05/28/2026
Gwen came to us in February this year.
She was dearly loved by a family who had moved her to their farm from a neighboring property. They realized that Gwen needed geese to spend time with, and they did not have any geese of their own.
Gwen was an incredibly sweet goose, and she had a fantastic little hairdo on top of her head.
Sadly, which often happens with poultry, she was not popular when she first arrived. The chickens didn’t care for her, the ducks had no interest in her, and the geese mostly shunned her.
Gwen spent her days eating alone, swimming in the pool by herself, and sitting quietly in the fenced field alone.
Then one day in March, I could not find her anywhere.
I looked high and low and became convinced she had either flown out of the fenced area or something had taken her away. I felt devastated and guilty.
Finally, I looked underneath the chicken house.
There was Gwen… quietly sitting on an egg she had laid.
Already her mothering instincts had kicked in, and she was determined she was going to have a baby.
Because the male geese had shown no interest in her, I assumed the egg was not fertile. So I gathered fertile eggs from the other geese and added them to her nest to give her more eggs to sit on.
Gwen became diligent and fiercely protective. She faithfully stayed on that nest for an entire month.
Then hatching day came.
One of the sweetest things about geese is that when one goose hatches babies, the other geese — both male and female — gather around to help protect the new little family.
Suddenly Gwen was the most popular goose in the poultry yard.
As the babies hatched, the other geese gathered around her, helping protect and care for the goslings.
Now, two months later, the babies are growing and thriving, and Gwen remains one of the most loved geese on the farm — adored by the ducks, accepted by the chickens, and especially cherished by the geese.
Good for you, Gwen. 💛🪿
