If you haven't discovered the joy of geese, well you just aren't having enough fun! Last year I took a french toulousse buff dewlap goose egg from a friend and put it under my tiny bantam mother hen.....just for a laugh. Now two more geese later I wonder if I am addicted? They are all about 5 months old, intelligent, fun, attentive, inquisitive and beautiful. The Chinese/American buff gander hybrid is the one with the most character, but yes, also the one who bites. He gets frisky every time a person comes on the land but a good gaurdian. The Toulousse goose and gander are sweet, huge and fun. All three strut their stuff over the homestead, hissing at bold raccoon invaders, herding chickens, investigating the resident rabbits, and mowing the grass. ![]() Sweat Pea is now huge but this was her after hatching. She had to have bandaid therapy on her legs after being born splayed legged(probably incomplete incubation by her tiny chicken mother).
RAT PROOFING: I have been adding a concrete ditch below the coops and runs I build. It keeps the rats from digging under. I also use only hardware cloth and try to have no holes over 1/2 inch.
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