Happy Friday! For this week’s edition of Friday 5 at the Farm, I thought I’d share 5 photos of geese (6 if you count the one of my arm) and tell you a little story.
A few days ago I was minding my own business, feeding treats to the very harmonious cats and chickens in our front yard, trying to catch a nice moment on camera, when the Gangsters (that what we call our gaggle) showed up and caused a ruckus. It was noisy and confusing and ended in violence. Violence directed at me. So, pride wounded, I posted the following photo to Instagram.
All my internet friends were immediately on my side, declaring how scary and vicious geese are, and possibly evil, and how they can’t believe I probably need a tetanus shot and maybe amputation of the offended limb. Goose bites are horrible, right? Then I felt bad. Because, in retrospect, the Gangsters tried to warn me. I was just too caught up in catching a great photo of cats and chickens to pay attention. I’ll tell that part of the story with our Friday 5 photos.
That’s pretty much the whole story. Except that since Johnny Cash has tasted my blood (yes, it bled a little) his bullying has gone to new levels. I cannot go anywhere on this farm without looking over my shoulder. He honks with this particular tone of arrogance that just drives me batty. I woke up from a goose-related nightmare last night. He doesn’t even care.
I still love the geese, even Johnny Cash. Mia has to be careful not to show me too much affection in front of The Gangsters, but his heart still belongs to me.
The End.
Have you ever been attacked by a goose? Let’s have all the gory details.
We’re goin’ ballistic, Mav, go get ’em!
~Goose to Mav in Top Gun
XOXOXOXO
Funny you should ask whether I’ve been attacked by a goose while talking about Mia. Just putting that out there.
I have been the victim of a horrible goose attack as well. One day I took my kids to the park for a family picnic. I made “christinables” (Generic lunchable made my me) and invited all the parents who wanted to meet us for lunch. I had some stay at home moms join me so in all there were about 10 kids and probably 10 adults. When out of nowhere while we were innocently eating our delicious christinables the geese that live at the park swarmed the children. The kids were screaming in sheer panic. The geese wanted our snacks! So, being the beloved protector I am, I attempted shooing the geese away from the innocent defenseless children. The leader of the pack turned and bit me on the knee and continued to bite me all up and down my legs as I ran screaming in circles around the children. I got a stick, and made a slapping noise on the concrete of the pavilion floor and he ran away. Then to my surprise I realized that all of the children and adults were laughing at me. 🙁 Noone even cared because it was so funny to watch me run and scream like a little girl. Anyway, the next day I had about 100 bite bruises all over my legs and my pride was crushed as well. Flat as a pancake as this humiliating event lives in my memory forever. 🙁 Poor me!
Girl, you be careful. You do need a tetanus shot. “Johnny Cash” would be a
“roast goose” if he bit me. I bought my dream horse. He bit my husband and grandson. Next thing he knows he is going up the driveway in a trailer and it wasn’t mine!!!!!!!!!!
I did take the citizenship test and would you believe I made 100. NOT. I didn’t do
too bad. Thanks for the test and answers. I will use the test on my 5 grandchildren.
Have a good weekend.
Great, great story & photos. Yes, we were attacked by geese at a nursery when my littles were little. We were minding our own business, walking around the display gardens, when the flock found us and chased us to our car. I had a babe in arms, scooped up my toddler, tripped over my other toddler, helped him right himself and dragged him by his little arm along the way. The owners of the nursery got rid of their geese after that. I’m pretty sure they worried about lawsuits!
I was supposed to get Sebastapol geese this year, the order got cancelled because of problems with hatching. I was supposed to get them last year, too. I will try again next year for some other kind. I am totally entertained by the poultry of all types and don’t hold it against them when they behave poorly, according to our standards. I’m lucky to have a lot of property for them to spread out in so that they can mostly stay out of each others’ ways.
Thanks for a really great blog post. You’re a hoot!
I can totally relate to your goose story! We had a mean spirited gaggle of geese years ago. When we had any visitors come to the place, they would stay in their cars and honk their horns for us to come out so we could protect them as they made their way to the house. When they decided to turn on us, we got rid of them!
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