Can geese be friendly but still protect stock?

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I have recently been having fox's take my chickens. We are really careful but he seems to have been very sneaky about it! I have had 3 hens taken in the past week and it is really upsetting! We are currently planning to get some electric fence sorted soon and I am hoping that it will work. When the fox got in before he jumped straight over - we didn't have any electric.. Apparently once he has had a hit off of the electric once he won't go back for another and I am really hoping that this is true!

Another option is getting some geese. I have a few questions and concerns: obviously, they need to be friendly with the chickens and would they be able to share the hen coop or would they need to have their own? I would also like ones that will scare the fox off or will at least alert us but I don't want to be scared of them myself and have to take a stick out there with me everyone I let the chickens out!

I was wondering what you think about having electric fence, or geese, or whatever other ideas that you have used to deter mr. Fox. Any advice about geese would be really helpful, do we need more than 1? Thanks :)
 
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Welcome to BYC!

Generally different types of poultry need to be kept in their own quarters because some can transfer diseases and some have different living and feed requirements.

But you can ask questions about your Geese in our Geese section for more help with them...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/47/geese

Great to have you aboard and enjoy all your poultry adventures!
 
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Geese can get along with other birds but you need to provide
plenty of room for geese .....






But geese wont necessarily chase off a Fox .....





Now some of these Guinea and 3 or more and that should
do it as a fox will not want to fight for food ....
 
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I would think Geese would protect their mate and goslings. I doubt they would deliberately protect chickens. You need to secure your run to prevent jumping in, get a run cover.

Also fox are good diggers you should have an apron of wire around the bottom of your run to keep them out. If you use electric fencing run a strand near the ground, midway up amd near the top - if you don't have the run covered. Free ranging would just end up with the loss of more birds.

Are you allowed to trap/kill the foxes?
 

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