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@TheTwoRoosOk,i'm getting my first geese possibly,they are 5 months old.I;m assuming they are just now beginning to mate.
What happens when they come in contact with wild geese?
Are they good "pond" foragers,our ponds tend to get a little dirty.
Has anyone ever had a goose go in full combat with other animals (Such as snapping turtles).I saw that they usually flap wings and bite to defend their territory.
Will the gander and my 3 drakes be okay together?
Also,will they kill my rooster?He is very bossy and I do not have absolutely any kinda idea how he will react towards them.But,hoping they will stop his bad behaviors that he has with the ducks.
Will they brood a lot in the spring? (I think we will allow them to hatch eggs.)
I noticed that some will mate with the ducks,so are there such thing as half duck half goose?
Will they became aggressive with me during mating season?
Your taking a risk preds can climb and dig but all we can do is give advise it's up to the member to take it.Alright we got them.We will be keeping them in a dog pen and they willl have the choice to sleepveither outside or inside the dog house since thats what the old owners did.
So 90's is nice weather for you @gander007? lol I guess so if temps were 114* how does your birds do in those temps.?My geese would not be quiet for almost a week and after checking I found a yellow house cat was bothering the flock and I also went to check on the grow out pin and found this same cat in there but it ran and the next day I found one of the young pullets was dead but this weekend when the geese would not be quiet and tried to stay on the porch I went out to check just before 8 AM and a yellow tom can took off running so I went in the house to get a .22 pistol and worked my around the yard and watched this creature harassing the ducks and geese but staying back about ten feet or more and never closing in any closer and not watching for me so I ended the harassment to the flock and they have been so quiet ever sense ..
It is so nice to have a peaceful environment for the flock but with the temps dropping down into the 90's the hunters are starting to show up again the funny thing is last month it was normal to be a 114F degrees before noon and now in the 90's and it is only October, November I can see but maybe we will have a nice Fall and cool winter maybe it will get down into the low 30's now that would be nice .
@TheTwoRoos Geese do the head down pointed bill as a warning to keep your distance mine do it too. Very rarely do my geese actually grab another bird as long as the rest heed the warning they are usually all fine together. Now during breeding season it's a different story I have a fenced off area just for my geese once breeding season gets going because my gander {Embden} can be very ornery to the rest of the flock including us humans too. lolOk we put a top on the dog pen so nothing can climb into.But as far as digging thier in a rocky not very good digging area,plus we do not get visited too much,atleast I do not think so.
They are 5 month old chinease geese. I will get pics soon.
After they have had a chance to get to kniw everyone we will put them in with the rest,maybe.But I noticed that when the ducks came over I belive the girl goose kinda sat her head down and pointed her bill at them,not sure if that was an aggression thing or what