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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    Hello Barb, thanks for writing, lovely to hear from you. The only predators here are foxes. There are not any snakes at all, not a single one. The myth go's that St Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland, but it is in fact something to do with the history of the earth and all of it's...
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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    Thanks for your comment. I have to rule out human as I live in a very secluded area, about 1/4 way up a mountain/forest track and the road is only used by locals, (it does not really lead anywhere, so is of no use to "passing traffic"), one of whom is a farmer and lives about 1 mile below me and...
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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    Hello Miss Lydia, This is the strange thing - there was absolutely no sign of anything out of the ordinary, no sign of a struggle and no "ravaged feathers". He was a big bird, when he stood upright on tip toe to give his wings a good work out, his head would be at my chest level and I am 5' 10"...
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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    Thanks Mr KK - appreciate your taking the time. Mike
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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    Thank you Miss Lydia :)
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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    Thank you Suzie. What a wonderful part of France, the nearest I have been was Lyon when driving for Wallace Arnold Coaches in UK. In Ireland there is not really a "fox hunt" as we know it in UK, with horses and "gentry" in colourful riding gear and hounds. Here, it seems, that farmers all have...
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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    Thank you Amy,,,,,, as it is now cold, cold, cold here and will be until probably April/May, I think it best to see how things go and maybe see about introducing a new male then. :)
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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    Thanks Kevin565. Yes, the "babies" are probably only about 5 months old (when we received them they were about small duck size, covered in yellow fluff) even though it is almost impossible now to see at a glance which is the mum as they have shot up growth wise! I guess you are absolutely...
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    Sad loss of a gallant gander

    I would appreciate some advice regarding the sad loss of a wonderful Embden gander. About 5 months ago, I was given a family; gander, goose and 3 goslings. They have been magnificent and have integrated so well with my hens and guinea fowl. When they first arrived, they had obviously not been...
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    guinea keets born a couple days ago-lots died

    Sorry to read about this sad event. I can fully understand your frustration, but as long as we do what we think is best at the time and learn, then we must not be too hard on ourselves. Animals and birds die for many reasons - if only they could talk and let us know. I have just started to keep...
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    THANK YOU PeepsCA!!

    I just wanted to shout out a big thank you to PeepsCA for taking the time to help me with a little guinea fowl question. You are a star . Mike
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    RANDOM STUFF!

    antidisestablishmentarianism (the principles of those who oppose the with-drawal of the recognition or support of the state from an established church, usually used in referring to the Anglican church in the 19th century in England)
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    Yum or Yuck?

    Please
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    Yum or Yuck?

    Here is the original text : Okay, this is a really fun game, the person above you will say a kind of food, and you post below, Yum or Yuck. And then you do the same: So, if you are going to jump in and try to make out I was wrong, I guess you ought to start out by finding out the facts -...
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    Yum or Yuck?

    Actually it does say "food" but I do not want to start a war - please look at the very first instigator of this game.
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