The Poultry Keeper

mojo · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:11 am Post subject:

the one question every child will ask...........can i have one to take home missus

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7154 Location: isle of lewis

that's easy ,they don't have the bus fare to your house Wink

,last year at a little show we ran out of ginger biscuits and each child 3 at a time was allowed in to groom them ,i had sparkling goats by the end of the day Very Happy

suz

Itsybitsy · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1356 Location: Leicestershire

I have to tell you - sorry about this, I used to take parties of schoolchildren round at my local ag coll when it was lambing time, they all as one held their noses as they got of the bus and complained about the smell, and the thing that fascinated them most was . . . when one pooed, hopefully your island children will not be as bad as this - these were mostly city children but the farmyard didn't smell and they very rarely asked any questions and if they did it wasn't what you expected! Laughing

debcat · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject:

the local kids (born here) don't seem to have a clue
Confused

one of jess's freinds (10) had never stroked a lamb till yesterday Shocked

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7154 Location: isle of lewis

a lot of the island children haven't got a clue either that's why it's being organized ,the lady who is doing it said a lot of the teachers are as bad Confused

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i wanted the questions for a board so i could write it and put pics up ,more for the teachers Cool

and i'm going to need it again for the point show .when i did the point show the kids just wanted to know their names and could they give them another ginger biscuit Very Happy

kids love it when things poo and wee Twisted Evil

i took loads of kids to a roman palace at chichester the thing they loved most was the skelington Wink

deb was saying that she had a child there the other day who had never stroked a lamb before ,and we're in sheep country Shocked

i love doing this sort of thing joker

suz

mojo · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject:

i talk about wildlife and farming to local kids in my terrible french unless they are farmers kids they think all food comes from supermarkets.......honest.............try explaining the differance between hare and rabbit to a blind french kid .........is gives me great fum tho

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7154 Location: isle of lewis

when took kids down to allotment noticed rasberries where ripe told the children to go and pick rasberries ,found them going though the potatoe patch Shocked

looking for rasberries Laughing

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suz

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7154 Location: isle of lewis

well i'm really exicited it's tomorrow ,it's made an articale here
i'm just going to paint hooves and horns and groom got new buckets ect so i look posh for a change ,they normally eat out of old coop buckets ,samples of cheeses they cannot try but they can look and i've got hand wipes to get the hygine through to them ,ginger biscuit ,apples and cabbage
forgot to get our food Rolling Eyes

,camera is going on charge for some pics for you Very Happy

,and i've just been asked for more articales for the smallholder Very Happy

suz

Lisa · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject:

Aw - pics

Thank you

Hope it all goes smoothly. Have a fabulous day and come back and tell us all about it Wink

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7154 Location: isle of lewis

i'm sure i will Confused

we're being picked up at 8 in the morning ,so no fun on here till i get back in the evening about 6 ok Wink

suz

debcat · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject:

Have a great day tomorrow,
don't forget the ginger biscuits Wink

jaydee67 · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:37 pm Post subject:

and the camera! Want to see the multi-coloured goat!

debcat · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject:

how did it go?
Hope you had a good time

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7154 Location: isle of lewis

had a great time thanks Very Happy

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goats did great job weeing and pooing Wink

there where 25 talks
short ones
with the children being shown that goats do not have top teath how their feet where in 2 parts holi was great Cool

500 children have now seen a goat milked Cool

funnest thing of the day was nonie did a couple of talks and asked where the udders where the childen decieded betwen them and pionted at the horns ,holi did her usual i'm going to beat up suki act and the kids thought she was very impressive standing on her back legs
only one child held their nose ,
i was telling them that goat don't mind grass but prefure browzing and said they really like that stuff that grows on the moor
asked what it was gave them the hint it flowers purple and turns the moors purple ,what is it
1 guess lavinder ,most didn't know i think it shocked the teachers as well as me Shocked

but if they go away today knowing there's heather on the moor and milk comes out of a goat or cow warm it's been a day well spent Very Happy

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2129 Location: North Cornwall

suz, it seems to me you've done a really good job there. You and Nonie should be proud of your selves. Perhaps the start of a whole new career Very Happy

Well done the pair of you.