How to help geese get along better with other birds?

[bravevline]

We have chickens, ducks, and geese that are all about 3 months old. The ducks and geese have been raised together since they were bought from the exact same brooder, and they cope well and the four (2 ducks, 2 geese) always do rverything together. Recently though, they've been put with the 21 chickens. The ducks are about the same size as the chickens and can't bother them. The geese on the other hand are nearly 3 times their size and terrorize the chickens! They have a small area that will soon be much, much bigger. What I need to know is if there is anyway to help the geese be nicer, and is there a way they could severely damage any of them?

 

[Miss Lydia]

We have chickens, ducks, and geese that are all about 3 months old. The ducks and geese have been raised together since they were bought from the exact same brooder, and they cope well and the four (2 ducks, 2 geese) always do rverything together. Recently though, they've been put with the 21 chickens. The ducks are about the same size as the chickens and can't bother them. The geese on the other hand are nearly 3 times their size and terrorize the chickens! They have a small area that will soon be much, much bigger. What I need to know is if there is anyway to help the geese be nicer, and is there a way they could severely damage any of them?

I would not pen up chickens with geese, my chickens and geese and ducks all roam around a very large fenced in area so the chickens can pretty much stay out of their way, but if they get too close the goose not the gander will grab hold of a chicken and if the chicken wasn't able to get away she might injure it, hasn't happened yet thank goodness, Especially during mating geese get moody and can be unpredictable. Best to keep chickens away.

 

[DallasCriftins]

My three Brecon Buffs will easily go for either Chickens or Ducks especially if it is over food.
Over the winter I had them housed in my barn which is joined to my large run which also has the Chicken and Duck sheds attached
Things weren't too bad but now especially as it is breeding season the Geese can be much more aggressive.
They now have their own shed and run and I lock them up before I call the Ducks off the Pond

All my birds have an acre to roam in so during the day all is relatively calm.
The ducks do still have to run the gauntlet from time to time.
I think the Ducks get more attention than the Chickens

I have seen the Geese even hanging off the tails of my ponies!
Three Geese throttling a Runner duck is not a pretty sight!

If you keep them all together eventually one of the smaller birds may get injured or killed.
I am pretty sure my Geese are easily strong enough to break a Chicken or Ducks neck!