So we just got back from a weekend camping trip with our two 2.5 week old white chinese geese, plus a lone 4 week old turkey. We took them because I didn't feel like they were old enough to stay home without a lot of supervision. Our ducks are fine to be just checked on, so we left them. We went up to Rathbun Lake, in Iowa. When we were just hanging around the camper, I would put the 3 babies out in a plastic dog pen so they could do their little goosie/turkey thing. At night, and when we weren't at the camper, I kept them in a big rubbermaid tub inside the camper. I would walk them down to the lake a couple times a day, just to let them swim in "real" water. The geese, not the turkey. He would peep peep PEEP, then fly up and sit on my shoulder while I stood in the water.
Let me tell ya, they were a HIT!! The little children also camping in the area (and some of the parents, too, actually) would come running when they saw me come out and sit with the geese, or walk them along the shore. The geese and turkey would follow the little girls around, too. Who doesn't love that?! We definitely made some impressions and educated people that geese aren't "the devil". LOL All of them will lay on their backs, so the kids loved petting their soft bellies, and watching the little turkey fall asleep like that.
Ling and Zing, and Turkey Ting...
Let me tell ya, they were a HIT!! The little children also camping in the area (and some of the parents, too, actually) would come running when they saw me come out and sit with the geese, or walk them along the shore. The geese and turkey would follow the little girls around, too. Who doesn't love that?! We definitely made some impressions and educated people that geese aren't "the devil". LOL All of them will lay on their backs, so the kids loved petting their soft bellies, and watching the little turkey fall asleep like that.
Ling and Zing, and Turkey Ting...
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