Geese Questions

[nao57]

A single goose raised by your chickens would be best, if that’s what you want. She’ll bond to the chickens and work as a “guard” by honking a warning to any unusual activity when she matures. That’s pretty much the extent of the guarding, however.
If you have more than one goose, they will more than likely bond together and avoid/ignore the chickens entirely assuming there’s enough space to do so.
Just be cautious. If you want to add more chickens down the line, she may or may not allow them. I’ve heard many stories of geese chasing off or killing chickens they were offended by.

I had a single gander to “guard” my ducks. We had a predator attack and he was wise enough to escort them under some thick bushes and hunker down until the danger passed. Not all birds are alike, but if your predator load isn’t too heavy, an early warning device (Goose or Guinea) can be enough. But not always. Not for sure.

I second what SA Farm said.

Its true that if you have more than 1 then they'll go off on their own and not guard them. That's why it didn't work for the other guy commenting. They do need to be raised in there with them too according to ppl who have gotten it to work.

The guarding is more to alert you, so you can do something more than to defend it with their life isn't it. Ppl I think misunderstand this part. And depends on predator type.

I wouldn't want to do guineas over geese because guineas won't shut up and will make you nuts. But some ppl like them.

Geese are also waterfowl... which means higher blood temperature, body temperature, etc. This is an answer to the other guys' comment about wondering if the goose would have to be cooped. Geese and ducks don't need to be in the coop period. They will in fact want to be out even in the worst weather. The only factor to reconsider this is... well if you are trying to have it guard your chickens then it would have to be WITH them to think its with them.