Toulesse goose becoming aggressive

[jmanning25]

I have what I thought was a male and female Toulouse geese. The male has imprinted himself on me and is extremely sweet. Both were very sweet actually up until about 2 weeks ago. We've raised them since 3 days old and babied them very much. We got them as pets. Well recently the one I thought to be a female has become very aggressive towards me. She will hiss ,bite, hit me with her wings . I have had to kick at her to get her away from me. However she loves my teenage daughter . I'm getting pretty fed up with her so I'm thinking about rehoming her. But I want to keep the male. Do you think he would be okay if I got rid of just her? And why did she turn with her behavior so suddenly?

 

[Rondack]

Interesting..... Change of weather/food? Or different shoes? Sometimes if you wear something different the geese will attack you (I have read).

 

[jmanning25]

The only difference if a couple Canadian geese have been bullying them . But has nothing to do with me

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sounds to me like your dealing with a gander. This is very typical behavior I am going through it now with my gander. If you rehome him you are breaking up a life long bond. Just use the broom or bottom of your boot to push him away when he acts this way. I am having to do it daily. End of May first of June it will all be over and they will molt and be back to normal
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/geese-training.561849/

 

[ellie62706]

maybe she is laying eggs and trying to protect them, or maybe she has hidden chicks shes trying to keep safe, Best of luck, they sound like real cuties!!

 

[jmanning25]

No eggs and no chicks for sure. These geese were so spoiled we would cuddle them daily. The other one is a male because he has angel wing and from what I've read it's not very common in females at all. Behavior wise he seems like a female though. The one I thought was a female looks like a female she's got a bigger droopier belly. Just for whatever reason she attacks me now and only likes my daughter

 

[jmanning25]

That's her in my main picture. She wouldn't dare let me cuddle her like that now

 

[Rondack]

This is really a great thread if you read it all the way through.... It has lots of info about calming geese and other goose training issues...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/geese-training.561849/

 

[jmanning25]

What' the best ways to determine male from female?

 

[jmanning25]

Also , she hasn't laid any eggs so I was starting to think it may be a male. Lucky me , two male geese