So we have 14 geese. I know I know we said we wanted 6 - 8 - but the farm we got them from wanted to get rid of them AND we only got 2 females in our first bunch.....We have a couple earmarked for the freezer......
This is the strawberry field where they have been......
Can you tell where the fence was??
We moved them today to the second half of the field (you can see a second cost free old trailer we have ... er .... had plans for........)
Did you know geese poop every 12 minutes?
When we first put them in the field we didn't electrify the fence.....big mistake. It didn't take them long to learn they could both walk over it and/or push through it. It only took a couple of days of electricity to teach them to stay in.....A couple still braved the shocks to get out, but soon tired of that trick. We are relieved as we need to be able to contain them.
Geese don't like strawberries......at least until they ripen!
They certainly mowed the grass down....(this is the field with the runaway cover crop......)
3 comments:
the geese at ironwood drive us CRAZY! we can't get within 100 feet without them honking and freaking out. as soon as you turn your back they come after you. there is only 5 of them, thankfully. i hope yours are nicer than these.
I don't know geese at all, but the lady at the feed store said geese that raise themselves are friendlier. If this means they don't attack, they hiss and come running at "Here Goosey goosey Goosey!" for their grain, then these are friendly geese! Stay tuned for the gosling chronicles.....
Can't wait to hear more about your geese! I don't know anything about them, but I have a new found interest in chickens, which are sorta like geese, right????
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