Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[Imprfctme]

Christine I was thinking you should get geese Instead of a pheasant. They are excellent guard animals, used by the Romans. I hope lily feels better.

 

[JerseyHen]

I love cookie related data. You need to do a scatter plot that looks like a chocolate chip cookie.

that would be an excellent slide for my presentation of this data in January. I will work that up somehow. I am thinking ven cookie diagram too.

Christine I was thinking you should get geese Instead of a pheasant. They are excellent guard animals, used by the Romans. I hope lily feels better.

what is this "instead" thing you mention. Pheasant and geese. That would make my spring. I am not sure about housing for geese though and how do you keep them from chasing the kids? I was bit by a goose as a kid, very strong bite on them, scared the bejeezus out of me. I love the sepastapools (sp?).

 

[Imprfctme]

that would be an excellent slide for my presentation of this data in January. I will work that up somehow. I am thinking ven cookie diagram too.
what is this "instead" thing you mention. Pheasant and geese. That would make my spring. I am not sure about housing for geese though and how do you keep them from chasing the kids? I was bit by a goose as a kid, very strong bite on them, scared the bejeezus out of me. I love the sepastapools (sp?).

Well hmm. What I have been told and heard - - no hard evidence mind you - - is that pheasants are wimps and will get literally eaten alive by chickens. I'm sure geese would be even harder. I can ask someone at the Bronx Zoo but they never mix them so I doubt they'd be much help. You're probably better off asking Mags' contact in NJ that actually raises pheasants. As far as the geese go, I'd get just two. That should be enough right? Can you put bonnets on them like they do in Mother Goose? (As an aside, I can't believe you had to fail that many students. Ugh. That seems unusual to me. I think this generation is a little too reliant on the internet no?)

I just finished reading "Buddy" by Brian McGrory. As memoirs go, it was ok but the whole animals as they relate to us humans was interesting. His fiancee and two young girls have a pet rooster Buddy that they treat more like a dog than a chicken. The weird (not surprising to us) part is that she is a vet and seems to have no clue about chickens. It's more about Brian getting over himself and his fabulous single self to become more of a family man than about raising chickens or dogs but it was a quick read and had some funny bits.

I was supposed to go to Hunter College in the city to hear Temple Grandin speak tonight but I have too much of a cold still. So naturally what I did with my extra free time was clean and organize the kitchen, take out the trash, etc. Such a wild and exciting life I lead! I may just settle into bed with a few NCIS episodes on TiVo now. Call the paparazzi!

Mags I would love to visit that historic house! I am a huge sucker for anything in period costume. If you ever read BossyPants by Tina Fey - well you really SHOULD it's hysterical - but there's a part where she talks about coming home from school and relaxing in her colonial girl costume. I just know if I'd had one that's exactly what I would have done too. I am still utterly crushed that the BBC America series Copper was horrible because I so love that time period in NY. I kept watching it just for the costumes and the sets but the plot and the acting was so abysml I had to stop.

I never got around to posting my chicken enrichment article on the site but maybe I'll get to that sometime around 12:00am tonight after one of the girls wakes me up by coughing in my face.

 

[smkchick]

I never got around to posting my chicken enrichment article on the site but maybe I'll get to that sometime around 12:00am tonight after one of the girls wakes me up by coughing in my face.

 

[smkchick]

Last night we had dinner with my cousin and her husband. We were telling them about Ben and laughing about how he never crows and lets the girls pick on him.

Big mistake.

He started crowing at first light this morning and when I ran (literally) out to let everybody out, he was strutting around pecking all the girls. Then he mounted Mabel (who I don't think is even laying yet).

Looks like Ben is out of the closet...

 

[stoopid]

Maggie, how's Opal doing?

 

[goldeneggtees]

Well hmm. What I have been told and heard - - no hard evidence mind you - - is that pheasants are wimps and will get literally eaten alive by chickens. I'm sure geese would be even harder. I can ask someone at the Bronx Zoo but they never mix them so I doubt they'd be much help. You're probably better off asking Mags' contact in NJ that actually raises pheasants. As far as the geese go, I'd get just two. That should be enough right? Can you put bonnets on them like they do in Mother Goose? (As an aside, I can't believe you had to fail that many students. Ugh. That seems unusual to me. I think this generation is a little too reliant on the internet no?)

I just finished reading "Buddy" by Brian McGrory. As memoirs go, it was ok but the whole animals as they relate to us humans was interesting. His fiancee and two young girls have a pet rooster Buddy that they treat more like a dog than a chicken. The weird (not surprising to us) part is that she is a vet and seems to have no clue about chickens. It's more about Brian getting over himself and his fabulous single self to become more of a family man than about raising chickens or dogs but it was a quick read and had some funny bits.

I was supposed to go to Hunter College in the city to hear Temple Grandin speak tonight but I have too much of a cold still. So naturally what I did with my extra free time was clean and organize the kitchen, take out the trash, etc. Such a wild and exciting life I lead! I may just settle into bed with a few NCIS episodes on TiVo now. Call the paparazzi!

Mags I would love to visit that historic house! I am a huge sucker for anything in period costume. If you ever read BossyPants by Tina Fey - well you really SHOULD it's hysterical - but there's a part where she talks about coming home from school and relaxing in her colonial girl costume. I just know if I'd had one that's exactly what I would have done too. I am still utterly crushed that the BBC America series Copper was horrible because I so love that time period in NY. I kept watching it just for the costumes and the sets but the plot and the acting was so abysml I had to stop.

I never got around to posting my chicken enrichment article on the site but maybe I'll get to that sometime around 12:00am tonight after one of the girls wakes me up by coughing in my face.

Heather, check my daughter out in her Christmas present from 3 years ago. She had a matching american girl doll outfit too. She wore it many times, including that whole Christmas day! I had a woman on either Ebay or Etsy make it for her. Maggie was in love with Little House on the Prairie at the time and she said she wanted to look like them. The first pic was taken at candlelight evenings in Old Bethpage Village Restoration. We are going next weekend, most likely Saturday night, come with us, it's a great evening.

 

[goldeneggtees]

I ordered the costume on Etsy.

 

[Imprfctme]

Last night we had dinner with my cousin and her husband. We were telling them about Ben and laughing about how he never crows and lets the girls pick on him.

Big mistake.

He started crowing at first light this morning and when I ran (literally) out to let everybody out, he was strutting around pecking all the girls. Then he mounted Mabel (who I don't think is even laying yet).

Looks like Ben is out of the closet...

Suzanne I left you a vmail but I never got an answer from the farm from the email I sent. I called today and they aren't "open" to the public until Tuesday so I'll try them again then. This is the farm: http://www.hilltophanoverfarm.org I was told Bret was the chicken guy and the email I got for him was [email protected]. I talked to a nice young dude named Will. I am going to call Tuesday and see what's up. Maybe their internet was down, maybe Bret went home already for the holidays or something. I so wish I could take him, after all the hawk attacks it would be nice to have a protector for my girls but I think that would be extreme luck-pushing with the neighbors.

 

[Imprfctme]

Heather, check my daughter out in her Christmas present from 3 years ago. She had a matching american girl doll outfit too. She wore it many times, including that whole Christmas day! I had a woman on either Ebay or Etsy make it for her. Maggie was in love with Little House on the Prairie at the time and she said she wanted to look like them. The first pic was taken at candlelight evenings in Old Bethpage Village Restoration. We are going next weekend, most likely Saturday night, come with us, it's a great evening.

Donna that is just awesome beyond words. I love it. Love it! I too was in love with Little House on the Prairie and had all of the books and used to check out the cookbook from the school library on a monthly basis. Now look where I am - chicken lady! Your daughter just rocks.