Now that Duckie the Goose is all grown up he is free to fly away. We don't know if Duckie is a boy or girl but he sure has taken up residence with the Chicken Lady. She has other domesticated geese but they don't want to have anything to do with him, so they ignore each other. He's free to do what he wishes but, I guess he figures that he doesn't need to wander far. He makes it a point to honk really loud if she is late opening the coop in the morning and at dusk, he waits for her half way up the path to the coop to walk her the rest of the way to close the door.
Not having any idea if Duckie the goose is a boy or girl I'm going to call it a he.
Afterall, Duckie was raised with the two hens, Custer and Brownie are all that he knows. Now that he's all grown up he's taken it upon himself to act more like a big brother. He makes sure they eat first, get the treats first and acts like a bouncer if any roosters get too close.
Custer, one of the hens jumped up on the porch swing and moved all the blankets around to make a nest. We had not seen any eggs from Custer or Brownie and were beginning to wonder if there were going to begin laying. She was making such a fuss, cackling, noises as she adjusted her nest. Duckie was all concerned with the noise and decided to stay on the porch close. Quite the comic relief to see a goose lose its cool with a squawking chicken looking for a place to lay an egg.
The reason the hen was even on the porch is because Michigan can have some cold weather. The chicken lady gets soft on her feathered friends and a couple chickens usually end up taking residence on the porch. They even have their own heated water dish plus it makes it easy to get eggs off the porch instead of the coop.
