tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post2037518894168853701..comments2024-03-28T20:25:15.962-07:00Comments on A Thinking Stomach: For the BirdsChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-8105764978667968992011-09-18T01:24:37.180-07:002011-09-18T01:24:37.180-07:00Poor birds! I adore jays. I hope this little one ...Poor birds! I adore jays. I hope this little one does okay.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-50143914271358529192011-09-03T15:03:54.780-07:002011-09-03T15:03:54.780-07:00Vegeyum: Thank you!
Whole Larder: I understand di...Vegeyum: Thank you!<br /><br />Whole Larder: I understand distancing myself from food animals; my family raised cattle and sheep when I was growing up, and we thought of them as food from the beginning. It's a bit different when I don't start out thinking that the animal is food, though.<br /><br />Michelle: I was surprised that the parents hadn't pushed the blue jay out of the nest! You're right, nature isn't forgiving. Smalls was good--a fantastic layer.<br /><br />Lucy: Blush, blush, and more blushing. Thank you. Wow. I'm blown away by your holiday pictures, just gorgeous!<br /><br />TGS: These birds are quirky little dinosaur-animals, aren't they?Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-62072914345230987732011-08-30T14:44:28.908-07:002011-08-30T14:44:28.908-07:00Poor Smalls. Poor you. But you know what I think i...Poor Smalls. Poor you. But you know what I think is almost sadder than a chicken dieing in the heat? One last chicken left alive after all their friends have keeled over. This has happened to us a couple of times. Chickens just aren't meant to be alone.the good souphttp://www.thegoodsoup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-84931475241104604862011-08-29T16:32:09.211-07:002011-08-29T16:32:09.211-07:00oh, smalls...
darling, you know you are the best ...oh, smalls...<br /><br />darling, you know you are the best writer on the web, right? <br /><br />(there. i've said it.) <br /><br />i'm going to get my mum reading this - their dogs have both gone now, and this notion of impermanence is something i was intrigued by while away on holiday.Lucyhttp://www.nourish-me.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-52783507496003966552011-08-29T15:01:54.845-07:002011-08-29T15:01:54.845-07:00So sorry to hear about Smalls, it sounds like she ...So sorry to hear about Smalls, it sounds like she was a good girl. I have to admit that I try not to get attached to my chickens but it is still tough when one of them goes. Last year I watched a hummer that had a defective foot. It seemed to do fine for quite a while, but it eventually disappeared. Nature is not very forgiving of defects.michellehttp://fromseedtotable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-23494410454752244382011-08-28T23:34:59.060-07:002011-08-28T23:34:59.060-07:00On the weekend I dispatched three roosters that my...On the weekend I dispatched three roosters that my friends just couldn't bare to do. It's not easy but I've taught myself to be distant.<br /><br />Apart from my dog/dogs in general I have no real emotional attachment to animals in a parental loving way. I appreciate them as fellow sufferers of the fate we all must face, it's just that I get to eat some of them. <br /><br />RIP Smalls. <br /><br />PS. I don't eat dogs. YetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-29249787977380312512011-08-28T14:03:54.427-07:002011-08-28T14:03:54.427-07:00So sorry for you. Chickens are so such delicate cr...So sorry for you. Chickens are so such delicate creatures, really. I love how they get under your skin with their little funny ways, and I know you will miss her for some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com