Chinese Whispers

[Lois B.]

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[Catherine S.]

So funny!! We raise chickens, but not in the house. It is hard enough to keep the house half way clean. :lol: The only chicken I named was a mean rooster that I had to carry a broom when I went outside. His name was Dumpling. It was a threat to him. :evil: No, we did not do it, but we gave him away to friends whose chickens are farther from their back door. He lived a long and happy life with them. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Margo C.]

LOL!! Dumpling is a GREAT name for a rooster! :lol: :lol:

[wendy w.]

Dumpling is a terrible name for a rooster :lol: :lol: :lol:

Margo I really want some sheep and a couple of donkeys and a goat. I'm trying to persuade my husband to find me a field :lol:

What kind of chickens do you keep Cathy?

[wendy w.]

Well, Wendy as they say 'different strokes for different folks'.

I sure would call a dumpling a rooster..oh, I mean a rooster a dumpling. But I sure wouldn't put cute, fluffy, sweet bunnies in a crust :lol:

[wendy w.]

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[Renata L.]

Wendy, get a donkey and a couple of goats! Goats are great "lawn mowers!" :lol:

[Catherine S.]

Wendy, I you had been attacked by this rooster, you might called him Dumpling too. I really did carry a broom or stick when I went into the back yard. He was a beautiful bird though. That's why we gave him away. It wasn't safe for the grandkids either. Now we have some Buff Orpingtons and red Plymouth Rocks. This spring we bought 8 Bantam chicks. We ended up with 6 roosters, and 2 hens. We will keep the hens and 2 or 3 of the roosters. We know someone who will take the other roosters. Some of them are really pretty. We have the chickens for the eggs, not the meat. I buy that at the store. We also have Black Angus cattle. We still buy our meat at the market too. The calves are sold to others to finish raising. I feel better about eating store bought meat because I don't have to see them as cute little babies. I wouldn't mind some goats or sheep, but then I would have all this milk I wouldn't know what to do with or eat them. :shock: I don't drink milk, but love ice cream :lol: Years ago, we had a Jersey milk cow. We had to sell the milk to neighbors, because we had so much. I still had 4 kids at home then! No, I will just stick with the chickens.

[Catherine S.]

Well, Wendy as they say 'different strokes for different folks'.

I sure would call a dumpling a rooster..oh, I mean a rooster a dumpling. But I sure wouldn't put cute, fluffy, sweet bunnies in a crust :lol:

The trouble with wild rabbits are that they are vermin for the farmers. They will decimate crops down to the earth and the female rabbit is able to reproduce at 6 weeks old, will have a litter of 6-8 and will be able to have a second litter 6 weeks after the first, and so on and so on.... that is why they are such a good meat crop - because they breed so rapidly. I wouldn't advocate eating someone's pet (except in jest) but wild ones are fair game if they can be had, besides they are probably naturally organic too :wink:

A good name for a sheep would surely be Mint Sauce :wink: :lol:

[wendy w.]

Keep munching the bunnies Rosemary and leave the roosters be.

Cathy I know the cockerals can be wicked one took a lump from my friends leg with his spurs, he got his cards. They are beautiful though and I love watching them looking after their ladies, showing them treats and protecting them.

I haven't got a boy due to where I live but I have got a buff orp bantom, I love orps, lovely characters. My others are wyandottes, pekin and a hybrid. I recently lost my lovely red hen called Pigeon, she was such a gem, ruled the roost and was pretty horrid to the others at times but she was so friendly with me and would do an agility course.

You made me laugh having a jersey cow but not drinking milk I don't eat many eggs either :roll: Bad luck getting 6 boys out of 8.

[Rita C.]

Very funny video Margo. :lol: Speaking of goats...I saw this little darling at a wildlife and seal sanctuary yesterday here in Dingle, Co. Kerry. He/she is a pygmy goat and only about 18" tall.

[Rita C.]

I just remembered I hadn't posted my ideas from inspiration quilt no 700. I was thinking of doing a huge 9patch on point and then for the centre square put in another 9patch, and for that one's centre square I would put in another 9patch etc, etc until the pieces got so small they were just silly sizes (or I got bored dividing the measurement up into 3s - which ever came first :wink: )

Any body else got any ideas for what they might do? and suggestions for the next quilt to draw upon for inspiration.

[Rita C.]

I forgot about it too. But this was my immediate reaction at the time and again when I just looked at it. I thought of pumpkins because of the autumn colours. So what I would do would be 9 squares on-point with a pumpkin in each one with a border of autumn leaves.

Here is my suggestion for next week:

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[wendy w.]

I saw a spiders web in the quilting and the colors are autumn so I thought of a Halloween quilt. Have th nine patch still around the edge of the quilt then in the centre appliqué spiders a black cat, pumpkin etc :?

Cross posted but we are on the same lines

[wendy w.]

I forgot about it too. But this was my immediate reaction at the time and again when I just looked at it. I thought of pumpkins because of the autumn colours. So what I would do would be 9 squares on-point with a pumpkin in each one with a border of autumn leaves.

Here is my suggestion for next week:

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I like that one. It looks like a 'Ritzy' quilt to me.