop31320]

sorry about your birds.
Kill the fox, it'll just be back for more.

 

[redtailross]

I've been after this fox for about three weeks. got my gun out but now its got sneaky!

Look slike it will be a late night tomorrow...have to stay up to get it...long weekend.

I could call in sick tomorrow...

 

[BigPeep]

My understanding is that a goose should be able to take on anything from a racoon on down, presumably including a fox. Am I wrong were foxes are concerned or is it possible it was a coyote. The latter can be easily kept out with normal fencing. I am using a goose to guard my chickens and so far have had no problems. Everybody is inside a fenced area but I suppose it is conceivable that an animal that can climb can find a way in. The goose is my back up. I am planning on ordering several more to protect my chickens. Is a goose vulnerable to anything other than a coyote?

 

[redtailross]

I am guessing fox that ate the geese but I know it was fox that ate the chickens as I smelt him, that horried musty smell they leave over everything! and I have been watching this one for about three weeks.

Im doubting Coyote, not many in the Alaskan Taiga Forest I don' t think. I think they are more open flat land like the Tundra?

But it could have been a wolf, but Im thinking unlikely, no tracks at all on the property. But you never know?

I thought the same about geese, and im not sure if Alaskan Foxes are more/ bigger/ stronger due to the environment they live in?

I have a pen area but have had females on nests so they have been free raging...can't move the remianing two...and looking for help to build a pen around the nest
We will see...

what type of geese are you considering? Im buying some Chinese as guards for my flocks now as they are some bad a** geese!

And have someone to help me steakout (spelling?) the fox this weekend!

 

[Boyd]

definately put some traps out when it's too dark to shoot!

 

[Lollipop]

Sorry to say a coon will kill a goose. Coyotes, dogs, are a couple more that come to mind. Geese are great watchdogs, but have their limits. I love my geese and I hope I never have to live anywhere again that I can`t have geese. Just lost my head goose who was also one of my 2 originals. Had him for years. Broke the whole families hearts.........Pop