Dealing with aggressive goose

[Wifezilla]

Breed the best...eat the rest

 

[pips&peeps]

A nice tall pair of muck boots from Cabelas can do wonders also.......

 

[desertdarlene]

Not all ganders are naturally mean and overly protective, I've come across many nice ones, even Chinese and Africans. I don't know what made them different, genetics, perhaps. I mean, they can be protective, but if you handle them right, they don't always attack or threaten.

 

[westpur]

Well many thanks for all the replies. I put the offenders in a cage, I put him on craigslist this morning. I sold the wicked gander for $30.00 with a warning to the new owner. They have no plan to breed or keep him past thanksgiving. I know he had plenty of chances to get the picture, the other gander is now a totally different bird. So I guess he was just a trouble maker. But I still plan to replace them all with the American Buff Geese. I am just burned out on this breed. While true they have mowed the grass, and tell me when ever something is not right, Life is just too short to deal with a breed that can turn aggressive like that. It is not like I am raising alligators with the idea of keeping them tame. But to have hand feed pampered geese bite the hand that feeds them....Well that is not gonna work out here.

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[sourland]

When we "hand feed" and "pamper" poultry, we remove the boundaries between us and them. A certain natural boundary must be maintained in order to assure their respect. When we remove that boundary they will frequently treat us as flock mates. This is the reason that frequently the most aggressive roosters and ganders are those which are most socialized. With your next batch, treat them like geese. Keep them healthy, provide food and fresh water, but do not make pets out of them. That being said, I did have a human imprinted Embden gander as a child who never became human aggressive. When dealing with living creatures there will be a wide range of temperments.

 

[desertdarlene]

That's probably what the difference is, some might be human imprinted. Some of the "nice" ganders are so nice they can be petted and handled by people with little problem.

 

[noahsgeese]

The bad news is that you might always have those two ganders mean.... But if your trying to get them to be nice then I don't think that I could help you with that but if your trying to protect yourself then I would get a rake and scoop it under them and throw them! It works for me but my gander turns nice for about a month and then turns mean again for about two months

 

[PeepsInc]

I found it's best to turn young geese loose with older geese. the older ones teach the younger ones manners. If you dont have older geese,You can try as some one else mentioned "putting on your big girl pants & flapping at them"

For real tho, I flap my coat at them like a big set of wings. That makes you bigger & more dominate than they are. The Christmas goose idea was a good one too!

 

[blissdragon]

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<---This is wisdom. They are human-aggressive only when they learn that they can be. I think Holderread recommends not handfeeding past a certain age...what is it...like two weeks or something!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

. I am just burned out on this breed. While true they have mowed the grass, and tell me when ever something is not right, Life is just too short to deal with a breed that can turn aggressive like that. It is not like I am raising alligators with the idea of keeping them tame
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this is hilarious! life is too short for a mean gander. good for you!

i've actually be in hand to hand combat with my gander (see signature) and that stupid overgrown duck was kicking my tailfeathers. i love that old galoot tho and couldnt part with him if i wanted too. now i just walk tall, keep a beatin' stick in my hand, and keep the dogs with me
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