Best friendly goose?? New to the goose thing, would like expert input!

[banter]

My chickens are the aggressors towards my Sebs INDOORS.They chase them from any food put down. Outside the Sebs only goose

or chase a chicken if it gets too close to one of their young.

 

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My tufted roman is the best goose in the world!!

I know that Joni loves her roman's too. They are wayyyy under stated. jennifer

 

[sydney13]

i have a toulouse goose who lives with my chickens. they get along great together and the chickens follow the goose every where

well at least most of the time they get along great

the only thing is that the goose loves eating feathers and will sometimes try to eat one off a chicken (ive trained her not to for the most part).
after a lot of research i decided to order a tufted roman because they are small, quiet and friendly. i had my heart set on them but instead the hatchery messed up and sent me a toulouse

at first i was annoyed but now i really don't care because toulouse geese are friendly and quiet too. i dont really think it matters on the breed so much as how they are raised. as long as you handle them alot any goose will be friendly. ive heard that toulouse, roman, pilgrim, american buff, and africans are all friendly. its best to get at least 2 geese but i only have one because she is as much noise as the neighbors will take without complaining and she has chicken friends and im with her most of the day. if you dont have lots of time to spend with your goose without it getting lonley they get 2 geese so that they can be with each other.

 

[smileysal]

Is this friendly enough for ya!!!???!!!

 

[grubbygirl]

I started with a pair of Toulouse, and they were quite friendly as babies. However, relations deteriorated after they stealth-hatched an egg and became the parents of a very large baby boy. I've been working with them this summer to try to reestablish our previous bond, and things are going pretty well. They like to be near me when I'm outside, but they will get cranky in a flash if they think I'm planning any funny business with their overgrown 2-year-old "baby." If a leaf blows too close to their boy, they blame it on me and scold mercilessly. Ingrates.

I also have a 3-month-old Pilgrim girl who is my baby. I was determined to learn from my mistakes with my poor older birdies, so I was much more careful with her upbringing. She's full-sized now and integrated with the other geese, but she is still my girl first and foremost. Other than being mortally terrified of chickens, she is very mellow and curious and friendly and playful. And cuddly! I can't attribute it to her breed, of course, especially since I worked to establish a bond with her, but I don't mind throwing a little benefit of the doubt towards her DNA!

Four geese is my limit, but in the future if I should find myself sadly goose-less, I don't think I'd even consider trying a different breed. I am very happy with my silly Toulouse and my sweet Pilgrim.

 

[trulynubians]

I have Brown Chinese and have had on and off for 20 years. They are loud and will tell you and everyone else that they will tear you up and spit out the pieces. But they don't mean it. Mine follow me around and get along with the chickens and ducks. They do pinch the little dogs if they can sneak up on them. I have had other breeds and have found that they will attack. Carolyn

 

[The goose girl]

Friendliness depends on the upbringing, not the breed. Ganders will generally get more aggressive than geese when they mature.

My first two geese were friendly towards strangers as long as they didn't try to touch them. They would sit on my lap, but they didn't like dogs and children. The last pair I had were extremely aggressive towards anything except me. They chased cars!

And here's my current goose and me at the beach house:

 

[shelleyd2008]

So far I've had embdens, americans (blue), toulouse, African, and mixed (african). The ones that were the nicest were the ones not raised by me

I had one embden that was a real butthead, but I hatched and raised him. Now I have an african that is turning into a butthead, hatched by me but raised from 4 weeks by my other geese. The mixed babies are still babies now, and have been with the adults since they were about 2-3 weeks old. So far, they are not mean, but they aren't scared of me either. The ones that I have bought as adults, ones that were raised by geese, are not mean at all, because they are scared to get too close to me. So that's my input, buy whatever breed you like the best, as long as they were raised by other geese

ETA: The african (pure) is also a 'baby', hatched in March I believe. But he will charge my son when he gets too close, and loves to chew on the dog. He tried to bite my white sneakers one day, but I normally wear sandals, so I'm sure he just knew those things were trying to get me

Geese are so fun though, I don't really think it matters what breed you get. I always said that I didn't want embdens, every mean goose I'd ever seen (probably every goose I'd ever seen period) was an embden, now I have 5 in my flock of 10

......And I'm planning on a few more whenever I can find some

Eventually I will have only embdens so they will be pure and won't have to be penned up, I hate penning them up

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I've noticed that geese seem to not like children, I can always tell (when I'm outside) if my 5 year old has come out. The geese will let everyone within range know that he is now outside

 

[Olive Hill]

I adore our American Buffs. They're not mature yet so only time will tell but so far they have no problem with children, dogs, other species of birds, hogs, horses or rabbits. Hopefully it stays that way.