[clydesdaleclopper]

They've been found out 

[Clarebelle]

My ducks walk around like this all day. My grass edges are full of round holes which, at first I thought were mouse holes, but no, they are duck beak holes 

[Womble]

 
I wonder if anybody else has seen this:
 
Our geese have a kids paddling pool for a pond, and spend much of the day filling it with whatever they can find (mostly sticks and beech nuts from the trees). It's almost as though they're trying to build a nest in it.
 
Any ideas? 

[mentalmilly]

How do they get in and out of the pool Womble.  Are they big enough to step in and out?

[Womble]

Yes, it's just one of these (minus the sand of course)

[Clarebelle]

I use a kids sandpit too! Ours is a pink turtle!

[Caroline1]

Mines a red turtle  so much easier then the pond we originally used which needed cleaning on a weekly basis as it got so filthy.

They also managed to create an entire maze in my previous lawn by rooting up the grass in long survey lines, made it a nightmare to cut.

[Beeducked]

I wonder if anybody else has seen this:
 
Our geese have a kids paddling pool for a pond, and spend much of the day filling it with whatever they can find (mostly sticks and beech nuts from the trees). It's almost as though they're trying to build a nest in it.
 
Any ideas? 

Mine do that too. No idea why!

[waddy]

Our geese have a large pond, but they still love their 'bath tubs' of two shallow tub trugs. They pull grass up by the roots where the ground is soft; swish it in the tub and then eat it. I presume it is to wash the soil off the tasty roots. We also have lots of wibble holes in the grass.


Helen

[Clarebelle]

'Wibble holes'. Exactly this xD

[clydesdaleclopper]

'Wibble holes'. Exactly this xD

I just love the noise they make when they are doing it

[devonlady]

We have several sources of water for geese, pigs and sheep, two halves of a life raft cover, large lick tubs and rubber trugs, plus a "proper" galvanised trough. The geese go to each one in turn and filthy it up

[doganjo]

Would geese mow my grass for me or just make great holes in it?  I have a puppy that does that for me!

[devonlady]

No, geese don't dibble as long as the females have plenty of large grit. They will keep your lawn like a bowling green but do need plenty of grass.

[Hevxxx99]

....A rather poopy bowling green.  I love my geese but they do have some throughput!