babies chewing EVERYTHING

[birds4me]

 

[Cottage Rose]

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Ain't that the truth - LOL!

 

[Terri O]

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This spring I have tons of yellow styro insulation all over my yard from mine! They LOVE the stuff! Maybe they think it is popcorn? And guess what else? Keep them away from your grill...for some reason taking the auto starter off the bottom is great fun too. (we're on our 4th one!) If DH would remember to put the cover on this just wouldnt happen--that's my excuse and I'm stickin' with it!

Terri O

 

[goosedragon]

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This spring I have tons of yellow styro insulation all over my yard from mine! They LOVE the stuff! Maybe they think it is popcorn? And guess what else? Keep them away from your grill...for some reason taking the auto starter off the bottom is great fun too. (we're on our 4th one!) If DH would remember to put the cover on this just wouldnt happen--that's my excuse and I'm stickin' with it!

Terri O

Could be worse mine used to disconnect the wires to the back of my pickup truck. After I got stopped the first time for no tail, stop, or plate lights. I had the guy tape all the connectors. The second Office wouldn't believe my "wild goose story", saw that I had got off with a warning the first time and wrote some tickets that would hurt, The fines would have been bad enough but would also add points on my clean driving record and would have caused my auto insurance to double! I went back to the same guy who confirmed that the tape was mostly off and charged me to solder all the connections. I got him to write down on his bills what he did and when, Managed to get a picture of a goose messing with my wires and went to the DA who handled traffic court. He saw my proof and said that he believed me but wouldn't throw the tickets out because the officer had commented that I was a Scofflaw! When the case went to trial The officer went first and said an example should be made of me since I had failed to act on the warning and tried to tell a story about how the geese ate my wires. The judge was PO'ed and ready to throw the book at me. My turn I handed him the warning followed by the garage statement (from the following day) then the tickets then the final garage statement (also the day after the tickets) with the picture of the goose at the bottom of the stack. Then I just stood there and watched his face. More and more puzzled as he went through it and then broke off laughing when he got to the picture. He then said to the DA, Thanks for the good laugh but why bring this to court? The Officer insisted he was a Scofflaw and said he didn't want to hear more goose stories. "The defendant is not guilty, the warning and tickets will be removed from his record and I strongly suggest a note to issue warnings only for similar offences, he took quick action to have repairs made and while the story sounds farfetched, I think it is true. Have the officer read the evidence as I did so he will know why this ruling is made. It is now known as the goose excuse slightly above the dog ate my homework....

 

[birds4me]

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[The Duck ABC's]

I'm so glad you guys posted this thread. I'm new to geese. I would have been puzzled. I'm raising ducks and they do that when they are deficient. They nibble a little bit at things for fun, but not to this extend. I always give cat toys to my duckling and I do hear them play with it. I guess I will double on the goose toy selection when they hatch. One got in to the air sack today and chirped, so they are getting closer to hatching.

 

[Shiloh Acres]

LOL Goosedragon!
My other geese picked and nibbled at things but my current bunch are a bit more determined. When I went in the feed room this morning (big window out on the goose's yard) they were standing by the window dismantling the phone wires.

Fortunately I don't have a landline. But I think I'd better find a way to cover the wires that run to the Internet satellite-thing before they find them ...

I'd loved to have seen that judge's face.

 

[GarlicEater]

I honestly think geese have to keep their beaks busy to keep them in good shape. Kinda like rodents, who have to chew or their teeth get overgrown.

I gave my chickens A, ONE, Styrofoam "peanut" and it was carried all over and fought over, it was pretty funny. It was gone in no time.

 

[goosedragon]

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I failed to mention the THREE times they managed to chew through the power cord to the submerged pump that I used to pump out their pools with. The first time i wraped the repair with duct tape, my geese loved duct tape TO EAT! Off in 2 days. Second time I used heat shrink tubing, there was no edge to get their bill into so they sat there and used the saw tooth edge on the side of their bills to saw thru the tubeing,took them about 10 days. Finally I strung the power cord thru a length of old garden hose and sealed the pump end in epoxy. That they never got thru! Thank heaven all the services were underground and came up in the crawspace under the House,

 

[Shiloh Acres]

Oh, I'm glad mine never turned their attention to that!

It hasn't been accessible to them since I took them out of being pastured with the goats during the day. When breeding season first started, I moved them ALONE to the backyard (fortunately it's really big and no animals use it) and leave the gate open to the chicken/rabbit yard. They have a pool back there but the pumping equipment is still in the pasture. IF I put them back on the main pasture (big if, not sure if they can still run with goats and llama and nobody get hurt) I'll be sure to protect it.

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm glad my other geese weren't that bad. My landlady would have been upset!