That's a good rant. Welcome to BYCI've found with my little goose, anything new I plant MUST be for her to chew on.
She only likes weeds if I pick them and hand feed her.
They'll associate more with you instead of chickens because they are...well...smarter.
With that comes a ton of poo on the back porch as they try to look for you though windows unless you have some sort of fencing. You should get at least 2 geese. They're social animals and may develop behavioral problems otherwise. Any combo is fine. I would recommend fem/fem to at least get eggs for a few months out of the year.
They wont protect the chickens but will certainly holler if something is amiss...unless they're not paying attention and a falcon happens upon one of your hens. Toddlers are better bird of prey deterrents.
I wouldn't consider a goose if you're wanting it to work for you. They may 'mother' little chicks if the chicks are mostly self sufficient. That being said, as much as my goose pisses me off, I can't bring myself to re-home her.Tried once after a week of constant 4am goose alarms, had to cancel.
I love her. She's so sweet and I just love her little quirks. USELESS sweet little goose goose. PAIN in the neck little beautiful clumsy goose.
Get a goose for a yard ornament that you can 'converse' with that MAY eat a weed or your entire garden. Who knows?
Sorry for the rant, but I DO feel better, thank you.
By the way, the 4am hollers were because of airplanes flying by. She could hear the engines and wanted to let us know by way of heart attack.
