donteatbees
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- May 20, 2024
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I've got eleven hens and two roosters but am currently waiting for more hens, I know it's not a good ratio. I was looking on the Meyer hatchery site and saw a bunch of breeds of geese. I'd never get a single goose (even if I wanted to, Meyer has a minimum of 2), but I have some questions.
If a gosling grows up into a gander, will he mate my hens? Or would he leave them alone if the other goose is a girl? Would my roosters fight a gander if he tried to mate a hen?
Will the goslings actually grow up to like the chickens if they're raised with them?
I've heard that geese can be deterrents for hawks, is this true? Will they actually fight a hawk that's going after a hen? (This I'm just asking out of curiosity. They've got netting up and a LSD, so the goose isn't needed for protection)
What is owning a goose like? I know I could read articles and whatever, but I'd rather hear first hand experience. Will they attack my dad who works away and isn't home every day? Or my other family who aren't the main caregivers? How do they react to new chickens if they're around them? How do they like their coops? Can domestic geese fly well? Would my hawk net hurt the geese if they flew into it? Would they fly to a pond that's separate from the chickens?
And anything that I didn't ask that should be said, you can tell me anyway. I care deeply about my animals and would never want to get one to later realize I didn't know enough.
Thanks in advance!
If a gosling grows up into a gander, will he mate my hens? Or would he leave them alone if the other goose is a girl? Would my roosters fight a gander if he tried to mate a hen?
Will the goslings actually grow up to like the chickens if they're raised with them?
I've heard that geese can be deterrents for hawks, is this true? Will they actually fight a hawk that's going after a hen? (This I'm just asking out of curiosity. They've got netting up and a LSD, so the goose isn't needed for protection)
What is owning a goose like? I know I could read articles and whatever, but I'd rather hear first hand experience. Will they attack my dad who works away and isn't home every day? Or my other family who aren't the main caregivers? How do they react to new chickens if they're around them? How do they like their coops? Can domestic geese fly well? Would my hawk net hurt the geese if they flew into it? Would they fly to a pond that's separate from the chickens?
And anything that I didn't ask that should be said, you can tell me anyway. I care deeply about my animals and would never want to get one to later realize I didn't know enough.
Thanks in advance!
. To make them more docile, spend as MUCH time as humanly possible with them, and they will most likely be nice. Mine are, anyway.
. We would love to have ducks and geese again but I would highly recommend keeping them separate from chicken, and separate from each other. I won't get them again until I know I can we keep them safe which would mean walling off half of the cattle pond, fencing them to keep all species separate with separate housing, etc.
