Comments on: Another year gone by, and the donkey’s doing fine… http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Fri, 16 May 2008 23:31:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chickenhouse progress | Tiny Farm Blog http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-22468 Chickenhouse progress | Tiny Farm Blog Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:24:01 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-22468 [...] Jack the Miniature Donkey has been amiably hovering around, checking out the construction with his head stuck in the door. Here, he’s hanging close to the Chickenhouse even when no-one’s home. The chickens will soon be his neighbors. He’s a friendly fellow, also quite territorial, and he can kick, so he ought to be good for protecting that flank! All in all, I’m really incredibly excited. I guess the city guy in me is still in there looking out… ;) Tags: chickenhouse, chickens, donkey, nest box, recycling Somewhat related posts: Another year gone by, and the donkey’s doing fine… · Chickenhouse inspection · Welcome to the chickenhouse… · Chicken catalogs · Making stakes [...] [...] Jack the Miniature Donkey has been amiably hovering around, checking out the construction with his head stuck in the door. Here, he’s hanging close to the Chickenhouse even when no-one’s home. The chickens will soon be his neighbors. He’s a friendly fellow, also quite territorial, and he can kick, so he ought to be good for protecting that flank! All in all, I’m really incredibly excited. I guess the city guy in me is still in there looking out… ;) Tags: chickenhouse, chickens, donkey, nest box, recycling Somewhat related posts: Another year gone by, and the donkey’s doing fine… · Chickenhouse inspection · Welcome to the chickenhouse… · Chicken catalogs · Making stakes [...]

]]> By: ewa http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13953 ewa Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:55:50 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13953 Jack is so handsome and charming at the same time! I love them. Jack is so handsome and charming at the same time! I love them.

]]> By: Mike (tfb) http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13347 Mike (tfb) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:35:49 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13347 Chickens seem to make people happy! That's cool. I hope we get around to them this year. There were some ornamental chickens running around here a while back, kinda in the background because I wasn't doing their chores. I liked 'em fine, but I'm looking forward to actually raising some. <b>Patrick:</b> <i>Animal Farm</i> reference...how literary of me! :) No, if there's anything there, it's purely subconscious. It's been ages since I read it. Maybe it's time for an Orwell revisit. (I remember liking <i>Down and Out in Paris and London</i>...but I forget what it was about!) <b>Simon:</b> Yeah, I forgot about that, a couple weeks ago I turned the feed into excerpts instead of full posts. I'd had a conversation about newsfeeds, and concluded that, for a blog like this one, everyone who wants to read it should come to the site. It's not like a news service, hopefully more like a visit to the farm, and there's stuff on the site that's not in a feed, like comments and links to the forum. (Ads aren't even in the back of my mind here, it's easy to put 'em in a feed as well.) Kinda like Joe Salatin and his chickens, you gotta go to the farm if you want one. :) Dunno, too much time to think, maybe. In any case, I know you have the Small Farm Central site and for you the...convenience of browsing lots of newsfeeds for material may be important, so I'll make a new full feed and post or send you the link! <i>This should work: <a href="http://tinyfarmblog.com/wp-full.php">full feed</a>. Lemme know if there's a problem!</i> Chickens seem to make people happy! That’s cool. I hope we get around to them this year. There were some ornamental chickens running around here a while back, kinda in the background because I wasn’t doing their chores. I liked ‘em fine, but I’m looking forward to actually raising some.

Patrick: Animal Farm reference…how literary of me! :) No, if there’s anything there, it’s purely subconscious. It’s been ages since I read it. Maybe it’s time for an Orwell revisit. (I remember liking Down and Out in Paris and London…but I forget what it was about!)

Simon: Yeah, I forgot about that, a couple weeks ago I turned the feed into excerpts instead of full posts. I’d had a conversation about newsfeeds, and concluded that, for a blog like this one, everyone who wants to read it should come to the site. It’s not like a news service, hopefully more like a visit to the farm, and there’s stuff on the site that’s not in a feed, like comments and links to the forum. (Ads aren’t even in the back of my mind here, it’s easy to put ‘em in a feed as well.) Kinda like Joe Salatin and his chickens, you gotta go to the farm if you want one. :) Dunno, too much time to think, maybe. In any case, I know you have the Small Farm Central site and for you the…convenience of browsing lots of newsfeeds for material may be important, so I’ll make a new full feed and post or send you the link!

This should work: full feed. Lemme know if there’s a problem!

]]> By: Not Scarlett http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13267 Not Scarlett Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:13:21 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13267 Oh my gosh! Jack is so cute I could cry! Oh my gosh! Jack is so cute I could cry!

]]> By: Patrick http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13247 Patrick Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:34:36 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13247 Were you thinking of Benjamin from George Orwell's Animal Farm when you wrote this? Benjamin is the donkey who watches the whole revolution come and go, and just gets a little greyer on the sides of his face. Were you thinking of Benjamin from George Orwell’s Animal Farm when you wrote this? Benjamin is the donkey who watches the whole revolution come and go, and just gets a little greyer on the sides of his face.

]]> By: Simon Huntley http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13146 Simon Huntley Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:24:59 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13146 Hey! I'm just getting a short description and no picture in my feed reader now for this blog. Is that on purpose? Hey! I’m just getting a short description and no picture in my feed reader now for this blog. Is that on purpose?

]]> By: Farmgirl_dk http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13145 Farmgirl_dk Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:13:03 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13145 Yea, chickens! :-) You and I will be in the same boat, then. My first experience with chickens will be this spring, too! Do you already have a henhouse/coop in place? Yea, chickens! :-) You and I will be in the same boat, then. My first experience with chickens will be this spring, too! Do you already have a henhouse/coop in place?

]]> By: Meg http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13143 Meg Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:04:13 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/31/another-year-gone-by-and-the-donkeys-doing-fine/#comment-13143 If you decide to go for it with the chickens, you won't be disappointed! They're highly entertaining, and their waste would be a definite plus for composting and fertilizing. If you're thinking of a flock with a rooster, I've heard that Buff Orpingtons are the most docile and pleasant (I've seen discussions about that breed at childreninthecorn.blogspot.com, among others). We love our chickens, but we're currently daydreaming about goats--though it will be a couple of years before we have the space for them. If you decide to go for it with the chickens, you won’t be disappointed! They’re highly entertaining, and their waste would be a definite plus for composting and fertilizing. If you’re thinking of a flock with a rooster, I’ve heard that Buff Orpingtons are the most docile and pleasant (I’ve seen discussions about that breed at childreninthecorn.blogspot.com, among others).

We love our chickens, but we’re currently daydreaming about goats–though it will be a couple of years before we have the space for them.

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