Life is good - Lets Celebrate !!!!!!

[JerseyWendy]

WOW, Ant, what a GORGEOUS couple they are!! And Sean looks JUST like you!!!!

Thanks !!!!

So what you are trying to say is I AM HANDSOME LoL

Steven and his girlfriend Cari

OMG, another gorgeous couple!!! You have BEAUTIFUL children, Ant - inside AND out! And Steven looks like you, too, HAHAHHA.

 

[antoinette]

WOW, Ant, what a GORGEOUS couple they are!! And Sean looks JUST like you!!!!

Thanks !!!!

So what you are trying to say is I AM HANDSOME LoL

Steven and his girlfriend Cari

OMG, another gorgeous couple!!! You have BEAUTIFUL children, Ant - inside AND out! And Steven looks like you, too, HAHAHHA.

Awww you are to kind my friend

Wish I had their beautiful blue blue eyes. :22:

 

[Betrisher]

Wow! Thanks for posting the pictures, Ant - your boys are gorgeous and so are you! I really needed to see what they looked like because, according to Mishka, they might not have been - y'know - normal. LOLOLOL!

We had a breakthrough today: Barney said 'G'day' to me (instead of his incessant 'Hello') and either he or Madge muttered 'Hello Barney' when I took their cover off this morning. I'll be so glad when their vocab is out of single digits! There's only so many ways you can say 'Hello' - y'know? Do you reckon it's better to repeat a single word or phrase until they get that, or just speak to them normally until they pick up something at random?

 

[Blancaej]

Beautiful children Ant! Thanks for sharing the pics!

 

[antoinette]

Wow! Thanks for posting the pictures, Ant - your boys are gorgeous and so are you! I really needed to see what they looked like because, according to Mishka, they might not have been - y'know - normal. LOLOLOL!

We had a breakthrough today: Barney said 'G'day' to me (instead of his incessant 'Hello') and either he or Madge muttered 'Hello Barney' when I took their cover off this morning. I'll be so glad when their vocab is out of single digits! There's only so many ways you can say 'Hello' - y'know? Do you reckon it's better to repeat a single word or phrase until they get that, or just speak to them normally until they pick up something at random?

Thank you
LoL they are normal in every sense of the word Do not believe EVERYTHING says

My best advice would be to talk to your bird constantly 24/7.

Include your birds in EVERY conversation, besides learning new words etc your relationship pertaining to bonding and trust will grow daily. They absorb words, even though they might not say them for ages.


Keep repeating a particular word EG:

Love

Saying -

I love you

I love mommy/daddy

Mommy/daddy loves you (birds name)

(Birds name) Loves you

(Birds name) Loves mommy/daddy


Mix and match your words in a simple manner.
Eventually your birds will begin doing the same.

Below is a thread where I explain how I teach Mishka to talk.

Talking - How I teach Mishka to talk


Good luck

 

[MikeyTN]

Handsome kids!!!! Yes your handsome too Ant!!! . Pretty I mean.... :54:

 

[JerseyWendy]

Handsome kids!!!! Yes your handsome too Ant!!! . Pretty I mean.... :54:

 

[antoinette]

Handsome kids!!!! Yes your handsome too Ant!!! . Pretty I mean.... :54:

Please make up your mind Michael

 

[antoinette]

At our work place we have 3 Chinese Geese

I christened them this week
Donald - Daisy - Duffy

Each morning before work I get to feed them, pellets, bread lettuce and veggies.
The male is normally the vicious one and attacks staff members.
I had a tremendous break through this week, the male took food directly from my hand.

I spoke to them about the birds and bees a few weeks ago and guess what ???
They laid 3 eggs

SO I am going to be a granny

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFGBlq-KFd8"]Chinese Geese - At our work place - YouTube[/ame]
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[Betrisher]

How lovely! Aren't they beautiful geese? I'm so glad you befriended them, Ant. People often forget they're just goosin' around, tryin' to make a livin' where they can. Love the names too!

I have a goose story too, and yes, they were Chinese Geese as well.

When I was doing my teaching degree, a goose nested in the tiny lake near our residential college. She had a few goslings which grew up and flew away except for the little one that somehow broke his leg. The leg healed awkwardly and the baby was very badly crippled. He could swim, but not quickly enough to catch insects etc. He couldn't run well enough to escape cats or dogs either. So the goose stayed on the lake with her baby and fed him well into his adulthood. She was absolutely VICIOUS toward any man or beast who approached the gosling, flapping and honking and biting like mad. Eventually, it became clear the pair couldn't be allowed to stay on the lake because the goose was deemed 'too dangerous'. Luckily, though, one of the blokes from Livestock Production sneaked down at night and netted the pair before the Works Department got to lay poisoned grain for them. The gosling had a quick trip to the vet's where his leg was re-broken and set. Then, the pair wound up at the bloke's farm where, presumably, they lived out their days.

A rather unpleasant aside to this story is that I had bought myself a gorgeous pale pink silk dress to teach in. One lunchtime, all of us teaching prac. students sat around beside the lake, sharing our sandwiches with the geese. I happened to lie full-length on my front on the lovely cushiony green grass, luxuriating in the gorgeous summer breeze under the willows and secretly admiring the excellence of my cunningly braided hair-do. When it was time to go, you can imagine my utter horror as I realised I had been reclining with my right breast planted neatly on top of the biggest, most nuclear green goose-poo ever pooped! My gorgeous pale pink dress was ruined! Not only that, but I had a scant five minutes in which to dab ineffectually at the neon green stain before I was due back in the classroom to take senior choir! The kids got a wonderful laugh at my expense that afternoon. Sigh.

PS. Goose poo smells pretty bad. Oh, and FYI, a single dose can spread into a circle with a diameter of roughly ten inches. I know this to be true.

 

[antoinette]

How lovely! Aren't they beautiful geese? When I was doing my teaching degree, a goose nested in the tiny lake near our residential college. She had a few goslings which grew up and flew away except for the little one that somehow broke his leg. The leg healed awkwardly and so the goose stayed on the lake with her baby and fed him well into adulthood. She was absolutely VICIOUS toward anyone who approached the gosling, flapping and honking and biting like mad. Eventually, it became clear the pair couldn't be allowed to stay on the lake because the goose was deemed 'too dangerous'. Luckily, though, one of the blokes from Livestock Production sneaked down at night and netted the pair before the Works Department got to lay poisoned grain for them. The gosling had a quick trip to the vet's where his leg was re-broken and set correctly. Then, the pair wound up at the bloke's farm where, presumably, they lived out their days.

A rather unpleasant aside to this story is that I had bought myself a gorgeous pale pink silk dress to teach in. One lunchtime, all of us teaching prac. students sat around beside the lake, sharing our sandwiches with the geese. I happened to lie full-length on my front on the lovely cushiony green grass, luxuriating in the gorgeous summer breeze and the excellence of my rather cunningly braided hair-do. When it was time to go, you can imagine my utter horror as I realised I had been reclining with my right breast planted neatly on top of the biggest, most nuclear green goose-poo ever pooped! My gorgeous pale pink dress was ruined! Not only that, but I had a scant five minutes in which to dab ineffectually at the neon green stain before I was due back in the classroom to take senior choir! The kids got a wonderful laugh at my expense that afternoon. Sigh.

PS. Goose poo smells pretty bad too. Oh, and FYI, a single dose can spread into a circle with a diameter of roughly ten inches. I know this to be true.

OMG I am still laughing !!!!!! SORRY Trish

I can just imagine the look on your face

Not to mention your students reaction.

Sorry about your beautiful dress :11:

Glad the geese were taken away........

 

[JerseyWendy]

Ant, are those geese as big as they look???? :11: They are GORGEOUS!!!! I know I wouldn't want to get bit by one of them. What stunning animals!!!

So granny, how long before the grandkids arrive?

 

[antoinette]

Ant, are those geese as big as they look???? :11: They are GORGEOUS!!!! I know I wouldn't want to get bit by one of them. What stunning animals!!!

So granny, how long before the grandkids arrive?

Believe me they look even bigger in real life, they sure are beautiful.

I love it when they "honk" guess its their way of talking. Guess I will soon begin honking LoL

I must try take a pic of their tongues..... long thin and pink with razor like edges

I believe they have not had any babies in the last 3 years, a the mother refuses to sit on the eggs. I better have a chat with her.

If she does sit on them, not sure how long it will take them to hatch. I have got some research to do.....

 

[AussieChris]

Hello,

I have an Australian Goose for you. CapeBarrenGeese_zps1f9df864.jpg Photo by CRB60 | Photobucket The Pic doesn't show the colour of the beak. It is a super-bright green. They were once hunted close to extinction, but have made a good comeback.

 

[antoinette]

Hello,

I have an Australian Goose for you. CapeBarrenGeese_zps1f9df864.jpg Photo by CRB60 | Photobucket The Pic doesn't show the colour of the beak. It is a super-bright green. They were once hunted close to extinction, but have made a good comeback.

They are beautiful
Glad they have made a come back

I must take some close up pics at work, close up ones of their faces and try get one of their tongues as well.

Thanks for sharing

 

[kq_fan]

I am so glad that God helped you with that! he really cares!

 

[antoinette]

I am so glad that God helped you with that! he really cares!

God is good and sure proved it to me
I wish everyone was as happy in their job as I am

 

[antoinette]

Great news !!!!
The Chinese geese have laid over 14 eggs (boy they have been busy LoL)

It takes them between 23 to 27 days to hatch......

Will be 31 days tomorrow, I can't wait to see if any hatched.

 

[dialupslim]

Oh wow, thats amazing, I'm so happy for you!

 

[antoinette]

Oh wow, thats amazing, I'm so happy for you!

No I am not a granny yet........ (sigh)

And worse of all it rained yesterday, I just pray they sat on the eggs protecting them.