My geese have now encountered chickens for the first time.
Technically they had a few years before when my neighbor’s favorite silkie somehow made her way through the woods and into our yard. My geese kept their distance from that one, the sentient moving ball of fuzz was a terrifying sight to behold and they hovered around stalking, watching the little alien from a distance until I captured it.
Being that it looked like a pom pom with fluffy slippers I don’t really consider it their first chicken expierience though.
But now the last few days my other neighbor’s chickens have slowly been encroaching onto our property and only today did my geese finally realize this when they saw the mob creeping through the woods foraging.
Delphi immediately started squawking an alarm, Parsnip and Leo rushed over, froze in shock staring at the invaders before they started huffing in horror themselves, then the three of them bolted to the backyard and refused to leave the rest of the day in fear of encountering the roving band of raptors again.
So now my geese have are probably convinced that they’ve expierienced both extraterrestrial life and Jurassic Park.