Population Statistics for Ruis Dair Homestead
2008
Chart displaying the maximum number the population reached for each month.
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Avg. |
Min. |
Max. |
| Human |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Feline |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
18 |
16 |
16 |
17 |
19 |
|
14 |
12 |
19 |
| Canine |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
|
4 |
2 |
8 |
| Chickens |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
25 |
24 |
23 |
20 |
19 |
22 |
28 |
|
16 |
0 |
28 |
| Sheep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
|
8 |
0 |
17 |
| Ducks |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
|
6 |
0 |
14 |
| Geese |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
|
1 |
0 |
6 |
| TOTAL |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
42 |
42 |
69 |
75 |
67 |
78 |
82 |
89 |
|
51 |
16 |
89 |
Summary
The year began with twelve house cats and two dogs. In May twenty-five Chantecler chickens and a Maremma
livestock guardian dog for the barn were purchased. In July twelve Shetland sheep and ten one month old Muscovy
ducks were purchased. Sadly one of the chickens was lost in an unfortunate traffic accident. One of the sheep
gave birth to a healthy ewe lamb. During the month we fostered five dogs, a bitch and her three puppies and a
single bitch. In August we purchased a further four sheep. The single bitch foster dog was still with us, we
found four orphan kittens, to become barn cats, and were pet-sitting for a further 2 cats and 2 dogs, not at
the same time. Sadly a duck and a chicken were lost.
September saw the culling of 3 chickens, another chicken got sick
and sadly didnt recover. In October our cat George died, it was very sudden and unexpected. We started fostering
again and had a single bitch come to stay. We bought 6 geese - 3 Toulouse, 2 Emden and
1 Toulouse/Chinese cross, unfortunately 2 - an Emden and the cross - of them escaped and didn't return.
The body of the cross was found in a nearby field. We purchased 5 more Muscovy ducks.
At the begining of November we added another Maremma livestock guardian dog, who proceeded to go AWOL.
We had a male dog come for fostering then the bitch foster dog leave. Two young cats came for fostering.
One of the ducks got out of the barn at night and disapeared. We got 3 new chickens, Steve dealt with our
excessive rooster population, culling 5, and we lost one in a canine related incident, leaving us with 16 chickens
going into December. December saw the addition of a Bantam chicken and 11 chicks, taking us back up to 28.
Our 2nd LGD remained AWOL; we fostered a further 2 dogs for a short period and took in another 2 cats for fostering.
I think it is safe to say 2008 was a rather busy year!
Statistics last updated January 2nd 2009
For further details on a particular species please visit the appropriate section of the website:
Our Homestead for Sheep, Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Livestock guardian dogs,
Our Furry Family for Cats, Dogs and fostering. Or you can always check out the
blog where there is likely to be a fuller description of any population changes.
