Re: Films About Scots & Scotland



Bryn wrote:

Doh!

"Bryn" <Scotland-the-Brave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Having kept chickens and seen just have much damage rats can do I have
always felt that was a better explanation. After I went over to keeping
bantams, the egg thefts fell away and the incidence of one-eyed and
blind rats around the yard rose exponentially... Among my bantams, some
tough little fellows, all black with red combs and squawky voices, from
the Western Isles.

I have a soft spot in my heart for bantams, before the
village changed the rules about what's allowed inside the
incorporated limits (the days when you could keep ducks
and chickens), we had a single bantam rooster who used
to police the back garden and nothing invaded his territory
without paying a very steep price.

A beautiful bird...a Wheaten Old English, if I recall correctly...
with sunset coloured plumage that would have put some of
the showier tropical parrots to shame. We had to find him
a new home when the ordinance changed and our neighbours
tattled...and I still miss having him around.

Deirdre
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