Update: momma still sleeps in the egg box with her babies. She still puffs up and tries to cover them, but they are huge. They are so big, that it takes me a minute to figure out who momma is in the pile. I have been moving them up to roost next to the cozy coop heater the past couple of nights...
I could never eat a dog. I think my dog has the intelligence of a 2-3 year-old human. He doesn't speak English, but we share our own little language. He gestures with his eyes and movements to tell me when he wants something. He feels happiness, sadness, and anxiety, and he dreams at night. He...
To clarify, I also should say that I appreciate posts with prayers and blessings as I take it as a wonderful kindness. I just get uneasy when religious comments seem judgemental or seem to imply that everyone should/does have the same beliefs.
Yep! Bacon is magic:lau. I stopped eating meat for a month when I was a teenager after seeing my husband shoot a squirrel. But, then I really started craving a hot dog and that was the end of that.
Yikes...I hope I didn't break any rules with my debate. I must say, though, I do feel a little uneasy when some makes a religious statement as I am not religious.
I agree, probably not the best place to try to convince people that eating meat is wrong. I am an animal lover and I do sometimes feel a little guilty, but I love me a good hamburger or salami from time to time. My chickens are primarily pets, and I found eating chicken a little difficult after...
I have noticed before when we have had long stretches of subzero weather and i put a heat lamp in to keep water thawed that the chickens start laying again. I am not a huge fan of having eggs in winter though, because while I am at work the eggs have frozen and my last flock developed an egg...