Male goose pulling female’s feathers.

[Pstile]

We have a set of 6 weeks old Embden geese (male and female)
Recently When the female bathes in the pool they have, the male comes over and picks a mouthful of feathers of the female and eats them. He only does this when she is in water. She obviously does not like it.
Thoughts?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Never seen this before, maybe put some shredded Romain lettuce in the pool as a distraction. Break the habit.

What are you feeding your geese? what is the protein content?

 

[Artizen Farm]

May be a dominance thing - adult males bit the female's head while mating, in the water which is primarily where they mate. Geeses are intelligent creatures and have individual personalities. He might not like her. Hopefully he'll get over it if she's the only girl in town...