Jen build a chicken coop today... for our one, kinda sad, chicken. I want to bring some farm chickens back from Yaoundé next trip. The difference being that village chickens run around and eat everything. They can get big, but don't lay a lot of eggs, and have less meat, as they.. well, run around. The farm chickens lay often, and get bigger. Yum. Eggs and Chicken. I may also try to find some bunnies to raise. I like rabbit meat, and they breed like crazy. I just hope they can survive in the jungle. Who knew that I would like animal husbandry. Actually, I can pretty much handle chickens, and rabbits. I was going to raise goats, as I love goat cheese...but I found out that for anything other than meat, they are no good. It turns out that the grass here grows so fast, it spreads the same nutrients over the larger volume of plant. Basically, its like eating an entire diet of celelry. It takes more calaries to digest than it gives. Consequently, the goats are all fat as hell, and starving to death. They can barely make enough milk for their own kids. So my dream of cheese is going to have to wait.
I didn't get a puppy today. It is cute, but I don't really need the hassle. Alex has taken to wanting things, and if I say: "yeah maybe someday", he takes it as yes, and gets one. He did it for curtains, and now, a puppy. So this morning two guys came by with a puppy. I told them I wasn't interested, but as Alex made the deal, it could spend the day tied up waiting for Alex to get back from getting the cooking gas canisters filled (in Among Mbang). He is now almost 2 days late. I'm not looking forward to the story of why he couldn't fill them, and why my money was spent. Alex, btw, is on his last fuck-up. His list is done. At this rate, he has a few weeks left before he can't help himself, and do something stupid. Anyway, the puppy is here, and has been howling all day for attention. As I don't hit children or dogs, the typical solution here for behavorial modification, it doesn't understand that I just want it to shut up. How could it. So, I've been working with headphones and coming out ot play with it every once in a while.
Now if I can only find the guys who brought it.
Uncle Ben my friend Rosie Russel has chickens and mama A.K.A. your sister also wants chickens but she thinks we might get them posibly next year when I owe you 2 birthday presents and you owe me 2 also
your niese, georgina
Posted by: gerogina graff at August 24, 2004 02:35 AM