➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

It rhymes with spam!

 

[Vortex81]

It rhymes with spam!

for both the husband and children? Oh My....

 

[Kiki]

for both the husband and children? Oh My....

I actually don't really use those letters much myself.
But when I am reading them...I read them that way to myself.

 

[Molpet]

ok forgive me for my dumbness again but who is DD and DH is it short for like ur kids or significate other i dont know bout or what heh

Also its refreshing to see how many ppl dont have TV or just use antennas still and more involved with community events and such, now a days its a rarity to see this anymore most of the time its electronics this or electronics that its sad compaired to how i grew up i had a nintendo with one game that i would play either 1 when i wasnt in school and or working, i was full time working at11 years old on the family farm, id get up at 2 am drive my happy ass to the barn with dad he left at 3 am for his second job and i finished up by 6am to go home and get ready for school, then the minute i got home from school i was back at the barn till 8 or 9 depending on how things went. Kids now a days dont know what work is, its dishearting ....now im rambling im sorry kudos to everyone here my hats off to you!!!

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BYC Index of Abbreviations & Acronyms
A list of abbreviations used and seen on BYC
By Lothiriel · Mar 30, 2012 · Updated Apr 2, 2017 · 12.8K · 43
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A list of abbreviations & acronyms commonly seen at BYC:


ACV = Apple cider vinegar
AG = American Game
AGB = American Game Bantam
AGF = American Game Fowl
AMER = Ameraucana
ANDY = Blue Andalusian
APA = American Poultry Association
AS = Appenzeller Spitzhauben
ASOP = American Standard of Perfection
B.O.B = Best of Breed (not the rap singer)
B/L = Blue Laced
B/L/R = Blue Laced Red
B/S = Blue/Splash
BA = Black Australorp/Blue Andalusian
BB = Buff Brahma
BBR = Black/Blue Brested Red
BBS = Blue/Black/Splash breedings
BBSO= Black/Blue/Splash Orpington
BCM = Black Copper Marans
BF = Boyfriend/Bantam Fowl
BIL= Brother in Law
BIN = Buy It Now
BJG= Black Jersey Giant
BJO = Blue Jubilee Orpington
BL = Brown Leghorn
BLK = Black
BLRW = Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
BLW = Buff Laced Wyandotte
BM = Black Minorca
BMF = Blue Mille Fleur
BO = Buff Orpington
BOSS = Black Oil Sunflower Seed
BPR = Barred Plymouth Rock
BPW = Brown Porcelain Wyandotte
BQ = Breeder quality
BR = Barred/Blue/Black Rock
BR = Blue Red/Brown Red
BRC = Black Rose Comb
BRO = Brown Red Orpington
BS = Black Star (hybrid named by hatcheries, bird is a Black Sex Link)
BS = Brown/Buff Sussex
BSDW = Blue Silver Duckwing
BSW = Blue Silver Wyandotte
BSL = Black Sex Link
BTB = Black Tailed Buff
BTW = By the Way
BTW = Black Tailed White
BW = Blue Wheaten
BU = Buff
BV = Best of Variety
BYC = Back Yard Chickens (The website)
CBOF = Cantankerous Bag of Feathers
CC= Cushion Comb
CL = Cream Legbar
CL= Craig's List
CM = Cuckoo Marans
CMO = Chocolate Mottled Orpington
CO = Chocolate/Cuckoo Orpington
CPR = Columbian Plymouth Rock
CPW = Chcolate Partridge Wyandotte
CQ = Cinnamon Queen
CR = Columbian Rock
CS = Coronation Sussex
CSLW = Chocolate Silver Laced Wyandotte
CRD = Chronic Respiratory Disease
CW = Columbian Wyandotte
CX = Cornish Cross
DB = Dark Brahma
DB = Dear Brother
DC = Dark Cornish
DC = Dear Children
DD = Dear Daughter, Dear Dad
DE = Diatomaceous Earth
DF = Dear Father
DH = Dear (most times) Husband
DM = Dear Mom
DL = Down Low
DLM = Deep litter method
DM = Dear Mother, Dear Mom
DW = Dear Wife
DP = Dual Purpose
DS = Dear Son
DSD = Dear Step Daughter
DSF = Dear Step Father
DSM = Dear Step Mother
DSS = Dear Step Son
DW = Dear Wife
EE = Easter Egger
EE = Easter Eggers
EO= English Orpington
EO = Euskal Oilia
ETA = Edited to add
FAV = Faverolles
FBCM = French Black Copper Marans
FF = Fermented Feed
FIL = Father in Law
FL = Feather Legged
FOC = Free of Charge
FS = For sale
FTGH = Free to Good Home
FWIW = For What It’s Worth
FYI = For your information
GC = Golden Campine
GCM = Golden Cuckoo Marans
GF = Girl Friend
GB = Golden Birchen
GC = Golden Comet
GDW = Golden Duck Wing
GL = Golden Laced
GLBW = Gold Laced Blue Wyandotte
GLC = Gold Laced Cochin
GLO= Golden Laced Orpington
GLW = Golden Laced Wyandotte
GMO = Genetically Modified Organism
GP = Great Pyrenees (a breed of dog bred to guard livestock)
GPH = Gold Penciled Hamburg
GS = Gold Star
GSL = Gold Sex Link
H = Heritage Breed ie=HRIR (Heritage Road Island Red)
HB = Heavy Breed
HQ Hatchery Quality
IB = Infectious Bronchitis
IB = Iowa Blue
IIRC = If I Remember Correctly
ILT = Infectious Laryngotracheitis
IME = In My Experience
IMHO = In my honest/humble opinion
IMO = In my opinion
ISA = ISA Browns
JB = Japanese Bantam
JG = Jersey Giant
JO = Jubilee Orpington
LB = Light Brahma
LF = Large Fowl
LFS = Local Feed Store
LG = Little Giant Incubator
LGD = Livestock Guardian Dog
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
LS = Light Sussex
MFD = Mille Fleur D'Uccle
MH = Mottled Houdan
MIL = Mother in Law
MO = Mottled Orpington
MPC = My Pet Chicken
NCD = Newcastle Disease
NH = New Hampshire
NHR = New Hampshire Red
NVM/NM = Nermind
NN = Naked Neck Turken
NSQ = Non Show Quality
ODB = Old Dutch Bantam
OE = Olive Egger
OEG = Old English Game (usually standards)
OEGB = Old English Game bantam
OP = Original poster
OS = Older sister
OT = Old Timer
P = Partridge
PA = Paint
PC= Pea Comb
PM = Private Message
POL = Point Of Lay
POR = Porcelain
POW = Pic of the Week
PPM = Platinum Poultry Membership
PPR = Partridge Plymouth Rock
PQ = Pet Quality
PR = Pair
PR = Production Red
PS = Post Script
PW = Partridge Wyandotte
RB = Reserve Breed
RC = Rose Comb
RIR = Rhode Island Red
RIW = Rhode Island White
RO = Russian Orloff
Roo = Rooster
RS = Red Star (hybrid named by hatcheries, bird is a Red Sex Link)
RSL = Red Sex Link
RV = Reserve Variety
SB = Sicillian Buttercup
SC = Single Comb
SF = Salmon Faverolles
SFC = Swedish Flower Chicken
SFH = Swedish Flower Hen
SIL = Sister in Law
SL = Silver Laced/ Silver Leghorn
SLW = Silver Laced Wyandotte
SMH = Shake My Head
SO = Significant Other
SOP = Standard of Perfection (in relation to judging birds against the particular breeds standard of what a perfect representation of the breed would be.)
SP? = Spelling Right?
SPPR = Silver Pencilled Partridge Rock
SQ = Show Quality
SS = Speckled Sussex
SSH = Silver Spangled Hamburg
SSS = Shoot, Shovel, and Shut up!
SW = Splash Wyandotte
TLDR = Too long, didn't read
TSC = Tractor Supply Co
TY = Thank You
UP-ACV = Unpasturized Apple Cider Vinegar
W = White
WB = Welcome Back
WCBP = White Crested Black Polish
WCP = White Crested Polish
WF = Water Fowl
WFBS = White Faced Black Spanish
WL = White leghorn
WO = White Orpington
WR = White Rock
WTB = Want To Buy
WTH = What the heck
WWYD = What would you do
X-BATT = Rescued Battery Hen
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

I forgot CBOF! I sure have one of those.

 

[Kiki]

"Your mileage may vary"
Will someone please use this in a sentence for me?

 

[Kiki]

I forgot CBOF! I sure have one of those.

What the heck does that even mean?

 

[ronott1]

"Your mileage may vary"
Will someone please use this in a sentence for me?

I have had great luck with giving my chickens Big Ole Bird! YMMV

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

"Your mileage may vary"
Will someone please use this in a sentence for me?

I have a 5 y/o BL who still lays but YMMV.

 

[Kiki]

TLDR