Baby geese odd imprint / alone time behavior

[member 510128]

My friends who I live with, brought home two goslings a few days ago. They have raised geese before, but I have not. These two are tufted geese (Roman?)

I've noticed some different/unique behavior, and perhaps it's just these two particular goslings. They seem to have imprinted on all of us, and love to chase after us around the yard and stuff. But the little ones don't seem to care or interact much with each other. If we leave them both alone in their "cage", they will both cry for a while and then usually go take a nap.

Personally, when I've raised ducks before—and also when my friends have raised several ducks—as long as they have had one or two friends to hang out with, they seem to be just fine when left alone with each other.

Is this behavior more specific to geese than ducks? Just curious. Otherwise, they seem to be quite happy and healthy, roughly a week old.

 

[Gray Farms]

Geese do imprint harder than ducks. And will follow you for a long time. And goslings do sleep a lot the first month or so.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Having your gosling chasing you may end up with leg issues. I'd keep it to walking behind you instead of running.