Our beautiful fairy-tale geese have arrived!! Wanna see?? Do ya? Do ya???
Our box from Holderread Waterfowl Farm is here!! See how eager they are to meet us? (in case you did not notice my name-dropping-allow me to elucidate for you! The Holderreads are THE name in quality waterfowl world-wide-just being able to say you have Holderread birds is a huge brag-factor because of their standards of quality and commitment to great genetics) Now to open the box!
Here they are with Lucky Linder AKA Mother Goose! He is our new mommy which makes me Gramma Goose!
The 2 bright yellow ones are males, the 2 darkest grey headed ones are females and the other 2 were not sexed so we will see! One more because it is soooo cute!
We got “the call” from the post office at 5:30 AM and I drove the expectant mommy to pick up the babies–so much excitement! We also had to get some greens to sprinkle on the food and water to encourage them to start chowing down! I will keep posting updates as their feathers come in and start curling (and as I play with the camera and get pretty shots of our curly-haired fairy-tale HOLDERREAD geese!)
I hate to mention that we are thinking of names -the last time I did this I found that some of my top choices for our cow were already in use by 1 family for 3 of their beautiful doe-eyed daughters! (so sorry P. V. and E. !! 
)- I am hoping to go with prince/princess names maybe from fairy tales that have not been commercialized by Walt? That will be a hard task though so any and all help will be much appreciated-remember they will be snow white in color with long curly fluffy feathers! Got anything for me??
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April 3, 2008 at 4:30 pm
linden
yup I’m a mommy
April 8, 2008 at 12:09 pm
abroadermark
Whoa! It’s remarkable how much those babies resemble their mother! Good thing for them that Linden is so cute!!
April 8, 2008 at 7:11 pm
dandelionmom
He actually has CURLS too! (just makes me clip them off before anyone could (gasp) see them!
April 11, 2008 at 6:20 am
beyond bluestockings
These come in the POST????!!!! How come I didn’t get some in my box?
They look so, so, so, cute. Now, they are not like the turkeys right? (I mean, we know what you do to pretty birdies over there…..lol!)
April 11, 2008 at 9:11 am
dandelionsmith
UMMM… Geese are considered food birds (read A Christmas Carol
) but not as many people eat them as in yesteryear–we have but don’t generally. These frilly beauties are for looks! They will also do a good job trimming weeds etc around the place. Frilly geese may sound frivolous around a practical farm-but if you can sell them to other frivolous farmers you have an income! (taking orders next spring!!) 
April 11, 2008 at 9:54 am
dandelionmom
OH MAN!!
dontcha jest hate it when you are signed in as your husband, make a comment and then go back later thinkin HE made a comment and (all-excited-like) you go to read it and it is jest YOU doin yer normal inane spoutin off the top o yer head thing yet agin? Dontcha?
April 11, 2008 at 3:10 pm
beyond bluestockings
LOL! You could make yourself look very popular
I don’t remember anyone eating geese in A Christmas Carol, ( I could have been distracted by all that chain rattling..) but I do recall a Ralph Moody book where the children had a goose, and didn’t pluck it straight away.
I am glad to hear the little fluffies are safe!
April 11, 2008 at 4:37 pm
dandelionmom
Scrooge sends the little kid in the street to go buy the big goose hanging (you know what THAT means
) in the butcher window and take it to the Cratchits–the “Christmas goose”–ring a bell?? What do you roast up for a celebration? not kiwi birds or koalas? 
April 11, 2008 at 6:43 pm
beyond bluestockings
Ahem! We don’t have kiwi’s in Australia (well, apart from the immigrants – people of course – and we only call them that affectionately
)
*Of course* we don’t eat our koalas! They’re just for decoration
You can buy frozen turkey here, though I have never seen it offered fresh, as chicken is. Chicken can be purchased from the butcher, the deli, and meat section of the supermarkets, etc., but turkey comes frozen, and although some people must buy it, I don’t know anyone who does!
At Christmas we often have sea food; lots of prawns or moreton bay bugs served with ham off the bone and salad. Afterall, it’s pretty hot here at Christmas time!
Some people do have a traditional roast, but hot or cold, ham, chicken and sea food would be most popular Christmas foods. People order all three in advance, and the price of sea food is sometimes doubles as Christmas approaches.
April 11, 2008 at 6:48 pm
beyond bluestockings
Oh I just read your question again. For a generic celebration (as in you are having a bunch of people over and roasting for ease of catering) pork (and apple sauce!!), beef, and lamb are normal.