Foretelling Weather: The Ol' Goose Bone Method
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You have to remember that most farm raised geese are free range just like wild geese. They forage for whatever during the day and only go into their pen at night. the farmer may supplement some grain thrown on the ground for them along with the other fowl and chickens, but for the most part they forage. A farm raised goose tastes so much better than a store bought bird, same with a turkey, or any bird for that matter. I use to raise them all.
Q. What does "Open Weather" mean??
Hi, Ashley, “Open weather” describes periods during winter that are free from frost, snow, or rain.
We used to always butcher a Goose for Thanksgiving and my Dad would look at the goose backbone and would see what kind of winter we was going to have and it was ALWAYS correct. These were farm raised geese.
Mmmmmmmmm, sounds like a wild goose tale...
it may but there are a lot of crazy beliefs in this world
I would guess that it would be a wild goose. Wild animals depend on instinct more than farm-raised ones. A wild goose going on instinct would know what sort of diet habits to adapt if it felt a cold winter coming on. A farm-raised goose would eat whatever it was fed.
Good article. I have never heard of this method. My thought though is does it make a difference if the goose was wild or farm raised?
i would also think it would be wild