{"id":23,"date":"2020-05-12T13:22:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:20:18","slug":"cast-of-characters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/about\/cast-of-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast of characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Cats\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Hermes, b. 2014-08<\/li>\n<li>Hestia, b. 2014-08<\/li>\n<li>Shorty cat (Shawty), feral barn cat I&#8217;m trying to tame as of 2025-12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nigerian dwarf goats\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Gimlet<\/li>\n<li>Toddy<\/li>\n<li>Emerson<\/li>\n<li>Alexander<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Guinea fowl\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Chestnut (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-14)<\/li>\n<li>Lazarus (Hatched at hatchery supplying Piedmont Feed &amp; Garden Center, 2018-07-19)<\/li>\n<li>Boris (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2019-07-28)<\/li>\n<li>Grimace (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2019-07-14)<\/li>\n<li>Kernel (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2019-08-02)<\/li>\n<li>Weddy (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2019-07-14)<\/li>\n<li>Zipper (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2019-07-28)<\/li>\n<li>Divebomber (Hatched in the back bedroom, 2020-06-16))<\/li>\n<li>Earhart (Hatched in the back bedroom, 2020-06-15)<\/li>\n<li>Niblet (Hatched in the back bedroom, 2020-06-15)<\/li>\n<li>Napo (The Emperor, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/napoguinea\">his own Facebook page<\/a>; Hatched in the back bedroom, 2021-10-28 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/16BFkBjw5Q\/\">(watch!)<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Citron (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Clover (Full name: Little Clover, Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>El (Full name: Galadriel Higgins, Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Hops (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Josephine (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Mosscap (Full name: Splendid Speckled Mosscap, Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Munstead (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Sidney (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Thistlefoot (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Vern (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2022-07-23)<\/li>\n<li>Fabio (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2024-05-07)<\/li>\n<li>Heidi (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2024-05-07)<\/li>\n<li>Kenamon (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2024-05-07)<\/li>\n<li>Maxwell (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2024-05-07)<\/li>\n<li>Priene (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2024-05-07)<\/li>\n<li>Robin (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2024-05-07)<\/li>\n<li>Teodora (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2024-05-07)<\/li>\n<li>Htop (Hatched under mom Bizzy in Rougemont, NC, 2024-06-07)<\/li>\n<li>Packet (Hatched under mom Bizzy in Rougemont, NC, 2024-06-07)<\/li>\n<li>Ping (Hatched under mom Bizzy in Rougemont, NC, 2024-06-07)<\/li>\n<li>Socket (Hatched under mom Bizzy in Rougemont, NC, 2024-06-07)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"\">Gone, but never forgotten<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Cats\n<ul>\n<li>Cuchulain (who never lived on this land, but whose remains came home here)<\/li>\n<li>Beli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chickens\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Cinnamon Chicken, at Snailshell Thicket from 2019-07 to 2020-08-18<\/li>\n<li>Cocoa Chicken, at Snailshell Thicket from 2019-07 to 2025-06-06<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Goats\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Delilah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Guinea fowl\n<ul>\n<li>2 unnamed keets (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-14 to 2018-06-25)<\/li>\n<li>Unnamed keet (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-14 to 2018-07-01)<\/li>\n<li>Unnamed keet (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-27 to 2018-07-02)<\/li>\n<li>Unnamed keet (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-27 to 2018-07-18)<\/li>\n<li>Little One (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-27 to 2018-12-22)<\/li>\n<li>Briseis (Hatched at hatchery supplying Piedmont Feed &amp; Garden Center, 2018-07-19 to 2019-08-20)<\/li>\n<li>Cheeks (the best birb) (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-14 to 2019-08-23)<\/li>\n<li>Icarus (Hatched at hatchery supplying Piedmont Feed &amp; Garden Center, 2018-07-19 to 2019-11-18)<\/li>\n<li>Edgar (the smiling guinea) (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2019-07-21 to 2020-02-26)<\/li>\n<li>Icepick (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2019-08-02 to 2020-04-03)<\/li>\n<li>Piper (Hatched at hatchery supplying Piedmont Feed &amp; Garden Center, 2018-07-19 to 2021-05-23)<\/li>\n<li>Clementine (Hatched at hatchery supplying Piedmont Feed &amp; Garden Center, 2018-07-19 to 2021-07-27)<\/li>\n<li>2 unnamed keets (Hatched by Kernel, 2021-10-28 to 2021-10-28)<\/li>\n<li>Inkpot (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2019-07-21 to 2022-09-01)<\/li>\n<li>Iris (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-14 to 2023-08-02)<\/li>\n<li>Tiresias (the great) (~2019 (rescued in 2020) to 2024-03-04)<\/li>\n<li>Chickweed (Hatched at hatchery supplying Piedmont Feed &amp; Garden Center, 2018-07-19 to 2024-03-23)<\/li>\n<li>Unnamed keet (Hatched at The Guinea Park Inn, 2024-05-07 to 2024-05-21)<\/li>\n<li>Earlybird (Hatched in the back bedroom, 2020-06-14 to 2024-06-05)<\/li>\n<li>Hunter (Hatched in the back bedroom, 2020-06-15 to 2024-08-07)<\/li>\n<li>Bucket (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-14)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lurkey the wild turkey, Spring 2018-May 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cats Hermes, b. 2014-08 Hestia, b. 2014-08 Shorty cat (Shawty), feral barn cat I&#8217;m trying to tame as of 2025-12 Nigerian dwarf goats Gimlet Toddy Emerson Alexander Guinea fowl Chestnut (Hatched by hen in Siler City, NC, 2018-06-14) Lazarus (Hatched at hatchery supplying Piedmont Feed &amp; Garden Center, 2018-07-19) Boris (Hatched at The Guinea Park&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/about\/cast-of-characters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cast of characters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template\/page\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/335"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snailshellthicket.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}