Goose/Gander & Chook

[mickeyjames]

What's good for the goose is also good for the gander: OK....any Geese experts out there? I am looking for some answers...might hit the net and see what I find for: We have 3 geese and 1 gander. He has decided one goose and 1 chook are his partners. He tries EVERYTHING to sleep with the chicken yet now protects his brrodding goose. ALL 3 geese have contributed to the clutch of eggs-som...
e are fertile some are not?!?! Anyhow, now that I have seperated the chook from the gander he protects the brroding goose but runs over to the chicken cage and tries to free the chicken and he is CLEARLY mad at me for seperating him. Is it OK to try and break this bond because he pretty much emaciates the little chook and she is past brooding/laying anyhow so she has just accepted that that is how life is but....really, the gander is so dominant and even made a nest for her in the chook area-crawling through a small hole and dragging the chook in and forcing her to submit. Anyway....I am a big fan of let nature take care of itself however, Gander seems cleerly distressed about the two mistresses beign seperated. Your thoughts??

 

[sourland]

Keep him away from the hen . He is capable of physically injuring her. Geese/ducks have a sexual organ - roosters do not. The hen will be a lot happier and safer without his attentions.

 

[mickeyjames]

Oh Dear! Well, I have continued to go along with "enforced" seperation since I posted and it seems the bond is weakening for the Gander. He is now haning with the other geese and another has made a nest and is sitting. So, he seems happy to just go about protecting the nesting areas and is forgetting about the hen (for now).

 

[sourland]

Unrequited love burns strong.