Near Flight

My Quack Pack consists of 3 African Geese, 2 Fawn & White Indian Runner Ducks and 5 Rouen Ducks. Their yard is shaped like an L with the South side being about 15' x 50 and the West about 15' x 35. I keep their vittles in a 12' x 16' storage building at the North end of the West leg and feed them at the East end of the South leg. When they see me heading to the barn they all come a~running. When I come out and head to the feed trays they indeed scamper briskly, quacking and honking! As they came around the corner of the L one of the geese was really flapping his/her wings. I thought, "You just may catch some air there" when a miracle occurred. I picked the breeds of ducks and geese specifically for flight inability but this honker made a near flight. Maybe only 6" altitude and 3', the landing gear was never retracted. Upon touchdown I believe the goose was more surprised than I. It come running to the fence where I was and I swear said, "Quack Daddy, Did you see that? I don't know what the Hell just happened but my big fat ass left the ground for a hot second!" It was priceless and needless to say, the honkers slow down a bit when rounding the corner now.