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jaycr 
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 Posted: 11:37PM Feb 6, 2010 |
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We all realize that there are things that we learn because we have children, right? OK, my cat likes bananas, pickles, and ear wax.
There I said it.
It's not what you know, it's what people think you know. |
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shawneeo
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Posted: 09:14PM Feb 11, 2010 |
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haha! ew! ear wax? ugh! 
I think lostfan was saying that a raccoon ate the three roosters? Is that right? You siad they became "coon chowder"... I didn't even know coons do that! Maybe it's a diient m
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Paladin
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Posted: 09:24PM Feb 11, 2010 |
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Raccoons love chickens... a raccoon is like a really strong and super smart housecat.
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GebbieRose
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Posted: 01:37AM Feb 12, 2010 |
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Add to our menagerie two young female rats: Oreo and Olive, both "black-hooded fancy rats".
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lostfan
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Posted: 05:58PM Feb 13, 2010 |
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actually coons rip open the chickens neck and eat the grain out. they really dont eat the chicken.
So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real". |
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shawneeo
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Posted: 10:13AM Feb 16, 2010 |
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Is that really true?  Coons rip open chickens and eat the food out of them but don't eat the actual chickens? EWWWW! I'll never see a coon the same way again! 
I always thought raccoons were cute little critters who wash their hands in creeks, look like they're wearing a mask, and like to rummage in trash cans, and I found out when I lived in Brooklyn that coons can live in semi-urban areas if there are some woodsy areas. I saw raccoons in Brooklyn, at night, going through garbage cans next to a very large cemetery that has lots of trees, and then there's some areas with trees, like vacant lots but with a small forest kinda thing...
I never really thought of them killing and eating anything except maybe fish? For sure I wouldn't have thought they were fast enough to catch and kill a chicken? EW!
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deepsea
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Posted: 10:28AM Feb 16, 2010 |
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Shawn where did you live in brooklyn that you saw a raccoon?
I've seen a couple in parks but never in th "city" parts of the city.
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lostfan
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Posted: 01:20PM Feb 16, 2010 |
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we actually had a coon reach into our coop and grab one of my ducks by the neck, pull her head through a hole and rip out her throat. yes, it was a nasty mess to discover the next morning and very sad  she was a beautiful little duck i had named sasha (after sasha cohen the figureskater) and was planning on taking her to our county fair. we have lost countless chickens and ducks to coons over the past 16 years that we have been raising them. coons to us are PEST!
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shawneeo
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Posted: 10:19AM Feb 17, 2010 |
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Wow! EW! ugh... But why is there grain in the chickens/ducks necks? Doesn't it go down to their stomachs? So, do coons eat any animals, or just do the neck-ripping trick?
deepsea do you live in NYC? I didn't know that, if you do. Well, the area was next to Greenwood Cemetery, if you know where that is. I didn't live there, but I was walking around the outside of the cemetery at night, just walking and happened to be there. I didn't live too far from there. But where I saw the coons was like, the house was right next to the cemetery which is very woodsy, and I think there's a park or two in the area. It seems that if there's any area like a park or wooded lot of cemetery, with lots of big trees and bushes, that the coons can live there and then forage in people's trash cans at night in the vicinity. I was shocked when I first saw one, I had no idea there were any at all anywhere around there!
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lostfan
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Posted: 11:21AM Feb 18, 2010 |
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no, coons do not eat the meat. they just rip them (chickens, ducks and geese) and eat the grain. yes, its really gross but, its a thing ive gotten used to unfortunetly.
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lostfan
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Posted: 08:25PM Mar 9, 2010 |
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i had my first lamb today (well, i didnt, my ewe did ) a little white ram i named patrick. i have been raising sheep for 13 years but, i never seem to get over how beautiful they are!
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gargph 
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Posted: 08:49PM Mar 9, 2010 |
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The only pet I've ever had was a cricket that I had to take care of for this biology summer class thing- and it died 3 or 4 days later..
R.I.P.
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shawneeo
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Posted: 07:20PM Mar 10, 2010 |
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awww... Hey lostfan! Congrats on your Lamb-ram! Patrick! Wow, do you have any pics? I am DYING to see some picks of a newborn baby lamb, I really am! I bet they must be incredibly cute!  I can't even imagine having sheep, is that what your family does? Where is this? Cool!
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lostfan
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Posted: 09:28AM Mar 11, 2010 |
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no, sorry i dont have any pictures. yes, he is incredible cute  my mom and i raise sheep and my brothers help sometimes. my dad doesnt like animals (hes from the city) but, he will help with like putting up fence and big stuff like that. we live in ohio on a 103 acre farm that has been in our family since 1843.
So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real". |
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shawneeo
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Posted: 02:22PM Mar 11, 2010 |
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Cool! There are so few things like that these days, things that have been passed down from generation to generation! I mean, the HUGE house my Mom grew up in and my G-parents lived in for years, after my G-pop died was sold and my G-mom wanted to live in a "community" thing. My Dad's parents had a farmhouse on many acres, with a stream and gardens, and they moved to a housing project nearby...  It kills me because all that history, heritage, character, are just abandoned!
Why no pics of Patrick? You've GOT to take pics of your baby! (and show them to us!) We won't be able to tell where he is from the pic so you don't have to worry that one of us will lamb-nap him!
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lostfan
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Posted: 08:18PM Mar 11, 2010 |
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ha ha i'll get some pics tomorrow. o.k.
So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real". |
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snappytom
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Posted: 01:04AM Mar 12, 2010 |
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OH WOW! I would love to be on a farm like yours, lostfan!
We have to see your lambsy...here's a name suggestion...Shawn.
Shawn Sheep
...no, not ShawnEEO! Just Shawn! Get it? Shawn...shorn?
Snappy Snappy Snap..Snap Snap Snap Snap! |
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mathmaniac
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Posted: 09:52AM Mar 12, 2010 |
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I just got my first pet a few weeks ago (to me, the fishies my sisters and I tortured growing up don't count!) A beautiful yellow lab puppy! My husband ended up naming him Butter, I call him my little Butterball
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GebbieRose
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Posted: 12:54PM Mar 12, 2010 |
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Lambs are so cute to watch!
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shawneeo
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Posted: 03:26PM Mar 12, 2010 |
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snappytom wrote: OH WOW! I would love to be on a farm like yours, lostfan!
We have to see your lambsy...here's a name suggestion...Shawn.
Shawn Sheep
...no, not ShawnEEO! Just Shawn! Get it? Shawn...shorn?
I think that sounds like an Aussie joke! You guys probably do say "shawn" and "shorn" almost the same! We need pics of Butter and Patrick! I can't wait! Hurry!
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