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Seems a lot of you have rabbits. Just a quick question...why? Just for fun pets? Or are you eating them? I'm clueless, never had a rabbit before...

Well shoot. I went to upload the latest pics of the coop, run and the girls and apparently my camera went toes up!  Looked for my card reader, found the cord but no card reader. Not suprising, I spend a lot of time looking for things. Nah, it's not old age, I've been doin' this all my life. I put something away where I know I'll find it and then forget where it was I put it. Frustrating.

When I find the reader hopefully I will be able to upload the recent pics.

shoot.

Well, you probably won't like my answer, but we are looking for meat rabbits, my husband was raised on them, I myself, not so much. I was a vet tech so the only rabbits I handled were pets. Anyway, for us it's all part of the self sufficiency we have been working on. I myself would like to have registered stock, so I can have something to sell to kids who may want to show ect. We are getting things a bit at a time, and we aren't in a hurry, we have goat kids coming and I will have my hands full for a while, I just want to get the information, so that when we are ready we have it all lined out. I'm sure I will have a favorite or two, it's just my nature!  Like my chickens and ducks and turkeys, I love them to a degree, but, they do serve a purpose.

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Originally Posted by Chickielady 

I have noticed in my long life, that alot of native Oregonians  pronounce Washington , as "WARSHINGTON".................I have no idea why ?

 

Speech impediment ???????????????

Not just Oregonians.  I find it is more common in Eastern Washington/Idaho.  My grandmother, born and bred in Wenatchee and a 50-year resident of the Yakima area, said "Warshington" all her life.  And "dishwarsher" and "squarsh" etc. etc.  So do several of my other Yakima relatives, but not all of them.  My Boise-raised MIL.  Even my husband says "dishwarsher", but I don't let him get away with it.  You only get to say "dishwarsher" if you say everything else that way, like my grandma.  

I think he says it to annoy me.

Maybe we should split the state down the middle and have "Washington" and "Warshington".

I was hatched and raised in Warshington and nothern Oreeeegon. We didn't never useta hear no such things until we was invaded by those wantin to change things to the way it was where ever they came from. If it was so good there then why do they come here tryin to change things.

I really like the idea of the split but I think the line should be from east to west with one way roads headin south. Maybe that would help by reducing the cauliflowerians!       

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Originally Posted by SweetSilver 

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Originally Posted by Chickielady 

I have noticed in my long life, that alot of native Oregonians  pronounce Washington , as "WARSHINGTON".................I have no idea why ?

 

Speech impediment ???????????????

Not just Oregonians.  I find it is more common in Eastern Washington/Idaho.  My grandmother, born and bred in Wenatchee and a 50-year resident of the Yakima area, said "Warshington" all her life.  And "dishwarsher" and "squarsh" etc. etc.  So do several of my other Yakima relatives, but not all of them.  My Boise-raised MIL.  Even my husband says "dishwarsher", but I don't let him get away with it.  You only get to say "dishwarsher" if you say everything else that way, like my grandma.  

 

I think he says it to annoy me.

 

Maybe we should split the state down the middle and have "Washington" and "Warshington".

I was hatched and raised in Warshington and nothern Oreeeegon. We didn't never useta hear no such things until we was invaded by those wantin to change things to the way it was where ever they came from. If it was so good there then why do they come here tryin to change things.

I really like the idea of the split but I think the line should be from east to west with one way roads headin south. Maybe that would help by reducing the cauliflowerians!       

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Originally Posted by pettec63 

Well, you probably won't like my answer, but we are looking for meat rabbits, my husband was raised on them, I myself, not so much. I was a vet tech so the only rabbits I handled were pets. Anyway, for us it's all part of the self sufficiency we have been working on. I myself would like to have registered stock, so I can have something to sell to kids who may want to show ect. We are getting things a bit at a time, and we aren't in a hurry, we have goat kids coming and I will have my hands full for a while, I just want to get the information, so that when we are ready we have it all lined out. I'm sure I will have a favorite or two, it's just my nature!  Like my chickens and ducks and turkeys, I love them to a degree, but, they do serve a purpose.

Oh I'm not finicky! I grew up with a major hunter for a dad and have seen it all. We grew had any of our own food, be it from a garden or livestock, but I'd LOVE to grow more self sufficient. One thing at a time...chickens, then garden, THEN maybe rabbits

I encourage you to read what you wrote again.

Who is dictating how you live your life?

There are no do overs in life.

You are dreading they find out you are EXERCISING your RIGHT to have chickens? Huh?

Ask yourself if you could go ahead in time to ten years from now knowing the whole time you missed out on one of the great fantastic benefits of owning chickens would you still feel this way?

All this time you threw those benefits away because you are letting neighbors control you missing out on better flowers, vegetables, more soil.

IMO it's way past time to tell your neighbors you know a good real estate agent they can use if they want to keep on whining.