The Chaos of Goose Mating Season
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ah yes the calming noises of spring starting
But it's goose egg on the geese eggs!
Geese roaring like bull elephants; delightful 🤣
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a man of culture i see 🍃🍾
HOOOONK! HONK! HOOOONK!
When you inserted The Way I Live by Baby Boi da Prince and Lil Boosie, I started to love this channel even more than I already did. Lol. I love the way you edit silly things, how genuine you are, and everything else about this channel. Please keep it up! 💯
I lived near a pond as a kid, and my job was to go outside with the dog and scare the canada geese off the lawn. They could visit our yard and eat all the grass they wanted, but we never let them settle there and start nesting because they would get super hostile defending their territory and would attack my toddler sister on sight (she is 30 and still hates geese).
Hi, have you considered setting up laying boxes/spots for the geese in the hoophouse? You know… so it’s little more organized and convenient for you and not such a huge mess as it was last year :P
The fact that Ginny attacked Toby means she IS afraid of him, not that she is fearless. Usually the smaller, more vulnerable animals are more aggressive because they feel threatened. Also, I bet she is pissing in there because the litter is soft to scratch around in, and everything is too frozen outside for her to scratch. Cats have a, like, 4 step process for shitting involving 2 sets of scratching.
So true hahaha although I’d never thought of it that way.
She's peeing, not shitting. Would help if you knew what cats are & what they do before talking. Ginny is likely peeing in the goose/chicken house because of the straw & grain/feed will attract rats and mice. Rats and mice are prey animals. Prey animals are not stupid. When they scent a predatory animal - aka a cat - they are more prone to ignoring that area.
@@gingerbaker4579 no need to be rude. Recently I was given a science based cat care (as in based on a peer reviewed scientific study) informational packet by my vet. I have a strong interest in animal care, and I have 2 cats. I can't imagine a cat enjoying using the bathroom (any form, no need to split hairs) on a sheet of ice regardless. Morgan likes to anthropomorphize his animals, rather than looking for a scientific explanation for their behavior, he looks for one within his own understanding of human behavior. It's really common for animal owners. But science based care is the best care. I bet if he offered outdoor litter boxes for the barn cats, they would use them. And also would be helpful for Pablo when he is let back outside
@@thesadgardener ROFL. First off you have two cats & don't know the difference between squatting to do poop & kneeling to urinate??? ROFL. Btw do you think feral cats have outdoor litter boxes around every corner? And there's no "sheet of ice". There's predominantly snow for her to do her business in. As any outdoor cat does.
@@gingerbaker4579 Owning 2 cats myself (indoor/outdoor) Squatting to do their business is still squatting. Outdoor cats will always prefer a softer area to do business. Under trees (where snow is far less likely to fall) or in sandy areas are best. Yes, there is plenty of snow for her to use as cover. However, any animal given the chance would choose the moss, spodosol, or straw found in these areas as it would be easier to dig up and later rebury after they're done. Open snow would be more dangerous as it would leave tracks for predatory animals to track them with.
For the muddy mess you need lots of wood chips! Spread in the barn and in the poultry yard!
By the way, I know Ginny is adorable but you should not let her be mean with Tobydog and you should not let her climb on your shoulder especially when she is not behaving!
The little video cut-ins you add like the rap video are always on point and funny as heck! keep it up Morgs we love ya
I have to laugh when you open the door & say, "release the quakens!" Then out come three chickens!
I think they are here to escape the geese.
Dude I literally love your channel, iv'e been looking for a few acres of land here in the UK for a couple of years now so I can create my own new goose breed. Finding a youtube channel that gets geese right is so rare and ADDICTIVE, swear iv'e binged all your goose and non-goose videos at least twice now.
Love that Bruce the goose went from new kid on the block to head honcho 😁 Good for him! haha
Jenny is using the chicken house as a litter box because it is easy to dig and much more comfortable than the snow outside.
Just stumbled across your channel today....glad to see another goose farmer! Southern New Mexico here and we raise Emdens, Buffs and Grays (50 in total). Also dark cornish chickens, guineas, khaki campbell ducks, Dexter cattle and goats. Never a shortage of milk, meat and eggs around here! Thanks for the video (the cat-cam is genius)! 👍
you made a Mitch hedgeburg joke. lol not many people know who Mitch was! Bravo! It was a well timed joke as well. lol
You seem much happier now Morgan, it's great to see.
Dude… you putting in that baby boy da prince scene. Wow….. Absolutely Amazing!!!!
Ok, Morgan if you have house Slytherin you need to have the house Gryffindor that is a must!! Don't leave us hangin!!!!
What a pleasure you are Morgan! Thanks so much from Sacramento 💕
Its so cute how Ginny jumps on your shoulder, like a pirate's parrot....arrrrrr. But wait until summer when you're just wearing a t-shirt! In a word, OWWWW. I know this from my own parrot kitty, who loved to play with my hair while aboard. Lots of pain, lots of scratches. Keep the Neosporin handy; you'll need it (see Allison for personal medical attention♡😉)
I’m a bit new to the channel so I hadn’t seen puppy Toby before and he’s so cute I could cry
Love the 🎥 footage from Ginny BarnCat - she's givin' Spielberg a real run for his money!😸
The Ginny cam always reminds me, of the Evil Dead movies
I love it when the geese fly in. They are funny when they walk down the driveway .
We've got a pair of Sebastopol geese and they started recently too. I closed in 3/4 of the bottom of the chicken coop, threw some bedding down and she is now sitting on 7-8 eggs. The male keeps guard and will come hissing at you and if you're not watching, will nip at your feet. He hates the feed scoop to the point that we've had to basically hide it from him so he's not attacking it 24/7. We usually trade or give the eggs away but she did decent last year, and her setup this year is way better and no rodents etc can get to them.
🐆love Ginny Kitty cam. She's always checking for a 😋 snack. She is jealous of Toby!😂
It will be nice to see some baby calves frolicking up in the permaculture pasture on your farm.
i like your cat, shes a good farm cat. shes a warrior/scrapper, hangs with the chickens and rides on your shoulder.
We here in the south have two geese nesting and six ganders. The good news is that the ganders may be able to keep the usual predators away. The bad news is that the ganders are very aggressive to us, so we put up a cross fence to keep them out of our walk area to the goat barn. That was very good news until Napoleon and General Patton flew over a low spot in the fence using a back wind. After I fought my way out to go process the milk, I opened a place in the fence and ran them out with the other boys. No, I will not be keeping that many ganders. I expect there will be a few goose dinners this summer somewhere.
OMG you named your ganders Napoleon and Patton?? 😂🤣🤣
honestly i found you when i was on deployment in japan. i watched every video you had and got hooked sense! fast forward a little over 2 years i got my wife into your videos too! keep it up!
Geese are like tiny dinosaurs.
Just slow down the honks and look at them through bushes. It looks like they are huge
1:12 the silky chicken is just like "...uhhhh... should i say something?"
I love your edits with your videos. Your very good at it. I’m from New Hampshire I understand your life with the snow and cold all the time. Been watching for awhile now, I love watching you grow as a farmer. I learn very much. So just a big thanks from me and many others! Keep up the amazing work.🤙🏼
If a cow has any issues in labor, get on that ASAP because every now and again calfs can get stuck or backwards!
I know you once said that geese are cobra chickens, but after listening to the gander's mating call near the start of the video you can also call them mini fuzzy T-Rexes 😅😂🤣🤣🙈
Things I love about Ginny cam. Feets! Whiskers. Something about watching her feet as she walks around is super cute.
and the spontaneous purring!
Merlin always has to be the first to use a freshly scooped litter box. It's definitely a dominance thing. Prior to Merlin arriving, it was Sarah that would use the litter boxes immediately. Poor Willow is just too much a of a scaredy cat to assert her place. Although she's getting better - I've seen her giving Merlin the smackdown at times.
I'm not entirely sure about the black cow but the others are all asymmetrically "fat" which in cows is a pretty clear sign of pregnancy.
How cold does it get at night in Vermont in mid-May? The cows will be fine out on the pasture giving birth but if it is near freezing and windy the calves might need some shelter.
I really recommend getting the cows away from that mud and dung situation before it happens. That is precisely what can mess up their hooves and you do not want that.
Thanks for the all the cool information! Just curious, how does the dung and mud affect the calf’s hooves?
@@hamedalharbi6590 probably hoof rot. Not a farmer, but used to live w one
@@hamedalharbi6590 A wet hoof gets soft, a hoof is essentially just a big thick nail. Dung contains lots of bacteria, mold and fungus.
A soft wet hoof becomes an ideal place for some of those bacteria, mold and fungi to grow. The hoof can get all kinds of infections or just break down from being soft and having so much weight on it all the time. If a cow goes down in mud it can be very hard to get it up again.
In the best case you have to bring out a farrier to clean up and repair the hoof. In the worst case you have to put down the animal and "downer" animals cannot be slaughtered for food. so having this happen can be a massive loss for a small operation.
@@hamedalharbi6590 look up The Hoof GP on UA-cam, he trims and fixes up dairy cows hooves for a living.
@@FreemanJoe1968 maybe the two channels can come together for a special on cow toes
Always look forward to your videos. I'm a pretty anxious person and I always feel relaxed and kind of comforted watching the animals.
Ginny is so cute! I love seeing her POV camera
I'll just be here waiting all day for your new video about the puppy. Hello from Canada!
Poor Toby Dog got a hard swipe from Ginny Barn Cat ( a/k/a Ginny Scene Stealer). Those two are inseparable and just like to keep life interesting by mixing it up every now and then. I wonder what will happen when Abby is introduced to the farm family in the near future. More footage for future videos. Your followers will be eagerly waiting to watch them myself included. Thanx for all of your efforts. So enjoyable.
I’m worried about all the cow poop, water and mud hurting the health of their hooves. Thrush was a problem with cows when I lived and helped on the dairy farm when I was young. We mucked out barn areas and then they made compose. Just an observation.
That's just the problem I saw with confining the cows to an area that small during the winter, yep. Not so good to see.
@@Nemrai It's Vermont. It freezes and mixes with the hay and dirt. Besides he doesn't have a lot of cattle. Once it gets warmer he will surely expand their range and nothing to worry about.
Thanks for warning me. I am now going through a really vicious time with my geese. Only 3 but they nearly killed the ducks on the pond, and they are always fighting between themselves. I’m not sure if it’s 2 ganders instead of 2 women and 1 gander. That’s a bad surprise if it is.
I’m impressed that you are able to recognize individuals in a big flock.
I love how Toby trys to referee. Your videos are so sweet and I look forward to every post. Your climate can be so brutal and it's amazing how well you manage these animals. I live in Florida and grow year round. I don't have live stock but really want chickens. You have taught me so much about caring for fowl.
I've got two pairs of mated Embdens. One of the females is setting on her klutch, and the other has just started laying. Hoping for a dozen goslings... I get hissed at, but the Ganders aren't all that aggressive. Well, they're still Cobra Chickens.
I’ve only watched 2 minutes of the video but I can already tell it is going to be amazing 🤩
Hi.... Morgan nice to see you, thank you for showing your video homestead chickens duck goose farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐩🐈🐄🐝🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍
Ginny and Toby are my children’s spirit animals, complete with spirit squabbles. I love the cattle names. I’m sure that barn smells like Teen Spirit right about now. By the way, make sure that you spell Anne of Green Gables with an “e”. ;)
I’m a bit worried about Ginny going to the bathroom in the hoop house. I don’t know much about chicken and goose diseases, but cats carry deadly diseases for birds (at least birds in the passeriform order) in their feces
There's probably cat feces all over the barnyard where the chickens roam during the day.
When was the last time that you gave all your birds a good worming? That definitely effects laying. Keep up the good work!
I love how the female geese watch the fights like an audience of cheerleaders.
I would really recommend to remove the old hay from the feeder. In my experience it is really hard to remove it in spring outherwise.
Love the videos keep it up!
Ginny uses the chicken house as her toilet because the ground is soft and she can dig a hole and do her job.
Our feral cats, in the middle of Detroit in Highland Park Michigan, will find any ground that's thawed by the sun to do their business
Why would they want to do it in the snow?
I love your channel, have watched it since you started your channel, but sometimes you just don't get what it is to live on a farm.
Love you Morgan, your wife, your dog, your cats.
Hi you should try to raise pigeons and train them it would be cool to watch the process of raising and training pigeons!
missed opportunity in your opening line "Lets take a gander at goose mating season" ..... Sorry not sorry :D
I think Ginny thinks the geeses coop is like cat litter box 😂😂😂😂
Was that a leftover poutine you gave em, or just fries? If it was a poutine, I knew I liked you for a reason. Man of Culture.
Thanks for being an inspiration, Morgan! Much love from OR
Toby needs a hockey linesman sweater to officiate the fighting
Morgan, I truly admire you and what you and Alison have accomplished in the short time you"ve been there in Vermont. To think of where you both were 10 yrs. ago.....Can"t wait to meet the new puppy!!!!
I absolutely love Ginny barn cat footage.
Leftover…😭🤣😭 we have a “Chicken Bucket” veggie bits, whatever, the chicken here love it.
(Sees the title) oh here we go again. Pray for poor Toby. 🤣 Sooooo many mean geese fights he's gonna have to break up .
when it gets warm again dig out the spot that dips down for the tractor and build it back up with gravel, that way the water will drain and you wont have ice build up
So much fun watching you Interact with the animals
Regarding the muddy mess in the barn. Maybe start laying down sawdust and/or wood chips now BEFORE it starts to melt. Then maybe some older dirty straw as it does melt. Soaking it up, and taking it out before it becomes a mess. I would just shovel the thawing soil right in a wheel barrel and go straight to the compost heap with it. Or have a neighbor pick it up for their heap. Will make a divity(sp?) hole, but you should be able to fill it in with any clean dirt (I would invest in a sq yard of gravel) and level it out.
Wow this is like GAME OF THRONES, but it is more like THE GAME OF GEESE. I love seeing the old clips of Toby. It's hard to believe he used to be that smaller ball of fluff.
This was actually a good video. I was ROTFL like crazy. It was wonderful. Took care of my stress. I hope this full-time business is working for you.
I think Ginny wants Morgan all to herself. The puppy is going to really change the dynamics.
Jenny is using the chicken house for a litter box because the ground is maybe not frozen, at the least, the straw provides something to dig into. She can't dig a cat hole in the frozen ground outside.
Ginny bosses Toby around so he won't realize she is smaller than he is. In time they'll become friends when they go hunting together or do something that helps them realize they need each other 😊
You have the most beautiful birds I can't get over it ❤
I couldn’t manage walking around all those geese especially during mating season!
I look and walk the other way when I see a geese on the streets!
Keep up the good videos!
Can’t imagine geese on the streets!
Ginny Barn Cat thinks your bird house looks like a litter box. 😺😺😊😊❤❤
Hey have you though of growing barley or wheat fodder for your geese and cows? Fresh green sprouts in the middle of winter would be awesome to feed them if you could.
Excellent job with the hay bale and tractor, Morgan! You're REALLY good at moving the hay now. 🙌
I apologize if I am wrong but based on your comment, I assume you are not a farmer and have never operated a tractor.
*In this video, Morgan reminded me of this hilarious saying-*
*There are x2 types of people in this world:*
*1. People who go “OooOh BIG STRETCH” when any pet stretches.*
*2. Sociopaths*
Love Bruce and the buff group! They are beautiful 😍
I remember Ron Swanson from the start & the formation of the Parks-Rec Gang. I can’t believe she’s still in w/the geese, but it’s awfully endearing. 🦆💕
Man, you ain’t kidding Morgan. We have 4 embden geese…2 boys, 2 girls and this is their first breeding season. The two boys are still jockeying for a certain female even though there’s the other girl just sitting there needing a boyfriend. I’ll be building them a new goose house this spring, but until then I have to deal with the two males practically attacking me to the point I have to kick them away. They do NOT want me to go near their hut to get the eggs, they want to kill me. Even Molly the sheepdog won’t go near them. Awesome topic today bud. Great storytelling as usual. Our Chunky barn cat attacks Molly sometimes too and Molly just wants to play. Have a great day, Chad.
SALT THE GROUND @GoldShawFarm
spread basic table salt in the barn. 100% reduces ice and can break up thick black ice.
I use it for my driveway and garage every year. works like a charm.
And it's terrible for animal feet and the environment. So far from a good idea, and even less so at a farm with lots of animals.
@@Nemrai just the barn area. I think it was would zero effect on hoofs. I think hoof gps use salt or some form of acid to treat hoofs.
I think it's great idea
Ginny seems to be the (self-appointed) Assistant (to the) Regional Manager. TobyDog is Head of Security. Of course she doesn't respect him.
I suggest you should brush them creates affection ....in start i used to keep a stick close in case they misbehave...but brush them they will be happy ....or create that scratching pole..we have both and cattle is also really friendly ❤️
I wonder if Ginny riding on your shoulder is a dominance move as well. Sure looked like it when she made the move on Toby from your shoulder. It will be interesting to see how she reacts to the puppy.
She considers Morgan her human companion or possession..he belongs to her. Toby getting close like that and her scratching him is because she is jealous of him invading her space and time with Morgan.Even though Toby was there first.. . Plus Ginny is a super affectionate cat and loves and needs her attention from her human.. Toby in her mind, was honing in on her time with her Morgan.Our cat Georgy Girl did the same thing if any of the other cats came too close while she was with my late husband. Even though all of our cats are related ,including her two sons. We used to joke about it and call her his second wife.
Take the canopy off in winter an fold the rops to get the tractor in the barn.
It’s nice seeing more side profiles of Molly in this video. I never noticed her coloring on her side.
At least the tractor is outside not stuck inside.
Ginny just wants you to herself. She probably leaves him alone when you’re not near them.
Geese are magical beings because they are related to dragons!🐉🐉🐉
Release the quacken! And chickens come out. Too funny. 😂
I both love and hate goose mating season. I have 18 Sebastopols and they go from being the sweetest babies to complete jerks. But, it gives me the chance to crack out the incubators and baby goose cuddles. 🥰
I think the geese are looking for a nice place to make nests!
At time = 4:33 - Actually, Morgan, toilet trained cats are incredibly clean animals. The cat litter industry doesn't want you to know how readily cats will take to using the human toilet. There are many, many reasons why there's nothing like a toilet trained cat!
But do they replace the roll when it's empty?
@@bige.3474 No, my Henry doesn't do that. The question I get more often is: "Does he flush?" -
- I considered teaching him to flush; I've seen other cats do it and I know Henry could have learned; but then I thought: do I really want to give the cat that much power? and decided against it. He might try flushing a toy down the toilet, but more importantly it allows me to keep an eye on how he's doing. Years ago, Henry had urinary trouble similar to what Pablo Barncat is going through right now. I noticed immediately, and took him to the vet right away. There are just so many reasons to toilet train your cat!
It can be painful for them to use the toilet when they grow old actually.
Young cats are easy to toilet train and they have no issues using the toilet but when they grow old they usually are unable to use it properly because of arthritis issues etc.
@@theodoramina4142 That can be said for all of us! Fortunately, though I am 66 and my Henry is 13, we are both spry enough to have no problems with that.
Nonetheless, it's not something I take for granted. There's always the possibility there may come a day when Henry will need to use a litter box and/or I may need to wear Depends.
Meanwhile, we are both very happy to have and be able to use a toilet which flushes clean after use. A litterbox or diaper just isn't the same, no matter how often you change it.
Hi Morgan , when did you think your cows might have their calf’s hopefully in June, Anna Green gables is my favorite she was so shy in the beginning I felt so worried about her , being So timid , but she is comming along 👍❤️ she just waiting to be feed today 🥰 . I am glad Tody has Abby , when those geese squawk they sure are very loud lol 🥰👍❤️😂
The slo mo of the geese 🤣🤣
So excited to see all the new life at the farm
Much easier on the paws digging in the hen bedding than digging in snow.. brrr!!
Yo them geese on that black airforce energy right now! Damn!
1:11 some 50 Shades of Grey Goose right there, folks.
im loving this channel more and more, super entertaining and interesting videos! great work