tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789839.post112828707090994350..comments2024-01-10T22:28:03.045-05:00Comments on riverrim: new lambscyndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006126625281714507noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789839.post-1129096552564924092005-10-12T01:55:00.000-04:002005-10-12T01:55:00.000-04:00Hi Cyndi, I remember that awful chicken attack sou...Hi Cyndi, I remember that awful chicken attack sound very well from when I was a kid. Our culprits were Quolls, a marsupial which is only found in Tasmania these days. They'd leave a carcass. We seemed to have problems quoll proofing our hen house as they could get in and cause a real mess and it would be all over by the time we got there. I miss chickens.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293118986621010393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789839.post-1128597935306598272005-10-06T07:25:00.000-04:002005-10-06T07:25:00.000-04:00Hi Judith-Yes, it is a bit frustrating=esp. for th...Hi Judith-<BR/>Yes, it is a bit frustrating=esp. for the student in me (there is always something new to learn!)<BR/>We haven't had the coyotes since the foxes moved in...I've read that they don't inhabit each others territory, so you won't have both in the same area at the same time.<BR/>We have had coyotes before...and I prefer fox... (even if they manage to steal a chicken or two)cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006126625281714507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789839.post-1128573881245724772005-10-06T00:44:00.000-04:002005-10-06T00:44:00.000-04:00The workshops sound wonderful! I bet it is frustr...The workshops sound wonderful! I bet it is frustrating to teach & want to be a student too, esp. with what was going on around you. The lamb photos are precious. It broke my heart to hear about your chicken...so sorry to hear that news. Your fiber, per usual, is lookin' good. PS the owls are out here, I have heard them the past few nights as well as the coyotes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789839.post-1128522918953557992005-10-05T10:35:00.000-04:002005-10-05T10:35:00.000-04:00Thanks Leslie-We are starting to think that an owl...Thanks Leslie-<BR/>We are starting to think that an owl got to her...we saw one last evening that was hanging around near the run.cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006126625281714507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789839.post-1128518487001525652005-10-05T09:21:00.000-04:002005-10-05T09:21:00.000-04:00Sorry about the little hen. I miss having chicken...Sorry about the little hen. I miss having chickens SO much, but when I did have them, I let them run, too. I did have some loses but it still seemed righ to let them roam the farm. So nice to see them scratching around the yard!<BR/><BR/>Love the yarn; looks like a beautiful piece shaping up on the loom!Leslie Shelorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628795421403196341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789839.post-1128425513619556122005-10-04T07:31:00.000-04:002005-10-04T07:31:00.000-04:00Hi Brigid-Thanks for condolences, & taking the tim...Hi Brigid-<BR/>Thanks for condolences, & taking the time to comment-I hope the day you can move to the country will come soon (it will be worth the wait!) It is a tough choice about letting the chickens free range, because when you do- sooner or later you will loose one to nature....however, I cannot imagine having chickens in a pen all the time. We try to provide for their safty - they have a cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006126625281714507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789839.post-1128373377723699112005-10-03T17:02:00.000-04:002005-10-03T17:02:00.000-04:00Sorry you lost your chicken. I enjoy reading your ...Sorry you lost your chicken. I enjoy reading your blog because although I live in London (UK) at the moment I am longing for the day when we can move to the country - in about six years' time! I hope to keep chickens but I have often wondered whether I would view them more as pets than productive animals. You seem to keep a level head about these things, which I will also aspire to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com