Geese eating bugs

[swheat]

I was watching my Sebastopols yesterday and saw them chasing after a cricket...that was a first for me. I didn't know they would eat insects.

Have any of you seen them eating insects ?

 

[Soccer Mom]

Mine do. They apparently didn't get the memo about geese not eating insects. They'll even stalk the butterflies.

 

[Cottage Rose]

Maybe it varies with the breed.
I rarely see my Sebastopols eating bugs.

 

[Duck Keeper]

They must ingest some by accident while foraging.


But on purpose? Maybe they're being territorial! To a bug!

 

[chseeads]

My buffs will eat the occasional bug, but they're not gungho for bugs or anything.

 

[Kim65]

I've seen mine go after bugs but I thought they were just chasing after them, like a nuisance or an enemy. I never saw them actually eat one.

 

[shelleyd2008]

That's what I would think, they are protecting their area from the viscious monsters!

My embden ate a fly once, when it was a baby. The gosling was sitting on the grass between my feet, and the fly landed on my leg. "Land on MY mommy?? Take THAT!"

 

[Boob toot]

Mine do. They apparently didn't get the memo about geese not eating insects. They'll even stalk the butterflies.

What kind of goose is it?

 

[Goosebaby]

They probably want some extra protein and calcium in laying season and can definitely use it post laying season when they molt. My Friday loves worms with a passion and the flock in general have developed an obsession with grubblies “soldier fly larva.”

I actually suspect that sauropods weren't the gentle giants we make them out to be, particularly during nesting season. I have no doubt those things would snap up any chance at protein and swallow it whole when the need arose.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Yep, bugs may sometimes be on the menu...that's why I maintain that they're mostly herbivorous.