Quote: Walt, MFB has been sorta under the weather lately. When he's sick and can't work like he wants to work and is used to working, he gets very bored. VERY bored. When he gets bored he reads threads on BYC. Lots of threads.
I learn a lot of important, need to know stuff when I'm stuck in the house. That's how I learned about chicken diapers, bras, saddles, and how to feed them special sprouted treats with 123 ingredients so they don't die in the winter. The importance of petting your rooster and naming all your chicks so they feel loved.
I also learned some silly useless stuff like the difference in hatchery and breeder stock, line breeding, culling for faults, the history of a lot of Heritage breeds, what to look for in future breeders, the importance of buying a Standard of Perfection and studying it daily if you are wanting to show, and from Bee and the other old timers here that I'm not the only person who thinks chickens are.... well... chickens. And that we all raise our chickens our own way, and that's ok.
I know what is said about BYC by a lot of the serious breeders, but I gotta admit, I love it here. If I can't learn something new when I log on I can at least get a chuckle.