>>>>>>>>>You already know I am not going to try to break into your house ;-)
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>>>>>>>>I would deduce what weapon was being used from the look and the sound and her skill level from how near she was getting to me and adjust my strategy accordingly (like most crooks).
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>>>>>>>Actually, like most crooks, you'd probably avoid my house because of the dogs. Early warning system, gotta love it!
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>>>>>>I use Geese.....
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>>>>>Mean-tempered beasties! But a good early warning system and have been for centuries.
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>>>>When I worked at Kraft there was a runoff pond which inevitably came to be known as Lake Velveeta. The pond attracted geese by the hundreds. The problem was you really had to watch your step.
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>>>There is that.
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>>>When Dad was in Viet Nam we lived in NE Arkansas near my mom's folks, my brother liked hatching eggs and raising whatever it was until it was big enough not to fit in the bathtub in the backyard anymore. Then we would send it out to my Grandmother's farm. That year, he hatched out some geese, which went to the farm. Later he hatched out a clutch of turkeys. When they got big enough to send to the farm it took the geese (2 of them) about 2 weeks to kill all 5 of the turkeys. Vicious beasties
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>>We do keep chicks (ducks and chickens) separate from the geese (separate from all the creatures actually). Once they are at least half grown they head out into the real world.
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>>We haven't had any problems with the geese going after them once they are that size (plus they're pretty fast by then). It probably helps that they roam the year - no close quarters except after dark.
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>>The geese will go after cats, dogs, and people. They scare the cats, annoy the dogs, and surprise people who don't get the hint from the honking before they attack.
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>The turkeys were about 3/4's the size of the geese. One of the geese would hit a turkey in the thigh and momentarily cripple them, then the two would beat the turkey to death with their wings. Saw the first part happen and by the time I could get out to the 'bird yard' it was over.

I'm surprised. OTOH I've never raised turkeys so I haven't had a chance to see the behavior.

We have at least one flock of wild turkeys living in the pasture, and the parents bring the chicks up into the yard each year when they are big enough (so they can beg/search for food). I guess they're really not so wild? Anyway, no issues observed, but I bet the parents may have something to do with that.