10 Amazing facts about Geese


Did you know that geese are good "guard dogs"?

  • As gostlings ducks and geese will bond with the first suitable moving stimulus, no matter if this is a goose, person or even an object. They remain dedicated to that person or object as their surrogate “parent” throughout their lives.
  • Geese are highly social animals. If they are raised around other livestock and fowl, they usually get along well with them.
  • Goose is actually the term for female geese, male geese are called ganders. A group of geese on land or in water are a gaggle, while in the air they are called a skein.
  • Geese eat seeds, nuts, grass, plants and berries.
  • Geese are very loyal. They mate for life and are protective of their partners and offspring.
  • Geese express a mourning behavior when they lose their mating partner or their eggs.  
  • They enjoy preening their feathers, foraging for food in the grass, and collecting twigs, bark, and leaves to use to make “home improvements” in their nests.