Sentences with phrase «small flock»

This species lives in small flocks of less than 12 individuals.

Zebra Finches are very social and need to be kept in small flocks of 3 to 4 birds in order to thrive, but this only adds to the joy of being able to watch them interact with each other.

I put up several small flocked trees from King of Christmas.

Charlottetown, PEI - The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association's (CVMA) annual Convention takes place in Charlottetown, and offers veterinary professionals from across Canada continuing education sessions that focus on companion animal, ruminant, equine, practice management, bovine, animal welfare, and small flock poultry and more delivered by over 40 highly - rated speakers from Canada, the United States and overseas.

Throughout southeast Asia, the widespread practice of rural families raising small flocks of chickens in their backyards brings wild birds into close contact with domestic poultry, which are in close contact with humans.

Weaving through small flocks of commuters and tourists on a concrete strip along the East River may not sound like the most restorative of morning rituals, but for me it has become a sort of meditation.

Small flock owners (SFOs), including backyard flock owners, need to learn about common pathogens that may affect their birds and how to control them.

Geared towards backyard chicken enthusiasts, this presentation focuses on diseases that affect small flocks of chickens and / or turkeys.

Some advocates promote the OES not only as a family pet but as a wonderful herding dog for smaller flocks of sheep, goats, ducks and geese.

Lilac - crowned Amazons live in small flocks in the wild, and in captivity, it is up to you and your family to become that flock.

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association's (CVMA) annual Convention takes place in Charlottetown, and offers veterinary professionals from across Canada continuing education sessions that focus on companion animal, ruminant, equine, practice management, bovine, animal welfare, and small flock poultry and more delivered by over 40 highly - rated speakers from Canada, the United States and overseas.

Finches are small, timid little birds who do best in small flocks of 3 - 5 and generally don't care much for human interaction.

Faced with this frighteningly serious task the Churches, without losing their true inheritance, may yet change so much that they will one day be able to say in blissful surprise: we may celebrate the Supper of our one Lord together in the same faith, hope and love, we may announce God's mercy to the whole world as the one small flock of Christ and we may together expect the coming of God's kingdom.

Raising livestock such as a small flock of chickens greatly increases food security for a poor family.

Such are hired servants and not willfull servants, such won't watch over a small flock of believers because they want fixed income that suits thier lifestyle, the office of pastor and teacher are not salaried positions but are a service to God as a noble task to feed and watch over souls willingly and lovingly, top dollar should not play a roll in ones willingness to equip and lead whom you love.

After days of nibbling through what amounts to a small flock of hens, I'm happy to bring you this amazing cloned version of the latest fast food phenomenon so that you can now reproduce it in your own kitchen.

Start with a flock of three or four hens at the most, as a small flock will be a little less work, require less feed and less clean up than a larger flock.

After days of nibbling through what amounts to a small flock of hens, I'm happy to bring you this amazing cloned version of this fast food phenomenon so that you can now reproduce it in your own kitchen.

Small flocks of Baltimore Orioles, working their way through coffee farms in the mid-canopy of Inga are a frequent sight from Mexico through Central America.

By the time the decoy trawl is set and the Canard Noir is anchored 35 yards away against the ledge, small flocks of eiders, flushed by lobster boats, begin to fly back in.

A group of young urban enthusiasts campaigned hard for the right to maintain a small flock and got it through the city council.

The small reddish birds congregate in small flocks, and the South Hills population is estimated to number around 4,000.

They examined 3D datasets of flocks of starlings flying and turning, and found that while sound - like waves spread best in bigger flocks, the waves transmitting information about direction spread best in smaller flocks.

Our partner, Dan Snyder of Grouse Park, clearly demonstrated that a small flock of Greater Prairie Chickens can produce the ideal amount of fertile eggs for germ - line transmission research.

Project collaborators Holland Shaw and John Bender have volunteered to help expand our small flock of Band - tailed Pigeons to the numbers needed for a successful de-extinction program.

The idea is that Passenger Pigeons evolved to live in huge flocks and became dependent on their large flocks, meaning they could not produce enough offspring to survive unless there were billions of them, either for social reasons (they would not breed in small flocks), for predator reasons (they could not satiate predators without huge flocks), or for resource reasons (they could not find adequate food sources in small populations).

I was just researching a way to keep my small flock of chickens from spilling their feed everywhere, this is worth a try and super cute!

I added a small flocked tree to my crock, my willow tree nativity (which i LOVE pulling out year after year... i think this is my 9th year, and i love it today as much as i did the first day) and a few other touches of Christmas to the space.

Her first proposal comes from Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a farmer with a promising portion of land and small flock of sheep.

I grew up with a small flock of goats, and I can assure you that not all sheep are dumb, the flock instinct much - mocked is a vital survival tool for them.

Dr. Teter lives in Schuylkill County with her husband and daughter.She also has a small flock of chickens.In her free time, she enjoys knitting, reading, making wine, and spending time outdoors.

The initial work has also been done for a weaver who runs a small flock of colored sheep, a farmer storing feed grain in his barn, a flock - owner in wolf territory, a recreational musher, a rabbit hunter, and a pet owner with an interest in any of the characteristics of the herding, guarding, terrier, working, or hound dogs; what remains is to find just the right breed to match the lifestyle and personality of the owner.

A whistle split the air as the sheep ran wide; the dog slowed and moved slightly to the side of the small flock to get them back in line to pass through the gates and up the grade to the starting post.

Often rushing the sheep or making mistakes that spooked the small flocks of four, the dogs nonetheless showed great promise for a future as a farmer's working partner.

A dog with good working instincts will circle the small flock and hold them together.

Outside of veterinary medicine, Andrew enjoys spending time with his wife and young sons, their lab mix, two cats that followed him home from Hawaii, and a small flock of chickens.

They travel in small flocks and build «Quaker Condominiums» in some of the oddest of places such as the tops of power line poles.

Kelly lives with her husband, 2 kids, 3 dogs, 2 cats and a small flock of chickens.

If you are a sheep rancher in a remote region of Montana, or only have a small flock of sheep in a hobby farm in Wisconsin or Minnesota, these classes may not be available.

Carrie has a small farm with 3 horses, 2 Nigerian goats, 1 heeler, 4 cats, and a small flock of mixed bantams.

She lovers her French Bulldog, Cecely, and has a small flock of chickens that she adores!

Family pets include two dogs, both border collies (Gilly and Jack) currently being trained for sheep herding trials; cats (Tahlula, Dorito and Mango), a rabbits (Scooter), a tortoise (Tortillini), two chinchillas, a pen full of chickens and ducks and lastly, a small flock of sheep (for Gilly and Jack).

What your dog has to do is to try and herd a small flock of sheep around an obstacle course and then over bridges to try and get the flock of sheep successfully back into the pen.

Even as a puppy, a potential herding dog can be placed in a yard or pen with a small flock of geese to see if he's interested in gathering them together.

They currently share their home with three cats, two dogs, a small flock of chickens, a leopard gecko and four beehives.

A small flock of sage grouse, partially camouflaged by the sagebrush, waited patiently for us to pass by, sometimes spooked by the enormous steel cage on wheels that made our trip possible.

There is a wide variety of birdlife, including water birds on the river, blue wrens, red - breasted and white - breasted robins, huge flocks of white - tailed black cockatoos, and occasionally, a small flock of red - tailed cockatoos.