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| Just Molly |
I have a new born chick :0) Just got back from shopping to hear "cheep
cheep" from the hatcher and there it was :0)
Another to hatch soon too.
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| Just Molly |
<jumpingmouse02@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Ohhhhhhhhh...........congratulations!!! I LOVE chickens. When my son
was
> growing up, we always had half a dozen chickens in the backyard that we
> would get as baby chicks for Easter, then keep and they would lay
wonderful,
> tasty eggs for us.
>
> For anyone who hasn't been around chickens much,they are actually a
> wonderful (outdoors) pet!! Mine used to follow me around as I did my
> yardwork, and were actually very very fun to have around, a little bit of
> work, but they paid their way in both the affection and loyalty they
showed
> (they LOVED their mommy and would follow me begging me to sit down in the
> grass and give them goodies and pay attention to them) and the beautiful
and
> tasty eggs they gave me daily. Nothing like them in the world!! I have
> pictures of my son as a child, at several ages, when he would just lie
down
> on the grass and they would all gather around him as if he were the mommy
> chicken and sleep with him....LOL
>
> So congratulations on the chicks........you're lucky. I haven't had any
for
> about 10 years, but will never forget how much fun they were.
>
> I'm envious!!!
>
>
got 2 now cos another hatched.:0)
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| Jason and Holly Harper |
Congratulations! I much more fond of chickens than I am of geese. Geese
just scare me! ;-)
Holly
"Just Molly" <oldmollyREMOVETHIS@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> I have a new born chick :0) Just got back from shopping to hear "cheep
> cheep" from the hatcher and there it was :0)
> Another to hatch soon too.
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| MC |
Heh..Geese can be downright nasty! We had geese on my grandparent's farm.
Those *******s would chase me all over the place, 'cause I was small. My
grandfather would just kick the snot out of 'em if they attacked him...they
usually kept their distance from him.....guess that means they are smart
too! LOL.
"Jason and Holly Harper" <jhharper@tm.net> wrote in message
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> Congratulations! I much more fond of chickens than I am of geese. Geese
> just scare me! ;-)
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| Randy W. Sims |
MC wrote:
> Heh..Geese can be downright nasty! We had geese on my grandparent's farm.
> Those *******s would chase me all over the place, 'cause I was small. My
> grandfather would just kick the snot out of 'em if they attacked him...they
> usually kept their distance from him.....guess that means they are smart
> too! LOL.
>
Eww, that reminds me of when we were kids. Had 2 pet ducks. House in
city on 1 itty bitty acre. Not a farm. Also had a swimming pool-the
above ground variety. Then, uninvited, we found we had lots of little
frogs and tadpoles. I think the green water attracted them. We let them
have the pool.
Randy.
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| Jason and Holly Harper |
I never get close enough for them to actually chase me. There's just
something about a big water fowl that honks and chases people that just
scares the crap outta me. I'm not fond of baboons either. I figure they're
way smarter than me and that scares me even more than geese! lol
Holly
"MC" <MC@ProgressiveSystemsInc.org> wrote in message
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> Heh..Geese can be downright nasty! We had geese on my grandparent's farm.
> Those *******s would chase me all over the place, 'cause I was small. My
> grandfather would just kick the snot out of 'em if they attacked
him...they
> usually kept their distance from him.....guess that means they are smart
> too! LOL.
>
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| Just Molly |
"Jason and Holly Harper" <jhharper@tm.net> wrote in message
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> I never get close enough for them to actually chase me. There's just
> something about a big water fowl that honks and chases people that just
> scares the crap outta me. I'm not fond of baboons either. I figure
they're
> way smarter than me and that scares me even more than geese! lol
>
I have geese and hae always had geese. Nearly always the noise and hissing
they make is sheer bravado. If you get a really aggressive one who comes at
you with head low and ready to bite, simply grab him quickly around the neck
and turn him around. The neck grabbing is a dominance thing. No need to kick
the poor beasts. No wonder your grandfathers geese were mean, they had a
good reason to be it seems :0(
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| Just Molly |
"Paul Jamison" <pjamison2@cox.net> wrote in message
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> I'll go along with this. I used to work at a particular building at Boeing
> with a doecrative pond nearby that was favored by geese and other
> waterfowl. Walking into work in mornings, I'd normally have no
> trouble, but one spring some gosling were hatched and one morning
> they and their parents were near my usual pathway. As I came close
> one of the adults confronted me and started hissing. I figured real
> fast that a detour was in order.
>
They are notoriously protective of babies and as long as you avoid
confrontation they won't be a problem generally. ANyway not only do I now
have 2 cute chicks but 3 kittens too hehe. My dixie puss had 3 beautiful
babies yesterday. 2 black and one ginger. Luvley.
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| Paul Jamison |
"Just Molly" <oldmollyREMOVETHIS@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> "Paul Jamison" <pjamison2@cox.net> wrote in message
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> > I'll go along with this. I used to work at a particular building at
Boeing
> > with a doecrative pond nearby that was favored by geese and other
> > waterfowl. Walking into work in mornings, I'd normally have no
> > trouble, but one spring some gosling were hatched and one morning
> > they and their parents were near my usual pathway. As I came close
> > one of the adults confronted me and started hissing. I figured real
> > fast that a detour was in order.
> >
> They are notoriously protective of babies and as long as you avoid
> confrontation they won't be a problem generally. ANyway not only do I now
> have 2 cute chicks but 3 kittens too hehe. My dixie puss had 3 beautiful
> babies yesterday. 2 black and one ginger. Luvley.
>
Awww... Conga-rats on the new grandkittens.
Paul
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