Before my husband and I moved to California in 1986, I boarded my horses on a farm outside of Philadelphia, PA. The farmer had a goose and a breeding pair of peacocks. Peacocks were very protective vocally, but the goose liked to chase people. I got nipped on the butt more than once, until it got to know me! The goose was a better guard animal than the dogs. They would try to stay away from it! You're correct about geese protecting chickens. In the entire time my horses were there, there was never a chicken lost to predators.
Before my husband and I moved to California in 1986, I boarded my horses on a farm outside of Philadelphia, PA. The farmer had a goose and a breeding pair of peacocks. Peacocks were very protective vocally, but the goose liked to chase people. I got nipped on the butt more than once, until it got to know me! The goose was a better guard animal than the dogs. They would try to stay away from it! You're correct about geese protecting chickens. In the entire time my horses were there, there was never a chicken lost to predators.