Well that was ... interesting behavior

erinszoo

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8 Years
Jun 28, 2011
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Today has been a rather bizarre day at our house and this is only one of the reasons. After four days of almost continual rain we finally got a break in the weather and a little sun this afternoon. For the last three days none of my birds have been out much and I didn't spend any time picking lettuce for them or letting them into the greenhouse for treats, so when the sun appeared I went out and picked big handfuls of lettuce for the birds. I fed the geese first because they scream and try to climb through the fence if I feed the chickens first. So they ate until as normal they started just dropping it on the ground. Then our gander suddenly picked up a mouthful of lettuce and walked over to the fence of the chicken yard and stood there holding the lettuce while the chickens pecked it out of his mouth through the fence.
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What the ....?????
 
I've heard of geese adopting goslings, maybe he thinks they are (misshapen and deformed) babies?

I don't know! Either way, though... super cute!
 
Do geese and chickens usually get on that well? I ask because we are soon to get some geese and bantams and was wondering whether they need to be kept apart.
 

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