Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My guineas are great watch birds. Whenever anything is the slightest bit different - a car in a new place, even a bucket moved in the yard - they sound the alarm until somebody comes out and reassures them that all is well. I'm sure with guineas, peacocks and geese, it will not be quiet down on the farm! Tina On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > They will become good watch-geese. > > You won't need that dog for security > > after your gaggle gets great. > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > > Geese do lay eggs. They are like duck eggs which are even better than > > chicken eggs. We just want to see the geese on the pond and enjoy them. > > Someday if we had enough laying and hatching eggs, we would harvest some > > and put them in the freezer. Goose roasted in an AGA is pretty good. > Not > > my babies, though. They have names and personalities. We would have to > > have many, many geese to consider eating them. > > > > Tina > > > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > > > They are cute, for sure! What is the reason for having geese, though? > Do > > > they lay eggs like the hen or are they just pets? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nathan > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > Alicante, Spain > > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 29, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > > > > > PESO: > > > > > > > > Theses baby geese have to be the cutest of all of the baby birds we > > have > > > > raised. Today was their first day to run loose in the yard: > > > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/142369898 > > > > > > > > They quickly discovered that the coolest place was in the shade! > > > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/142369903 > > > > > > > > It's 86 degrees today and it's still March! > > > > > > > > Leica M9, 35/1.4 > > > > > > > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com