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 Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:33 am |
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Hi, All!
Dear Beau's lady is laying again. This lovely goose layed all last
Winter and is now gracing us with the most beautiful offerings again.
She has layed about ten so far. I leave one in the nest so she comes
back to the same spot. The gentle Gray Lady is so sweet.
All of the guineas but one have disappeared. Maybe owls, raccoons,
opossums... I don't know. The silly boys ran the girls into traffic
one afternoon and can't quite figure out what to do now that they are
gone. Won't come into the barn at night anymore. I was so convinced
that they were going to be some of the smart ones. Note to self: eat
them at the end of tick season EVERY year.
Kathleen
Straw Barry Fields Farm
Beefalo
Kentucky, USA |
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| Catherine Jemma |
| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:58 pm |
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After many years I am now down to just one guineafowl male
He mostly hangs out with the hens nowadays, although during the day he
ranges several hundred metres in any direction whereas the chooks wouldn't
usially go further than 60 metres (although lately I've only been letting
them out into a fenced paddock area as otherwise they come right up by the
house and give my handful of veges a hard time, and I've got plenty enough
locusts to do that !
However whereas when I had several gfs they would only volunteer to go
inside the shed and be locked up with the hens overnight during the cooler
wetter Winter season, the one lone gf male does go in with the hens "many"
evenings before lock-up time. However the one metre high roosts aren't good
enough for him, or a couple of the fly-y bantams, and they roost up high in
the roof support beams
I got him as an adult 16 years ago, so he's had a darn good innings
cheerio
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:52 am |
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Catherine Jemma wrote:
Quote: After many years I am now down to just one guineafowl male
He mostly hangs out with the hens nowadays, although during the day he
ranges several hundred metres in any direction whereas the chooks wouldn't
usially go further than 60 metres (although lately I've only been letting
them out into a fenced paddock area as otherwise they come right up by the
house and give my handful of veges a hard time, and I've got plenty enough
locusts to do that !
However whereas when I had several gfs they would only volunteer to go
inside the shed and be locked up with the hens overnight during the cooler
wetter Winter season, the one lone gf male does go in with the hens "many"
evenings before lock-up time. However the one metre high roosts aren't good
enough for him, or a couple of the fly-y bantams, and they roost up high in
the roof support beams
I got him as an adult 16 years ago, so he's had a darn good innings
cheerio
Hi, Catherine!
Good to hear from you again! My computer died and am now trying to
reconnect with an older model, so may be sporadic on here.
I didn't know that those silly birds lived so long; the best I've
managed is four years before they did something stupid and got killed.
Hubby hates them (noise), but I find them entertaining as long as there
aren't two of them screaming through windows on opposite ends of the
house.
What kind of veggies are still braving your weather? I have a few in
the greenhouse (unheated), but the wind blew the door off one day and I
lost a lot. Even the goldfish went through a freeze and thaw in there.
Kale is still growing, and some lettuces, cutting celery, garlic, but
I lost the peas and broccoli.
Have a wonderful day!
Kathleen
Straw Barry Fields Farm
Beefalo
Kentucky, USA |
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