Whoa Nelly! Glad you found it. Yes expensive:
You do not need a turkey - don’t you have wild ones there? We have lots of wild turkeys here - magnificent beasts!
What you do need are Polish! They are the perfect accompaniment to a silkie
Those Tolbunts ~ so glad you found them & saved them.
I agree about no turkeys... my farm folks loved their gaggle of geese cuz they could free range all day & were fierce at warding off intruders but were sweet around their humans... & unlike ducks that need a pond, geese are OK w/ just drinking water & are pretty good staying on the property once they know their boundaries. My Mom loved their eggs too.
The rarer Cotton Patch heritage breed is also a good weed eater... used to weed cotton fields in the South. These are what I would get if I had the space for geese ~ different color patterns so it's easy to identify individuals.
Cotton Patch Geese
If I'm still alive when all the chickens pass I might still get 2 or 3 geese as guardians in the back yard. They'd do a fierce guard job in the front yard too... except our backyard is better suited for having birds.
how else would I enjoy my waffles in the morning ? Get off those Canadians and let them do their job!
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