Ok let me first say I don't really know anything about geese. Then let me say that my "Knothead" adopted me and my ducks. I have 6 Rouen ducks and they spend the day on our community lake and come home every evening. About a year ago, we had 19 Canadian Geese visit our yard daily. I noticed one of them looked very different and after looking closer realized that it was not a Canadian at all. I was very sure it was a domestic breed of goose. A little research brought me to the conculsion that it was a Brown Chinese Goose. Well, spring came in and the Candian Geese flew out. Knothead did not. He began hanging around my ducks. He would be at the door waiting for me to let them out in the morning and would stick with them all day until it was time for bed. After a few weeks of this hilarious routine, knothead followed the ducks in. He has been a permanent resident ever since. I say he because he has a knot on his head as you could probably guess from his name. Now I am puzzled........my ducks have started to lay eggs. Knothead has tried to breed with my ducks - another reason I think he's a male. BUT he is now sitting on the duck nest. He sits all night, then he covers the nest neatly with a thick layer of hay before he leaves it.
Do male geese sit on their nest? Or is it possible that knothead is a she? If so why would she try to breed woth my female ducks? Do female Chinese geese have a knot? I know that's a lot of questions, but I hope someone with some experience with this breed could give me some insight. Thanks!
Do male geese sit on their nest? Or is it possible that knothead is a she? If so why would she try to breed woth my female ducks? Do female Chinese geese have a knot? I know that's a lot of questions, but I hope someone with some experience with this breed could give me some insight. Thanks!
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