Arizona Chickens

[NoSkiveez]

Bob's Henhouse :

Rufus, I think they called it the Hantavirus.

Yep, that's what its called.​

 

[rufus]

Ah yes, hantavirus. In this age of political correctness, you don't dare name a disease after any one nationality or race. The 1917 flu epidemic is no longer called the Spanish flu. My guess is that there is no one race or nationality of people called hantas. If there was, they sure wouldn't allow their name to be used in connection with a disease.

Well, the birds didn't show today. I guess they have staked out someone else's chicken coop.

My chickens are real anxious to be out in the yard. I am afraid it isn't going to happen. My wife has a lot of plans for that yard, and none of them include chicken poop.

Rufus

 

[chillmiller]

well i think i have a broody guys XD

walked out to collect eggs and this little miss pecked my hand and i ran back in grabed my camera and snaped a pic and she was still there didnt even move

 

[chillmiller]

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funny story about mice... i was working on a customers boat in florida ( im a marine mechanic in case yall didnt know) and he said he had mice and he put out mice traps well.... they where RATS.... GIANT GIANT GIANT!!!!!!!!!!!! rats.... and i was cleaning the carbs and heard a SNAP in the mice traps and look behind me theirs the 3 pound rat wearing the trap as a necklace looking at me still totaly alive and now very very mad.... hit it with a wrench... and it ran away...

 

[pastrymama]

rufus,

i have lived here my entire life and i had to google what it was that you were talking about that turned into the hantavirus. it was about 10 years ago maybe in the 4 corners? granted, at that time i was in my mid twenties and paying attention to absolutely nothing but work, culinary school and being married, but i really don't remember this going on. it is so easy to be so caught up in your own life and miss everything else around you.

to everyone:

so i had a conversation with dh on thanksgiving about our rooster's name. i know i had mentioned it on here once and then he realized how racial it is. i had no idea that it was that bad! i just thought that there was some contraversy about a book way back when. so i guess his name will be roo from now on because i would hate for my kids to say something at school and offend a teacher or another adult. so if i had offended anyone on here by mentioning that name, i apologize. i grew up with that book and ate in that restaurant in yuma every summer on the way to cali and honestly had no clue. again, my apologies.

 

[Bob's Henhouse]

Pasrtymama, my politically incorrect 2 cents worth. I used to work at Sambo's. Still have the wooden nickel coffee chips. It was not racial, it was an OLD story, it was then hijacked and corrupted to be a racial epithet. Gay used to mean carefree and happy, now?!?! You cannot go through life catering to the whims of every single person or group who thinks they've been wronged. I eat crackers, and, to some, i AM a cracker. To others, I'm a "Gringo, pato salado" (zapato?) White guy with salty feet(shoes)? What the heck does that mean, and why would I care? You want ot offend me, don't choose my race, tell me I'M lazy, I'M whatever.. I can't choose my race, but I choose my charactor. Oops, my soapbox is collapsing so I'd better get off it. I'M a lousy carpenter.

 

[hathor.az]

Hi
We're in cottonwood. They are in the coop at night but outside roaming all day. They always have plenty of water and shade.
We have never had any problems.

 

[Lyongirl]

Bob's Henhouse :

Pasrtymama, my politically incorrect 2 cents worth. I used to work at Sambo's. Still have the wooden nickel coffee chips. It was not racial, it was an OLD story, it was then hijacked and corrupted to be a racial epithet. Gay used to mean carefree and happy, now?!?! You cannot go through life catering to the whims of every single person or group who thinks they've been wronged. I eat crackers, and, to some, i AM a cracker. To others, I'm a "Gringo, pato salado" (zapato?) White guy with salty feet(shoes)? What the heck does that mean, and why would I care? You want ot offend me, don't choose my race, tell me I'M lazy, I'M whatever.. I can't choose my race, but I choose my charactor. Oops, my soapbox is collapsing so I'd better get off it. I'M a lousy carpenter.

There's someone I personally know named Gay and you can't say her name without children giggling..it's kind of sad how we can twist words that once meant something wonderful into something offensive. People get offended way to easily I say

 

[NoSkiveez]

I did a mite inspection today and found very few mites. I will be dusting with Sevin dust again Tuesday. I've seen a lot of improvement. I am glad to see something working.

Who was it that is fly tieing?

 

[rufus]

Bob's Henhouse :

Pasrtymama, my politically incorrect 2 cents worth. I used to work at Sambo's. Still have the wooden nickel coffee chips. It was not racial, it was an OLD story, it was then hijacked and corrupted to be a racial epithet. Gay used to mean carefree and happy, now?!?! You cannot go through life catering to the whims of every single person or group who thinks they've been wronged. I eat crackers, and, to some, i AM a cracker. To others, I'm a "Gringo, pato salado" (zapato?) White guy with salty feet(shoes)? What the heck does that mean, and why would I care? You want ot offend me, don't choose my race, tell me I'M lazy, I'M whatever.. I can't choose my race, but I choose my charactor. Oops, my soapbox is collapsing so I'd better get off it. I'M a lousy carpenter.

Patas saladas goes back to the Mexican War. It was "Gringos, patas saladas." It meant that the Mexican Army was going to drive the Yanqui invaders back into the sea. It sure didn't work out that way.

"Gringo" came from some song the US Army used to sing, "Green grow the rashes oh" or something like that.

The term "Hooker" came from some ladies of a dubious nature that came along with the US troops to provide prostate therapy. General Hooker always took them along.

More useless knowledge to clutter up your mind.

Rufus​