Comments on: Behold, the Biawak http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/ Official Organ of an American Muslim in Malaysia Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Mommo http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-15587 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:06:56 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-15587 Very interesting and well written. Sorry you lost your chickens. Our chickens are getting lice from sparrows who come in the coop to eat their grain. Your father has taken up killing the sparrows with a badminton racket. He keeps it hanging in the coop. When he visits the coop, he first closes the chicken door, then quickly steps inside the coop and starts swinging. The sparrows don't have a chance. He has gotten more than 20 this way. Very interesting and well written. Sorry you lost your chickens. Our chickens are getting lice from sparrows who come in the coop to eat their grain. Your father has taken up killing the sparrows with a badminton racket. He keeps it hanging in the coop. When he visits the coop, he first closes the chicken door, then quickly steps inside the coop and starts swinging. The sparrows don’t have a chance. He has gotten more than 20 this way.

]]> by: Yusuf Smith http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-15064 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:39:29 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-15064 As-Salaamu 'alaikum, Sorry to read about your chicks. Over here, the culprits for killing urban chickens tend to be foxes - we're not exactly overrun by urban lizards yet. As-Salaamu ‘alaikum,

Sorry to read about your chicks. Over here, the culprits for killing urban chickens tend to be foxes - we’re not exactly overrun by urban lizards yet.

]]> by: Bin Gregory http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-14085 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:48:40 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-14085 I haven't given up the chickens yet, but I think I will wait to replenish the flock until I've build a proper perimeter fence around my property, and/or repairing my house to eliminate the lizard-friendly crawlspace underneath my foundation. In the meantime, Romeo the Rooster is still doing well, and the surviving (for now) chick looks like a hen, so I might still be in business after all. About the electric fence, my father uses something similar for his sheep. At the voltage he needs to discourage the sheep and their predators, an adult wouldn't want to touch it, much less a toddler... What I'd like to get is a wicker/rattan-type cover to keep the chickens in. My wife calls it a "cekap" and claims they exist but I've yet to find one in the market. I haven’t given up the chickens yet, but I think I will wait to replenish the flock until I’ve build a proper perimeter fence around my property, and/or repairing my house to eliminate the lizard-friendly crawlspace underneath my foundation. In the meantime, Romeo the Rooster is still doing well, and the surviving (for now) chick looks like a hen, so I might still be in business after all.

About the electric fence, my father uses something similar for his sheep. At the voltage he needs to discourage the sheep and their predators, an adult wouldn’t want to touch it, much less a toddler… What I’d like to get is a wicker/rattan-type cover to keep the chickens in. My wife calls it a “cekap” and claims they exist but I’ve yet to find one in the market.

]]> by: Ida B http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-14072 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:38:04 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-14072 Dear binGregory, So sorry about your chickens. I supposed a pet biawak would be the closest one gets to a pet dinosaur. Some weeks ago I went to an a birthday party where the host kept free range chickens. The chicken roamed behind electrified wire fence, in an area of about 15 meters in diameter. Being in the Somerset countryside, the usual predators were there - foxes, dogs, cats. The voltage was low enough not to harm his toddlers but high enough to give an unsuspecting Labrador a jolt on the muzzle. His chickens learnt to stay well away from the fence too. Thinking of re-stocking? Dear binGregory,

So sorry about your chickens. I supposed a pet biawak would be the closest one gets to a pet dinosaur.

Some weeks ago I went to an a birthday party where the host kept free range chickens. The chicken roamed behind electrified wire fence, in an area of about 15 meters in diameter. Being in the Somerset countryside, the usual predators were there - foxes, dogs, cats. The voltage was low enough not to harm his toddlers but high enough to give an unsuspecting Labrador a jolt on the muzzle. His chickens learnt to stay well away from the fence too.

Thinking of re-stocking?

]]> by: Raina http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-14038 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:38:23 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2007/08/22-behold-the-biawak/#comment-14038 oh wow..a very graphic detail about biawak. when you have time, please share with us about your little children and the new baby in the house ;) oh wow..a very graphic detail about biawak.

when you have time, please share with us about your little children and the new baby in the house ;)

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