We have a Sebbie that we hatched (we had 2 but the other was a sterile egg) and we were told it was a girl later on, but it turned out to be a male. He is about 3 years old, and when he was younger he was friendly and would follow us around everywhere. He has become mean over the last year, and about a year and a half ago attacked one of our chickens and killed it. To get to the point, would it tame him down if we were to get him a female mate? OR would we we end up with him being mean and attacking her OR would be end up with 2 noisy hissing attacking geese? ANY IDEAS WOULD BE HELPFUL! PS- If a mate is NOT a good idea, any ideas to tame him down?
Is he only mean to other birds, or to people in your family too? If he´s only mean to other birds, no big deal...natural stuff more or less. If he´s mean to people in the family, then you can other threads about how to teach him to behave. Either way, a goose for him would be great. You´ll still get plenty of hissing at breeding season, (I imagine he´s got worse again just recently as it´s that time), but he´d be much more contended. Hope you have success. edited to say: p.s. take it easy with introduction as he´s imprinted on you and has to learn that the newcomer is his friend, so be careful over introductions...a wire fence between them for a bit would be a good idea. He´ll have the company without being able to be too much for her. Just until they seem ok together. Ganders are generally far more aggressive than geese.
