Do we move...again? Confused. (Too long.)

[Spiky Bugger]

It's a control issue. Another control issue.

Yeah...when it's your property, you can decorate it the way you want.

 

[RockDoc]

Yeah...when it's your property, you can decorate it the way you want.

But only if you're male, I guess.

 

[Munchkin]

Can we have a pool? I want a llama and a peacock too!

 

[DianaCox]

No ... no you don't, at least not the peacocks: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/388465/peafowl-101-basic-care-genetics-and-answers

• If you are considering getting peafowl, bear in mind that they are VERY loud birds- the male's call can be heard up to 5 miles away, and they will call all summer.
• By maturity, the boys will begin to make their loud wailing call (which sounds remarkably like a woman screaming "help me" so make sure your neighbors know you have peafowl and what their call sounds like so the cops don't show up!). They will continue with the same upset noise and do some honking.

Llamas aren't so bad: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/garden/the-llama-is-in.html?pagewanted=all

• "Llamas are strictly outdoor animals, and males must be kept separate from females, otherwise they will mate nonstop. In other matters, however, they are very restrained. "
• "[The rarity of llamas being raised in the US] all changed in the 1970s, when Kay and Richard Patterson, a couple who bred Arabian horses, began a llama breeding program on their ranch in Oregon." I saw them (near a winery I visited) in 1981 - it was amazing to see a herd of them. We stopped and they came over to be petted.

 

[DianaCox]

Note: If we start a commune with a bunch of DSers involved, we must have city sewage and not septic, 'mkay?

 

[RockDoc]

If you have other livestock, llamas are supposed to be very good guard animals. Better add some geese too.

 

[JackieOnLine]

I love llamas, not that I've known any personally.

why geese, are the eggs good eating? can this commune be somewhere I like the climate? climate is vital to me.

 

[DianaCox]

Humbolt County? Or maybe Central Coast - Pismo Beach?

 

[Spiky Bugger]

I love llamas, not that I've known any personally.

why geese, are the eggs good eating? can this commune be somewhere I like the climate? climate is vital to me.

Geese don't like trespassers. There is not usually a way to sneak in when geese are around...they make a HORRID racket. We have a friend who, while in Viet Nam, was the goose officer. The geese were great at perimeter guard duty. They were also, according to the Montagnard Tribesmen, a real delicacy.

It was a bit of a tightrope act!

 

[RockDoc]

I love llamas, not that I've known any personally.

why geese, are the eggs good eating? can this commune be somewhere I like the climate? climate is vital to me.

Geese are good watchdogs, and can be pretty aggressive to intruders. The Girls could roam more freely.

Agree about climate - nowhere steamy and buggy. Political climate is important too.

 

[Munchkin]

No ... no you don't, at least not the peacocks: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/388465/peafowl-101-basic-care-genetics-and-answers

• If you are considering getting peafowl, bear in mind that they are VERY loud birds- the male's call can be heard up to 5 miles away, and they will call all summer.
• By maturity, the boys will begin to make their loud wailing call (which sounds remarkably like a woman screaming "help me" so make sure your neighbors know you have peafowl and what their call sounds like so the cops don't show up!). They will continue with the same upset noise and do some honking.

Llamas aren't so bad: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/garden/the-llama-is-in.html?pagewanted=all

• "Llamas are strictly outdoor animals, and males must be kept separate from females, otherwise they will mate nonstop. In other matters, however, they are very restrained. "
• "[The rarity of llamas being raised in the US] all changed in the 1970s, when Kay and Richard Patterson, a couple who bred Arabian horses, began a llama breeding program on their ranch in Oregon." I saw them (near a winery I visited) in 1981 - it was amazing to see a herd of them. We stopped and they came over to be petted.

I know! When I was quite young I used to babysit a peacock farm!

 

[RockDoc]

I know! When I was quite young I used to babysit a peacock farm!

...mutter.... All I ever got to babysit for was ankle-biting humans.