Battling female geese???

[Sasa]

Two of my goose girls, a Sebastopol and a Giant Dewlap Toulouse, have been THE best friends for the better part of a year, however it is Spring and "hormone season" is in full swing. Suddenly they are literally trying to kill each other. I have 8 hens and 2 ganders so there should be some balance there. The ganders are fine with each other, no problem at all but these 2 hens are drawing blood and so they have to be kept separated. What happened?

Does anyone want a very beautiful Giant Dewlap Toulouse?

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Hormones indeed! My females are acting fine together, they have even shared a nest in past years, but they were raised together. It's funny how mating season can affect some geese differently.

 

[Sasa]

The rest of the girls are fine, it's just these two and now their relationship is so damaged that the Sebastopol is instigating trouble with the Toulouse. All I can do is find a home for the Toulouse and see f the Sebastopol calms down again. I don't know what happened.