Biting goose-mum

[pablo_honey1981]

My gosling happily nibbles bites and chews me. I just wondered whether goslings do this to their real bird mum as well. If they do, poor girl!

 

[Goosebaby]

My gosling happily nibbles bites and chews me. I just wondered whether goslings do this to their real bird mum as well. If they do, poor girl!

They do, they chew on their feathers.

 

[Goosehill]

My gosling happily nibbles bites and chews me. I just wondered whether goslings do this to their real bird mum as well. If they do, poor girl!

Yes they do, and they do the same to their siblings. Goslings start to investigate their world with their bills from hatching and anything is fair game.