Although goose eggs were too strong for human consumption, they were part of the homestead. Their Down & feathers were valuable for bedding. This time of the year, in southern WV, it was a standing joke, when the geese were plucked, " its either snowing, or grandma is picking her geese" ! Geese were self sustaining, as they lived off weeds. No lawn mowers were needed, as the geese did the landscaping. How many of you have slept in a feather bed ? its the most comfortable bed I have ever found yet. I remember visiting my aunt Eliza Burgess(wife of uncle Scott).She had one old mean gander who loved to knock down small kids I was his target several times ! The geese were excellent guards, as they trumpited every strangers approach. They lived almost as long as humans do. Shelby ************************************** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)
Shelby. We too kept geese for all the same reasons you mention. Our flock had a habit of wandering off up the "holler" behind our house for about a half mile uphill and then sailing back down. Only problem is they didn't make it back to their starting point and we had to gather geese from all over the community. Its hard to put a brand on an angry gander so we clipped a few feathers from only one wing of each goose so that they went around in circles when they tried to fly. That solved our problem. STAN On Nov 23, 2007, at 8:13 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Although goose eggs were too strong for human consumption, they > were part of > the homestead. Their Down & feathers were valuable for bedding. > This time of > the year, in southern WV, it was a standing joke, when the geese > were plucked, > " its either snowing, or grandma is picking her geese" ! Geese were > self > sustaining, as they lived off weeds. No lawn mowers were needed, as > the geese did > the landscaping. How many of you have slept in a feather bed ? its > the most > comfortable bed I have ever found yet. I remember visiting my aunt > Eliza > Burgess(wife of uncle Scott).She had one old mean gander who loved > to knock down > small kids I was his target several times ! The geese were > excellent guards, as > they trumpited every strangers approach. They lived almost as long > as humans > do. > > Shelby > > > ************************************** > Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest products. > > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007? > NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVLOGAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message