Did anyone notice Amy Beth's birthday is today!??! I just realized it!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY BETH (ZOOWEEMAMA)!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY BETH (ZOOWEEMAMA)!!!
California - Northern
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Amy, I did notice, but forgot to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! A day to take pictures and not have to cook dinner sounds perfect. Best wishes to you and yours!
Lynda
Ron
Happy bday Amy beth! were you anywhere near that palo cedro fire?
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It's only the first one that's expensive, after that they are free!
Happy Birthday AmyBeth.
Deb
How did you know that? Does it pop up somewhere? haha Thanks!
Thank yaouch sorry Amy Beth
Happy Birthday
Gracias
donkey shane. hehe kidding Danke schoenAmy Beth!
Ron
Thanks Jeff! No not really but dang the smoke! Orange skies!
Thank you, ma'am! haha I am totally looking forward to letting my Orpies sit and hatch some chicks this Spring. Awww!It's only the first one that's expensive, after that they are free!
Happy Birthday AmyBeth.
Deb
I was so surprised. When I came out to the coop area with the feed in hand for supper it was like they KNEW! They all ran through the orchard to me. How funny is that? I walked into the coop and all but 1 followed me in. 25 in, 1 had to coaxed- not bad odds for the first day/night! It was SO fun watching them peck and scratch the ground! The geese amazingly enough are leaving them alone so far. I have to watch my drakes around them- drakes will mount anything and if a drake mounts a hen it can kill her. I was fascinated to learn ducks have penises and roosters don't. No wonder hens end up dead or damaged after a drake mates her. Poor things! So far the ducks are too preoccupied with the the pond so that's good. Free ranging the chickens is more important to me than keeping these drakes- so if one had to go...it would be my drakes so my ladies could range freely.
Happy Birthday to ya Amy Beth!!! Haaaappyyyyy biiiiiirthdaaaayyyyy!!
Lol I thought maybe it was your birthday when you said something about your camera. I thought it was from your last birthday.
I'm a little slow sometimes lol.
I hope you enjoyed your day!
Lol I thought maybe it was your birthday when you said something about your camera. I thought it was from your last birthday.
I'm a little slow sometimes lol.
I hope you enjoyed your day!
Hey Ron what all do you need to rehome?
From earlier today:
it's interesting, that for most of the chicken's history with people, they were kept primarily for eggs, not meat (up until WWII or so, chicken meat was the sunday/occasional delicacy, not an everyday staple), and WERE valuable to most people -- they just didn't necessarily see all the biological relationships between food and egg-laying and molting patterns. i'm not sure one can compare modern understanding of nutrition and disease and etc. to past times & conclude that people cared or valued less?
because chickens, like pigs and most other livestock, have always been in the role of taking resources people otherwise wouldn't/couldn't really use & turning those into something useful -- with cattle/sheep/goats, it's eating grass that our digestive systems can't process and transforming it into something we can use (meat, wool, milk, etc), and with pigs and chickens, it was mostly eating our refuse & leftovers, as well as free-ranging on their own, & transforming those into eggs and bacon. so handy! and most definitely valued.
pardon me; it's the first week of classes, i'm teaching environmental history (among other things), and hence you get a lecture. i'll do my best to restrain the impulse! and most backyard chickens are certainly better looked-after today than they ever were in the past -- i just don't want us to think that it's because we care MORE, we just have better biological/medical understanding of their needs, and perhaps care about slightly different priorities.
and happy birthday amy beth!!
best,
laura
it's interesting, that for most of the chicken's history with people, they were kept primarily for eggs, not meat (up until WWII or so, chicken meat was the sunday/occasional delicacy, not an everyday staple), and WERE valuable to most people -- they just didn't necessarily see all the biological relationships between food and egg-laying and molting patterns. i'm not sure one can compare modern understanding of nutrition and disease and etc. to past times & conclude that people cared or valued less?
because chickens, like pigs and most other livestock, have always been in the role of taking resources people otherwise wouldn't/couldn't really use & turning those into something useful -- with cattle/sheep/goats, it's eating grass that our digestive systems can't process and transforming it into something we can use (meat, wool, milk, etc), and with pigs and chickens, it was mostly eating our refuse & leftovers, as well as free-ranging on their own, & transforming those into eggs and bacon. so handy! and most definitely valued.
pardon me; it's the first week of classes, i'm teaching environmental history (among other things), and hence you get a lecture. i'll do my best to restrain the impulse! and most backyard chickens are certainly better looked-after today than they ever were in the past -- i just don't want us to think that it's because we care MORE, we just have better biological/medical understanding of their needs, and perhaps care about slightly different priorities.
and happy birthday amy beth!!
best,
laura
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