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@thesimmsfunnyfarm I think you’ll like this. They’re hilarious 😆

#geese #guineafowl #ganders Featuring Edwin and Blair, Constance, Frasier and Niles the cross beak gander.

Three horses in the yard- all mares- and a gelding outside the yard. Good example of horses sharing hay even though there was hay in other piles.

The livestock guardian dog chased the monitor lizard out of the yard. The gander made sure he kept going. #maremma #freerange #livestockguardiandog #geese #pilgrimgeese #gander

Our two geese are sharing a nest. There’s a little concern, as one goose staring sitting a couple of weeks before the other. The other kept laying eggs into the nest that the goose was sitting in. So they had started incubating. This means the eggs laugh by the second goose are due to hatch on different days over a two week period. I’ll have to watch the nest carefully to see that one of the geese stay on the eggs until they all hatch or pop the eggs under a broody hen. The geese are very cooperative in hatching and raising goslings. The ganders spend their time protecting the geese on their nests. Having said that. We still lock our geese up in a night yard with a coop that is protected by a livestock guardian dog. They are no match for the monitor lizards and foxes while sitting on a nest. The dog keeps these predators out. The gander I pet at the end of the video has a cross beak. I need to leave him deep dishes of food everyday to make sure he has plenty to eat. He struggles to pick up food from the ground and I’m unsure how well he eats grass. So he’s fed every day all year round. His name is Niles. The gander in the kennel is Edwin. Blair is the coloured goose at the front and Constance is at the back of the nest.

Maremmas are double coated and shed after the cold winter months. It’s important to help them shed their coats and avoid matting. I used a furminator brush on most areas except around the face and ears, where I used a slicker brush. The slicker brush can be used everywhere but the furminator is more helpful for helping the coat shed. Stella lives being brushed and she doesn’t need such intense work now but still requires regular brushing. #maremma #livestockguardiandog #shedding

#maremma #freerange #livestockguardiandog #geese

The geese don’t free range while the girls are nesting.