The Quack Shack

[Jenbirdee]

We feel the number as well.. It's like they say - getting old is no fun but it's better than the alternative.

yeah haha lol my mom is 83 and when she says “don’t get old” i say ok then what / die young? lol

 

[Supercow]

Mine is 80, father is 82. Watch your parents carefully, whatever problems they have, chances are so will you, and some newly added on your own for good measure

 

[Canadian Wind]

Mine is 80, father is 82. Watch your parents carefully, whatever problems they have, chances are so will you, and some newly added on your own for good measure

Unless, like me, you're adopted!

 

[Supercow]

Unless, like me, you're adopted!

Wow, you sure found a way around the problem

 

[Miss Lydia]

is the video about “guard “ geese? not working for me
so I don’t know what it’s saying, but if it says geese are good guards, they’re not guards they are alarms systems. They are as vulnerable to predators as any other poultry pretty much and they don’t fight a predator to save a duck or chicken they fight only for themselves and their own family, and they generally lose

 

[Luv Ducks]

yeah haha lol my mom is 83 and when she says “don’t get old” i say ok then what / die young? lol

My Mom always said that you are not old until you reach 100! She lived to be 35 days short of 97. She was looking forward to the day when she could go to heaven and not be in any more pain. She is there now and I am blessed to believe that I will be with her someday and never have anymore aches or pains myself.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

is the video about “guard “ geese? not working for me
so I don’t know what it’s saying, but if it says geese are good guards, they’re not guards they are alarms systems. They are as vulnerable to predators as any other poultry pretty much and they don’t fight a predator to save a duck or chicken they fight only for themselves and their own family, and they generally lose

I basically says what you expected, but with an explanation: Single goslings must be raised with a group of ducklings or chicks so that they become one flock. Only then the guard geese concept will work.
And while i agree that geese fall prey to larger predators, they will put more of a fight than a duck, just due to their size.
If i can manage to improve the bird housing situation here over the winter, i will have some goslings next year, eyeballing the Emden breed. They will be raised by me, but with plenty of contact to the duck flock, so maybe they develop some family-sense. If not they are still a good alarm system...

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

So happy to hear that the ducks warned you. Sounds like maybe you should carry something that has bullets in it with you when you are outside from now on unless you are a poor aim.

I am very hesitant to buy something stronger than my air-rifle.
First i am not familiar with firearms at all, i am able to identify the side that should point away from you, but that's it.
Then i became really forgetful during the last two years and one of the other things i know about firearms is that you must not forget to keep the safety on when you don't want to shoot. Forgetfulness together with firearms is a recipe to accidents.
And in that situation, robbing on the ground, cutting thorny shrubs at ground level with a chainsaw - where would i keep a firearm?

 

[Canadian Wind]

I basically says what you expected, but with an explanation: Single goslings must be raised with a group of ducklings or chicks so that they become one flock. Only then the guard geese concept will work.
And while i agree that geese fall prey to larger predators, they will put more of a fight than a duck, just due to their size.
If i can manage to improve the bird housing situation here over the winter, i will have some goslings next year, eyeballing the Emden breed. They will be raised by me, but with plenty of contact to the duck flock, so maybe they develop some family-sense. If not they are still a good alarm system...

Pretty much what I'm doing with mine. Right now, they are slowly getting used to the other animals here (yesterday I found them in the rabbit section, a first!), and they do raise the alarm! Mostly at my door when they want me to come out!

 

[igorsMistress]

I am very hesitant to buy something stronger than my air-rifle.
First i am not familiar with firearms at all, i am able to identify the side that should point away from you, but that's it.
Then i became really forgetful during the last two years and one of the other things i know about firearms is that you must not forget to keep the safety on when you don't want to shoot. Forgetfulness together with firearms is a recipe to accidents.
And in that situation, robbing on the ground, cutting thorny shrubs at ground level with a chainsaw - where would i keep a firearm?

There are classes to teach you about firearms. Glocks have no separate safety button to remember. Right next to you within arms reach is where you’d keep it.

In your last described situation I see nothing wrong with wielding a chain saw and whatever else you had on hand. It certainly would have caused damage to the offender.

I agree a firearm is something to consider. I suspect wells be seeing more incidents like this as the pressure for land and resources increase while those resources dwindle at the same time.