do all breeds of Geese breed....

[pinkwindsong]

Hi Ya'll, do all breeds of Geese mate for life? or just a couple wild species? Question 2 can geese and chickens live happiliy together? and Chinese geese.. ??? good for family???? I think they are very beautiful.. and the curly geese too..???

trying to learn a bit ..

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[sourland]

Just like humans not all geese 'mate for life'. Many tend to stay with the same mate and may even appear to go through a grieving period at the loss of a mate, but others switch mates fairly readily or may mate with several geese while maintaining a 'favorite'.
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While judging a field trial in RI there was a Canada goose killed by the side of I 95 where I exited every morning. The first three days that I passed through there the gander was standing vigil by her body. On the fourth day he was gone - he had given up. It was sad.

 

[Kevin565]

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They do form bonds with their mates but don't have as strong as the wild species.
In some cases it can work however Ganders can be quite aggressive during breeding season.
My brown chinese is wonderful however my white chinese is a mean little goose
My geese with the exception of the white chinese gander are great around family
The curly geese are about the same and are called Sebastopol.

 

[pinkwindsong]

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oh that is sad.

. I wont let my son hunt geese.. I cant let him cause heartache, even to an animal.

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