Up this morning and energized with a bowl of Oatmeal - Sundays breakfast, but missed it yesterday as we were moving, and just didn't seem to get around to it. Then headed down the road with the Jeep for a whole 1 mile to Rooster Cogburn's Ostrich Ranch. Now there is a whole lot m
ore to see there than ostriches. They have fallow deer, minitiature cicilian donkeys, ostriches of course, and an enclosure with Lorikeets. Now for those that are like me, and not familiar with what a lorikeet is. It is a small Australian bird, much like a parrot, only much smaller, but larger than a budgie. When you go in to pay for the visit ($5 each) you are given a large cup full of compressed pellets and a small container with a liquid for the lorikeets. Instructions are: Feed the deer from your hand as they will take it right from you. The ostriches do bite, so just drop the pellets into one of the tubes that lead to the buckets inside. If you feel real brave go ahead and let them lake a pellet from your hand, but be aware ---- they assume no liability for ostrich bites. The donkeys are quite docile, so feel free to let them eat out of you hand. Now the lorikeets: Do not try to go to them. Just enter the enclosur
e and be quiet and still and let them approach you, and they may even set on your hand while the drink the liquid in the little cup. Denice says we will go in together, and I will try to take a picture of her feeding them and then she will take a picture of me feeding them. So we enter the enclosure, and before we can even get inside we are accosted by a couple of dozen of the little guys, They land on your head, and your shoulders and on your hands. They know what you have and they go right after the little cups. Before you even have a chance the take the lids off the cups, they are right there, and are well trained at taking the lids off. In a very short time the dozen or so have drained the feeding suppliment, and are looking for more. Denice's hair seemed a good choice since she had a shower this morning and the
y seemed to like her brand of hair gel. Took a bunch of photos. The lady at the check in advised that if you are lucky they may even poop on your head!! That is supposed to be Good Luck, and if you are bald, as someone who I know is, is guaranteed to grow hair. Only problem is , it will be the same color as the lorikeet. Anyway, a worthwhile visit for $5. Then at the end, as is customary, there is the gift shop. They have lots of ostich stuff. Eggs, both blown and fresh. Did you know an ostrich egg tastes almost like a chicken egg, and is comparable to 24 of them !!! I'll have mine over easy !! They also have painted eggs, t-shirts, Ostrich feather dusters, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Denice bought a duster and a painted egg. Returned home, had lunch and than read, waiting for John and Brenda to arrive. They did so about 3:30pm. The site that I had anticipated them moving into, next to us, was unacceptable once we really looked at it. It had a tree too close to the pad, and would have scratched his unit if he parked there, so he moved down 3 or 4 sites to a more open one. Once they settled in, they came up and shot the wind with us for an hour or so. We had chicken on the barbie for our supper, and we were sorry that we didn't have more. If we had known what time they were arriving they could have eaten with us. But they said they were going home for Kraft dinner. We'll catch them another day! Then after supper Denice and I made a quick trip up the road for sunset pics. When returned John and I made a sorte over to the Hot Tub for an hour and hashed over a whole lot of trivial stuff. End of Day!
ore to see there than ostriches. They have fallow deer, minitiature cicilian donkeys, ostriches of course, and an enclosure with Lorikeets. Now for those that are like me, and not familiar with what a lorikeet is. It is a small Australian bird, much like a parrot, only much smaller, but larger than a budgie. When you go in to pay for the visit ($5 each) you are given a large cup full of compressed pellets and a small container with a liquid for the lorikeets. Instructions are: Feed the deer from your hand as they will take it right from you. The ostriches do bite, so just drop the pellets into one of the tubes that lead to the buckets inside. If you feel real brave go ahead and let them lake a pellet from your hand, but be aware ---- they assume no liability for ostrich bites. The donkeys are quite docile, so feel free to let them eat out of you hand. Now the lorikeets: Do not try to go to them. Just enter the enclosur
e and be quiet and still and let them approach you, and they may even set on your hand while the drink the liquid in the little cup. Denice says we will go in together, and I will try to take a picture of her feeding them and then she will take a picture of me feeding them. So we enter the enclosure, and before we can even get inside we are accosted by a couple of dozen of the little guys, They land on your head, and your shoulders and on your hands. They know what you have and they go right after the little cups. Before you even have a chance the take the lids off the cups, they are right there, and are well trained at taking the lids off. In a very short time the dozen or so have drained the feeding suppliment, and are looking for more. Denice's hair seemed a good choice since she had a shower this morning and the
y seemed to like her brand of hair gel. Took a bunch of photos. The lady at the check in advised that if you are lucky they may even poop on your head!! That is supposed to be Good Luck, and if you are bald, as someone who I know is, is guaranteed to grow hair. Only problem is , it will be the same color as the lorikeet. Anyway, a worthwhile visit for $5. Then at the end, as is customary, there is the gift shop. They have lots of ostich stuff. Eggs, both blown and fresh. Did you know an ostrich egg tastes almost like a chicken egg, and is comparable to 24 of them !!! I'll have mine over easy !! They also have painted eggs, t-shirts, Ostrich feather dusters, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Denice bought a duster and a painted egg. Returned home, had lunch and than read, waiting for John and Brenda to arrive. They did so about 3:30pm. The site that I had anticipated them moving into, next to us, was unacceptable once we really looked at it. It had a tree too close to the pad, and would have scratched his unit if he parked there, so he moved down 3 or 4 sites to a more open one. Once they settled in, they came up and shot the wind with us for an hour or so. We had chicken on the barbie for our supper, and we were sorry that we didn't have more. If we had known what time they were arriving they could have eaten with us. But they said they were going home for Kraft dinner. We'll catch them another day! Then after supper Denice and I made a quick trip up the road for sunset pics. When returned John and I made a sorte over to the Hot Tub for an hour and hashed over a whole lot of trivial stuff. End of Day!
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