tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post5364663067401583676..comments2024-01-27T06:46:56.744-06:00Comments on Paradigm Farms Horse Retirement: CSI: Paradigm FarmsMelissa-ParadigmFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274830693649851658noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-59500338873589287422009-02-17T22:23:00.000-06:002009-02-17T22:23:00.000-06:00Did I ever mention that I LOVE that picture of Jas...Did I ever mention that I LOVE that picture of Jason with the chicks.....although he looks like he might squish them with his hands & eat them!Amy Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17309117484490144045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-22711104406273663272009-02-08T21:08:00.000-06:002009-02-08T21:08:00.000-06:00Vivian - I want to know how you got the rooster ba...Vivian - I want to know how you got the rooster back OUT of the bathroom?? I could not exactly walk up to the Don and pick him up and carry him outside. If I tried I have no doubt that one of us would die . . . probably me!Melissa-ParadigmFarmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274830693649851658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-34354706399561651912009-02-07T18:46:00.000-06:002009-02-07T18:46:00.000-06:00Melissa- My guess is that the "Don" is a mixed bre...Melissa- My guess is that the "Don" is a mixed breed with Jungle Fowl. The Jungle Fowl have the long dark green tail feathers but they are smaller and thinner than the Don and the ones Pete and I had were a darker rust colored brown. I had a Jungle Fowl rooster who got into the bathroom one day when we lived in Va. and hung out there from lunch time till I came home from work after 5pm. I totally freaked out when I saw him there. I still don't know how he got inside!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-31526428659758200252009-02-07T10:48:00.000-06:002009-02-07T10:48:00.000-06:00I have twelve hens and one rooster. We keep ours l...I have twelve hens and one rooster. We keep ours locked up all the time since we have so many predators so I don't know what to tell you as we have never had this happen before. I do know this though. If I lost one of my guys we'd probably have to have me committed because I'd go insane! I LOVE my chickens. Sometimes I sit there for hours just watching them doing their chicken things. They even have names. Every single one! The rooster is Rhett as in Rhett Butler, and the hens are Katie Scarlett, Nevaeh, Hera, Sophia, Athena, Granite, Chelsea, Fuzzy, Jessie, Jasmine, Emily, and Gertrude.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I KNOW I'm Crazy!<BR/><BR/>-Victoria SophiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-29831295931465349762009-02-06T21:15:00.000-06:002009-02-06T21:15:00.000-06:00Vivian, that is an interesting thought about a fox...Vivian, that is an interesting thought about a fox. Since our dogs are terrified of the chickens courtesy of the Don I am confident it is not any of the dogs. I wonder if maybe we have a fox around now especially with the new construction on what used to be the big farm next to us. By the way I can't believe your hen made it eleven days in a blizzard!!<BR/><BR/>Since you obviously know way more about chickens than I do would you have any guesses as to what kind of rooster the Don is? <BR/><BR/>For that matter does anyone have any guesses? I have no idea what the different kinds of chickens are or how many different kinds. I know of Rhode Island Reds but obviously (even to me!) he isn't one of those!Melissa-ParadigmFarmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274830693649851658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-23085755629635728082009-02-06T18:51:00.000-06:002009-02-06T18:51:00.000-06:00Melissa- I have one word for you: FOX. As a chick...Melissa- I have one word for you: FOX. As a chicken owner for the last 15 years, I have lost many chickens and guineas. I have also been attacked by a vicious rooster. I have lost many chickens but none to the cold. As a matter of fact, we lost one chicken for 11 days in the middle of a blizzard in Va. and she returned unscathed. I have had chickens killed by dogs and by raccoons. But the only chickens I have had killed that literally disappeared with no corpses were taken by a fox. They literally take the chickens to their dens and eat them. That is my theory. By the way, I love your rooster. We used to have an Aracauna who was a rapist and he met his fate with a hatchet.<BR/>-Vivian, Apollo's MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-12672379079365025952009-02-06T15:33:00.000-06:002009-02-06T15:33:00.000-06:00I love FRESH CHICKEN eggs Yummm. I miss having t...I love FRESH CHICKEN eggs Yummm. I miss having the chickens. I hope to have my own someday.Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05282269151338562375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-79997206593119127612009-02-06T12:36:00.000-06:002009-02-06T12:36:00.000-06:00Ezra feel free to link to my It's Raining Chicks p...Ezra feel free to link to my It's Raining Chicks posts. At the time I saw zero humor in the situation but now I look back and think it is hysterical - especially my typical over reaction!<BR/><BR/>Jessie if you send that guinea I will steal Hoffy back in the middle of the night. That thing was so incredibly loud it was unreal. <BR/><BR/>Can't wait to see your mail order chicks. I hope my dad never realizes that is an option, then we're really in trouble!!Melissa-ParadigmFarmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274830693649851658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-87677130540857436282009-02-06T08:46:00.000-06:002009-02-06T08:46:00.000-06:00We are actually ordering MORE chickens this spring...We are actually ordering MORE chickens this spring. They come in the mail in a box with holes in it! I am not a fan of the chickens either but my mother loves them.<BR/><BR/>Im thinking of sending our last guinea hen to you.... you sound like you are missing yours quite a bit.:)ZionFarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153703930637178562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-86799102330771758192009-02-06T08:12:00.000-06:002009-02-06T08:12:00.000-06:00lol!! CSI on the farm. "the Don" is really prett...lol!! CSI on the farm. "the Don" is really pretty too. We used to have a duck that we raised from an egg from a science project in my 7th grade class. After it got big started finding dead birds all over our yard, with no heads. All the bodies were there, but they were all headless. It was really creepy to think we had a carnivor duck. lol <BR/><BR/>And I think, if you don't mind (I'm asking permission here), can I post a link to your "It's Raining Chicks" stories for one of my future friday funny posts? I like to direct people to other blogs that I like with funny posts if I can, and I know it was traumatizing at the time, but that story was pretty funny. If not, that's ok, let me know :))ezra_pandorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626213285612235702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-33340158897600402562009-02-06T07:45:00.000-06:002009-02-06T07:45:00.000-06:00Melissa it sounds like your four year old definite...Melissa it sounds like your four year old definitely has the horse gene. She's clearly been around all of the right books by her list of names! <BR/><BR/>If Blackberry (I really like that name) had been eating before and not completely starved then yes I would feel comfortable adding some soupy beet pulp. You are probably planning to do it this way anway but I would wait a couple of weeks before worming her.Melissa-ParadigmFarmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274830693649851658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-70216678847919683392009-02-05T23:35:00.000-06:002009-02-05T23:35:00.000-06:00Hmm????Dissapearing chickens. . .Odd.Again, love y...Hmm????<BR/>Dissapearing chickens. . .<BR/>Odd.<BR/>Again, love your photos, especially the "Don" rooster.<BR/>Thanks for answering my beet pulp queries, and yes, I must say, your name is pretty great, too!<BR/>So the filly we got is pretty skinny, but not literally skin and bones. You can see her hips and ribs, and her neck is pretty thin, though. She may have been wormed, I don't know, but am definitely planning on doing it anyhow. Before we got her she was eating moderate amounts of sort of moldy grass hay. As for now her name is Blackberry, but my four year old daughter is determined to re name her Flicka, or Black beauty (She's a bay!) or Sleeping Beauty or Ariel. . . So, we'll see!~M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01083796034991390283noreply@blogger.com