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

[RUNuts]

Can I use Timmy to terrify mine into behaving pleas?

Start them young. Mine believed for quite a while. I'm kinda surprised CPS didn't visit. But HEY! They lived! That must be good for something! If you start young, you only need to beat them a few times before the threat is real. By "beat" I mean spank in a loving way. No excuse for abuse.

Best parenting book there is, is a dog training book. 1) be kind, 2) be consistent, and 3) love and praise them when they do good. Remember Timmy. Poor Timmy.

Make sure both parents are in and back each other up. Can't stand when one parent says no, and the other makes it OK. Homey don't play that.

 

[Conan]

Either way, we are having fun. Little itty bitties running around. My first time watching a broody be a momma. I'm amused and awed.

Like we tell our kids, we aren't perfect parents, but we are learning. Poor Timmy. Let him be an example for you. Follow the rules. Timmy is our fictional kid that didn't make it. Anytime someone broke the rules, we would talk about how Timmy broke the rules. Once. < said in a stern voice>

This is my favorite thing ever.
My mom told me that her aunt (my great aunt, Suze) used to tell them that Weema and Gorma (witches) were arriving when the dark shadows fall to come and get them. It terrified them into coming inside when it got dark out. She said her brother was afraid of the dark for years.

 

[jwyles]

Start them young. Mine believed for quite a while. I'm kinda surprised CPS didn't visit. But HEY! They lived! That must be good for something! If you start young, you only need to beat them a few times before the threat is real. By "beat" I mean spank in a loving way. No excuse for abuse.

Best parenting book there is, is a dog training book. 1) be kind, 2) be consistent, and 3) love and praise them when they do good. Remember Timmy. Poor Timmy.

Make sure both parents are in and back each other up. Can't stand when one parent says no, and the other makes it OK. Homey don't play that.

Preach! Excellent advice for raising babies of the furry and people kind!

 

[RUNuts]

This is my favorite thing ever.
My mom told me that her aunt (my great aunt, Suze) used to tell them that Weema and Gorma (witches) were arriving when the dark shadows fall to come and get them. It terrified them into coming inside when it got dark out. She said her brother was afraid of the dark for years.

Yes, but be careful. You can leave psychological scarring. To this day, my kids question me in a respectful way. I encouraged them to think for themselves and answer their own questions. Solve the problems and not be scared of anything. Parenting is hard! We treated them like adults and expected them to behave like that. Got many complements. Was also told we intimidated a lot of people. Got a couple of notes from teachers that were intimidated too. Really struck home when a parent started to talk to me and asked if kid was mine. I confirmed and asked how they knew. The attitude. LOL what can I say? The nut doesn't fall far from the tree.

I'm proud of my kids. Be proud of yours!

I told Dad I was afraid of the dark. He gave me a .45.
You know what is in the dark.
Yes, but I was 12!

Still cracks me up.

 

[RUNuts]

When does the fight start? I'm turning into a pumpkin.

 

[Kiki]

When does the fight start? I'm turning into a pumpkin.

I think Batty threw in the towel and crashed already.
I am about to fall asleep myself.

 

[Tesumph]

Opened the coop to count the chickens and.. surprise.


Spent a good 20-30 minutes chasing this sucker around. He kept slipping back under the coop and getting into a little rafter area, and all we had was a dinky phone light.
I’m knackered and filthy.

With all the flashing lights and stomping in the coop to knock him loose, the babies didn’t move from their roost once. Good chickens.. stupid chickens?
Snake was almost as tall as hubby! Little over 5ft. Yeesh.

 

[Kiki]

Opened the coop to count the chickens and.. surprise.
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Spent a good 20-30 minutes chasing this sucker around. He kept slipping back under the coop and getting into a little rafter area, and all we had was a dinky phone light.
I’m knackered and filthy.

With all the flashing lights and stomping in the coop to knock him loose, the babies didn’t move from their roost once. Good chickens.. stupid chickens?
Snake was almost as tall as hubby! Little over 5ft. Yeesh.

 

[ShrekDawg]

All this lane talk is confusing me. Closest lane? Huh? On highways or regular roads? You guys have 4 lane roads in towns? I think I need a visual LOL

 

[jwyles]

Opened the coop to count the chickens and.. surprise.
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Spent a good 20-30 minutes chasing this sucker around. He kept slipping back under the coop and getting into a little rafter area, and all we had was a dinky phone light.
I’m knackered and filthy.

With all the flashing lights and stomping in the coop to knock him loose, the babies didn’t move from their roost once. Good chickens.. stupid chickens?
Snake was almost as tall as hubby! Little over 5ft. Yeesh.

Yikes! Thank goodness you're attentive and caught him in there before he hurt a chick!