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[GMoose]

Aren't there some more docile breeds and more aggressive breeds though? (just curious)

 

[Goosebaby]

To be fair geese will learn to fear the kids if they chase them or wave sticks. A goose is only intimidating if the person that encounters them is inexperienced with being around geese.
If you want something to protect your flock get a livestock dog.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Are the kids climbing into your yard? Put up some no trespassing signs and like was mentioned a camera get these kids on camera and go to their parents. Kids need to learn to respect other people's property and that includes any animals they have.

 

[GMoose]

I have no trespassing signs up, the kids don't seem to care though I have spoken with the parents but it hasn't helped yet. Thank you for everyones help

 

[Miss Lydia]

That goes to show you why these kids do what they do! I sure hope you can find a way to stop this without you getting in trouble. I’d def go with an LGD a dog with signs up saying beware. I have beware of dog signs up on my gates and a large dog house sitting in my back yard. I don’t have a large dog ( dachshunds) but anyone thinking about coming thru my gate may think twice about it seeing the dog house and the signs.

 

[GMoose]

Okay thank you

 

[Isadora]

That goes to show you why these kids do what they do! I sure hope you can find a way to stop this without you getting in trouble. I’d def go with an LGD a dog with signs up saying beware. I have beware of dog signs up on my gates and a large dog house sitting in my back yard. I don’t have a large dog ( dachshunds) but anyone thinking about coming thru my gate may think twice about it seeing the dog house and the signs.

The Dachshunds use it for meetings!

 

[debbier98]

Any goose breed can become agressive or territorial, especially during breeding season or of they're protecting their goslings. I hadn't heard of a breed in particular that was more aggressive than others.
My concern is liability for you if someone were to get injured by an agressive goose. Or what if the goose is aggressive towards you?
There are probably better ways to figure this out than trying a goose.

People sadly, can sometimes be more of a problem than natural predators. This last summer I had a problem with a person who liked to turn his dogs out to run/walk around in the water easment. We, as all residents, have a gate that we use to access the shutoff valve if we need to for purposes of repairing a water line etc. Well this guy thought it was fun to open the gate and allow his dogs to chase and KILL my chickens! One day I caught his dogs doing that, I got the dogs out of my yard, I went and talked to the owner - a very rude arrogant guy. He claimed his dogs were jumping the fence, that he wasn't "letting the dogs" onto my property. So, while I didn't believe his explanation, my husband and decided we would extend the fence height to 8 feet. The problem with his dogs returned about a week later. So I went back to the owner. When he refused to admit he or someone in his family deliberately did this, I had no choice left but to tell him, "next time I find your dogs on my property, I'll have no choice but to shoot them. I went on to explain I'd really hate to kill dogs just because their owners were sadistic jerks, but I would do it if forced to. The problem seemed to end after that. And of course I'm NOT suggesting you harm anyone, but you may have to raise the height of your fence or cross fence your property which would prevent your chickens from getting to close to an area where people/kids can poke or in anyway scare your chickens. A camera, as one other member suggested would help also should you be able to find the parents of these kids and go have a talk with them and remind them that THEY ARE responsible for their kids actions.

 

[TwistedTayy]

I’m so sorry you’re having issues! My geese will mess with anyone who they think is a threat to the flock (sometimes even me or my SO). We had a dog get in our yard and kill some of our ducks (the ducks and geese were free ranging at that pint together but they weren’t a unified flock and they we all about 3 mo, not sure exactly… the original post is still up it was a few months ago. I have two pilgrims, a male and female. During the attack the geese protected the ducks (we lost some meat ducks that were slower and one welsh harlequin). it turned out that the dog was afraid of the owners brothers chickens so she thinks that the geese hissing probably got the dog to back off (once the shock wore off). Since then they are very dog aggressive (my dogs are separated by two fences from the poultry yard) and the gander will try to fight my dogs through the fence while the female hangs back with the flock and hisses from afar.

I got pilgrims originally because they were supposed to be friendly and quiet (among other reasons) and I’m a little worried for the house sitter that comes at Christmas. So I think any goose breed, under the right circumstances, can rise to what you want. That being said, I’ve read stories from other people saying that their geese are wimps.

I have zero experience with other breeds but I know that in Europe, Chinese geese are used to guard warehouses against people (a charging goose is effing scary) and I have also heard that Pomeranians can be nastier than most but you also need to think about things like house sitters, guests and other people you WANT in your yar…. Much less yourself. I would also recommend hatching eggs because they may be more accepting of you than shipped goslings.

 

[GMoose]

I have a pilgrim and a white goose that is a mix breed (she's almost 20lb) they can be aggressive towards small children but anything else they'd rather run from rather than fighting