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Andrea

Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 2260
Location: Portugal

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 15 2:13 pm Post subject: Animal sitting
When you're house and animal sitting and realise that their cockerel might not survive to see Mummy & Daddy home. I appreciate that it's job is to guard the ladies, but I'm feeding them FFS

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46362
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 15 3:08 pm Post subject:
they can be a bit frisky.

Andrea

Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 2260
Location: Portugal

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 15 3:13 pm Post subject:
Frisky? Damned thing ripped my jeans in it's efforts to rip me to shreds. Last one I had that got like this was our Easter lunch. I've warned it.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 15 2:02 pm Post subject:
How long have you to survive in torn jeans; it is warm where you are Andrea?

Andrea

Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 2260
Location: Portugal

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 15 2:28 pm Post subject:
I reckon I can survive the torn jeans as it's not too chilly in central Portugal in summertime! Although on the cool side today at only around 22 I might not survive the boredom though. Counting the hours now.

chickenlady

Joined: 18 Aug 2013
Posts: 413
Location: Dorset

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 15 11:43 am Post subject:
You're doing a grand job there, Andrea. Animal sitters are a rare breed and should be cherished.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 15 1:50 pm Post subject:
I used to farm sit for 60 sows and progeny, and 40 cows plus the dogs and pets when friends went away, but only for 3 weeks so not too bad with a part time man to help too. This was my holiday and a welcome change from looking after a tool yard for a heavy engineering company.

Pel

Joined: 29 Mar 2008
Posts: 2366
Location: Sennybridge

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 15 6:19 pm Post subject:
I understand the feeling from guarding cockerels! Off farm sitting this weekend, one of the first times I sat there they had a bantam cockerel that had it in for my welly boots. This is the same farm that has traditional Herefords with horns, I was more wary of the bantam cockerel than I was of the cattle! They've just got chickens now, no bantams.

jettejette

Joined: 01 Jun 2013
Posts: 225

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 15 6:50 am Post subject:
I once got a nasty infection from the spurs of a particularly feisty cockerel. I had to go to have the wound dressed every couple of days and endure a course of antibiotics! Take care!

Andrea

Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 2260
Location: Portugal

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 15 7:24 am Post subject:

jettejette wrote:

I once got a nasty infection from the spurs of a particularly feisty cockerel.

No big surprise as I'm sure they carry all sorts on those feet. The worst ever infection I had was from a rabbit scratch. Totally destroyed my rough tough image

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