Goslings of 2014 Hatch-a-long

[nate1the1great1]

nate, Miss Lydia is right. while a pea could do a lot to defend itself and its hen it would either be killed outright or mortally wounded by a fox. Google "can a peacock kill a fox" and check out what they say. Keep your peas safe just like you do all your other birds.

Maybe not kill it but scare it away bc i have a bird dog that almost killed a chicken on accident and my peas attack her and now she is terrified and my geese defended my ducks from a chicken hawk it attacked a duck and my geese jumped on it and seriously scared it bc it hasn't ever came back im not saying they will kill it but could defend themselves im not trusting anything around my birds but they are good protectors if i would here ANYTHING i would grab my gun and go out there

 

[jtn42248]

Maybe not kill it but scare it away bc i have a bird dog that almost killed a chicken on accident and my peas attack her and now she is terrified and my geese defended my ducks from a chicken hawk it attacked a duck and my geese jumped on it and seriously scared it bc it hasn't ever came back im not saying they will kill it but could defend themselves im not trusting anything around my birds but they are good protectors if i would here ANYTHING i would grab my gun and go out there

with the sound they make, their size and all those feathers flying I am sure a pea would put a healthy fear in a fox. but if that fox was really hungry because it had nothing to eat for days in the winter it might only be frightened long enough to attack and kill. you sound like you have really good protection for your birds and good safe places for them to live so I would not worry too much. but, just like me, I make sure that everything is good and safe over and over again. I don't want any of my protections for my birds to become weak with time and then have one accident that would harm my birds and break my heart. keep doing the good work you are doing and post some pictures of your peas. I would love to have some but I have too many dogs and they would not be safe...the dogs or the peas

 

[servpolice]

If a fox can kill a goose it can kill a peacock.

 

[servpolice]

My largest embden gander survived a fox attack before as it's neck was so thick and tough to break and was bleeding at the breast area.
I have had many fox attacks and worst was year 2011 the year when everyday a fox came and and took a chicken lost over 80 chicken's that winter) later finding out it was actually four foxes that lurked around each day to get the chance (all my animal's are free range so it was hard to stop this straight away).
Anyway when I lost nearly all my chicken's no chicken went out of their coop so the fox turned on the ducks killing every single duck within the space of 2 Weeks, then it was the geese that got attacked and about ten were taken by the fox every other day so my geese didn't go in the fields anymore and were death scared and made the yard dirty and had no grass for weeks until one day I saw the geese finally going to the field and I was delighted as I watched and when they walked past the gate of the field a fox sprang and chased the flock in my yard! and I remember it got my embden female and the goose was fighting for its by biting and smacking the fox with it's wings as I let the dogs out (a boxer dog which is fast but is useless and the fox wanted to kill the goose you could see that but gave up as the dog got close,the goose was not injured but shocked and stressed as it was smacking the fox.
That was my worst year and never got chicken's or ducks since that winter.
Instead i got a German Shepherd cross British bull terrier dog (very good and alert) and I got guineafowl which are excellent fox alarms as they are quick and can fly and foxes never get them (except one last year my a fox kicked a guinea cock in a local shop,which gave the shop owner a heart attack).
Foxes are top preds and kill as much as possible or all and bringing only one carcass with them as they know that you will throw away the other carcasses somewhere for the fox so he can have a meal ever day.That's why they kill as much as possible and they will return to collect the other carcasses.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My largest embden gander survived a fox attack before as it's neck was so thick and tough to break and was bleeding at the breast area.
I have had many fox attacks and worst was year 2011 the year when everyday a fox came and and took a chicken lost over 80 chicken's that winter) later finding out it was actually four foxes that lurked around each day to get the chance (all my animal's are free range so it was hard to stop this straight away).
Anyway when I lost nearly all my chicken's no chicken went out of their coop so the fox turned on the ducks killing every single duck within the space of 2 Weeks, then it was the geese that got attacked and about ten were taken by the fox every other day so my geese didn't go in the fields anymore and were death scared and made the yard dirty and had no grass for weeks until one day I saw the geese finally going to the field and I was delighted as I watched and when they walked past the gate of the field a fox sprang and chased the flock in my yard! and I remember it got my embden female and the goose was fighting for its by biting and smacking the fox with it's wings as I let the dogs out (a boxer dog which is fast but is useless and the fox wanted to kill the goose you could see that but gave up as the dog got close,the goose was not injured but shocked and stressed as it was smacking the fox.
That was my worst year and never got chicken's or ducks since that winter.
Instead i got a German Shepherd cross British bull terrier dog (very good and alert) and I got guineafowl which are excellent fox alarms as they are quick and can fly and foxes never get them (except one last year my a fox kicked a guinea cock in a local shop,which gave the shop owner a heart attack).
Foxes are top preds and kill as much as possible or all and bringing only one carcass with them as they know that you will throw away the other carcasses somewhere for the fox so he can have a meal ever day.That's why they kill as much as possible and they will return to collect the other carcasses.

WOW 2011 was not a good year at all serv. I hope your gander survives this attack, what are the swedish herbs you are using?
I can tell you for a fact my geese would not be able to stop an attack here, when that huge red tail hawk got my bantam hen not only were my ducks up against the fence and gate going into my back yard so were my geese I only had the 2 then, so maybe they are braver in numbers but they were as terrified as the rest of the flock. If nothing else it has taught them to watch the skies and when they hear the crows[which warn of hawks] they all run for cover.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have an announcement to make:

8GeeseALaying hatched a bouncing baby Girl on Dec. 14, 2014 8lb.13oz. 20 inches long. Mother and baby doing fine...

Congratulations 8!!!

 

[jtn42248]

I have an announcement to make:

8GeeseALaying hatched a bouncing baby Girl on Dec. 14, 2014 8lb.13oz. 20 inches long. Mother and baby doing fine...

Congratulations 8!!!

X2 what a great Christmas gift.

 

[nate1the1great1]

OMG awesome tell her i said that we are praying for her. and my peas and all my animals have many secret places to hide if my geese or peas see a hawk or crow they call and ALL animals get into the barn and the Roos get together and protect the hens ive only had a
1 coyote attack and got 3 hens bc we had a hole in the fence in there pen and they could get out on there own and they were unfortunate to be out and got eating but killed the coyote but my peas live in the trees and in the morn they either fly on our roof barn roof our porch or go into the barn but I am happy wi my flock but do sebostopol do good with protecting also? But either way im getting a pair of sebbies

 

[devinandfeather]

Hi guys everyone seems to be getting ready for more goslings which I wish all luck for but I have just recently got given 3 baby goslings one is a mix and the other 2 are sebastopols they are adorable and are getting on great with my others but don't have them in the same coop yet because of the turkeys and others so will wait and keep you guys updated

 

[tillyita]

Hi guys everyone seems to be getting ready for more goslings which I wish all luck for but I have just recently got given 3 baby goslings one is a mix and the other 2 are sebastopols they are adorable and are getting on great with my others but don't have them in the same coop yet because of the turkeys and others so will wait and keep you guys updated

Congrats - I've got a single lone gosling running around with 9 protective mumma's and 1 protective dadda....

Where abouts are you (I'm out Bakers Hill - near Northam)