I love my Guard Goose. His name is Larry.
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The Romans used guard geese as well. They would wake the soldiers while sleeping during a surprise attack.
Yup! They got that trick from the ancient Chinese. They've used geese as guard animals for ages, both for livestock and home protection.
@@WobblesandBean
Err no they didn't get it from the Chinese
Wobbles and Bean - no, the Chinese used crickets, not guard geese you silly goose!
To elaborate on Koana's comment for anyone interested: legend has it that in the year 390 BC the city of Rome was being besieged by a tribe of Gauls, relief for the Romans was on the way however during the night the Gauls attempted to ambush the hill (one of seven) of Campidoglio in an effort to take the city before Roman reinforcements arrived, only to be thwarted by the geese that stood guard around the farms sorrounding the hill, which with great noise and fracas woke up the defending soldiers once they had noticed the approaching attackers, and that is how Rome was saved by geese.
PS: Geese were believed to be an embodiement of the goddess Juno so they were not eaten during the siege.
@@xsqio hehe, beat me to telling it. That story is awesome, as is the art depicting it :)
I think Larry needs a cowboy hat and sherrif badge.
Mr. H I’d donate to the go fund me page for a TV show about Sheriff Larry.
Don't forget the cowboy gun belt, he needs no gun but he would look cool.
I think he needs a pair of Gurren Lagann glasses
Lieutenant Larry Gander
Mr. H and spurs. Don’t forget the little spurs
I know a goose that raised a panda to be the greatest protector of China.
AAAA
YEOOO😂😂😂
I heard about that, didn't they turn that into a movie?
That's all I need to know!
"Who am i? Son of a panda? Son of a GOOSE?" - kfp 2
We had a male goose who did this and when I researched it I found out that they are called sentinels. He watched over everything, ducks, baby ducks, gosling, etc. Anything that came within his purview, he protected. It was crazy and people thought I was nuts when I told them about it.
It does sound crazy but understanding a little how all these dinos work, i believe it. :D
Some farm animals of different species do end up getting along and protect each other.
The other day I saw a video where a sheep dog bought all the sheep to his house’s porch. I can only imagine the shenanigans that sometimes happen on farms.
It is true though 😀
Are the sentinels happy to go inside at night?
TH-cam Algorithm: "Hello would you like to meet Larry the Guard Goose?"
*Why yes, I would.*
Mitchell Johnson , when my dad & his identical twin were in their late teens they acquired a bear cub to have as a pet. When dad married mom (in ‘30) he & my uncle still had the bear (& eventually donated him to a zoo when the bear started becoming too much to handle). When she was a cub they named her Fanny. Apparently, mom would get rather annoyed with dad when they had visitors to our home (long before they had me.....their fourth & final addition to the family).....& dad would say to the visitors, “Would you like to see my bear Fanny?” True story. Dad had a crazy sense of humour.......which was passed on to me genetically. I was given several pictures of dad & my uncle with Fanny......so I’m glad to have that proof of Fanny’s existence! 😁
Llamas are excellent guard protector for sheep and goats,
Connie Crawford , I have only one old goat. I married him thirteen years ago. They don’t allow llamas in our highrise. So I have to protect him as best as I can.
The answer is probably obvious but How do you keep your goose from flying away
I want to meet Larry!
Using a goose as a guard is equivalent to hiring a hyper-aggressive 8 foot Russian man with a massive scar across his face.
M3L0619 😂
Geese don't afraid
Except for the part where the Russian man can actually hurt you, a goose not so much.
Lol
@@chaotixthefox You have not been attacked by a goose apparently. :P
"This boi eats 2 pounds of feed a day..."
Absolute unit, Larry.
Y is that thing scream ing while the chickens just quiet. They all just stare at him
Larry is still underpaid but he will do his job.
how much does a rooster eat per day?
@@incorectulpolitic Little over a half a pound!
Yup.
Fun fact. Using Geese as guard animals is a thing we've been doing for millennia. And Larry, as a Roman Tufted goose is part of one of the oldest, well over 2000 year old breeds that works well as guards because they were likely originally bred for that exact purpose. The Romans used them widely and considered them sacred to the Goddess Juno (Hera) who embodied the protection of Rome itself.
Larry's ancestors are even credited with foiling a night-time attack on the Roman capital by the Gauls, they got a temple built in their honor. And this has continued well into the current age. Most recently, a force of 500 geese assisted in guarding the border between Chongzuo and Vietnam during the covid pandemic.
That is truly fascinating. 👍
500 geese and 500 trained dogs are guarding the small border. It's more of a thing that China can do to say they are "preventing the spread of covid". It helps them to phrase the sickness as something that foreigners bring in, instead of an illness that is running rampant at home. Illegal Vietnamese immigrants running into China, with their damn virus, of course!
This area is also an "autonomous" minority ethnic region so non-Han people get the stick at usual - the geese are not trained at all (even according to Chinese state media lol) so they are just going to shriek at all the locals. The Roman example is way more interesting and actually meaningful.
My grandparents had guard geese 82 years ago. Better than a dog.
Therefore the Temple was known as the Temple of Juno the Warner, the Latin for which is Juno Moneta. Later the Temple became the Treasury, so this where the word 'money' comes from.
Were the geese guarding the border vaccinated?
Larry: "It ain't much, but it's honest work"
😂😂
i love you man
"Honcc"
Very original
Perfect meme reference placement, 10/10
His little tail wag when the door was closed! He looks so proud of himself!! A happy boy!!!!
I think he was doing roll call!!??
a guard swan would by more effective, their defense stat as well as their base stat total is higher.
@@bleddynwolf8463 can they Mega-Evolve tho?
@@bleddynwolf8463 wouldn’t fit in the coop durr…
Those Hens are real tarts .. they sleep with anyone .. 😀
My neighbor had a guard goose in a big city. My friends thought I was stupid for liking the idea.
That all stopped when I convinced one of them to go up to the fence. They were surprised when it came over the fence as they somehow forgot geese can fly.
Imagine trying to hop a fence and getting jumped by a flock of geese
Something interesting is he sounds like a chicken. His honking sounds like he's trying to imitate a chicken. My friend has a duck that was raised with two geese and the duck sounds like a goose.
I’d be curious to know if that is them just trying to fit in, or if they have actually picked up on the “language” of their fellow birds. Most birds are more intelligent than we give them credit for. So maybe they are able to figure out what the various chirps are for and apply them?
@@zacharynetzer819 lol
Spring comes: “Well guys, Larry got a little aggressive and, umm, he evicted us from the farm. He owns it now. His lawyers were better than ours.”
Steve Wapner Aflac always wins
@@artistp8211 Sorry, that's a duck. Maybe they have a waterfowl rider?
Lmao
Sounds like you need to consult A Bunch of Baby Ducks
@@mobslayer2023 What a great idea!
th-cam.com/video/aHBRB0KY6zI/w-d-xo.html
Larry when predators get close:
peace was never an option
"You mess with the honk you get the bonk"
Mess with the quacc you get the wacc
Soviet Kappa THAT A’INT IT CHIEF
Soviet Kappa w a i t
*untilted goose game music plays*
I know geese can be aggressive to the point of being downright scary, and I thought that would be what made Larry valuable as a guardian. It's surprising and heart-warming to see that he guards the chickens because he considers them his family. Mating season notwithstanding, he seems pretty fulfilled.
Dom toretto would like to hang out with this goose and talk about family protection
@Brad Cain Try getting charged by a canada goose. those things are bigger than they look. Not life-threatingly scary but not an animal you want to piss off.
@Brad Cain If you don't think geeze are scary I think you're the one who's lived a sheltered life.
Farm geese are still domesticated animals dude I call that pretty bloody sheltered if the only geese you've had come in contact with are domestic and never wild.
@@meepmoop2308why would you try to get charged. Thats like saying try to get stabbed by a human to prove that all humans stab others.
@@Mel-qr5obnly wild geese for me. Last week I laid on the ground with a egyptian geese family at the rhine. They were curiously looking and not bothering me at all. Maybe you are too fast moving/aggressive/loud near geese?
I had a really bad day and this video turned it around completely along with the comments. Pure gold. Larry is the man! Life can resume as normal now ....
I hope your days get better!!🙂
Life is full of ups and downs just know you aren't alone and it does get better. I find animal videos help a ton when feeling down and out but that's just me. Best wishes from me to you and that is a lovely profile pic, looks like my Kona bones.
Hugs
3:11 "So, very effective with the aerial predators."
3:14 *Cut to shot of Larry staring into the sky, emphasizing his effectiveness against aerial predators.*
I scrolled down just to find the 3:14 reference. Looked like an AA system coming online, lol
Does not want roosters because they crow all the time.
Larry: HOOOOOOOOOOONK
Roosters are really loud and can be heard from a mile away.
Shoot. People can hear that goose a mile away from my phone.
If you’ve had both there’s no comparison between the two. While geese are loud there’s less overall noise with them.
Mine honks when he first sees me in the morning, anytime my neighbor goes down his driveway (it runs past my coop) and when anytime “dangerous” might be going down. It’ll also honk if I’ve missed the normal feeding time. Beyond that, quiet as a mouse.
The roosters I’ve had.....randomly throughout the day for seemingly no reason, anytime they hear another rooster, and of course the 5-5:30 AM wake up call. If you live anywhere there’s another rooster in earshot they basically never shut-up.
The goose is much more pleasant to have around than a rooster, and I’ve never had an aggressive rooster.
And roosters don't even work as guards against aerial predators my mother lost 3 big roosters to golden eagles, or it might been a falcon I don't remember
4nderzzon
Golden eagles?! I’d imagine there’s not much short of a decently sized dog that would deter an eagle. The right rooster WILL attempt to fight aerial threats, but they mainly just keep a watchful eye and alert the hens.
Roosters rarely survive any actual threats to the chickens. The way I see it, if there’s an attack, be it dog, raccoon, hawk/eagle and the only thing that dies is the rooster that means the rooster did his job.
Larry to predators: “peace was never an option”
Larry to the chickens: “peace was --- an option”
A goose farmer said that the geese eat a ton of grass. He barely has to feed them, maybe Larry needs to cut back 😂
gold shaw farm
My man is bulking
@@neemyn407 😂 he needs to be swole to fend of them hawks
It depends on the breed, but they eat certain weeds, not grass n all like grazing animals.
Larry’s secret is knowing how to look up.
@Hate Monger They can't?
@@tiffanyferguson829 They can and do lol
@@Greg_Rock Ok I was looking down at my dog like have you been pretending to look up this whole time. Lol
@Hate Monger never heard of a bird dog? 🤣🤣
Pigs envy Larry
Mess with the honk: you get the bonk.
XD
Love that program
The Snuggler shut up
@@SSYabuddy No
The Snuggler you don’t have to. Love you
I used to have 2 China geese (Hansel and Gretel) and they were great. I got them as full grown geese and they took awhile to get used to my family but were good after a while and would even follow me around the yard. The geese were good guard geese and they ran freely around the house. A funny thing about these geese, they were barn yard geese and one day my wife and kids went down the drive way to a pond to go for a swim. The geese followed us as I called to them and when we jumped into the water for a swim they would not go in the water. I do not think they ever got to swim in water before so I had to force then into the water and once in the water they loved it, swimming around with us. When it was time to go home I called them and they followed. Next time we went to the pond the geese went right into the water. I really enjoyed these animals.
Amazing, special connection with your geese family!
What a wholesome story. Thank you for sharing it
Geese are so tasty
I had Chinese geese also. They are great geese to have. Protective of their home and very entertaining to watch.
Larry's always got an eye on the sky. What a guy.
"Roosters were too loud.."
Larry: *launches screeching sonic boom, breaking all glass in a 1km radius*
Yeah, WORST NEIGHBOR ON EARTH
🤭🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭🤪🤪🤪🤭🤭🤭🤯🤯🤯🎧🎧
My ears! 😬
I know this was a joke, but roosters really are loud. Most of the time, a stead with a large grazing area requires multiple roosters, which takes up useful space and amplifies the noise.
Madger Bole True.. but he doesn’t do it in the morning so it’s OK😺
Pros of a guard goose:
Good at watching out for aerial predators.
Cares for his flock.
Cons:
Geese are 10× more likely to *murder you in your sleep.*
EtherForce And they listen to a lot of Scandinavian death metal at high volume.
Untitled Goose game
In all seriousness, geese are actually pretty harmless to large animals. There main adaptation is intimidation. If you are a large animal acting agressive towards a goose and it juat stands it's ground and/or makes this weird honking noise, you are gonna wonder "It's not running away. Why isn't this thing afraid of me? Maybe it's dangerous!"
Cockatoo in Sunglasses peace was never an option
Peace was never an option
When I was little my step Dad had ducks geese and chickens. The primary male goose was the sentinel. Larry owns it. "Larry eats about 2 pounds of food a day," you earn it Larry. Good goose. 👍
I love your morals. It's so important to care for animals that are under our protection to the best of our abilities. Thank you for sharing the pros and cons.
Notice the wire floor in the coop. Do you think thats good for the chickens? No roost to sleep on? I feel bad for these chickens. 😪
Larry: "These are my children. They are strange but they are mine, no touch."
Good boy Larry
😆👌That's cute
Predator gets close...
Larry: So you have chosen...DEATH
🤣👍
Nani!!
Larry: *HO MUKATTE KURU NO KA?*
Lmao
I am YELLING
We've employed this model - heavily fortified mobile coop, electric poultry net, chickens and goose (Toulouse goose named Bruce) for a year. It has worked well for us. We have hawks and coyotes around. We've lost no chickens and Bruce's eggs this Spring have been a nice bonus.
🤣
He's so cute. I luv how he waits till all the ladies are in and for you to show up to lock the door. Too cute.
Josh: "Roosters are too loud" Larry at sunset: "Hold my beer"
Perfect Blue i thought the same LoL so stupid
I would still enjoy Larry better especially if I had a hangover!
Roosters have self-closing ear canals because they crow so damn loud. And they do that all day not just at dawn. Larry honking at night isn't that bad.
@@NormanAlexander92 you've never been around a crowing rooster if you think Larry is louder
😂😂😂
We have a guard goose too. He took on a bald eagle to save our ducks. His name is Chapo, he's an Emden, and we love him even though he hisses and nips us.
Brydie Cavanagh ehhh?! A whole eagle?! This statement begs to be elaborated on
Do you have a TH-cam channel with videos of Chapo?
If El Chapo can take on predators, what's a little nipping and hissing ??
@@ameliagrein5070 I would be a bit concerned if there wasn't a whole eagle.
@@ReeceRedman Yeah. Like, what is a partial eagle? Are there other alternatives to a 'whole eagle'? If there are, or we're measuring things with 'eagle' being the standard, are hawks more or less than a 'whole eagle'? what about a coyote? A bobcat? I have questions.
Roman Tufted geese are known to be among the most watchful, suspicious & protective breeds. We have Brown Chinese geese..the noise level is 10+, fortunately the neighbors also have & love geese so it's cool. NOTHING gets by our pair, they don't miss a thing. TWO POUNDS of layer feed a day?😳 Geese are mainly grass/weed foragers. Supplementing with a bit of layer feed is plenty!
Wouldnt mind honking YOUR oose!!
I have turkeys and they do the same thing - watching for eagles and hawks around me during the day, making sounds. The two males wait to go to bed last at night, too. They have great personality as well - we hand fed them so they’re super nice. Noise wise, they are gobbling throughout the day at delivery drivers or if you drive up to the house - but besides that, they’re quiet. I haven’t lost anyone to predators in 3 years - and we definitely have aerial predators around.
Two Toms guard and do not try to mate with hens? Very interesting!!
Roosters are loud and we live in a residential area
Goose: HAAAOOUUNKK
Nothing on a crowing rooster
truuuue
Questionable Object what’s the difference people let dogs bark all day I returned the favor to my neighbor and got three roosters
you really got lucky with timing on my screen... like granted
Farmer Joe nice
Sun: *sets*
Larry: SHUTTHEDOORSHUTTHEDOORBEHINDMESHUTTHEF**KINGDOOR.
😂😂😂😂
LMAO
octaviabm and he said Roosters are loud 🙄
im dying
The fact that he talks about how quiet he is compared to normal roosters, just shows you how loud roosters really are.
I am surrounded by people with dozens of barking dogs. This summer I bought 50 chicks mixed and many are roosters. They never shut up. I LOVE IT- I virtually NEVER hear a barking dog anymore😁💞💖💎
I love how people are bothered by crowing roosters but they are ok with barking useless craphounds.
Larry is a marvel, he has a job and he is really taking his job seriously.
Man, Larry's crowd control skills are maxed out.
@Something Mildly Homophobic wt??
if you look at this you are DEAD
Hugo No thank god
Who is the white prince who protects the chick?
His name is *Larry*
Nice
White knight
Very cool, very cool. It was so cool to see Larry herding the hens into the coop and walk up the ramp behind them. Seems to me he knows he has a job to do. Maybe Larry is fulfilling his male responsibilities by protecting the females. A female goose might be more interested in laying eggs than protecting the hens. Thanks for the fun video.
I’ve heard about a guard goose before, my father had mentioned this when I was young. They can be aggressive like Larry and territorial protecting the property and like Larry keep tabs on his flock. He would know as he used to raise chickens, ducks and racing pigeons. And have you ever gotten a Canada Goose ticked off at you? Watch out!
Fort Collins gets overrun with Canadian geese in winter (probably in no small part to the fact that city ordinances require lawns to be watered, so there's space to not only congregate but also graze). They certainly make things dicey. I was nearly run over by a pair of them that were brawling with each other and tumbled into the sidewalk.
Canadian Cobra!
I was really looking forward to Larry fending off a wolf, chasing it down, slaying it and devouring it. Impressive battle posture though.
I'd love to see it too. Hahaha
Larry's got a knife 2 but they didn't show that
victor prattley Peace was never an option
It's all out war here. WhiteFeather dont fuck around about his chicks.
Wolves behave much better these days. We do too.
Taking care that livestock feels ok enough...
That dude in the video is a total legend. Must say .. one of my favorite dudes ever. Immediately. Well done dude!
Thanks.
Love. Respect. Responsibility.
🍀
👊🐺☀️🌏🌘🧙♂️👍
I had no intentions of buying a guard goose before watching this, I don’t even have chickens. But after learning about Larry, I just might
Many in India keep them to guard their properties.
JG if you have no other animals. Get a few. They get lonely.
I kept geese for a while. They are a lot of fun, and have strong personalities and are more intelligent than chickens. Awesome creatures! They can actually be proper pets as well as farmyard animals. Very loyal and territorial, they are indeed good for security. Extremely aggressive when they or their home is perceived to be under threat.
@Eze&Yare Dominguez Yes Much Like Ducks, Geese Imprint Other Birds, And will Follow Them Around, Every Goose And Every Duck Needs A Friend. (but if it is a pet, that you handle/pet/hand feed often, it might actually imprint on you, as they sometimes make friends with humans) Although They Still Need A Friend For When Their Human Is Not Around! lol
I Love Ducks, But I Haven't Had Much Interaction With Geese, Someday I'll Likely Change That.
I was going to write the exact same thing! Never considered having a goose but now, I just might. Hahahaha
My father was in the army before and during WW 2 and they used geese as guards and early warning. They are tough and if raised with any animals will be protective.
Carnivorous bird: exist
Larry: so anyways I started *honking*
[Boeing 767 passes overhead]
Larry: *BEHOLD IT IS DEATH THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS*
Is he able to see his reflection that far away?
*Boeing 737 Max has entered the chat room.*
You made my day better🤣🤣🤣
@@jackmcfadden-finlayson372 you made my day with this comment
In ancient Rome they had a large flock of geese maintained by the city that were used to serve as an early warning system for the city, to warn against invaders. The geese were sacred to the Godess Juno and it was a capital offense to harm them. Just a bit of history, enjoyed your videos.
Thank you, what an amazing piece of information !
That's a sweet bit of information, thanks brother.
good info. this should have got more likes.
I wonder if they ever sent someone on a wild goose chase.
Thank you, Howard! Love nuggets of history like that.
Your video came up in my feed, and now 23 hours later I have a baby goose with my baby chicks. 😂 Thanks for the intro!
Animals never ceases to amaze me! Larry looked so cute packin' it in for the night.
A bit of a digression, but when I had a dog, if I was trying to do something I KNEW would not work, she'd sometimes had a look like, "What are you doing?!" When your dog looks at you like you're an idiot............
One vulture to the other:
- Do you see Larry? What's he doing now?
Second vulture in Patricks voice:
- He just stands there.... MENACINGLY!!!
づ
づ づ
づ
Menacing
*Loud orchestral music begins to play *
*Erie music gets louder*
Hahahaha!
HoweyYa Doing
that’s ‘zu’. what you want is ‘go’ ゴ.
You know, if you hadn't named him, he would be an Untitled Goose Guard. :)
Scruff....you’ve been on the computer too long....haha
Josh doesn't seem like the kind of person to get that joke...
sminthian I meant no harm....thought it was cute...
I see what you did there
Best hope he doesn’t swap your glasses and steal your picnic basket!
I am so happy I found your channel! I was searching for ideas to trellis my plants and yours came up! I've been hooked ever since! I wish I lived close enough to visit your farm! You're adorable! Keep up the good work!
You give him a purpose and that makes everyone feel good in someway and it’s very charming
When I was a teen my parents had backyard chickens. And we had a duck to do basically the same thing. The duck would alert when there was any sort of predator and our border collie who was super protective of the flock would jump in to action and start herding the chickens under their coop. This wasn’t even a trained behavior for either our duck or our dog lol
That's so cool!
We had two ducks also along with our chickens. Things went down hill quickly after a bald eagle got the ducks.
Animals are just great
@@jumemowery9434 so sorry for your loss! We have to be careful around here with the bald eagles circling our miniature dogs.
Collies tend to herd what ever they can find since its practically instinctual.
Me : about to go to sleep
TH-cam algorithm : but you haven't met Larry to goose yet...
Rolf RJ hilarious haha
Me rn
😂😂😂
I have work in 4 hours and this popped up hahaha
Literally the same comment as the one above you just reworded different. Nobody has originality anymore do they?
I know nothing about farming but I enjoyed listening to you talk about Larry very much
I don’t live on the countryside, and I don’t have a farm, but I still enthusiastically clicked this video! Now I too want a guard goose lol
As a fellow security professional, I salute my diligent colleague Larry the goose.
Larry would be a great company mascotte
@@MRTN13 As a Canadian using a Canadian goose would send the wrong idea.
Security lroffesionalagghh hhagghhh hhagghhh hhagghhhhhhh hhagghhhh
@@KMCA779
Yeah. After all, you’re security guards, not hired killers.
Doesnt want roosters because theyre loud.
Larry: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
lol
I would have given anything for my childhood neighbors to have had geese instead of a rooster. Right on time, every single morning he would crow and crow and crow at 5:00 AM. Even from 6 acres away and on the opposite side of the house, that bugger would wake me up.
@@pasteldreams5413 That's cause ya'll ain't morning peeps. Lucky u, my chickens starts crowing at 4 am.
way less annoying than a rooster
@@zeriyx It depends on the breed. And ya'll just not early peeps.
Whoever said guard dog doesn't know how aggressive geese could be. Larry is like having three guard dogs to be honest. When you are blessed by the animal gods with a being that just knows how to train and communicate with humans, you just never question such a special gift. You just say "Thank you" and let them do their thing for you. 😘🥰 Love Larry, BTW.
I've been having a crappy week, and the algorithm blessed me with Larry. I have no idea what the lifespan of a goose is, but I hope he's out living his best life (and/or enjoying retirement).
Larry be like:
You mess with the flock, you get the squawk...
Carlos Salazar this comment is underrated!
LoL
More like, if you mess with the flonk, you get the honk
That’s got some desktop goose energy to it!
🤣
“Larry’s effective against aerial predators.”
Due to non-compliance, the LARRY-209 demonstrates by launching two ground to air missiles from beneath his outstretched feathers, obliterating the threat.
Lol 😂😂😂
Larry be like : "CONTACT!!!"
L.A.R.R.I.
Land to Air Revolving Rocket Implacement
@@VeryFamousActor Underrated comment 😂
Bosnian goose
i honestly think this was one of the first (years ago) homesteading/hobby farming/etc videos i was ever recommended by the algorithm and gosh, i couldn't be more thankful.
Larry is super cool! What a neat guard animal. Also awesome that you genuinely care so much for your animals
Makes sense using geese as guards. Their intimidation stats are through the roof.
Yeah but their attack stats are pretty low
Swan is the superior version of a geese,having the necessary attack stat to scare off predators even if they get through their high intimidation
Are you serious? They would attack anything that moves. I'm speaking from experience.
@@lakshyapatel3842 True, but I find that their natural aesthetics level paired with their abysmal stealth stat passively draws predators towards them, thus increasing the likelihood of attack.
Ah a fellow member of tierzoo.
Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.
If Larry ever passes by a mirror he will have one heck of an existential crisis.
😄
J Anderson nah , he’ll just see a rooster 🐓 staring back at him
Geese and Chickens are not sentient or have any Form of self consciousness so he will not recognize himself
@@-schattenpflanze-3755 Debatable. I haven't seen any evidence that stands past a basic animal behavior test.
Eddie Zea The rooster will then say to him “You have been replaced” and pull Larry into the mirror where he will be trapped for all eternity.
Lesson learned subscription made brother. Great way to avoid a rooster! The goose has more than everything he could dream of! Best wishes from a brother in Austria/Europe!
I really love how you have a goose taking care of chookies. I mean, wow. :D
Our cat (and the cat before) would watch over the chickens a little when they played out but not to this extent. They’d leave them “presents” too. This is all after they got over their jealousy. 😂
Fun Fact: Larry does a better job at security than most mall guards...
He does a better job than too many parents.
I’d love to have a partner like that tbh I’d make my job easier
@Witchfinder Nielsen
No, but he can give them nasty lacerations with his teeth and break their bones with his wings.
I'm 71 and when I was a kid - we lived in the country - my folks got a couple geese. They were already grown - and one decided he didn't like me very much, so every time I went outside, he'd head right at me, would grab my shirt in his beak, and flog me with his wings! Doggone! that hurt!! It happened several times and I got tired of having to sneak outside so I marched outside and he headed at me again, only this time I reached out and grabbed his neck with both hands and swung him around my head a few times and then let go. He flew through the air and when he hit the ground, he just laid there wondering what the heck happened. After that, when I'd go outside he'd look at me and run the other way! Ha. Survival of the fittest, 8-year-old kid style.
@☠MrHairyNutz☠ You meant statute. Statute of limitations. And it wouldn’t matter anyway because you’re trolling and don’t actually care. Fun talk.
@@johnorsomeone4609 cringe
@@-0-0-79 I hear that they can be limiting though.
Astronaut training.
You were sure brave! I remember my four younger sisters being chased by a goose when I was 12. We were too scared to fight back. We just ran away back into the house.
What a perfect set up! Ingenious. Making nature work for you. Larry is super cool. I hope others follow your lead.
We live pretty deep in the country. We had a wild guard goose with our chickens but a fox eventually got her. We constantly battle foxes around here. We have seven cats and a herding dog the foxes have never messed with them. I would love to have another goose but it was very heartbreaking for all of us when we lost our last one.
He protecc
He attacc
But most importantly
He got ur chickens bacc
Joel Kennedy - But most importantly
Aflac
We had a guard goose one day I was by myself in the house a car drove up and I didn't know who it was I live out in the country I was looking out my kitchen window and my Goose met the man at his car the man tried to get out of his car the goose would not let him out of the car I just laughed and laughed. the man just pulled right out of our driveway and left never saw him again. Our Goose was the best Watchdog we ever had.
They can be very nasty!
Cute goose protecting it's home
Joanne Moonflower well if you’ve ever seen footage of Canadian geese, they’re even worse 😂
wow this is so cool. I recently rescued a baby goose, 4 weeks, and am rearing him with my pullets. I had a lot of questions and have been doing some research but this video gave me all the answers I needed with regards to rearing just one goose with chickens and it being a male. I love my little nonsense and now I know I can keep him happy here. thank you. great help!
Thank you so much for making this video, you answered many questions that I had about this subject matter. I appreciate your honest personal insight on how your farm works for you. Newly subscribed and will continue to watch.
Larry is a handsome boy. Someone gave us a female goose years ago. She was better at alerting us of company than our dogs.
Where I am from a lot of Portuguese use geese as guards, they are much more effective than any dog and between the nasty bite they give along with the wing beatings they are a formidable front!
@@vangogo6819 Geese only have intimidation as their defensive tool, they have terrible damage options and can't properly hurt an attacker or predators if intimidation doesn't work. They do have their pros and cons.
@@vangogo6819 Geese are pretty good at intimidation. They can intimidate animals triple their size even. But if a human comes around, they're doomed. Their neck is vulnerable and grabbing geese by their necks is super easy and isn't hard when they literally charge at you with their head straight at you.
The Romans thought so too.
@@SaltCane They have razor sharp teeth!
HE NATURALLY THINKS OF THEM AS HIS FLOCK ITS SOOO CUTE
When I was stationed in Germany in a small city the houses were next to each other. Just about every house and they were close together had at least one "watch" goose. Very effective guard critters.
Why were you stationed in germany? :)
@@thephilippexperience4074 Army just says go doesn't give reasons
When was that, and which part of Germany? 😳 I am German and have never seen this around my places.
@@murphychurch8251 68-70
Bamberg
@@tomlubas1512 ah, alright. That's a while ago and a different part of Germany, so no surprise I wasn't accustomed to it. I'm from the far west. Sadly, keeping chicken (and geese) has been in a rapid decline the past 25 years. I remember in the 80s and at least the first half of the 90s, you could hear and see chicken coops in the gardens of residential areas quite frequently. Nowadays it's rare and people lawyer up as soon as someone dares to get a few chicken (not even roosters).
Larry is a boss who takes his job to heart. A quality employee as an owner.
True that!
There was an article in a California farm magazine about cotton farms using geese to eat weeds after irrigation when tractors couldn’t get in. They left the cotton alone and turned weeds into fertilizer.
UncleHank thanks for that
But we should be paying corporations made-up money to give us these benefits in fancy plastic bottles!
That means bio farms mate. No insecticide pesticide or herbicide used. Just animals to graze the grass and stop insects spread along the fields.
Virjunior What are you talking about?
If only we dident use slaves
TH-cam: hey, wanna see how larry the goose does his job?
Me at 2am: yeah, sure why not?
Yeah that's... Literally me right now
^^^^
It's actually 3am dont try to judge me
@@kaixlotl_7296 I'm judging. I'm still lying to myself. (I'll go to bed after this next video...)
@@lostinsauce4515 just one more
That's the best thing I've watched in a long time. God bless Larry!
I love your Larry! You are a wonderful farmer, Sir. I had a white duck when young and he had the same habit to guard. The chicken had so less stress with this sort of guarding! The gooses in antique Rom were guarding the city at night and were very effective against spies and robbers.
I bet a "When Larry Attacks" video would be popular.
😄
donald wycoff 😂 🤣 I would love that.
I now understand the term “Mother Goose”
Story Time !!!😄
Father Goose
We should call him the goose father
Daddy goose?
@@josuto chill it's just an Expression
I need a strong guy like Larry in my life.
Way to go Larry! What a good goose! You can see he keeps his beady eye on those skies, your plan worked great.
Larry deserves a raise: A private kiddie pool!
Better, a mate
He deserves a girlfriend
Doesn’t work, when female lays eggs the male will protect her and her eggs and will kill chickens cause he sees them as a threat, ask me how I now
@@nkapiariesjeffbeezos796 how do you know
@@nkapiariesjeffbeezos796 Come on Jeff.
Don't leave us hanging here, Jeff.
1:45
"... we do a rotationally grazed system with portable electric fencing"
*touches electric fence*
"... the biggest thing that protects the animals (besides the guard goose) is having this electric fence..."
*touches electric fence*
"... and keeping it hot all the time."
Thought that would be the first comment
hahahhaaha....maybe it was turned off?!
I'm no farmer but maybe it's powerful enough to scare away small animals but doesn't bother humans?
Most likely he was wearing rubber soled shoes that earth him
@@aidangarvey7049 i wouldnt think thats the case cause it has to keep away animals as big as foxes
**THANK YOU!! FOR THE INFORMATION, I LEARNED SOMETHINGS I DIDN'T KNOW. I ABSOLUTELY, "LOVE" THE IDEA OF HAVING A "GUARD GOOSE" I COULD TELL THAT LARRY TAKES HIS JOB SERIOUSLY!! I KNOW IF "I" WERE A CHICKEN, GUARDED BY LARRY, I WOULD FEEL VERY SAFE + IN LOVE!! MAY GOD BLESS YOUR LITTLE HEART, SWEETHEART!!
I owned three geese many years ago. I named them "Huey", "Duey" and "Louie". lol They thought I was part of their flock! lol
"Got some vultures here...not worried about those guys."
As the red-tailed hawk calls in the background.
Thank you! I was hoping I wasn't the only one!
Yeah but Larry
@@BipolarCheezit7 He's a Brave, Tough Gander. I am proud of him for doing such a good job with his chickens.
13/10 for Guard Goosing, I will happily bring him fresh spinach.
That's Tobias in the background, and he's cool about not messing with /our guy/ Larry
@@Onigirli Did you... did you just pull an animorphs reference?? 😆😆😆
I don't farm and will never raise chickens or geese. I very rarely even eat eggs. Yet I watched your video and enjoyed it. Thanks and best of luck to you (all).
Same here, I just really love geese.
Same, this was really interesting and he seems like a cool, normal guy. Will definitely be checking out his channel.
Larry is awesome.
Watching him scanning the skies and standing over the chickens is impressive.
Wow! That was fun! Lots of info delivered in an approachable way. Thank you.