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Geese=great guarders. My woofer would probably lick you to death.
The Chinese used to use them as an attack alarm in Malaya during WW2, so the Japanese couldnt creep up on them. I just adore geese , so cute, proper little characters and each one unique.
Yodel are a nightmare.
Yack away as much as you want Ballerina because I for one absolutely love hearing stories like yours, they really make me smile.They are brilliant guards. There is always one that is on lookout duty (they rotate shifts), so 5 will be munching grass and 1 keeping stock of things. One faint "hub" from lookout goose and they all immediately go heads up and shout at interlopers. They run up and down the front garden flapping, honking and jumping in the air when familiar people come but a stranger is hissed at and they put their heads down and stretch their necks out. The thing is, they are pussy's in reality and if anyone seriously challenged, they would turn and run but they look and sound so mean!
They have saved us from one break-in that we know of but possibly more. A couple of years ago, I was working and Paul awoke to the sound of the girls sbrieking at just after 3am. When he came down, the back gate was swinging but the intruders had bid a hasty retreat. The geese had busted out of their shed and were patrolling up and down in the open gateway. Once Paul came outside, they went back to bed, feeling very proud of themselves. He apologised to our neighbours, who were also rudely awakened but nobody minded. In fact we've been thanked by a few neighbours who have said that would be thieves considering burgling their places abandoned their mission but left tell-tale tool marks on sheds and back doors. So they are quite fond of my girls, which is nice. I think a lot of would be tobbers know about the honkers and just don't bother, nothing sneaks past a goose
Sorry if I am boring you all, I could yack for days about my menagerie! xx
Our Hermes deliverers are excellent.
I adore geese & chickens. Unfortunately my neighbour - aka the Washing Gestapo would kretch & kventch were I to obtain some.They are brilliant guards. There is always one that is on lookout duty (they rotate shifts), so 5 will be munching grass and 1 keeping stock of things. One faint "hub" from lookout goose and they all immediately go heads up and shout at interlopers. They run up and down the front garden flapping, honking and jumping in the air when familiar people come but a stranger is hissed at and they put their heads down and stretch their necks out. The thing is, they are pussy's in reality and if anyone seriously challenged, they would turn and run but they look and sound so mean!
They have saved us from one break-in that we know of but possibly more. A couple of years ago, I was working and Paul awoke to the sound of the girls sbrieking at just after 3am. When he came down, the back gate was swinging but the intruders had bid a hasty retreat. The geese had busted out of their shed and were patrolling up and down in the open gateway. Once Paul came outside, they went back to bed, feeling very proud of themselves. He apologised to our neighbours, who were also rudely awakened but nobody minded. In fact we've been thanked by a few neighbours who have said that would be thieves considering burgling their places abandoned their mission but left tell-tale tool marks on sheds and back doors. So they are quite fond of my girls, which is nice. I think a lot of would be tobbers know about the honkers and just don't bother, nothing sneaks past a goose
Sorry if I am boring you all, I could yack for days about my menagerie! xx
I'm amazed that someone would go aout of their way to do that. Such behaviour is 'up there' with going to chazzers & tearing out the final page in the books.
