Northern New York Poultry Fanciers Association Swap Meet - Part 2

I'd seen about half of the swap meet, and continued on my way, stopping to take a look at this Speckled Sussex rooster:

This table was selling all manner of horse tack (equipment):

These two black baby pigs had just been sold and were squealing loudly as they were transferred to their carrier:

Two Angora rabbits, very cute indeed:

An unidentified bantam:

Muscovy Ducks:

Chicken coops and rabbit hutches for sale:

Elaborate birdhouses and barn board picture frames:

White Silkies:

Turkeys:

Wood Duck nest boxes:

I went indoors where they were selling coffee, meals and raffle tickets:

I'd secretly hoped that someone would be selling Fantail Pigeons, not that I needed any more. But there were none. So I walked back to my car. The pickup truck behind me held a family who had just bought a bunny and were cuddling it when this woman walked by with a pet goat. It too was for sale, and the family with the bunny decided to buy it. But it was time for me to head for home, so I didn't wait around to see the transaction:

Northern New York Poultry Fanciers Association Swap Meet - Part 1

I'd been anticipating this swap meet for a long time and hoping it would be as good as the ones I used to attend near my former home. I knew there were likely to be chickens and ducks, but I was also hoping to see goats, lambs, pigs, pigeons, guinea hens, and - well, lots of things. I parked and began making my way toward the parked trucks, most of which had small livestock on their tailgates:

There were many bunnies, most of them awfully cute and cuddly. I confess that I was tempted:

White Leghorns:

A variety of colorful bantams. The pair on the right were (I think) Red Pyle Old English Game Bantams. The other two might have been Cochin Bantams:

This was the cutest bunny of the day and it's a shame I didn't get a better picture. I'm sure glad I didn't give in to the temptation to buy it, though:

I thought these were Black Sumatras, but now am not sure:

There were several people selling Golden Pheasants and they sure were beautiful:

Bird House Gourds and some kind of unidentified nuts for sale:

There were a number of venders of homemade maple syrup. I asked the man what the pans on the ground were and he said they were stainless steel milk pails. I thought they looked suspiciously like giant bedpans:

More cute bunnies, all crammed into a cage:

More Golden Pheasants, though these were harder to see:

I walked over to the Grasse River and the highway bridge to take a look:

And then I kept walking around, looking at vendors. This one had birdhouses which used deer antlers as perches. There was homemade maple syrup and hand painted saw blades for use as signs of decorations. But there was still a lot to see, so I continued on my way. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:

There's A New Guinea Pig In Town

I've had one Guinea Pig for many years now, an animal I adopted back when I volunteered at the Shelter. A Shelter employee named him Buddy, but over the years I realized that Buddy was a female and I began calling her Bunny. But she's been all alone and in spite of my attentions and the chance to play outside her cage once each morning, I figured she must be lonely. So I bought her a baby Guinea Pig for Christmas:

I feared the worst when I put the baby in with Bunny. But they seemed to hit it off immediately and by the next morning were, for all intents and purposes, a family:
On her first morning in my house, the new female baby (as yet unnamed) was handled a lot:

She got to explore the bed with Bunny:

She got to meet the doves:

She got to experience lots of new things:

She got to scamper around the carpeted floor:

But their quarters were less than stellar - a translucent bin from Wal-Mart. It was a bit crowded:

So the next morning I went out and bought the two Guinea Pigs a fancy home with a ramp and second floor platform:

The dogs were fascinated with the new cage and the new baby Guinea Pig:

But everyone seems happy and to get along well. So that's the end of my Guinea Pig Christmas story. They all lived happily ever after: