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[kenmlang]

I haven't had to mow my lawn since the geese started free ranging. They keep it pretty short.

Can you bring them here this weekend??? LOL

 

[LightningTFarm]

Just to confirm, I fed both dogs then let them outside and Tristan, the Golden Retriever, immediately went for a little duck poo for dessert. So, hunger is not the issue here. For some reason, he thinks poo is DELICIOUS!

 

[Starfire669]

Can you bring them here this weekend??? LOL

Lol, while a long trip would make them extra hungry, I do NOT want goose poo in my car. Those guys and ducks have a talent for aiming their poo out the crate and all over the car. Just 2 small goslings splattered the back of my car, I don't want to imaging what 6 large goslings can do. I can live without a repeat, lol.

 

[LightningTFarm]

Lol, while a long trip would make them extra hungry, I do NOT want goos poo in my car. Those guys and ducks have a talent for aiming their poo out the crate and all over the car. I can live without a repeat, lol.

Amazing how liquid it can be, isn't it? And how they can aim it. This winter I had a problem a few times getting the automatic door to open. It would be frozen shut because one of them would have pooped on the bottom of it and then it froze shut! Once I couldn't get it open at all till later in the day, and hat to let everyone out of the people door.

 

[Starfire669]

Just to confirm, I fed both dogs then let them outside and Tristan, the Golden Retriever, immediately went for a little duck poo for dessert. So, hunger is not the issue here. For some reason, he thinks poo is DELICIOUS!

That is one dog with gross eating habits. Is there any way to keep him away from the poo? I don't think that is at all healthy for him.

 

[kenmlang]

Lol, while a long trip would make them extra hungry, I do NOT want goose poo in my car. Those guys and ducks have a talent for aiming their poo out the crate and all over the car. Just 2 small goslings splattered the back of my car, I don't want to imaging what 6 large goslings can do. I can live without a repeat, lol.

I hear ya, but, at this point, I would be willing to pay for detailing and rental of the birds!! LOL

 

[Starfire669]

Amazing how liquid it can be, isn't it? And how they can aim it. This winter I had a problem a few times getting the automatic door to open. It would be frozen shut because one of them would have pooped on the bottom of it and then it froze shut! Once I couldn't get it open at all till later in the day, and hat to let everyone out of the people door.

I have come to the conclusion that geese don't have butts, they have cannons! And those cannons are ALWAYS loaded, and very deadly accurate.

 

[Starfire669]

I hear ya, but, at this point, I would be willing to pay for detailing and rental of the birds!! LOL

You could get a couple geese of your own. At 1 week of age mine are out most or all day eating grass. I have 6 that are out from dawn to dusk, and 2 that are out from 12 to 6, because they are so small. And getting your own geese would save you money. No rental or detailing fees. Plus you get a great lawn mower and alarm sounder all rolled into 1 package.

 

[kenmlang]

You could get a couple geese of your own. At 1 week of age mine are out most or all day eating grass. I have 6 that are out from dawn to dusk, and 2 that are out from 12 to 6, because they are so small.

I would, but I cannot watch over them all day, and the hawks would get them. Just my yard is 4 acres. I would have to get quite a few to keep this yard mowed.

 

[Starfire669]

I would, but I cannot watch over them all day, and the hawks would get them. Just my yard is 4 acres. I would have to get quite a few to keep this yard mowed.

They can be cooped until you can take them out. Or make a goose tractor to keep the safe and mobile. Geese grow amazingly fast. They nearly double in size in 10 days. And their whole diet is grass, so they eat a lot of grass and weeds. Your garden too if they can get in it. Plus some breeds of geese like my Chinese are great watch dogs, they sound off for anything that is new to their yard, and they are LOUD. I love my geese, one still crawls in my lap for snuggles every once in a while.