Worldwide Beekeeping
Sustainable Living => Farm Livestock => Topic started by: The15thMember on October 15, 2023, 05:01:22 pm
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My little sisters are thinking about getting a guard goose for their chicken flock. Does anyone have any experience with guard geese? Any advice you could offer them?
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Yes. They can outrun your siblings until they are 8 or 10 years old and bring a blood blister on their bare legs. I always carried a broomstick around the yard until I was about 10. Never hurt but 1. I broke his neck. Good eating and proud of the accomplishment.
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The Romans used geese to alert them to the presence of the Celts. They still hold a parade for the geese every year. If raised together from hatching, I would think they would be very protective of the chickens. I raised several, from hatching, along with some ducks years ago. They flocked together like one big happy family. I am not sure if one sex is more aggressive over the other.