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You are my Peace
During these turbulent times, it is good to remember where our source of peace comes from. This music video have family pictures set to music that the Lord inspired my sister to write.Wild Goose Chase
Friday, Ron & I went up to Zephyr Lake Park to ty to catch the pair of Toulouse geese that someone abandoned. When they saw us, they swam right up for handouts, and ate the bread we tossed for them. We both had nets, and Ron was able to catch one of them. Once he got that one in the crate, he came back to help me with the other one. At one point I tried to head him off as he ran toward the water, but slipped on the wet grass and went down on my ass as the goose high tailed it for the water.Of course he refused to come out and swam well out of reach with the local mallard ducks. We left for a bit and came back to find him back on shore, so we tried again. This time he went right over Ron's head and back into the lake. We hid and waited like a couple of lame hunters, but no way would he come back out again, so we gave up and brought the first goose home with us.
Today, we went up to the lake again to try another go at catching the
second goose. He was staying far away from the beach and hanging out
by the vegetation with the ducks. So I decided to go around and head
down the railroad tracks to try to get to where they were. I went down
the bank and they swam away slowly, but I started tossing little
pieces of bread into the water, and the goose turned around and
started back my way. I was surprised and excited to see he was coming
right up to me and even ate from my hand. So after a couple minutes, I
squatted down and tossed a couple pieces down in front of me. He bent
his head to eat them and I grabbed him by the neck. He let out a
surprised HONK! and struggled just a little and settled right down as
soon as I was holding him. I think he may have actually felt relieved
... one because I didn't eat him and two because he probably knows
people are where the food and safety really come from.
When we got home, I reunited the pair, and the first goose started
making soft little happy noises... they are definitely very happy to
be back together.
So happy ending! Yay! :)
I have to thank this wildlife rescue guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu_KMGhA
on the best way to catch a goose. It definitely works well. :)
Turkey and rabbits For Sale
I have a one year old Narragansett tom for sale for $35.Also selling our mixed breed rabbit herd (New Zealand and unknown crosses).... babies were born March 19th. Four males (3 albino, 1 brown), one female (brown & white spotted), and mom, who is a little over one year old (don't know exact birth date). Mom is brown and a great mom. $5 each or all 6 for $25.
I'll be posting the info with photos in the For Sale section of the website soon.
NH Chickenstock
This past Sunday (June 29), the first annual NH Chickenstock was held in the Tractor Supply Co parking lot in Milford, NH. There were lots of Backyard Chickens members and others there to sell, buy and socialize. There were chickens of all ages, turkeys, pheasants, ducks, guineas and rabbits. It was a lot of fun and really nice meeting Backyard Chickens folks face to face, and seeing friends from the local poultry show circuit. Plans are already in the works for the 2009 NH Chicken Stock, so keep an eye out for information some time next year!Ergo Baby Carrier Contest
Win a Free Ergo Baby Carrier from Along for the RideChecking in Again
Hello All,Just checking in to say "hi" to everybody. Been busy homeschooling and with the baby who is already 8 mos old. My camera broke so I can't post the most recent picture. My echinacea has come up, but I am not sure how much of a garden I am going to plant this year. Our chickens are gone, gave them to a friend at church who has a chicken farm. Working on my summer menu, that is about it for now!
Long Overdue Update
It's been quite a while since I've updated the blog. Lots of happenings since the last post. We hatched some Narragansetts last year, but lost most of our hens to foxes or coyotes when they hid nests across the road. This year they will reside in a fully covered pen so they can safely brood their eggs. We attended shows in the Spring and Fall, and took Champion Turkey at the NH Poultry Fanciers show.I'm thrilled to also announce that one of our Dominique hens is famous! Her photo is featured in Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds by Carol Ekarius. The book has lots of interesting and useful information on many poultry breeds, as well as beautiful photos. Her picture is also in A Pocketful of Poultry, by Carol Ekarius. It is a condensed version of the first book, and features beautiful photos of all types of poultry, with short facts and info on each breed. Either book is definitely worth getting!
The winter has been especially hard this year, and we had many losses, both from the cold and old age (many of our first chickens that are still around are old timers now). But we had some hatches earlier in the year that gave us promising new birds in our Dominique, Silkie and Narragansett flocks. There weren't many, but the ones that we did hatch are looking very nice.
We also added a pig to our farm. Wilbur the Lucky was about 65 lbs when we brought him home in June, and now he's tipping the scales at about 375 lbs! He's still a baby, so he has some growing to do! Hopefully not too much tho, since we are keeping him as a breeding boar. He is part Hampshire and part Poland China (he definitely looks Hampshire tho). Our main interest is the Tamworth, which is listed as "Threatened" in the ALBC Watch List, and we're looking into raising them on a small scale.
Our latest addition is a pair of mixed breed meat rabbits that we purchased at a poultry swap this past Fall. Jack & Jill (named by Edward, our 4 year old) will hopefully give us a nice variety of colors in their offspring that also yield good meat.
Moving Blogs
I have been trying for the past few months to keep up with three blogs, but have just been unable. I will be doing a bulk of my blogging here: http://kayinpa.blogspot.com . I will of course continue to visit my homsteadblogger friends as time allows and my children will continue to blog here as well so this isnt goodbye, just a head's up on what is going on.Kay
Answers to History Lesson
Answers(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005
A History Lesson
A little history lesson. If you don't know the answer make your best guess.
Answer all the questions before looking at the answers.
Who said it?
1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above
2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the
few, and for the few...... And to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above
3) "(We) ...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something
has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above
4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up
a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above
5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above
6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most
profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above
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