She bit me hard on my bare leg this morning. I'll have a big bruise from this one. There's quite the blood blister. My Pekin drake has become bitey too. His pinches are quite sharp, but there's something so much cuter about a duck flapping and nibbling at you than a goose. The goose is so much...
So it's been a couple of weeks, and Gertie's walking much better. I've confined the pair at night in the inner chicken pen to eliminate their night time "patrol" of the fenced yard. She's back to being her feisty, biting self. I preferred her more demure temperament the first week, but not at...
Well, her leg isn't any worse today. She doesn't seem to have much trouble covering a lot of ground while free ranging today. She's still favoring it and holding it up when she rests, yet I'm hopeful it's just a sprain. Her mate is copying by doing the same with the opposite leg, but no...
I have observed some clumsy mounting, but have not witnessed a male part. Most of the time they do the head bobbing, some spinning around, one climbs on the back of the other, falls off, they spin around some more, wings flap, lather, rinse, repeat. I'm curious about the Tarzan call! Does it...
They both attacked me during feeding time yesterday. I have to carry an open umbrella during the spring to make them keep their distance. When I came in with it folded, and set it down to pour food, they took advantage and went full red zone on me and I ended up with a split fingertip and a few...
That cute drake is constantly under foot. He's a "quack up."
With my goose, my first concern was a dislocation or something bad like a break, but I'm hoping it's just a sprain. She slammed really hard into/over a water bucket over the weekend while zooming across the yard and went for a...
I came home last night to a limping goose. I took some video this morning. She lets me feel her leg and doesn't put up a fuss, which is surprising because they've been attacking me this season. I knew something was wrong with her because she let me approach her to inspect. I'm not feeling...