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Oct. 24th, 2012
The Saga of Steve and Tony
Oct. 24th, 2012 05:41 pmNo, not the superheroes, the geese! If you recall a few months back, we got a 'pair' of African Geese which we named Steve and Tony. link to pics We had had a fox take out some of our chickens and guinea fowl, but he'd never bothered with the geese, most likely because of their size.
Two days ago Tony the goose went missing. These two stick to each other like the slash couple that we named them after, so when one of them didn't show up to get fed that morning I knew it could only be bad news.
I did a search of our property and outlying areas, looking for SOME sort of evidence. Generally, when a fox or owl gets something, there is a shit-ton of feathers left behind, but nothing!
A new family moved in way down the road and I've seen their large-breed dog on our property, but have never seen him chasing the chickens around, so ..? I even drove down to their house, just to see if there was a pile of feathers there, but nope.
And poor Steve has spent the past two days calling and calling for his Tony. It was really quite heartbreaking.
Yesterday afternoon, TONY WAS BACK! He's pretty chewed up (and may not live ... we'll have to wait and see) but ... HE'S ALIVE! I am absolutely gobsmacked and would pay big money to hear his story. If only geese could talk!
Hubby and I caught them (no easy feat) and put them in one of the sheds. We had planned on doing it anyway, when it got cold enough, but I really don't need that dog catching him again, especially when he's already beat up.
I don't know for sure that it was that dog, but ... he's the most likely UNSUB. ;) (for you Criminal Minds peeps). Should I say something to the owners? I don't want my "Hey, welcome to the neighbourhood" to be "Keep your fuckin' dog off my lawn", but I also don't want to worry about my livestock going missing. And obviously, if it WAS the dog, he's not exactly a born killer if Tony survived. My guess is, that the dog took him and way 'playing' with him, a la Mice and Men.
Any thoughts?
Two days ago Tony the goose went missing. These two stick to each other like the slash couple that we named them after, so when one of them didn't show up to get fed that morning I knew it could only be bad news.
I did a search of our property and outlying areas, looking for SOME sort of evidence. Generally, when a fox or owl gets something, there is a shit-ton of feathers left behind, but nothing!
A new family moved in way down the road and I've seen their large-breed dog on our property, but have never seen him chasing the chickens around, so ..? I even drove down to their house, just to see if there was a pile of feathers there, but nope.
And poor Steve has spent the past two days calling and calling for his Tony. It was really quite heartbreaking.
Yesterday afternoon, TONY WAS BACK! He's pretty chewed up (and may not live ... we'll have to wait and see) but ... HE'S ALIVE! I am absolutely gobsmacked and would pay big money to hear his story. If only geese could talk!
Hubby and I caught them (no easy feat) and put them in one of the sheds. We had planned on doing it anyway, when it got cold enough, but I really don't need that dog catching him again, especially when he's already beat up.
I don't know for sure that it was that dog, but ... he's the most likely UNSUB. ;) (for you Criminal Minds peeps). Should I say something to the owners? I don't want my "Hey, welcome to the neighbourhood" to be "Keep your fuckin' dog off my lawn", but I also don't want to worry about my livestock going missing. And obviously, if it WAS the dog, he's not exactly a born killer if Tony survived. My guess is, that the dog took him and way 'playing' with him, a la Mice and Men.
Any thoughts?