Not a Safe Nest
Sometimes the chickens roost on the tall stacks of rabbit cages in the barn. The top of that cage is about six feet off the ground, so it’s not surprising that I didn’t notice that one of the banty hens...
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Beware the Nesting Goose
American Buff geese deserve their reputation as calm, gentle birds — except during nesting. A Buff defending her nest can be ferocious. With five Buffs on separate nests around the barn, there’s a lot of...
Read MoreA goose tale
A few weeks ago, the sweetest of the young geese turned up lame. She stumbled around and made pitiful sounds, so we prepared the big cage in the ‘hospital room’ and brought her in for rest and observation. I...
Read MoreDon’t mess with Ingrid!
This is Ingrid’s first season as a nesting mother, and she’s taking her job seriously. Thirty days, on the nest, incubating and protecting those eggs . . . err . . . those egg-shaped gourds that look a lot like the...
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