Geese
October 9, 2008
I put an ad in the paper a few months back - “Geese Wanted”. We got a couple of calls from people all basically saying “If you don’t come and catch these geese they’re going in the pot”. Anyway, I only wanted 6 geese but I ended up getting 14.
Not long after they arrived they started laying, seven were hatched a few weeks ago and a new one hatched today. There’s still a few girls sitting on their clutch so I presume we’ll get a few more too.
They’re taking very good care of their goslings, marching around in a pack with all the little one’s safely in the middle. They’ve so far fended off numerous murderous crows a few hawks and one enormous eagle; plus all the other nasties that come out at night that I’m unaware of. Now I just have to protect them from the hungry humans at Christmas.
