Haha, I've definitely felt that way more than once at my job too
Should I get a "guard goose"?
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Haha, I've definitely felt that way more than once at my job too
Chinese. I had some growing up when I was a kid and they were like pets. I loved them, my kids have not had the same experience with geese. They(geese) would wait for kids to get off the bus and then the geese would attack them!What breed? Bonnie and Clyde?
I had a flock of geese one summer, 5 or 6 of them, and they were great.
The fact that I had such a nice sized flock of them GREATLY increased their ability to withstand predators. Not that that makes them proof against coyotes or some such...
They never attacked my kids, or anyone actually. However they were great watchdogs and did scare off all birds of prey which was a huge help to me and the rest of the poultry.
I ate them all in the fall though.... so they never got a chance to fully mature.
The ones we had were (I think) Toulouse.
The fact that I had such a nice sized flock of them GREATLY increased their ability to withstand predators. Not that that makes them proof against coyotes or some such...
They never attacked my kids, or anyone actually. However they were great watchdogs and did scare off all birds of prey which was a huge help to me and the rest of the poultry.
I ate them all in the fall though.... so they never got a chance to fully mature.
The ones we had were (I think) Toulouse.
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They were completely free ranging during the day, but locked up every night.
I found them very easy to raise.
They were smart too. We did have to teach them where home is.. they a few times wanted to march down our driveway..... or march down a little walking path that goes to our neighbors.
It would be easier if their boundaries were fenced... or at least access to roads were fenced off....
The only reason We do not get geese every spring to raise until fall...... is that I never did buy that portable electric poultry fence that I had my eye on.... and our flock LOVED to sit in late afternoon.... on the bridge that leads to our front door. Talk about a poop slick!
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If you don't have neighbors close or if you don't like your neighbors , get a bout 5 guineas they alert whenever anything goes on , like a light turns on a cat goes by you walk by anything goes by or near or they hear a noise . When any of that happens they go in an uproar plus they run around like they are crazy when they get agitated. A friend of mine put 10 out in a small field next to where a neighbor put their trailer in an area the county told them not too. They were willing to just let the county threaten them with legal action but such a small county they don't do much and my friend didn't have the money to fight in court. 2 weeks of 10 guineas and threatening to kill them and the sheriff got involved , now they moved instead of going to court.
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Geese will get killed by fox and coyotes too. As for raising the alarm it depends on the bird. I have two female geese that are the sweetest geese ever. They are ALMOST completely oblivious. They wont rise the alarm over anything. As others did mention you do need more then one goose. I know of one person who got just one adult bird and she was dead within three days of being alone.
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My son has an African goose that was raised with ducks. She just thinks she’s part of the flock. She can get aggressive with strangers but she LOVES my son. She’s about 8 years old and seems content with life.
She does make a lot of noise when there are hawks or eagles around but wasn’t much help when foxes were picking off her “sisters”. She has also accepted new ducklings as part of her responsibility and gets along fine with the one drake.
She does make a lot of noise when there are hawks or eagles around but wasn’t much help when foxes were picking off her “sisters”. She has also accepted new ducklings as part of her responsibility and gets along fine with the one drake.
I don't know much about geese, but if you have all those predators right where your birds are, no other bird can be expected to protect a flock. You are right to pen them when you aren't home; when you are, perhaps geese would help. If you have hens, I'd get some nice big roos, too!
He was probably frustrated... sexually
Geese are really couple-esque. They bond pretty much for life, like penguins... and "most" of us
No to be sappy but they look for a "soulmate" very early on too. If they lose them, it's devastating to them.
I had a couple few years ago, they were 2 years old. The male got snatched by a bobcat. My girl was a mess and never recovered. She would use the dog door in the kitchen as soon as she would hear us in the morning and wouldn't want to get out. She would hang out with my son all day. Eventually, she stopped eating...
Bottom line, guarding Gs are great, just get him a good gal too
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