Found my goose dead in a pool, looking like this... (graphic pic)

[BellLisamo]

SO this morning when i was making my rounds, i found my poor dead goose in the pool, with its back like this.
These geese grew up together, they have always been together. What would have done this? Did the geese turn on this one?

i cant imagine some other creature doing this?

 

[untamed_spirit]

We saw the body of a swan down by the loch that looked very similar to this. My thought would be foxes, and the reason it is only plucked is because maybe the other geese disturbed it or chased it off before it had a chance to finish the job.

I am sorry about your poor goose

 

[Country4ever]

So sorry for your loss.
I had a raccoon tear the back off one of my hens and it looked like that.

 

[BellLisamo]

omg! really?!?! EKKKKKKK. Ok silly question time... are there foxes in arizona? (I live right near a wash... never seen a coon, but im sure they are around)

Would a skunk do that??
I've never seen a coon or foxes around here. Seen skunks though... I never thought they would pick on something 10x their size...

Any other ideas? I need to buy a trail cam... I just know it. Then I would know what happens...

 

[untamed_spirit]

Good point, I have no idea if there are foxes in Arizona lol. Do you get coyotes? I would imagine a hungry one would take on a goose!

 

[Turner]

There are Coons in AZ. what about Coyotes??

 

[Lollipop]

My geese are fighting at this time of year. They pull a lot of feathers, but have never killed one another. Guess I`m just lucky as the top aggressor is sometimes on top of the loser in the water. If I had to guess, I`d say your bird drowned in an argument over the ladies........Pop

 

[19hhbelgian]

I can't imagine that there aren't coyotes in AZ - the stupid things are everywhere, and they would go after a goose no problem! A fox would also try to take on a goose. When we had a bunch of ducks and geese, they were outside - free range - 24/7. We lived in the woods at this time, so lots of different critters, fox, coyotes, coons, mink... The ducks and geese would gang up on the minks and chase them away, but when the fox would come around, they would go into deep water & create such a commotion the thing usually just left and didn't bother. I never lost a duck or goose to a fox, or anything else for that matter - we were EXTREMELY lucky. So Sorry about your goose... I loved mine, they were some of the best birds ever!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Was this a male or a female? What about the other goose?

I can think of a couple of scenarios.

1. Both were male geese and they were fighting and this one lost.

2. They were a pair and the male got a little fricky with the female and pulled her feathers out trying to mate.

#2 may be the likely scenario if they were a pair since you found this one in the pool.

 

[jerseygirl1]

I'm sorry for your loss...