Using Goslings as Lawn Mowers
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Regarding your pond, you already have a gigantic untapped water source way closer to the pond than your creek. As far as I can tell your barn roof has no gutter. The roof area seems to be around 600 square yards. Vermont gets around 3 to 4 inches of rain in each of the summer months. 1 inch equals 6 gallons of water per square yard so roughly 12,600 gallons of clean water drip down the roof unused each month while only 30 yards away your pond dries out. Might be a bit tricky to work on the roof and you need to do some digging, but gravity is on your side with this and it's very sustainable and environmentally friendly.
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This is a *great* point! It’s a free water source and using gravity to move water long distances is an engineering feat that was conquered thousands of years ago - think of the Roman aqueducts! I’m _sure_ that it would be feasible to find a workaround for this to be a long term solution!
I was going to comment that diverting some water should be doable with a proper way to « manage » it and only take water when needed. But the barn roof is a lot better as a solution. It simply reuse water that is otherwise lost.
I have built several ponds for decorative purposes and I think a 20-40 mil EPDM liner with clay on top, if you have the wind a windmill waterpump/aerator, with the run off of the house and barn would be ideal. If you were to add a cheap bog filter with a 30% capacity of your pond it would always be clear and swim able. My 2 cents.
Re: the pond & concerns about diverting part of a creek & impact on wetlands, from an ecology nerd :)
1) Taking some water from the creek will not matter to the creek ecosystem, except during dry times... which is exactly when you would be wanting the most water. I recommend filling your pond by hose during the hottest months of the year if you need to keep it working. Taking a small amount of water at other times will not impact the creek ecosystem. Also, are you already using the runoff from your roofs? You don't need a fancy system if you don't care about efficiency or drinkability - just divert gutters into a small stream that runs into the pond.
2) Runoff from your pond into the wetlands would increase the nutrition entering said wetlands, like adding fertilizer to the water. This could throw the ecosystem out of balance in that wetland, causing algae blooms and other issues.
3) By running your pond water runnoff through a swail (wide but shallow ditch) with wetland plants and sedges on its way to back to the creek, this would alleviate a lot of the issues from #2. Downsides: takes work to create swail, and most water would not get back to the wetland as it will be absorbed by the area around the swail. Water not getting back into the creek system may be an issue (see #1). Swail plants are often delicious as well - Springbock clover, watercress, etc.
4) Your pond really needs some appropriate plants around the edges. It's normal for the lower shore to be mud as it drops to its lowest levels, but the first meter of grass and start of your mud area a few sedges would go a long way to helping secure the soil and keep the water healthier. Everywhere your pasture suffered from flooding, that's where you want the water-loving grasses and other plants. Give up on re-seeding pasture there, it's going to die every few years and isn't the best use of the land given your priority is a pond for the waterfoul.
5) Your pond needs shade. The hot sun will warm the water enough to kill most normal microscopic ecosystems and it becomes a scummy mess with only algae growing - especially with all the extra fertilizer being added by the birds. Maybe extend your permaculture efforts to a few shore-line trees and shrubs around the pond? They'll need protection until they're above beak level.
Also, your goslings will cut the grass better if you treat their grazing the same way you do the cows: small space, intense grazing pressure, move often.
Well then Asteria is covering the majority of the issues this zoologist has.
You can also plant some oyster mushrooms to clean the water from the pond run off before it gets to the creek or wetlands. But the oyster mushrooms used for this purpose should definitely NOT be eaten. Oyster mushrooms can be grown in other clean places for eating. Paul Stamets, the mushroom expert, has written a a book called Mycelium Running, on how to use mushrooms to clean the environment from both agricultural and fossil fuels pollutions.
This response is awesome. I hope he sees it
When I was in highschool I worked on an organic farm which had a few acres of strawberries. Once a patch reached maturity they used geese to clear weeds since they didn't care for strawberry plants and could pick through the plants easier and for longer than human workers. Same with their asparagus plants as well.
Interesting info.
Geese are actually pretty picky about what plants they'll eat. A friend of mine used to have a couple in her garden as weed and grass control(her paths between garden rows were grass), and there were very few plants they would actually bother with, beyond the initial experimentation tastings when they were first introduced. They also seemed to keep the cloud of starlings away, which will absolutely decimate a fruit crop in short order. I've also heard(never seen first-hand) that a lone goose makes an excellent guardian animal for a flock of egg chickens if you're trying to avoid having a rooster.
Based on all of the anecdotal evidence of the benefits of geese on the farm, Morgan's high opinion of them, and the fact that goose is DELICIOUS(anyone who hasn't had spickgans owes it to themselves to try), I think I might do some real homework this year and potentially try a small tester flock next year.
I think the chickens were hiding in the shade due to the crows flying around rather than it being hot. I believe it’s instinctual for them to seek cover when they spot any flying predators and that murder of crows probably frightened them.
I agree.
I also think that the crows might have been mobbing an owl or a hawk.
They will attack a predator enmass if they discover one in their territory. That what it looked like to me.
It’s actually is good if they help keep the “ bad birds” away from Morgan’s flocks.
That murder of crows was mobbing a bird of prey, most likely a red tailed hawk. That would also explain your chickens huddled up under the chick mobile.
My thoughts exactly!
@@leykimayri one of my favorite collective nouns.
@@leykimayri You should check out UW Bothell, in WA. Crows gather there to roost at night in the 1000's. If group of crows is a murder then they have a genocide of crows at UWB.
YES! The chickens were hiding because they heard the crows and were warned of danger! Honestly, I saw a crow attack a hawk that had grabbed my favorite small pet chicken who worked as an animal actor. She got away/released because of that crow, and I changed my mind about the crow nuisance (droppings everywhere) on my ranch from that moment on! I also had fewer hawks and falcons from that point also as the crows took over the territory!
Crows are chickens' friends, who knew!
They've gotten gigantic! I can't believe how fast they grow.
0:13 and 0:45 I think that’s the same gosling biting things 😂
Now that the cows have had a successful tipping I would expect they’ll try again. You may have entered into an epic test of wills. 🙂New topic; might be helpful and interesting to install your own weather station. Especially tracking rainfall as you work to manage your pastures.
All those times Morgan tipped cows back in his wild college days, now the cows have come to do some revenge tippin'.
What does cow tipping mean, in both instances? :o
@@catsberry4858 I only know about the one kind, where when you're drunk you go out to a field and tip a cow over.
Lawns are bad when they aren't used to their advantage. I grow it for the purpose of routinely mulching my garden beds since my soil is mostly clay.
How deep do you mulch? What kind of garden beds? Do you have veg or just flowers? Do you find that your grass mulch go slimy? Sorry of all the questions. I've been debating trying this in my beds.
A green manure would probably work better
Being a drought and water restricted area. I haven’t watered the lawn in about 6 years. So now it’s just a patch of dirt and a few weeds
@@mrsmp2193 I just keep a thin layer (less than 1/2 inch) on top of the soil to prevent the sun from bearing down on the clay soil. I grow potatoes in my clay soil. They actually do very well since clay holds more moisture, more nutrients and stays cooler. The surface should be moist to prevent the clay from hardening when it is very dry. It's not impossible for the potatoes to break through hard and dried clay but keeping it moist helps a bit. After the potatoes emerge, it's actually beneficial if the ground dries and hardens because weeds do not take hold easily.
@@mrsmp2193 I sometime too dress mine like wood mulch. It won’t go slimy, that only happen if you bag and not release moisture out, but when you mulch, it will dry out.
I think with the quacken den lip, you should make it a gradual ramp so when they lay eggs on it, the egg will just roll back and it wont be a hassel to get over for the ducks :)
like a slight ramp going back into the duck house?
I think they do it on purpose. They know Toby protects them, and they know Toby likes their eggs, so they sacrifice their unborn to the mighty ghost wolf.
@@knoahbody69 😂😂
This is a great idea!!!
@@knoahbody69 haha, they are gifts!
Abby’s personality perfectly compliments Toby’s and seeing them interact is amazing
Love the goslings' day care trip 💕 and Jemima always warms my heart. Love today's upload!
Gosling day care was amazing. The fact that you could move them in and out with no problem was terrific.
*I love how much the adult geese want to be around the goslings. If you listen, they all were communicating, the whole time!*
*It’s adorable.*
I’ve been following you for about an year. I understand your a full time farmer but your copy writing and voice over work is outstanding. You probably don’t have time to pursue that as a part time venture or side hustle. I’m just saying your good at it. Btw, you’ve grown to who are today. I’m sure you don’t want or need my validation. Just know people from all sorts of backgrounds support you and you help me not give up on my goals. Thank you!
SUGGESTION: Divert IN to your pond and ALSO divert OUT of your pond back in to the wetlands. It will keep your pond at a constant level of your choosing and wont upset the dynamic of the wetlands.
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
Yep, you just need a weir on the exit of the pond, to maintain the level, and you’re good to go.
Only issue is that as someone else commented here, the increased fertiliser in the outgoing water thanks to the geese could cause disruption like algal blooms downstream, so it'd probably be better not to divert the pond overflow back into the natural creek.
@@Berkeloid0 good point but a pond filter would fix that
For the Pondwater situation you could use a Ram Pump setup. They are easy to build yourself (read My Buddy Alfred) and do not use electricity. They only pump with the natural gradient of the land. Some Airchamber/Checkvalve magic. They are able to pump water about 4 times as high as the head pressure height is. So if the feedtube of the pump is 10 feet high it can pump 40 feet. The pond just needs the equivalent of a garden hose to stay somewhat full and a drainage ditch towards the wood is enough for the overflow. The Wranglerstar youtube channel made a few videos eons ago about those Pumps. They pretty much work for years without maintenance as they are besically just 2 checkvalves.
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I should add that no water is wasted for the pump action. The unused water just slashes around the pump after the energy is used up. It seems to be kind of like a mechanical advantage thing. Using the power of 4 volumes to move 1 volume more. It seems most people put the pump right next to the stream on a rock so the excess water drains directly back into the stream. Those pumps really have something melodic and organic about them. Like a heart or so
I had to read this a few times. It’s one of those things that sounds very technical and complicated, but in reality, it’s a very simple and effective premise 😂
The cattle mobile needs a wider stanced base. It is too narrow for its height. A few blocks of cement hung underneath the frame might help though, it needs to be wider and have more ballast.
One word: Gates. The cow mobile has to fit thru the gates.
@@doloresreynolds8145 Then there is a significant engineering challenge to be met to achieve stability and portability.
@@doloresreynolds8145 I'd put on legs - like the folding legs on a backhoe. Lift the legs to move. Lock them in place to steady.
Perhaps Morgan can have deployable stabilizers? Like how some working trucks for a power or cable company has to help stabilize the truck while they go up in the cherry picker.
@@Lightna That would help, I still think it needs some weight below the level of the axles too. That might impede the movability of it, but it needs ballast.
Do not underestimate the force created by the wind on that fabric. Awesome video, as always. I’ve been so enjoying watching your goslings.
Another clever video, as usual. All of your animals look happy and healthy... it shows that you give them the best of care. Great job.
Time to get Greg Woodstock The Pond Guy and and his crew out to the farm to build you a functional, sustainable and beautiful pond! They've pretty much been to all my Favorite TH-camrs houses/farms and build some incredible ponds!
3:36 Molly trying to jump through the fence is funny. lmao
Sooo funny!! They absolutely love the grass! Don't know about the mowing part but great content. Hugs from N.C..❤️
You should get a solar powered water fountain for the pond, it will not only look good and be appreciated by the birds but it will also help improve water quality, remove odors, control algae etc.
Ooooo...great idea...take full advantage of the sun...the birds will love it!
It would really aerate the water as well.
You have to be a bit careful with fountains. They can aerate the water too much and cause algal blooms, which can then cause health problems for vulnerable individuals when the fountain aerosolises the algae and it gets breathed into people's airways. For fountains run on town water the chlorine stops this from being a problem, but for a natural pond with plenty of incoming fertiliser thanks to the ducks and geese, it could be an issue if not managed properly.
@@mfaizsyahmi it freaked out his birds! they didn't go into the water.
You made a wind sail on top. Windy day = bye bye.
It's a parasol and on a very windy day it might and up in another zipcode area.
Hang a couple of bags of cement on rope below the base, so that it acts like a mass damper.
Awesome can't wait to use my Cornish cross chicks on the lawn. I just got to wait till they're big enough, and design some kind of portable Chicken Run.
I used plastic netting, on a wooden frame to keep mine light. Then added wheels for portability. Small sections can be moved individually, then linked to make a larger enclosure. Just be out with your flock if you have predators in your area. You wouldn't want to be the nugget supplier for the neighborhood riffraff.👍🏻
I use the pen/dog cage Abby dog is in. It moves easily and makes a good chicken tractor/run
@@Yourfavpaloma I have to make sure it's secure because they have to live in it for a week while I'm gone. My grandma is going to have to watch my chicks. I'm thinking wooden frame hardware cloth hardware cloth floor. Also a box in the one end to put the heat lamp in.
@@YankeeValleyOutdoors yeah it’s probably a better idea to use wood. Since the cage I was talking about had holes and gapes that snakes,minks, and other small animals could fit.
@@Yourfavpaloma I still have PTSD from when I lost my whole flock to a mink.
Yeah Paul Panther...Morgan if you have 2 potential solutions, you have several. You are a huge thinker of outside the box and Mr. Panther gave you one more idea 💡.
I am smiling deeply at "Gosling day Care". Your vlog is fabulous. Thank you.
You have done such a good job with Abby's training! Her behavior now vs a month ago videos is night and day difference
The Geese parents being annoyed by their own children was hilarious! Love seeing the changes that happen on the farm, weekly. Thanks for sharing!
Re: tipping portable shelter--turn it perpendicular to the slope.
Good job showing the goslings and cattle.
Morgan, you are turning into a great small-holdings farmer and the farm is shaping up beautifully.
Crows and owls are the worst of enemies so maybe there was a owl in that pine tree
Im not sure why i love watching animals eat grass but this video is super satisfying lol
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
I would guess that the chickens were hiding because of the crows. Crows and Ravens often warn of aerial predators in the vicinity. Chickens know! Lol
Is Abby’s coat getting thicker and longer in length than when you got her? It looks like she is acclimating to the cooler weather❤all the animals are looking very happy! The cows are so sweet with their babies…. And those calves look fat and happy…
Ino thats just her adult coat coming in
Because she came from California, I don't believe she'll acclimate to Vermont until after at least one winter (or more). Even humans have to be in a new location for at least a year to acclimate to their environment.
You need to worry about crows/ravens because they are known to prey on chicks and small birds. The goslings instinctually are wary and reacted accordingly.
Yup I raised my geese on grass and weeds , little grain at night, love there voice , Your doing a good job Morgan ,
The tipping factor came from the height of the top section. Lower the gravity by lowering the height of the shade cloth posts. A lower frame means more stability
Either that or you could try ballasting the base in some fashion. Provided you distribute the weight in an even-ish manner, that, to my rather crude mental arithmetic, would make it less tippable for the cattle. Plus the fact it's on wheels shouldn't be that much more of a hindrance in terms of moving it around as & when required.
The only potential downside I can forsee is the increased risk of damage as a consequence if (or when) they succeed.
it feels great when you see the dogs or the cats running around while hes talking awesome!!!
The Cattle Shade Mobile. Outriggers!
I also suggest that your place some sort of gutters on your barn, and then direct the water to your pond, via an underground PVC pipe. Every square foot of roof space collects 6 gallons of water in a 1 inch rainfall.
Goslings are just as fluffy as the dandelion fluff ! :)))
The goslings are so adorable.
they are growing so fast.
Morgan, this was a wonderful video that my two favorite things on your farm the baby calves and their mothers out on the hillside & the baby Goslings😊♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Oh I cannot believe how much grass the little goslings ate…. I know you were wanting it to be more even like the Cattle do, but that grass was about as tall as they were and they did eat a lot of grass. If anything they needed more water than any food as you could see in the video at the end so they could play in it.
I’m sorry about the cattle mobile tipping over. I know I was one of the ones that feared it would but this was your first trial run with it and like all new things it’s a learning process so don’t feel bad please. You’ll figure this out because it is a GREAT❣️❣️ idea.!! I love that you are thinking
of your animals all the time and how to better provide for them/protect them… the cattle mobile is just that❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️The good thing is that none of the cows or calves were injured by it falling. I can’t wait to see what you come up with. Not everything requires welding and I know you can come up with something equally as sturdy without welding. Besides I know your buddy Albert would coming & weld for you if you needed it (Assuming he knows how to do it).
Do you have a wonderful farm and I love your videos and your animals… You’re my favorite😊♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Have a great week and God bless you and Allison both❣️❣️
Wow! I remember when you announced they hatched! Theyre so big now!
Those crows were probably harassing a predatory bird, explains the chickens hiding.
Just get some metal stakes, maybe ones you can twist into the ground for easy installation and explantation when you move it around! Four stakes to keep the base in place, no chains needed if you place them close enough and the stakes are tall enough.
The Goslings love it 🙌 enjoy little ones.
They were hiding from the Crow noise 😨.
Oh No😱!
I was thinking ankering too.
JO JO IN VT 😆💕
Ty for so many awesome uploads so quickly!
I believe there was a raptor in your area and the crows were trying to drive it away, since they have babes now, too. The chickens were perhaps hiding from it. At any rate, when I see crows like that, there is usually a predator of some sort about.
I love those little white winglets on the goslings!
Gosling Cam is the best! Thanks for another fun video!
Thanks for the time-lapse Morgan! :)
The moving of the goslings was so CUTE!!!! (And funny)
Wow super cute content! You have come a long way from when you started the farm.
Love the musical accompaniment.
I love watching your progress and they are sooo cute,little fluffy dinosaurs
I love to see the Gosling in what ever they do.
Great grazing goslings. 💞
So cute! I just love everything, but the chicken-mobile with the automatic door is too cool :)
Morgan is just herding the new hires to their orientation 😂
What a great day on the farm today. Everyone seems so happy.
"Heres a little surprise for you! Theyre actually your kids!"
Idk why but I find this line golden 😂
They love it! So cute 🥰
I think the crows have noticed the loose goslings. They're yelling, "Yum! Yum! Yum!"
Bravo, so obvious, yet so practical.
The gosling cam is great fun.
Yes, someone else suggested turning the shelter perpendicular to the slope. Great idea, just don't forget to chock all the wheels so it doesn't roll down slope.
My Sonoran Desert Tortoise cuts my wee AZ lawn. You've got to think of grazers as push mowers instead of power mowers. If the grass gets too tall, they just aren't as effective. But if you start it low, they can keep it low. 😘
We trudge goats around the country to be fast and easy natural lawn mowers, lol. Trucks full of goats will drive them up to patches of land and they will trim all the grass. It’s a wonderful thing :) I love seeing them show up every year :)
The baby goslings are so adorable!!! 🥰
And delicious as well 😋🤤
Do the cattle eat in any pattern? It's amazing how much grass the cattle eat. So nice to see Abby girl figuring out how the electrical fence works.
screw down anchors used to hold trampolines and portable basketball hoops would work super well and easy to move. They just screw down (some use an impact drill to do the work) into the ground and then use a ratchet strap to hold it all down. Thanks for the videos.
Lol! It was so funny watching the goslings make their way to the grass.
I loved seeing how happy the goslings were right away in their grassy day care area.
That behavior of crows can be an indication of a predators’ presence I’m in the city (Boston)and have seen that behavior caused by hawks...usually red tails...saw my first great horned owl(during the day) following a raucous group of crows...and even saw them losing it over a cat in the park while doing my walk...
if you have the creek divert to your pond but also have it lead out back towards the creek and the wetland then there shouldn't be too much of an impact for the downline of the waterway right? would probably even help it as your wintermelt would have somewhere to go along which would also be fine with less flooding as you would have a full pond anyway.
Bringing the creek brings the minks with it, which Morgan probably doesn’t want
Using a pipeline to the pond and back to creek will allow for the water flow without the issue of the minks. This was my thought for Morgen last year.
@@dawsie I agree! Use what the land already has in abundance. I hate seeing the duck pond when summer hits, it just looks like it’s a breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria. I know it’s a muddy duck pond and the birds are acclimated to it, but every spring it looks so big and fresh and inviting with the runoff and then shrinks to a muddy puddle.
I am from Canada, but moved to the U.K. to be with and subsequently marry my English husband. Last August was the first time my husband and I went away for an entire week alone, in 10 years. Because my teenage son splits his time between Canada and England, and my husband having 3 kids (now adults), holidays are usually spent in Canada with my son, or he’s here in England and his kids came with us for getaways that usually involved his extended family (we’ve only managed trips a few days long to sneak away quickly, to Prague, Florence and Bath). We knew we had to spend the holiday here in England and decided to spend it in our favourite city in the U.K. - Bath. So much so that because he works remotely and I teach riding/have an Etsy business, we could move anywhere and decided since his kids have grown we had the freedom to do so.
The thing about Bath is, it’s the only place in the U.K. with natural hot springs and it’s one of the reasons the Romans settled the area, along with it being surrounded by seven hills, like Rome, they saw it as a fortuitous sign.
The original Roman baths were opened up until the late seventies, when a young girl contracted what they thought was meningitis and died. When they tested the water, they found the cause of her meningitis was something quite insidious and quite rare - it was an amoeba called _naegleria fowleri_ which literally eats away at your brain. It enters through the nose in the water and travels up to your brain.
The thing about naegleria, is that once symptoms start to show, death is almost inevitable. It’s so rare and so quick, that like that girl who was infected, the differential diagnosis is usually a type of meningitis, but often it’s found post mortem what actually caused the problem in the first place.
It likes to live in water, a lot of times stagnant water that is quite warm. See where I’m going with this? That pond is shallow, obviously and unavoidably bacteria laden and due to the lack of shade and movement, the pond is going to be a much much higher temperature than bigger and deeper lakes and moving water.
The reason it is so rare in people is because we don’t usually encounter it because we don’t swim in natural areas where it likes to live. But you do have dogs, and with Abby enjoying her time wading and drinking and sticking her nose in the water, it does make me fret a bit about what she could be picking up in that kind of environment. For the birds, it’s great, but not so much for the puppers. By expanding the pond and bringing in a new cooler fresh water source and even resurrecting the fountain that someone mentioned you may have had in the pond/wanted in the pond/trialled in the pond, that cycles the water, aerates it and keeps it from becoming stagnant would just be one more thing you’re doing to encourage herd health and stronger individual animals, health wise!
I know naegleria fowleri is rare, but it’s just one example of what could be lurking in that tiny body of water. There’s a lot of life in there….similar to tidal pools, he’s got a whole ecosystem living in that water, and I worry it’s not all good things living in there! 😊
The outflow would be full of fertilizers and such which could greatly impact the nutrient levels of the wetland downstream and potentially cause algae blooms and other issues. Not a good idea
I love watching your videos and seing all of the progress ,It feels like we are part of all the steps you take and your growth as a farmer☺ thank you for taking us with you😊 🐄🐶🐈🐓🐤🦆
The parents are so jealous of all that grass the kids are eating. Funny to see them staring.
You could run a high pressure pump and water line from the creek to the pond and only top up the pond when needed , that would minimize the effect on the creeks ecosystem.
I loved the gosling cam.
I said this before, I will say it again - check some youtube videos on ram pumps (the one from practical engineering is wonderful). They don't require power and they divert only a small amount of water (most of it returns back in the river). Who knows, maybe this is the middle ground of getting the exact amount of water that won't alter the downstream, and allowing the pond to either keep a static water level or slow down the drying.
It's the awesome watching the dogs hang out with the cattle.
💜💜💜 the gosling cam!
Love the gosling cam music!
for the pond and diverting a creek towards it, you can probably find an ecologist at like fish and wildlife you got around there. No doubt they would be happy to help/explain what would happen, best option for the ecosystem or how to effectively reroute it for your pond if it will be ok
Farmer: Abby, what do when you get out?
Dog: We sniff balls!
In a few years there will be good shade for the cattle in the perma-orchard. Have you considered planting some of your seedling trees along the south and north fence? For the north fence Apple trees near the bees would be good.
There getting much bigger I'm glad there doing good ❤️
My simple suggestion for the falling egg situation is:
why don't you walk in the back door of the coop and collect the eggs each day, before release the Quacken?
Im sure Morgan does that when incubating the eggs. Im happy those run away eggs become dog food and are not wasted. Abbey's and Toby's coat shines because of those run away eggs
@@JohnnySack16 Yeah, quacken would simply release out the other door, which could also have an egg accumulation. Could a sloped surface be put into place inside the door so that eggs laid on them would roll back inside the quacken house?
@@JohnnySack16Hi Johnny, the ducks would get up and move just like any other duck does in the videos i guess.
It's just a couple of eggs but that every day is a lot, enough for Morgan to want to do something about it.
I think it would be simpler to just open the door quietly, pick up the eggs, move out of the way *then* shout 'release the quacken' to signal it's time to come out
@@JohnnySack16 They'd run out of the way as soon as the door was opened because they're pretty scared of Morgan
Happy little goslings 😍
Haven’t commented in a few videos and I just love to support this beautiful channel, so I’m just here to say thanks again for another wonderfully educational, inspiring, feel good video 🥰🐄 🦆
Also, love my Toby, Ron, & Pablo tumblr, keeps my coffee hot all day, stores a lot and is easy to clean 🧼
Currently moving, so I’m going to miss the Pablo shirt but I’ll be getting the next design! 😊
Abby walked right past a chicken! She has improved so much!!
This was a lovely morning around the farm! The cows have really settled in beautifully, haven't they? Looking content and healthy. Even while you're always looking for ways to improve this and that, take a good look- you've made a happy farm, Morgan.
I think the chickens out by the cattle were actually hiding due to the sound of the crows. As crows often warn other animals of predators. So it would be natural for them to heed that warning while far away from the safety of the yard.
I have seen crows protect my chickens from hawks, eagles, and surprisingly two adult Racoons. The crows set up a nest in the tree near the chicken run.
(BEWARE OF CROWS)
I had a bit of trouble myself when protecting my goslings from a murderous crow who's intent was to decapitate my goslings!
There was probably a hawk in the area so the crows were chasing it away. Or them away.
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The goslings seemed to love their field trip!
At the riverside that I visit, there are a lot of Canada geese and Mallard ducks, as well as pigeons. When crows start making a racket, they pay attention.
I think you do an awesome job with with all your animals.
*ITS INCREDIBLY AMAZING ABBY 🐾WANTS TO SWIM💧watch her closely come winter, when pond freezes over-but she’s good! Let her enjoy the poop water LOL. she’s a dog. it happens.*