would geese protect chickens

[CelticOaksFarm]

That's not protection, that's alerting. If the chickens listen they are alerted. Protection would be defending them, which geese won't do.

 

[zooweemama]

Your best bet is to have your own dog running around the property or one trained to stick close by to them. Or a larger animal like others have suggested. I also imagine that a flock of a dozen or more geese are going to much 'braver' than perhaps 2 geese. I only have 2 goslings currently and they are one of the larger breeds but I still consider them in need of my protection just like my ducks. I made sure their pond has hideouts for them, I check on them several times a day, if I hear them quacking up a storm I run outside to make sure they are ok and I let my rottweiler outside to roam frequently during the day (he leaves my livestock alone).