Need info on American buff geese

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My American buff go the other way when they see my husband who has done nothing to them, he just wasn't active in their raising so they are wary of him. I would like to know what those white geese were so I can avoid that type of goose. :)

Alo said:
Thank you for the excellent write-up.

I know someone who is selling breeding pairs, and I almost bought some. lol

"These don't make good watchdogs," was the deal breaker for me.

I remember a herd of mean white geese chasing me away from a neighbor's fruit trees when I was 12. I hit one with an orange, but they still kept coming.

That's the kind I want to help me protect my chickens from dogs and cats...
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oldhenlikesdogs said:
My American buff go the other way when they see my husband who has done nothing to them, he just wasn't active in their raising so they are wary of him. I would like to know what those white geese were so I can avoid that type of goose. :)
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Chinese Whites are attack geese with strangers who they find in your yard, and friendly when I feed them at the park. They even let me pet them.
 
You do understand, I was about 12 years old, raiding the neighbors fruit trees, because my "parents" kept me perpetually hungry, and stole all the money I earned doing yard work for soda bottles and a little bit of change, to blow on booze and cigarettes...

Every day used to begin with me shoplifting food (the store owner had to know, because I'd go with a note from my mom for a pack of Camels, and leave food wrappers stashed all over the store: God bless his soul.), and I only went to the school where I was an abused minority, to steal lunches from the other children: then I'd cut class for the rest of the day.

I was in the wrong, and those geese were just doing their job. I've admired them for 48 years.

Not just because they lay more eggs than any other goose, either.

When the world's all wrong, and the only thing that makes sense, is the geese who don't like you... It really makes you appreciate the little bit of sanity.
 
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Alo said:
"These don't make good watchdogs," was the deal breaker for me.
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Alo said:
That's the kind I want to help me protect my chickens from dogs and cats...
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Mine are certainly loud enough to alert you of any problem. They are not going to run dogs off though. Maybe smaller ones, but my standard poodles are too much for them to handle. Come breeding season it may be different of course.
 
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