Topic 20 of 58: Farm Animals
Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (19:07) |
Wolf (wolf)
do you keep horses, sheep, cows, and pigs?
15 responses total.
Topic 20 of 58 [SpringArk]: Farm Animals
Response 1 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (19:15) * 1 lines
Please tell me this is not where we learn to butcher them prior to taking them over to the Food Conference and the Recipe Master for cooking...!
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Response 2 of 15: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (20:17) * 1 lines
no! silly goose.
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Response 3 of 15: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (09:05) * 2 lines
ha-ha! My grandpa had one pig; her name was Doll - he got her for christmas once, didn't know what to do with her, so he gave her to us as a pet. She was great! We used to ride her and everything! Pigs are pretty good with kids.
I didn't like orphan calves though - they get really nasty as they get bigger.
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Response 4 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (18:54) * 1 lines
Perhaps there is a divine purpose in that mean-ness as they grow older...you don't feel so bad about eating them, then!
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Response 5 of 15: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Oct 1, 1999 (13:59) * 1 lines
ha-ha!!! EEEK!!! But how true!
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Response 6 of 15: LadyArk (MarciaH) * Fri, May 5, 2000 (17:48) * 23 lines
'Attack' Chickens Cause Flap
SONOMA, Calif. (Reuters) - Chickens have long ruled the roost in this
picturesque California town, where a wandering flock of hens and roosters has
given the downtown plaza a homey, rural charm appreciated by tourists and
residents alike.
But something has put Sonoma's chickens into a foul mood, and after a flurry
of attacks on neighborhood children, city officials have voted to ban the
belligerent birds.
``It's not charming when you have to see your baby attacked,'' Monica Garcia
of nearby Boyes Hot Springs told Sonoma's City Council on Wednesday
evening after her 16-month old son was jumped by a rooster.
``Seeing the blood going down his face and seeing him screaming ... I can't
sleep at night,'' Garcia said.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported on Thursday that the Sonoma
council, faced with horrific stories of mounting chicken aggression, decided it
was time for the chickens to go approving a plan to roust them from the
downtown plaza and distribute them to local farms in this northern California
county.
One theory circulating in Sonoma is that too few hens among the many
roosters has made the chickens more aggressive.
``I don't know if it's possible to envision a roosterless plaza,'' Councilman Ken
Brown said after the vote. ``But I have to tell you, when it comes to a question
between a kid and a chicken, it's the kid.''
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Response 7 of 15: Alpha Wolf (wolf) * Fri, May 5, 2000 (19:03) * 1 lines
roosters are viscious!
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Response 8 of 15: LadyArk (MarciaH) * Fri, May 5, 2000 (19:21) * 1 lines
For a while they were trying out red contact lenses but it did not work and they fell out and all that. Oh Yeah, they are vicious! Ask the Cock Fight afficionados in Hawaii - and world-wide, actually!
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Response 9 of 15: Alpha Wolf (wolf) * Fri, May 5, 2000 (23:06) * 1 lines
i know. i saw a rooster get mad irl. my friend's dad took a leather belt to him.
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Response 10 of 15: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, May 6, 2000 (05:56) * 1 lines
Did i ever tell you about 'Henry' our African rooster who terrorised us? We got him 'free' from the Senegalese supemarket during a promotion (yeah, they had chicks at the front of the store and you chose which ones you wanted - they all turned out male!). Well, Henry was a survivor of our trip to Gambia and ruled his two lady hens with an iron beak. He tried to rule us too, and attacked anyone who went outside, usually by taking chunks out of the heel of someone hanging washing out. He was one horrible chicken!! I was delighted when he was fat enough to eat. I have never eaten chicken with such relish before (and I am part veggie!)
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Response 11 of 15: LadyArk (MarciaH) * Sun, May 7, 2000 (14:45) * 1 lines
Just deserts?! (couldn't resist!)
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Response 12 of 15: LadyArk (MarciaH) * Mon, May 8, 2000 (15:09) * 61 lines
Turkey Terror: Wild gobblers go bonkers in Boston area.
B O S T O N, May 7 —Attacks by roving
flocks of wild turkeys are on the
increase around suburban Boston, and
state wildlife experts can’t explain why.
In Danvers, a postal worker was attacked so
frequently that he carried a broom for protection for
several months. A Peabody woman was recently
rushed by a flock when she opened her door to get
the morning paper. And in Walpole a woman was
attacked while walking with her grandchildren.
The bizarre turkey behavior might bring to mind
other recent attacks by chickens in Sonoma, Cal.
(see related story).
Jim Cardoza, a wildlife biologist for the
Massachussetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife,
said there’s no explanation for the turkeys’
transformation into neighborhood thugs.
“Nothing’s changed that much that could have
caused this,” he said.
Cardoza theorizes that an unusually large
number of turkeys survived the warm winter and
are being lured to the suburbs because people
keep feeding them—something Cardoza urges
people not to do.
Mating Season
He also noted that it’s mating season, a time when
male turkeys are unusually aggressive.
So far, no serious turkey-inflicted injuries have
been reported, but Cardoza said he’s worried the
half-tame birds could take disease back to other
wildlife, the Boston Herald reported.
Wild turkeys were once indigenous to
Massachusetts, but disappeared in 1850 after
many of the state’s forests were cleared for
farmland. Since 1970, state wildlife officials have
been reintroducing them to different parts of the
state. The recent spate of attacks is a new
phenomenon.
One Danvers postal carrier was attacked so
often that he stopped delivery to several houses on
his route.
“They would fly against the vehicle, peck the
tires and if I stepped out to deliver parcels, they
would chase me,” said the carrier, who asked to
remain anonymous to avoid embarrassment. “If
you swing at them, they take two steps and then
come back.”
In Walpole, officials have tried to capture two of
the more aggressive turkeys with a “net gun.” But it
hasn’t been easy because the turkeys can run up
to 30 mph.
The turkey-caused trouble isn’t confined to
assault. They’ve also been blocking traffic, tearing
up gardens and littering lawns with their droppings.
If the turkeys are caught, state officials plan to
relocate them to Plimouth Plantation in Plymouth,
where it’s hoped they won’t be as annoying.
Copyright 2000 The Associated Press.
Topic 20 of 58 [SpringArk]: Farm Animals
Response 13 of 15: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Jun 2, 2000 (15:36) * 22 lines
THIS LITTLE PIGGY MADE A RUN FOR IT - AND NOW LIFE'S SWILL
Friday, June 02, 2000 20:21
A plucky piglet saved his own bacon after making a daring dash for freedom, it emerged today.
One-week-old Wilbur went on the run from his farm and trotted two miles before he was found.
He crossed two main roads and at least four fields after hearing the call of the wild and escaping from Wotton Farm at Lympstone near Exeter, Devon.
His adventure eventually ended when he was spotted foraging in a garden on a housing estate where a surprised resident put him in a rabbit hutch for safekeeping.
Police contacted the farm, which rears pigs for slaughter.
But after collecting wandering Wilbur his owners Tracey Webb and Rob Harding decided he was not for the chop and adopted him as a pet.
"We're bottle feeding him at the moment because he picked up a chill during his walkabout," said Tracey.
© Press Association
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Response 14 of 15: Alpha Wolf (wolf) * Thu, May 23, 2002 (19:24) * 1 lines
check this out: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/052102_NW_bald_chicken.html
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Response 15 of 15: Cheryl (CherylB) * Thu, Jan 12, 2006 (12:40) * 13 lines
"Molly" The Cow Escapes Slaughter
Ayinde O. Chase - All Headline News Staff Writer
Salmon, ID (AHN) - A cow named Mollie that escaped last week from a Montana slaughterhouse making workers and police chase it for six hours, will have her life spared.
Public outcry over the hoofed animal enabled it to continue grazing.
Del Morris, manager of Mickey's Packing Plant in Great Falls, says he decided to let the cow live the instant he saw it cross the Missouri River through Great Falls.
Town residents will now decide through a telephone poll whether the cow will remain a resident of Montana, or if it will live out the rest of its days on pastureland surrounding the packing plant, or be shipped to an animal sanctuary in Seattle.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7001862392
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