Moe, you are beautiful as beautiful as an African goose can
be. Walking through the poultry barn at the state fair all the blue ribbon
African Geese could not hold a candle to you. In addition, looking at pictures of what a
true African Goose is to look like is just like looking at you Moe. Standing
tall with so much pride about you is a pleasure to watch. Your grace and beauty
radiates about you.
After the goslings became adult, I think Daunte got tired of
being in charge of the gaggle. He put Moe in charge, there was no fight no
struggle for power. Moe took that to heart. He watches over the gaggle with
pride. Neither a squirrel nor a chipmunk will infiltrate our space. Havens forbid a crow land in the middle of
the gaggle, as the rest lie sleeping.
All will be safe as long as I am in charge. Sleep, who needs it when the
safety of the gaggle it at hand
Usually there are many fights between the males, especially
in the spring. Most days we just ignore the fights. They are usually just
something trivial like someone stepped on the others foot or looked at the other
the wrong way. Pretty much, like children. Some are more violent and there is
blood, not anything life threatening but can be cause for concern. The C.O or I will intervene and send them to
their corners for a time out.
Usually within an hour, everyone is back to normal and the
fight forgotten. Life now is returned to the same old same old, should we go
down to the pond or try to sneak up to the front yard. There is always one
lagging behind as the scout. It is usually Midge, sounding a warning when one
of us is spotted looking for them. ARRRRAACk. As if, we cannot hear or see her. All of a sudden, you will hear squawk, squawk,
and squawk as they come around the garage one by one; acting like nothing is
going on. No, not us, we were not in the
front yard.
Sometime when they are out in the field or in the back of
the pond and we cannot see them. All we have to do is yell, WHAT. They will
then give themselves away. For some
reason the word WHAT means something to them and they have to answer us back.
SQUAWK!!! For every WHAT.
Sometime we go out and get them and sometimes we just say, “Get
back here right now”. After a long discussion, they usually return in 20
minutes.
This is a sample of my goose story. Feel free to look around.
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