What's Good for the Goose

We have two new additions to the family--a pair of African geese. The woman who sold them to us had to get rid of them because they were too noisy. She and her husband do their chores late at night due to their work schedules. The geese would follow them around, honking the entire time. The neighbors didn't like it.

I've wanted geese ever since I lost my beautiful white goose to the neighbor's hunting dog last year. Matt bought me a gosling to replace the goose, but it was killed by a raccoon the first night we put it in the chicken house. Now we have this pair and they ARE quite noisy. Geese are actually good "guard dogs" in that they honk whenever anything "spicious" is going on. Hopefully these geese won't wear out their welcome here. We figured we couldn't lose for $20.

Lydia has informed me that the geese have "very loooong" necks, Joel is a bit afraid of them (the male is quite territorial), and the girls and Paul are haggling over names. Lydia chimed in with her suggestion for the female--Taylor (which happens to be her little girlfriend's name).