KATE MORGAN: Stores are definitely selling more porch geese - both smaller local stores, and some major retailers are getting in on the action, too. SIMON: Kate Morgan is on the goose beat.

KATE MORGAN: Stores are definitely selling more porch geese - both smaller local stores, and some major retailers are getting in on the action, too. SIMON: Kate Morgan is on the goose beat.

The History Behind Porch Geese. The porch goose has been around longer than you might think. In the 1980s, the first ornamental goose sat perched on one Midwestern trendsetter's porch.

Porch geese are trending as nostalgic millennials seek reminders of childhood. Transcript. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's a trend taking flight across America right now - well, taking flight again.

Amanda Weber, a 47-year-old proofreader in Durham, North Carolina, has “at least 80” outfits for her goose, Goosie (spelled with an I-E as opposed to Appelstein’s E-Y.I checked.).

Mannion sells painted and unpainted versions of porch geese for $95 and $70, respectively. She’s a vendor at the Colorado Springs Flea Market and also sells them on her Facebook page, Concrete Diva.

KATE MORGAN: Stores are definitely selling more porch geese - both smaller local stores, and some major retailers are getting in on the action, too. SIMON: Kate Morgan is on the goose beat.

KATE MORGAN: Stores are definitely selling more porch geese - both smaller local stores, and some major retailers are getting in on the action, too. SIMON: Kate Morgan is on the goose beat.

KATE MORGAN: Stores are definitely selling more porch geese - both smaller local stores, and some major retailers are getting in on the action, too. SIMON: Kate Morgan is on the goose beat.

HINES: It used to be, at one time, like, we were lucky if we even sold 10 porch geese in the calendar year. Last year alone, we sold approximately 40 in one year. And then this year, we've already ...