I had been thinking that our next species would be either cows or bees (I know, opposite ends of the spectrum size-wise...) but fate intervened and we have... GEESE!
Aren't they just the most beautiful creatures you have ever seen?! In that middle pic, the male is hissing at me because I am clearly too close to him!
They are a breeding pair so next year we hope to see some little goosies!
We gave two of Hedge Hen's chicks to the woman who gave us the geese -- but as you can see, Hedge Hen has still got plenty and they have a habit of getting underfoot when you are in the feed shed!
And last but not least -- this is one of the boys from the first lot of chicks -- we think his Daddy is a pheasant! Will take some better pictures of him before he goes in the oven -- he is really gorgeous -- this is just a bad picture -- but the internet says that a chicken/pheasant cross (Chesant? Phicken?) is sterile so we can't have chicks with his colouring I'm afraid...
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