Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dog Fidget and Embden goose Maudie keep watch over the ducklings and goslings.
Fidget guards them and Maudie herds them.
This photo was taken on July 30, 2007 using a Nikon D200.
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kitty *, Ollie girl, Terry297, harliee, and 44 other people added this photo to their favorites.
harliee (63 months ago | reply)
Oh I just love this Ken! Is that your chicken coop behind Fidget? Have a wonderful day :)
shesnuckinfuts (63 months ago | reply)
Awwww... this is wonderful! What a happy little "family" you have there!!
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Peggy Collins (63 months ago | reply)
Such a quaint scene! What a charming image.
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LisaNH (63 months ago | reply)
Oh, I love it. What a peaceful scene.
(I'm getting geese, ducks and turkeys in a couple of weeks. I can't wait!)
Ollie girl (63 months ago | reply)
There ya go, a bunch of get-along-together animals!
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huckleberryblue (63 months ago | reply)
what a happy scene! were these goslings Maudie's brood, or is she just a take charge kind of girl?
Terry297 (63 months ago | reply)
It's so nice to see Fidget at work....fantastic picture!!!
kithg (63 months ago | reply)
That is precious. I love your dogs and their herds.
Happy Birds and Pals Feathery Friday.
Sach'mo (63 months ago | reply)
Lovely
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nashthebean (63 months ago | reply)
i love your hen house!
what a great team.
2-Dog-Farm (63 months ago | reply)
hahaha, what a sight, I love it when a goose starts to herd ducks and Fidget just lays back there supervising!
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makeupanid (63 months ago | reply)
So sweet-your shots of your extended family are beautiful!
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dbarronoss (63 months ago | reply)
It's hard to call it at work (Fidget)...looks pretty peaceful and pastoral.
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*volar* (63 months ago | reply)
A wonderful family !
"Happy Feathery Friday."
Flint-Hill (away) (63 months ago | reply)
We''re really fortunate to have the life that we have. We get to spend time outdoors with the animals and it's lovely most of the year here.
Karen, we built the henhouse on wheels. last summer.
Thanks Debbie, Peggy, Lisa, and Donna, it's really a great experience to see Maudie and the dogs working together.
Barb, Maudie lost her long-time companion Janie and when we got her the two goslings, she turned out to be a natural-born mom. She's one of the smartest, gentlest and most conscientious animals on the farm.
Thanks Terry, Kit, 3-Jollyboys, Tori, Marin, Marg, Danny, and Volar. The dogs and Maudie work around the clock, 365 days a year, and they seem to love what they do. We're lucky to know them and have them on the farm.
lordog (63 months ago | reply)
Aww, what a cute group! I wish I could have a yard just like that.
Happy Birds n' Pals Feathery Friday!
birdyboo (63 months ago | reply)
What a marvelous scene. Like an old world painting
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Jaedde & Sis (63 months ago | reply)
Fidget looks as if ready to take a nap...I mean brake. And Maudie
is ready to take over. So love the tones of this shot.
Also love your hønsehus! :-)
El Duke Degreaser (63 months ago | reply)
Your henhouse is looking really great (actually this whole pic looks awesome). Let me guess, the henhouse is on wheels so that you may wheel it around your yard (plot) and use it as a source of nitrogen (sort of like what Joel Salatin does on his Polyface Farm)?
Absolutely great.
Terry297 (63 months ago | reply)
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Flint-Hill (away) (63 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Lori, Alice, Jette, El Duke and Terry.
Alice and Jette, the painterly quality of this picture is caused partly by the Nikon's high-ISO chroma noise (ISO 640 in this case). It's a fundamental design defect, but sometimes you can make lemonade from lemons. :)
El Duke, spot-on! It's modeled on a Salatin house, though with a rigid metal roof frame to support nests and roosts to keep the floor clear.
mike@bensalem (63 months ago | reply)
Lovely serene "life on the farm" shot. I'm still fascinated by that hen house.
lovecatz (63 months ago | reply)
Fidget is a great guardian. Nice shot Ken.
Roberta N M (63 months ago | reply)
Love the hen house. lovely photo!!
mr moor (63 months ago | reply)
What a happy scene Ken and Molly:-) That coop is excellent, looks like a gipsy wagon, I bet the hens are happy in there (but I suspect they want to get out). Love Maudie and the little babies!
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chook poo (63 months ago | reply)
This looks like it should be a surrealist painting! The way the animals are all placed so perfectly and in the same frame - what a lovely portrait of your happy clan.
That is a magnificent henhouse too!
.brioso. (63 months ago | reply)
These scenes of your are some of my faves. Just love the green and the serenity of the whole thing. Not to mention I'm very jealous of your coop. ; )
geckoam (63 months ago | reply)
Oh how adorable are those little babies! Looks like a great house you made them! And Fidget looks very content with the birds! Really a great shot!
Mrs Soop [deleted] (63 months ago | reply)
This is excellent. So many things for the eye to enjoy.
Amy McGibbon Lang (63 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous!
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wolfeyes1991 (63 months ago | reply)
What a nice scene! So peaceful ^_^
Judy & Paul (63 months ago | reply)
What a fine portable hen house! Are you familiar with Polyface Farm in Virginia?
polyfacefarms.com/index.html
Judy
Odie - Odysseus of the Doggie World (62 months ago | reply)
Just love seeing them in their environment! It's really great to see how the dogs watch over the ducks :o) Wonderful capture! Good dog, Fidget!
ross-boss34 (61 months ago | reply)
The finished coop could double as a Gypsy caravan.
gypsy-caravans.co.uk/accessories.html
Aiko, Thomas & Juliette+Isaac (61 months ago | reply)
It's a engineering wonder!
how's the hen house doing?
I'm worried about the wheels sinking in the mud, or is it light enough
Paul Tomlins (60 months ago | reply)
Great pic
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DjD-567 (57 months ago | reply)
Great shot and great ideas incorporated into that mobile hen house. Best of luck with this design, it looks like a winner.
*darkly dreaming gardener* (51 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called skint...getting by creatively and gracefully, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley (23 months ago | reply)
Most fabulous chicken house ever!!!
SteveL37 (21 months ago | reply)
Very clever design for a house.
normanack (14 months ago | reply)
What a chicken coop! It is fabulous! Art in use. :-)
Room With A View (13 months ago | reply)
Alls'right in your peaceable kingdom. Darling coop.
Warren Gates (4 months ago | reply)
Excellent! Happy vibes all around ! :)