Re: intelligence?

2003-02-18 Thread Leigh Hauter
Has anyone ever observed guinea fowl that were actually raised by parent guinea fowl? I wonder if they are so apparently dumb because they are missing the transference of guinea fowl culture (as in, how dumb would human babies grow up to be if they were raised without human adults or access t

Re: intelligence?

2003-02-18 Thread PAT MCGAULEY
Guinea intelligence is an oxymoron. Humor! Now that's something they live. In my suburban neighborhood the fools like to car-watch. Sometimes they stop and then trot along beside a vehicle as it slows for them, and if they're in the mood, will chase the car on foot until it gets away. Their cat

Violets as Soil Indicators

2003-02-18 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: Violets as Soil Indicators Hello All, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what a preponderance of violets within what was once presumably lawn in my back yard? They have taken over. I didn’t see mention of them in the Pfeiffer “Weeds & What they Tell”. I did see a bit of wild strawber

FW: Beautiful flash film - Visions of protest from around theworld...

2003-02-18 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: Beautiful flash film - Visions of protest from around the world... GREETINGS FOLKS - This is a beautiful flash film . . . I highly recommend people check it out:  http://www.usgreens.org Visions of protest from around the world on Saturday - designed by an activist in Baltimore,

Re: Update on cannibals / goat news / questions for seed starting

2003-02-18 Thread manfred
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 11:02 PM Subject: Update on cannibals / goat news / questions for seed starting Martha, i really appreciate your (educational)sharing about the chickens,types,habits etc.as one who

intelligence?

2003-02-18 Thread flylo
I've raised guineas before and nope, I don't think I'd ever use the word 'intelligence' in the same sentence as guineafowl. These 2 new ones are no exception. I had to go shoo them off the henhouse front wall several times, just so the new pullets wouldn't pile up on each other and smother in f

Re: Guineafowl (was Update on cannibals ... )

2003-02-18 Thread Tony Nelson-Smith
Martha - Do your guineafowl show any signs of intelligence ? Some years back, we kept peafowl, guineas and several varieties of fancy pheasant. The peafowl roosted as high as they could (tall trees, the peak of the roof, wherever). The pheasants were in large aviaries, mainly to stop them mix

Re: Plastic trash (was Largest Oil Spill in the World)

2003-02-18 Thread Tony Nelson-Smith
I'm a long-retired marine biologist living on the South Wales (UK) coast. Even 20 years ago, plankton samples taken off this south-westerly shore contained more fragments of plastic than plants or animals and, searching shore windrows for micro-gastropod shells, I again found a high proportion

Re: Peace Seeds & cannibals

2003-02-18 Thread Allan Balliett
No health problems with Ameraucanas here, except the foxes. Mine have always been healthy and I, too, love them and their pretty blue eggs (in my case) Per - What's in the Swedish free-choice buffet for chickens? -Allan

Re: Peace Seeds & cannibals

2003-02-18 Thread COYOTEHILLFARM
My two cents In a study that the Swedish agricultural department have done 5/10 years ago, they tested to give the chickens not a mix of food but all separate and they say that the chickens find what they need and eat what they have to. They did this in 100 pages or more in Swedish, so formulate y

Re: BD and steam

2003-02-18 Thread Ross McDonald
Christine , thank you for the info I will follow up and let you know the outcome, regards Ross - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 3:18 PM Subject: Re: BD and steam > > Hi Ross, > > There is another company in Australia (