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Post by AvistheCrow on Jul 18, 2005 21:27:28 GMT -5
A large apology and much love to Veg, from a bird-lover. *hugs* I've always loved chickens, myself, and yes, they are MUCH brighter than Guinea Fowl. >_< I lived on a farm with a few, and the stories to tell...
Guinea Fowl Lesson Number One: When a tire comes into your territory at high speed--aka As Part Of A Car--do NOT challange it. If you're lucky, you'll only lose a few tail feathers.
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Post by pitbulllady on Jul 18, 2005 23:06:05 GMT -5
A large apology and much love to Veg, from a bird-lover. *hugs* I've always loved chickens, myself, and yes, they are MUCH brighter than Guinea Fowl. >_< I lived on a farm with a few, and the stories to tell... Guinea Fowl Lesson Number One: When a tire comes into your territory at high speed--aka As Part Of A Car--do NOT challange it. If you're lucky, you'll only lose a few tail feathers. Obviously I'm not the only one who's had experiences with Guineas! Those have got to be the dumbest, UGLIEST birds on the planet! They never DO learn about automobiles, do they? They can be mean suckers, too, especially when they have chicks or eggs-I learned THAT the hard way when I was five and tried to catch a baby Guinea! I definately prefer chickens-at least most chickens are fairly decent to look at, and some are downright beautiful. I have a White-Hackle Game rooster who's taken up residence at my kennels, who takes care of pest control for me, even saw him swallow a MOUSE a couple of days ago! Once he's over his summer moult, he will be a very handsome fellow, and like most Gamefowl, he's pretty fearless. He follows me around as I do my chores, almost like a dog himself. It's ironic that the chicken breeds with the most intelligence(for a chicken, anyway)and personlity, as well as colors, are the ones that the lawmakers and Humane groups want to wipe out-the Gamefowl breeds. In Florida, it's a felony just to have one on your property, whether or not you are involved with c o c k-fighting. pitbulllady
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Post by AvistheCrow on Jul 19, 2005 10:14:02 GMT -5
*chuckles* Yeeeeees, the ever-astounding stupidity of the Guinea hen. They eat ticks--that's about all that can be said for them. And, I must admit, the white ones caught my heart because they were SO ugly they were strangely adorable...kind of. Though I mostly was protective of them because my psychotic landlord (after telling us we weren't allowed to have ANY pets because they might disturb the farm animals) bought a dog who promptly attempted to wipe out the entire flock. We went from thirty to two in a few months. Poor guineas...I did like them, somewhat. That info about the Gamefowl is really interesting, Pitbullady--do you have any sites I could go or books I could look up to find out more? I'd really appreciate it! And your White-Hackle Game rooster sounds a darling...I have never, ever heard of a rooster eating a mouse. I'm tempted to get one, now. What are the main restrictions on the breed?
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Post by pitbulllady on Jul 19, 2005 12:21:24 GMT -5
"That info about the Gamefowl is really interesting, Pitbullady--do you have any sites I could go or books I could look up to find out more? I'd really appreciate it! And your White-Hackle Game rooster sounds a darling...I have never, ever heard of a rooster eating a mouse. I'm tempted to get one, now. What are the main restrictions on the breed?[/quote]" "Gamefowl" means these are breeds of chickens bred for c o c kfighting, in which two roosters are pitted against each other to fight. Many states, in an attempt to stop the activity, have banned the chickens themselves. Federal legistlation now makes it illegal to transport Gamefowl across state lines. In the state of Florida, if you get caught with ONE Game chicken on your property, it's a felony. The state will not only lock you up in prison for a minimum of six months, but fines will run into the thousands of dollars, and that's not the worst. They will also confiscate ALL of your property-your vehicles, house, boats, whatever you have-all over a CHICKEN! They don't have to have evidence that you are using the chickens for fighting, or selling them for such, since merely having a chicken that is identified as a "Game" breed or type is enough to get you convicted! As a result, many people who, like me, just had a few around for pest control(ordinary chickens usually don't have enough intelligence to survive unless kept in a pen)or who bred them for shows(think State Fair), were forced to kill all of their chickens. South Carolina tried to pass identical legistlation earlier this year, which would have meant that if anyone saw this rooster in my yard, I'd be locked up and everything I own taken from me to be sold at public auction, but fortunately, the original bill failed. A watered-down version did pass, making c o c kfighting itself a felony, but you have to be actually caught at a c o c kfight. Merely having those types of chickens is not enough. The bill failed, ironically, because one of its sponsors, a loud-mouthed member of the House of Representatives, struck down a bill designed to increase domestic abuse to a felony(domestic abuse is a horrible situation in South Carolina, which has more deaths from this than any other state)and put perpetrators in jail with the first conviction(in SC, a man can beat a woman twice, even kill her if he's married to her, and get away with it, and on the third conviction, be fined not more than $1,000.00). The lawmaker then went on TV and publicly denounced fighting chickens, while loudly stating that if a woman went back to a man who'd already beaten her once, she deserved to be beaten again, and called both the female lawmaker who'd entered the domestic violence bill and the female interviewer "stupid" and "not very bright" for wanting domestic violence to be made a felony in our state! He came out and stated that women CHOOSE to be with abusive partners, while chickens have no choice whether they are put in a c o c kfighting pit or not, so to him, the chickens were more important than women! Needless to say, the outcry against this guy was huge, and many lawmakers who had been ready to support his bill voted against it, while a new domestic violence bill DID pass! If he had not gone on tv and said those things, and showed the state what an idiot he was, that bill of his would have passed, and I'd be in prison by now just for having one rooster walking around in my yard. pitbulllady
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Post by AvistheCrow on Jul 20, 2005 11:56:05 GMT -5
O___________o Okay, that is probably THE most amusing politics story I have heard in a month.
I suppose I'd better lay off...I no longer live in South Carolina, but still, better no chicken than living in constant fear of the Chicken Police.
("Chicken Police--na na na na na--Chicken Police--na na na na na--They're gonna getcha--if ya have a bad bird--they're the toughest tough guys--that ya eveh eveh heard--Chicken Police--na na na na na--Chicken Police--na na na--" *shot*)
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Post by RandallBoggs on Jul 22, 2005 1:20:57 GMT -5
Oh boy...what HAVE I missed?
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Post by lizardgirl on Jul 24, 2005 5:50:35 GMT -5
*makes uniform for the Chicken Police* The beak is optional. ;D
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Post by RandallBoggs on Jul 25, 2005 1:38:17 GMT -5
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Post by ScrewyOldDame on Aug 26, 2005 3:57:36 GMT -5
I am very sorry! That is so sad. My condolances.
Oooh! Great Idea Lizzarie!
No, no. I believe beaks MUST be mandatory.
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Post by FlameTheCharmander on Aug 7, 2006 22:49:17 GMT -5
The chicken was anoying.
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