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Ping: Tweed - OT chickens
I thought of you when I heard a local news report last night. We have a lot
of people in this area who keep a few backyard chickens, and the report talked about a woman who has a small business as a "chicken sitter." So, just as I use a pet sitter when I go on vacation (or once when I was in the hospital), people who have chickens and can't be home use her to take care of their chickens. She feeds them, puts them in at night, gathers eggs, etc. I thought this might interest you. MaryL |
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"MaryL" wrote in message ... I thought of you when I heard a local news report last night. We have a lot of people in this area who keep a few backyard chickens, and the report talked about a woman who has a small business as a "chicken sitter." So, just as I use a pet sitter when I go on vacation (or once when I was in the hospital), people who have chickens and can't be home use her to take care of their chickens. She feeds them, puts them in at night, gathers eggs, etc. I thought this might interest you. MaryL Hi, Mary I've replied to this twice but for some some reason it hasn't appeared either time. So here goes again: Thank you for sending this, it was very interesting. We don't seem to have the same pet-sitting culture here as you do in the USA. Pet sitters do exist but are few and far between. I wouldn't mind being a chicken-sitter, but I'd be reluctant unless they were very nearby (like next door) because of the terrible daytime fox problem we have. I'd hate it if my clients got home to find all their chickens were ex-chickens. In the last few weeks a fox has entered a house and eaten the finger off a month old baby. Add this to a couple of years ago another fox went into a house and did some severe facial damage to baby twins. There is now a call for a cull of foxes in London. Once upon a time, before some of the nature programmes on the telly that encourage people to feed them, foxes were afraid of humans and only roamed around during the night - which is how it should be IMO. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... I thought of you when I heard a local news report last night. We have a lot of people in this area who keep a few backyard chickens, and the report talked about a woman who has a small business as a "chicken sitter." So, just as I use a pet sitter when I go on vacation (or once when I was in the hospital), people who have chickens and can't be home use her to take care of their chickens. She feeds them, puts them in at night, gathers eggs, etc. I thought this might interest you. MaryL Hi, Mary I've replied to this twice but for some some reason it hasn't appeared either time. So here goes again: Thank you for sending this, it was very interesting. We don't seem to have the same pet-sitting culture here as you do in the USA. Pet sitters do exist but are few and far between. I wouldn't mind being a chicken-sitter, but I'd be reluctant unless they were very nearby (like next door) because of the terrible daytime fox problem we have. I'd hate it if my clients got home to find all their chickens were ex-chickens. In the last few weeks a fox has entered a house and eaten the finger off a month old baby. Add this to a couple of years ago another fox went into a house and did some severe facial damage to baby twins. There is now a call for a cull of foxes in London. Once upon a time, before some of the nature programmes on the telly that encourage people to feed them, foxes were afraid of humans and only roamed around during the night - which is how it should be IMO. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Tweed. Your message came through this time. We do have a lot of pet sitters, but chicken sitters are rather unusual. I have a friend who was hospitalized for several weeks in December. She has cats, a dog, horses, two burros, chickens and a few ducks. Luckily, someone who lives near her was able to take care of all the "critters" while she was ill. Your description of problems with foxes is why I think we should not feed wild animals. I love to look at them, but feeding them destroys their fear of humans. That, in turn, becomes a danger both to humans and to the animals who have lost their fear. MaryL |
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"MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... I thought of you when I heard a local news report last night. We have a lot of people in this area who keep a few backyard chickens, and the report talked about a woman who has a small business as a "chicken sitter." So, just as I use a pet sitter when I go on vacation (or once when I was in the hospital), people who have chickens and can't be home use her to take care of their chickens. She feeds them, puts them in at night, gathers eggs, etc. I thought this might interest you. MaryL Hi, Mary I've replied to this twice but for some some reason it hasn't appeared either time. So here goes again: Thank you for sending this, it was very interesting. We don't seem to have the same pet-sitting culture here as you do in the USA. Pet sitters do exist but are few and far between. I wouldn't mind being a chicken-sitter, but I'd be reluctant unless they were very nearby (like next door) because of the terrible daytime fox problem we have. I'd hate it if my clients got home to find all their chickens were ex-chickens. In the last few weeks a fox has entered a house and eaten the finger off a month old baby. Add this to a couple of years ago another fox went into a house and did some severe facial damage to baby twins. There is now a call for a cull of foxes in London. Once upon a time, before some of the nature programmes on the telly that encourage people to feed them, foxes were afraid of humans and only roamed around during the night - which is how it should be IMO. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Tweed. Your message came through this time. We do have a lot of pet sitters, but chicken sitters are rather unusual. I have a friend who was hospitalized for several weeks in December. She has cats, a dog, horses, two burros, chickens and a few ducks. Luckily, someone who lives near her was able to take care of all the "critters" while she was ill. Your description of problems with foxes is why I think we should not feed wild animals. I love to look at them, but feeding them destroys their fear of humans. That, in turn, becomes a danger both to humans and to the animals who have lost their fear. MaryL The problem with foxes is that they look like nice dogs,so why not feed them? Because they aren't nice at all. I have no problem with them if they pass through my garden. When they were killing my chickens in the day I got annoyed and arranged for them to get a piece of lead in their ear. 39 of them bit the dust. I am not proud of that, but it was necessary. If you'd seen my poor cockerel bruised up all over his body to try and save his girls you might have killed the fox yourself with your bare hands. He died. Trying. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... I thought of you when I heard a local news report last night. We have a lot of people in this area who keep a few backyard chickens, and the report talked about a woman who has a small business as a "chicken sitter." So, just as I use a pet sitter when I go on vacation (or once when I was in the hospital), people who have chickens and can't be home use her to take care of their chickens. She feeds them, puts them in at night, gathers eggs, etc. I thought this might interest you. MaryL Hi, Mary I've replied to this twice but for some some reason it hasn't appeared either time. So here goes again: Thank you for sending this, it was very interesting. We don't seem to have the same pet-sitting culture here as you do in the USA. Pet sitters do exist but are few and far between. I wouldn't mind being a chicken-sitter, but I'd be reluctant unless they were very nearby (like next door) because of the terrible daytime fox problem we have. I'd hate it if my clients got home to find all their chickens were ex-chickens. In the last few weeks a fox has entered a house and eaten the finger off a month old baby. Add this to a couple of years ago another fox went into a house and did some severe facial damage to baby twins. There is now a call for a cull of foxes in London. Once upon a time, before some of the nature programmes on the telly that encourage people to feed them, foxes were afraid of humans and only roamed around during the night - which is how it should be IMO. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Tweed. Your message came through this time. We do have a lot of pet sitters, but chicken sitters are rather unusual. I have a friend who was hospitalized for several weeks in December. She has cats, a dog, horses, two burros, chickens and a few ducks. Luckily, someone who lives near her was able to take care of all the "critters" while she was ill. Your description of problems with foxes is why I think we should not feed wild animals. I love to look at them, but feeding them destroys their fear of humans. That, in turn, becomes a danger both to humans and to the animals who have lost their fear. MaryL The problem with foxes is that they look like nice dogs,so why not feed them? Because they aren't nice at all. I have no problem with them if they pass through my garden. When they were killing my chickens in the day I got annoyed and arranged for them to get a piece of lead in their ear. 39 of them bit the dust. I am not proud of that, but it was necessary. If you'd seen my poor cockerel bruised up all over his body to try and save his girls you might have killed the fox yourself with your bare hands. He died. Trying. ~~~~~~~ Wow! That's a *lot* of foxes. We have them here, but I have only seen a few of them in my life. Of course, they tend to come out after dark, so there are probably a lot more that I am not aware of. We also have coyotes (east Texas), and they are deadly for cats and small dogs that are let outside after dark. I remember my grandmother putting all her chickens in the chicken coop every evening to protect them from foxes (northeast Ohio). She would "cluck" to her chickens, and they would all follow her inside. MaryL |
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"MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... I thought of you when I heard a local news report last night. We have a lot of people in this area who keep a few backyard chickens, and the report talked about a woman who has a small business as a "chicken sitter." So, just as I use a pet sitter when I go on vacation (or once when I was in the hospital), people who have chickens and can't be home use her to take care of their chickens. She feeds them, puts them in at night, gathers eggs, etc. I thought this might interest you. MaryL Hi, Mary I've replied to this twice but for some some reason it hasn't appeared either time. So here goes again: Thank you for sending this, it was very interesting. We don't seem to have the same pet-sitting culture here as you do in the USA. Pet sitters do exist but are few and far between. I wouldn't mind being a chicken-sitter, but I'd be reluctant unless they were very nearby (like next door) because of the terrible daytime fox problem we have. I'd hate it if my clients got home to find all their chickens were ex-chickens. In the last few weeks a fox has entered a house and eaten the finger off a month old baby. Add this to a couple of years ago another fox went into a house and did some severe facial damage to baby twins. There is now a call for a cull of foxes in London. Once upon a time, before some of the nature programmes on the telly that encourage people to feed them, foxes were afraid of humans and only roamed around during the night - which is how it should be IMO. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Tweed. Your message came through this time. We do have a lot of pet sitters, but chicken sitters are rather unusual. I have a friend who was hospitalized for several weeks in December. She has cats, a dog, horses, two burros, chickens and a few ducks. Luckily, someone who lives near her was able to take care of all the "critters" while she was ill. Your description of problems with foxes is why I think we should not feed wild animals. I love to look at them, but feeding them destroys their fear of humans. That, in turn, becomes a danger both to humans and to the animals who have lost their fear. MaryL The problem with foxes is that they look like nice dogs,so why not feed them? Because they aren't nice at all. I have no problem with them if they pass through my garden. When they were killing my chickens in the day I got annoyed and arranged for them to get a piece of lead in their ear. 39 of them bit the dust. I am not proud of that, but it was necessary. If you'd seen my poor cockerel bruised up all over his body to try and save his girls you might have killed the fox yourself with your bare hands. He died. Trying. ~~~~~~~ Wow! That's a *lot* of foxes. We have them here, but I have only seen a few of them in my life. Of course, they tend to come out after dark, so there are probably a lot more that I am not aware of. We also have coyotes (east Texas), and they are deadly for cats and small dogs that are let outside after dark. I remember my grandmother putting all her chickens in the chicken coop every evening to protect them from foxes (northeast Ohio). She would "cluck" to her chickens, and they would all follow her inside. MaryL and here it is: http://news.sky.com/story/1050008/fo...-in-cot-attack note the wildlife presenter's views. I rest my case. Foxes are fine, in their place, which is being afraid of humans and skulking around during the night. Not being fed and made bold and that's what can happen if you do. My foxes are not too bold here, as if they are a nuisance they meet foxman who introduces them to his firearm. They are not a nuisance if they pass through my garden on their way to somewhere else. They *are* a nuisance if they start looking at my chickens and trying to dig in to them under the runs or huts. They can't get in unless they can dig through paving slabs or through steel plated huts anyway but if I see a sign that they are trying..they need to be afraid. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... and here it is: http://news.sky.com/story/1050008/fo...-in-cot-attack note the wildlife presenter's views. I rest my case. Foxes are fine, in their place, which is being afraid of humans and skulking around during the night. Not being fed and made bold and that's what can happen if you do. My foxes are not too bold here, as if they are a nuisance they meet foxman who introduces them to his firearm. They are not a nuisance if they pass through my garden on their way to somewhere else. They *are* a nuisance if they start looking at my chickens and trying to dig in to them under the runs or huts. They can't get in unless they can dig through paving slabs or through steel plated huts anyway but if I see a sign that they are trying..they need to be afraid. ~~~~~~~~ That's a true horror story. I'm glad they were able to reattach the baby's finger and that the mother was able to prevent even worse injury. MaryL |
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On 3/10/2013 5:08 PM, MaryL wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I wouldn't mind being a chicken-sitter, but I'd be reluctant unless they were very nearby (like next door) because of the terrible daytime fox problem we have. I'd hate it if my clients got home to find all their chickens were ex-chickens. In the last few weeks a fox has entered a house and eaten the finger off a month old baby. Add this to a couple of years ago another fox went into a house and did some severe facial damage to baby twins. There is now a call for a cull of foxes in London. Once upon a time, before some of the nature programmes on the telly that encourage people to feed them, foxes were afraid of humans and only roamed around during the night - which is how it should be IMO. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Tweed. Your message came through this time. We do have a lot of pet sitters, but chicken sitters are rather unusual. I have a friend who was hospitalized for several weeks in December. She has cats, a dog, horses, two burros, chickens and a few ducks. Luckily, someone who lives near her was able to take care of all the "critters" while she was ill. Your description of problems with foxes is why I think we should not feed wild animals. I love to look at them, but feeding them destroys their fear of humans. That, in turn, becomes a danger both to humans and to the animals who have lost their fear. MaryL There are signs all over the island where I live (by the many stocked ponds). "Do Not Feed the Alligators!". My mom told me when they first started building homesites here (@30 years ago) people thought they were quaint. Then dogs started going missing. Now, of course, the Association has strict leash laws. Jill |
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Christina Websell wrote: "MaryL" wrote in message ... I thought of you when I heard a local news report last night. We have a lot of people in this area who keep a few backyard chickens, and the report talked about a woman who has a small business as a "chicken sitter." So, just as I use a pet sitter when I go on vacation (or once when I was in the hospital), people who have chickens and can't be home use her to take care of their chickens. She feeds them, puts them in at night, gathers eggs, etc. I thought this might interest you. MaryL Hi, Mary I've replied to this twice but for some some reason it hasn't appeared either time. So here goes again: Thank you for sending this, it was very interesting. We don't seem to have the same pet-sitting culture here as you do in the USA. Pet sitters do exist but are few and far between. I wouldn't mind being a chicken-sitter, but I'd be reluctant unless they were very nearby (like next door) because of the terrible daytime fox problem we have. I'd hate it if my clients got home to find all their chickens were ex-chickens. In the last few weeks a fox has entered a house and eaten the finger off a month old baby. Add this to a couple of years ago another fox went into a house and did some severe facial damage to baby twins. There is now a call for a cull of foxes in London. Once upon a time, before some of the nature programmes on the telly that encourage people to feed them, foxes were afraid of humans and only roamed around during the night - which is how it should be IMO. Tweed We have problems in the American Southwest with people feeding (or making garbage accessible to) bears. That has resulted in a number of bear attacks in suburban areas where humans are more and more invading the bears' territory. There are organizations that try to relocate the offending animals, rather than destroying them, but bears aren't stupid. (Once they've found an easy source of food, they tend to return, and they can travel fairly long distances.) |
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jmcquown wrote: There are signs all over the island where I live (by the many stocked ponds). "Do Not Feed the Alligators!". My mom told me when they first started building homesites here (@30 years ago) people thought they were quaint. Then dogs started going missing. Now, of course, the Association has strict leash laws. Jill Never mind dogs, what about humans? There's a series on Animal Planet about some people who have a Florida refuge for 'gators. Some of those they "rescue" could easily consume an adult human! (And of course, there are the non-native reptiles like pythons - some as long as twelve feet - that irresponsible "pet owners" let loose in the Everglades when they grow too big to keep as pets.) |
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