What Goes Around Comes Around

Geese, geese, geese. We have mean geese here at P&CW Organic Farm. All of the goats and puppies have been bullied by the geese at one time or another. The chickens and guinea hen are used to being chased away from any feed laid out for them so that the geese can guzzle it down. Even those of us who are larger animals have been hissed at quite vehemently. Now, that has changed.

Some weeks back the geese left the home pasture enclosure, I think they were being chased by the dogs and felt unsafe. While I do like coming out of the house to be greeted by honking geese, I very much dislike stepping out onto the mat--or even the boot scraper--to find that some goose has left a fresh, green calling card. And when the upper portion of the driveway began to look like I needed to tend to it with the doggie pooper-scooper, well, I sent the geese back into the pasture.

Shortly thereafter I had the pleasure of watching JoJo being subjected to curious Spencer's all-over inspection. Alpacas are curious creatures, and Spencer likes to check out any goats or dogs or people who enter his territory. Whiskey, the larger, grey-and-white fainting goat, now stands most resignedly for Spencer's inspections. Oddly, though, JoJo and LaLa first chose to flee the young alpaca's attentions--only to find themselves the target of a happily chasing romp. Eventually JoJo thought to sit still and acquiesce. Spencer did not hurt the goose, unless perhaps geese are prideful, and he did ascertain what a goose smells and tastes like from neck to tail.

What goes around comes around. Those mean geese had it coming.