Advice Needed: Aggressive Gander Trying to Kill Goose

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Hey everybody. I'm a mess as I type this out, and its going to be a long post. Sorry and thank you in advance.

Today's subject matter:
My gander is trying to mate with my ducks instead of my goose, and tried to kill the goose.

Context:
My Toulouse gander (2 yrs) refuses to pair up with the Toulouse goose he has been buddies with for the last year. Instead of bonding with the goose, he kept trying to bond with one of my drakes. Full on courting, separating from the other ducks, doing everything that he would do with a goose to this drake. Instead of the goose. The goose kept following him around because SHE wanted to be his mate, but he wouldn't pay attention to her at all.

The gander started trying to mate the drake so I put him and the goose in their own pen a few weeks ago, because I was worried he would injure the ducks and I want the geese to breed. He's normally hissy and nippy with breeding season but only with me, not with the other birds. He kept making escape attempts, and still wouldnt bother with the goose at all. I blocked off the fence wall so he couldnt see the ducks but it didnt help.

Current problem:
The gander got out of the pen two days ago and went right back to trying to find his duck. I put him back in with the goose when I got home that evening. Within 5 mins of putting him back with the goose, he was ripping feathers out of her wings and back, grabbing her and dragging her by the neck back and forth across the pen, and beating her up with his wings. He didn't try to mate her at all, even though she was posturing for him and not fighting back at all.
I pulled her out of the pen and put her back with the ducks, and put the gander in there by himself. She's recovering well, but is now terrified to go into the coop with him. He keeps trying to get out and attack her and the others through the fence. He's made himself bleed around the mouth biting at the fence.

The point:
I've had it with him and the stress he has put on literally everybody. My ducks are at risk, he's already injured himself and the goose, and my stress levels are sky high. I cant rehome him to somewhere that has ducks because he will try to mate with them and hurt them, and he will not bond to other geese so that's a no go. I dont want to risk someone else's birds.
I made the decision to cull him, which is eating me alive and my family aren't happy about it either. I raised him from a week old. I wanted so hard for this to work out but it has been over a month now and all I have are stressed birds and vet bills.
I know geese are aggressive during breeding season. I knew that before I got them. But I dont think geese are supposed to ignore their entire species and try to kill them for ducks instead.
I dont know what else to do. Am I wrong to cull him? I dont want aggression bred into my geese but it doesn't really matter if they aren't breeding.

I am really just struggling right now. I'm sorry this is such a long post. I appreciate any help and advice you have, because I hate myself for making this choice but I don't see any other options.


TLDR: my gander wants to mate a drake instead of the goose. Separating them from the ducks didnt work. Gander tried to kill the goose. Do I cull him or not?

Soup time.

 

[AutumnSol]

Hey everybody. I'm a mess as I type this out, and its going to be a long post. Sorry and thank you in advance.

Today's subject matter:
My gander is trying to mate with my ducks instead of my goose, and tried to kill the goose.

Context:
My Toulouse gander (2 yrs) refuses to pair up with the Toulouse goose he has been buddies with for the last year. Instead of bonding with the goose, he kept trying to bond with one of my drakes. Full on courting, separating from the other ducks, doing everything that he would do with a goose to this drake. Instead of the goose. The goose kept following him around because SHE wanted to be his mate, but he wouldn't pay attention to her at all.

The gander started trying to mate the drake so I put him and the goose in their own pen a few weeks ago, because I was worried he would injure the ducks and I want the geese to breed. He's normally hissy and nippy with breeding season but only with me, not with the other birds. He kept making escape attempts, and still wouldnt bother with the goose at all. I blocked off the fence wall so he couldnt see the ducks but it didnt help.

Current problem:
The gander got out of the pen two days ago and went right back to trying to find his duck. I put him back in with the goose when I got home that evening. Within 5 mins of putting him back with the goose, he was ripping feathers out of her wings and back, grabbing her and dragging her by the neck back and forth across the pen, and beating her up with his wings. He didn't try to mate her at all, even though she was posturing for him and not fighting back at all.
I pulled her out of the pen and put her back with the ducks, and put the gander in there by himself. She's recovering well, but is now terrified to go into the coop with him. He keeps trying to get out and attack her and the others through the fence. He's made himself bleed around the mouth biting at the fence.

The point:
I've had it with him and the stress he has put on literally everybody. My ducks are at risk, he's already injured himself and the goose, and my stress levels are sky high. I cant rehome him to somewhere that has ducks because he will try to mate with them and hurt them, and he will not bond to other geese so that's a no go. I dont want to risk someone else's birds.
I made the decision to cull him, which is eating me alive and my family aren't happy about it either. I raised him from a week old. I wanted so hard for this to work out but it has been over a month now and all I have are stressed birds and vet bills.
I know geese are aggressive during breeding season. I knew that before I got them. But I dont think geese are supposed to ignore their entire species and try to kill them for ducks instead.
I dont know what else to do. Am I wrong to cull him? I dont want aggression bred into my geese but it doesn't really matter if they aren't breeding.

I am really just struggling right now. I'm sorry this is such a long post. I appreciate any help and advice you have, because I hate myself for making this choice but I don't see any other options.


TLDR: my gander wants to mate a drake instead of the goose. Separating them from the ducks didnt work. Gander tried to kill the goose. Do I cull him or not?

I have never had to cull any of my flock. I’m so sorry. I do think that is the best option for the safety of your flock. I’m so very sorry.

 

[debbiejac2003]

Hey everybody. I'm a mess as I type this out, and its going to be a long post. Sorry and thank you in advance.

Today's subject matter:
My gander is trying to mate with my ducks instead of my goose, and tried to kill the goose.

Context:
My Toulouse gander (2 yrs) refuses to pair up with the Toulouse goose he has been buddies with for the last year. Instead of bonding with the goose, he kept trying to bond with one of my drakes. Full on courting, separating from the other ducks, doing everything that he would do with a goose to this drake. Instead of the goose. The goose kept following him around because SHE wanted to be his mate, but he wouldn't pay attention to her at all.

The gander started trying to mate the drake so I put him and the goose in their own pen a few weeks ago, because I was worried he would injure the ducks and I want the geese to breed. He's normally hissy and nippy with breeding season but only with me, not with the other birds. He kept making escape attempts, and still wouldnt bother with the goose at all. I blocked off the fence wall so he couldnt see the ducks but it didnt help.

Current problem:
The gander got out of the pen two days ago and went right back to trying to find his duck. I put him back in with the goose when I got home that evening. Within 5 mins of putting him back with the goose, he was ripping feathers out of her wings and back, grabbing her and dragging her by the neck back and forth across the pen, and beating her up with his wings. He didn't try to mate her at all, even though she was posturing for him and not fighting back at all.
I pulled her out of the pen and put her back with the ducks, and put the gander in there by himself. She's recovering well, but is now terrified to go into the coop with him. He keeps trying to get out and attack her and the others through the fence. He's made himself bleed around the mouth biting at the fence.

The point:
I've had it with him and the stress he has put on literally everybody. My ducks are at risk, he's already injured himself and the goose, and my stress levels are sky high. I cant rehome him to somewhere that has ducks because he will try to mate with them and hurt them, and he will not bond to other geese so that's a no go. I dont want to risk someone else's birds.
I made the decision to cull him, which is eating me alive and my family aren't happy about it either. I raised him from a week old. I wanted so hard for this to work out but it has been over a month now and all I have are stressed birds and vet bills.
I know geese are aggressive during breeding season. I knew that before I got them. But I dont think geese are supposed to ignore their entire species and try to kill them for ducks instead.
I dont know what else to do. Am I wrong to cull him? I dont want aggression bred into my geese but it doesn't really matter if they aren't breeding.

I am really just struggling right now. I'm sorry this is such a long post. I appreciate any help and advice you have, because I hate myself for making this choice but I don't see any other options.


TLDR: my gander wants to mate a drake instead of the goose. Separating them from the ducks didnt work. Gander tried to kill the goose. Do I cull him or not?

I have the same problem with my male American buff goose. He is so aggressive and constantly tries to mount my chickens. I, too, ge so stressed out. I can’t wait until this season is over!