Daydream thread continues.....

Davesnave

Out tonight to a packed Village Hall meeting of the Parish Council, where the subject under discussion was a farmer's planning application for a large wind turbine. This is the one we wouldn't see, thanks to another farmer's huge barns!

I went in with a reasonably open mind, and came out a rampant NIMBY, but it would have been foolish to take any other stance, given the feeling in there.:eek:

The council have recommended rejection.

Personally, I think the really big turbines ought to be on wind farms only, and those at suitable locations. Dotting them about all over the place, especially in marginal areas for wind, seems unnecessary. I don't have a problem with the small ones we already have around here, though whether they're truly 'green,' or just capturing a subsidy, is another matter.

I do like the way the council is currently equipping all the elderly persons bungalows in the village with solar panels. The residents get cheap electricity and the council get a rake-off. Nice one!

rozeepozee

You are talking about a human little boy, aren't you LIR? I spent a few moments there trying to work out what species he was :rotfl:

The old man who owned this place before us and lived here for forty odd years had geese, hens and guinea fowl, so maybe that should tell us something?

There is also the possibility of housing them slightly away from us in the dell, which is apparently where he kept them. Fencing would be trickier there, but it needs doing... They would be very free range. How do they not poison themselves on all the poisonous plants in a garden? (Need to think about that with the kids too, but they ain't that keen on salad!)

rozeepozee

alfie_1 wrote: »

this my goosegoggins. it is a sebastopol breed and i think they are lovely.quite gentle and "fluffy"...:) i used to breed them up to 10years ago but stopped when i moved . i am trying to find more but people ask silly money !! i love all geese as they have "attitude"

I LOVE HIM!!!! I don't have or want a pond though (drowning risk for the kids). There's a lot of water though: stream, very boggy field at start of stream and some areas where the water pools (I know: drowning risk for the kids...) Why can't you just buy some fertilised eggs, alfir? I have a feeling that is a silly question, but I know I can make a &^£ of myself here - be gentle.

rozeepozee

Dave, I'm sure our hill would be a fair place for a wind turbine as there's a rather large one nearby. I would hate to do something to upset the neighbours like that - the reason we've moved here is for community, not to !!!! eveyone off...

lostinrates

Rozzee, my geese have beenfitted from access to water, people say they do not need it, but i o they should have it. Could you fence off a watery area from the kids?

rozeepozee

£20 for an egg :eek:

Rummer

Itismehonest wrote: »

Know anyone with a goat, Rummer?

Sadly no, I am in the burbs and there are no goat owners near me

rozeepozee

lostinrates wrote: »

Rozzee, my geese have beenfitted from access to water, people say they do not need it, but i o they should have it. Could you fence off a watery area from the kids?

Well in reality, we have a very watery area which I think I'm slightly delusional about in terms of it being any less risky to the kids than a pond, so it really is going to have to be fenced, in the form of a long stretch of water, perhaps, here I go again, I really don't know... ?100 metres long. It's a slate bedded stream (I love it, really pretty, very clear water) Then there are a couple of places where it pools. The top of the field, where apparently the old man used to keep his geese, is a place where longer term I fancy a wildlife area and large pond but for now, were we to have geese, it would mianly be paddling - there's nowhere for them to swim and stick their heads under the water IYKWIM. I will try and post some pics tomorrow.

Itismehonest

Geese are waterfowl, rozee. They like to have some water. It will quickly turn to mud if it's only a puddle.

It's due to being bred for table that domestic geese have changed shape. They carry more weight on the rear (I can hear the "Tell me about it" from many here ) so stand more upright & don't fly like more horizontal carriaged wild geese.

alfie_1

rozeepozee wrote: »

I LOVE HIM!!!! I don't have or want a pond though (drowning risk for the kids). There's a lot of water though: stream, very boggy field at start of stream and some areas where the water pools (I know: drowning risk for the kids...) Why can't you just buy some fertilised eggs, alfir? I have a feeling that is a silly question, but I know I can make a &^£ of myself here - be gentle.

i did buy some eggs [£'s :eek:] and not one was fertile...trouble is when they [goslings]sell for £50 plus each the owners arent going to part with eggs as they are not prolific layers... i will find more just have to look in the right places also until they have fully feathered up you dont know if they are purebred [bit of a con!]
they would love a stream as they dont have to have deep water, just water is good. a bucket ? no...a stream ...perfect. you could enclose one of the deeper areas?
what you need is electric mesh fencing? if its safe for the kids. you could rotate the land ajoining the stream to prevent it just ending up a mush ...
at the end of the day only you know how attentive your kids will be with regards safety warnings.my son got pecked,bitten sat on, trodden on BUT LEARNT....
my son as he would say "overdosed on animals" as a child..:rotfl: and now ,although he would never harm an animal has no desire to own one !!:rotfl: