Continuing my interactive goodbye to my household before I hit the road....
In our big family, we have smaller families on our property. One of them, is a family of geese that we traded for old feathers from a pillow we got from past owners

We have that kind of business around here. A minibus drives along the streets of the private sector and buys up all sorts of goods from collective farmers.... Mostly nuts, scrap metal, bird feathers.... Often these same people sell chicks, ducklings, turkeys and geese.

having found in the barn an old tattered dirty pillow, which will never be used for its intended purpose again, I exchanged it without regret three years ago for some geese...

Initially there were more, six to seven of them, but after a while only this pair took root as a family.

The male can be seen from afar by his proudly raised head. The female is more demure

Despite the fact that they have been with us for over three years the male is always trying to chase us away from his female.
He is afraid to attack me directly in the face, but if I distract myself and let him come from the back, he can unpleasantly pinch my leg

It's my fault. My daughter was attacked by him several times due to oversight. A small child is not a threat to the bird, so they do things with my daughter that they can't do with me.
I'm very angry with them.

It seems to me that if geese are tamed from childhood, they could become pretty good pets and not show aggression to the owner. But you can't get away from instincts - it is inherent in nature to protect the female and the nest

Once in a while there were moments when he came to me with affectionate intentions and even let himself be stroked, at such times he is even ready to be friends with a drake and rooster)), but it happens very rarely, when his female incubates the clutch

They have a real strong love and mutual understanding

While bathing they clean their feathers not only for themselves but also for their partner. Such care for each other looks very touching from the side

On a walk, and they walk most of their time, he is always on the lookout while the female is pinching grass or resting. Open skies and open spaces pose some danger in the form of predators.
In fact, they live behind our fence in the field and only come into the yard in the winter to be able to sleep in a warmer barn

Smaller birds, chickens and ducks, prefer to graze nearby. in the company of a couple of large geese and m all are calmer in an open space

Also, this rascal is hurting our calf by taking away the water. First he bathes in an uncomfortable drinking bucket, even though he has his own water in the basin, and then he may pour it out.
The cow is justly indignant at such insolent behavior and threatens to slaughter the goose, but the brave bird is not frightened by its sharp horns.

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And this gif of my ducklings swimming. 🦆

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Today I will share my experience of keeping a Vietnamese Sinka.
We didn't plan to get this animal, but for our daughter's last birthday our friends made us such a lively gift, which turned out to be a great surprise

Since our yard was not organized to keep a pig, and since the pig was small, we did not dare to keep it out in the cold and took it to our house until spring.

Our kindness did not allow us to leave a feral cat on a cold street in winter, which sometimes came to us to ask for food

A little later it turned out that the cat was pregnant, but that's a whole other story. So far they have made friends with the pig and shared the heat with each other on the same bed under the radiator in the bathroom.

The only one who wasn't thrilled with the neighborhood was our bald sphinx cat. She survived many moves with us and legally considered herself the only family pet and favorite.

The only thing that saved the bald cat from serious collisions was the fact that in the winter it lives only under a blanket or near the stove. It is very afraid of drafts. She asks to be covered)) The animal is not designed for our climate and is doomed to die in the wild.

And the fluffy street cat, taking advantage of our kindness and temporary helplessness of the bald owner entered the role of a house cat and really enjoyed life playing with her daughter's toys

On a walk, Piggy always stayed close to us, feeling that we are now her new family. The cat also often accompanied us on walks.
I believe that it is a great blessing when children growing up, have the opportunity to be in such close contact with a variety of living creatures. To watch, feed and play with them in nature

The difficulties began first in finding a groom for our piggy, and then in transporting him to visit us. Unlike the piglet, the boar was never tame and behaved quite aggressively all the way. He calmed down only when he saw the bride and the open space for pasture.
We had yet to bring him home....

And so after a date with a familiar boar, we had 11 wonderful piglets. Now they are wintering all together in the barn prepared for them together with their warm mother pig

The cat also gave birth to several healthy kittens. She regularly brought them captured mice and all the kittens grew up to be agile mousers!

It was the kittens that once attracted our attention by sitting very interested in something in the thick grass. When I went to check what they were interested in, I found this wild turtle that had crawled out of a nearby river.
After carefully examining it with the baby, we released the turtle that same evening into the river together.

I've put together a short video for you about the life of our piglet family, I'd love for you to watch it!

I never thought I'd be raising cattle! I assume that you, like many people, are wondering what we will do with such a brood of piglets? I will answer: We will keep Mama Pig as a family member for pleasure, and sell the piglets, we have even placed an ad for sale.
Do you need any Vietnamese piglets?

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From several once donated fry, such a huge flock has grown.
They survived one wintering in this place.

Some of them overwintered in a home aquarium, they were warm, they ate well and grew larger.
Smaller carps hibernated at the bottom of this pond and, in a state of suspended animation, consumed less food during the winter than their domestic counterparts.

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