Geese Ratio Young

[baust3217]

We have recently gotten 3 Brown African Geese. We believe based on appearance and their call, two females and one male. We’ve quickly noticed one of the girls is the third wheel, often making her left out.

We have an opportunity to bring in another male but my question is this.. our existing babies are roughly 5 months old. The male we’re looking at is a year and a half. Will this pose a threat to them while establishing the new pecking order? They are such happy babies and I don’t want to make them unhappy. Would it be best to add a couple babies in the spring?

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

I raise Pilgrims and they seem to prefer to pair up, too. Given that breeding season should be over, I think you could try bringing an older gander into the group, with patience and vigilance in monitoring the interactions. There will likely be some conflict initially, but it should sort itself out and, hopefully, they will eventually pair up or at least be a cohesive gaggle.

I've been fortunate to be able to add goslings of various ages to my gaggle with little conflict, but Pilgrims are a pretty easygoing breed and very protective of babies. Geese have their own personalitiesn (even within the same breed), so there's no telling how a newcomer will be received or will react to a new group. @Goosebaby provides a helpful suggestion about how to integrate newcomers into an existing gaggle in this thread.

Best of luck!

 

[JRies]

One boy can take care of both of them. If they are 2 girls. When one is off laying her egg the other will jump in for her turn. Girls do tend to compete over the boy. But when the other girl isnt looking he will be on it.