elenamia
Chirping
- Oct 15, 2021
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These are my first geese & they are still young. Their advances can be shut down with a firm "no" or just getting up & walking away. You're very correct to say it's better than the alternative!Ah yes, it’s breeding season and I’ve gotten some propositioning myself
Truthfully it’s a good thing though, ganders are going to get hormonal no matter what and they either get territorial and aggressive towards people they don’t like or they try to get romantic with those they do like, it can’t be avoided and it’s better to be the subject of amourous behavior than the alternative. Also adding girls won’t change their behavior towards you.
Ganders can get along well with other ganders but introducing a bonded pair of ganders to a new gander or a set of ganders is a bad idea. If you really tried you could get them to get along maybe, but it would take a long time and alot of effort so I would advice getting two girls.
You could get goslings but introduce them slowly and supervise them together until the girls are feathered and are big enough to get away if they need to.
Sometimes when introducing new geese to each other if one is shyer than the rest it can get bullied out of the group so that’s something to watch for and work through if it happens, sometimes it takes another year for everyone to settle in with each other and learn to get along.
So it looks like the best thing might be to find two young hens to introduce my boys to. I've been poking around & there are a lot of grow-out ganders, fewer females for sure.
Thank you.