{"id":6649,"date":"2020-12-01T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6649"},"modified":"2020-12-01T12:14:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:14:20","slug":"episode-181-joy-we-won-prizes-at-the-royal-winter-fair-for-our-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6649","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 181 JOY! WE WON PRIZES AT THE ROYAL WINTER FAIR FOR OUR CHICKENS"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 181    WE WON PRIZES AT THE ROYAL WINTER FAIR FOR OUR CHICKENS<\/p>\n
                           (I was too dismissive in the earlier story about them.  Joy trumped disgust.)<\/div>\n
alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Dec. 2020<\/div>\n

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Thanks for the responses to the chicken story.  I worried that the story was a little too<\/div>\n
dismissive of  our chicken raising days.  Also thought some of you would find it silly.<\/div>\n
Well the  reverse has  happened.   Lots of comments.  Russ Vanstone even sent a note<\/div>\n
in praise of  keeping a pet pig\u2026big sow with piglets.  I think he is going to try to raise<\/div>\n
one at his home in Toronto.  <\/div>\n

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When I wrote the chicken story I think some of the joy we experienced  raising chickens<\/div>\n
was  neglected.   To get up in the early morning knowing that Big Red and  his harem<\/div>\n
were waiting for us to lift the trap door was a joy.    Once lifted Big Red came out first<\/div>\n
and moved to the side.  He \u2018serviced\u2019 each hen at it popped  out the door.  He paid <\/div>\n
attention to the whole harem.  None were left out.  And he could crow with joy day<\/div>\n
after day.   He made us all feel good about life.<\/div>\n

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Each year we sent some of our hens to the Poultry exhibit at the Royal Winter Fair<\/div>\n
and we won prize ribbons which  Marjorie has  framed.   <\/div>\n

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Tinware chickens are nice to look at but they do not lay eggs.<\/div>\n

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MARJORIE believed  the children that could love animals would emerge as fine adults.  All kinds of animals\u2026including puppies<\/div>\n

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Our back yard  in the chicken keeping days had no room for grass\u2026kids  and  chickens\u2026dogs and cats.<\/div>\n

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Remember I said backyard chickens attract kids.  Here is proof of the pudding.<\/div>\n

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The day the fire truck was completed it was filled with kids.  That was why it was built.<\/div>\n
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Another shot of Big Red. He is letting me know that he is  boss.<\/div>\n
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Our ducks, ping and pong are amused to find Andrew in he cage while they peer in.<\/div>\n

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Cats,dogs, chickens, ducks, turtles, frogs, \u2026wonderful world.<\/div>\n

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Andrew and  the duck called Ping are very alert.  Do they hear a coyote?<\/div>\n

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Kevin and  our cat Tarnga are colour co ordinated.   Love the big smile.<\/div>\n

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Not every chicken was a pet.<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Dec  2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EPISODE 181    WE WON PRIZES AT THE ROYAL WINTER FAIR FOR OUR CHICKENS                            (I was too dismissive in the earlier story about them.  Joy trumped disgust.) alan skeoch Dec. 2020 Thanks for the responses to the chicken story.  I worried that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}