Well It is now June 28th and my first week of Summer Term. I am tackling speech and writing courses so I will stay very busy.
Finished last term with a 4.0 GPA , which I'm gaga about. Yahoo. That was a tough term and I'm proud my efforts paid off.
A week break with weather that was pretty nice allowed me to spend most of my time outside with the girls. They are getting very fat so I better lay off the treats. Every time I sit at the picnic table to eat my nestle nutty ice cream cones, they literally go ape-shit. No manners at all, as they all clamber up on my shoulders arms and head. geez those bad girls.
Recently I am taking notice of the different personalities and the intricate ways they treat one another. Leghorn, my girl with the broken leg that is totally healed has become very bossy. She doesn't lack confidence that's for sure. She was so gentle and sweet when she was lame and now she drives the show. Some like to cuddle and make soft noises and others still fight my affection but none of them are mean. I like the curious non nonchalant ways my other leghorn saddles up next to me and when I'm not paying enough attention to her she will peck my leg. It cracks me up cause when I lean down to pick her up she runs like the dickens...LOL
I decided to start doing some research on animals and emotional behaviors, if they have such, which I believe they do, although there are many naysayers out there. Recently I opened and started reading When Elephants Weep which is comprehensive and compelling and provides argument after argument about animal sensibility and emotions.
When Elephants Weep, Jeffery Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy
and I am really enjoying The Pig Who Sang to the Moon also by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, especially the chapter on chickens. This book has recommended other books I intend to read like...
The Fairest Fowl by Tamara Staples, Ira Glass, and Christa Velbel and
Just like an Animal, by Maurice Burton (has anyone out there read either of those two books? Are they good?)
I believe we negate to be protective of animals other than what we consider house pets, probably out of a need to continue feeding on protein without guilt or worry. Otherwise it might become way too inconvenient to keep breeding them and slaughtering them and wrapping them in saran wrap so we can cook them and eat them.....yikes Out of ignorance its easier to continue with this pattern ....the deeper I look the more I see it's just another avenue of slavery through the insane inhuman production of the meat we eat. It is very sad.
Some really interesting facts, studies and anecdotes about animals and the emotions that have been recorded find me beside myself... Its' crazy especially elephants and cows and their calf's
Finished last term with a 4.0 GPA , which I'm gaga about. Yahoo. That was a tough term and I'm proud my efforts paid off.
A week break with weather that was pretty nice allowed me to spend most of my time outside with the girls. They are getting very fat so I better lay off the treats. Every time I sit at the picnic table to eat my nestle nutty ice cream cones, they literally go ape-shit. No manners at all, as they all clamber up on my shoulders arms and head. geez those bad girls.
Recently I am taking notice of the different personalities and the intricate ways they treat one another. Leghorn, my girl with the broken leg that is totally healed has become very bossy. She doesn't lack confidence that's for sure. She was so gentle and sweet when she was lame and now she drives the show. Some like to cuddle and make soft noises and others still fight my affection but none of them are mean. I like the curious non nonchalant ways my other leghorn saddles up next to me and when I'm not paying enough attention to her she will peck my leg. It cracks me up cause when I lean down to pick her up she runs like the dickens...LOL
I decided to start doing some research on animals and emotional behaviors, if they have such, which I believe they do, although there are many naysayers out there. Recently I opened and started reading When Elephants Weep which is comprehensive and compelling and provides argument after argument about animal sensibility and emotions.
When Elephants Weep, Jeffery Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy
and I am really enjoying The Pig Who Sang to the Moon also by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, especially the chapter on chickens. This book has recommended other books I intend to read like...
The Fairest Fowl by Tamara Staples, Ira Glass, and Christa Velbel and
Just like an Animal, by Maurice Burton (has anyone out there read either of those two books? Are they good?)
I believe we negate to be protective of animals other than what we consider house pets, probably out of a need to continue feeding on protein without guilt or worry. Otherwise it might become way too inconvenient to keep breeding them and slaughtering them and wrapping them in saran wrap so we can cook them and eat them.....yikes Out of ignorance its easier to continue with this pattern ....the deeper I look the more I see it's just another avenue of slavery through the insane inhuman production of the meat we eat. It is very sad.
Some really interesting facts, studies and anecdotes about animals and the emotions that have been recorded find me beside myself... Its' crazy especially elephants and cows and their calf's
