Marty is going to be a big brother

Your first question is probably "Who is Marty?"

The response to the next question is "No, I'm not pregnant!" Marty is our pet goose. Those of you who regularly read our blog, get our newsletter or frequent the Facebook page know about Marty. For those of you who are new I'll fill you in on the story of Marty.

We decided to get a pair of geese to keep with the chickens, to help keep predators away from them. Geese are LOUD & will let you know when there is someone/something that shouldn't be there. Our moma goose laid 3 eggs last year. One egg disappeared, one egg was a "dud" and we had a baby with the third.

Lee named him Marty because he was an odd green/yellow color and looked like a Martian. At first, Marty was with the chickens but being small (& different) they picked on him. For those of you that know me you know that I used this as a learning experience with the kids about not picking on someone because they are different!!

So Marty got to move to Hotel Menius last spring along with Poundcake (last years bottle fed lamb). Poundcake & Marty were room-mates until they were both old enough to move to the farm. Poundcake went with the sheep & Marty was suppose to live with the chickens but he found another home he liked better.....with the pigs. Even if you took him out of the pig's lot he would go right back in. He even started to look like a pig because he loved to get in the mud with the pigs.

We still have Marty & last week he was moved from his home with the pigs to the chickens. He still tells us everyday when we go to feed the chickens that he would rather be with the pigs but he has stayed put. I think he realizes that he has a job to do.

Over the past few weeks Marty's mom has been laying eggs. She has not been sitting on them so we decided to put the eggs in an incubator & hope that maybe Marty will have some siblings.

The eggs are placed in the incubator and dated so we can keep track of how long they have been in there. The boys have been checking the eggs daily as well as turning them over. Rosty was actually the photographer of the pictures below.

I hope in about 30 days I'll have some baby geese pics to show you!