Andrew – For as long as I can remember Lucy has always wanted chickens. I quite like the idea as well but we don’t have the room at our place. Whenever the conversation would turn to the idea of getting poultry for their backyard, Sawusband would say, “you can’t have chickens in town.” Now I don’t know if Lucy ever challenged this idea however during the week I stumbled upon something very interesting.
This is taken from our councils website:
“Council recommends that the number of animals kept at a suburban property be limited to the following:
2 Dogs, 2 Cats, 15 Poultry - includes chickens, ducks, geese etc. Roosters are not recommended, 100 Pigeon - racing birds, 40 stock birds, 50 Small birds - includes budgies, canaries, quails finches, 2 Large birds - includes cockatoo and corella, 1 Pet rat, 10 Mice or guinea pigs, 1 Sheep or goat. Billy goats are not recommended.”
Are they serious? Can you imagine the smell if people decided to have all these animals in their suburban backyard all at once? The scariest thought I’ve had about this is that knowing Lucy she would probably embrace having this type of managerie.
So Sawusband, sorry to bust your big secret out of the water. I hope you don’t arrive home to a zoo. Don’t worry your other secret is safe with me - I won’t tell her that fairies aren’t real.
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| This is about all the zoo Gusband & I can handle. |
Look after your zoos campers. xx
Lucy – All this talk of the animal kingdom made me think of the “Twelve Days of Christmas”
So here is
So here is
The twelve days of my menagerie.
On the 1st day in our backyard, Sawusband gave to me
A chicken in a pear tree.
On the 2nd day in our backyard, Sawusband gave to me
Two cockatoos,
And A chicken in a pear tree.
On the 3rd day in our backyard, Sawusband gave to me
Three Guinea pigs,
Two cockatoos,
And A chicken in a pear tree.
On the 4th day in our backyard, Sawusband gave to me
Four colly finches,
Three Guinea pigs,
Two cockatoos,
And A chicken in a pear tree.
I think you get the idea so let’s skip a few verses.....
On the 12th day in our backyard, Sawusband gave to me
Twelve Sheep a leaping,
Eleven Pigeons racing,
Ten Canaries singing,
Nine Goats a bucking,
Eight Quails for eating,
Seven Mice a swimming,
Six Ducks a laying,
Four colly Finches,
Three Guinea pigs,
Two Cockatoos,
And A Chicken in a pear tree.
I do love me some animals......I might not need the rest but I would have liked chickens. The only problem now is, Henry, I think he would have liked them a little too much!!!
Henry seen here trying to eat Prime Possum
Possum survived & had glass of vino
How many chickens do you have campers?Xxxx
HAHAHAHA this just made my morning!
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