Yes grasshoppers bite! And my brother has a chunk out of his hand to prove it! We had chickens as kids and played chicken football with grasshoppers.
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Until you put on a pair of pants with a wasp in them and emerge unscathed I don't think you have any special powers..........lol I have done that and let me tell you that he got me about 6 times before I know what was happening.
Walt
Walt (Fowlman01) would be of help in this discussion.
Heritage birds, true to breed type, SOP type, purely line bred for 75 years type birds are very, very hard to find. There may be less than a few hundred true New Hampshires in existence. Some of us Old Timers (including Robert Blosl) even doubt the true Delaware even exists. There may be less than a few thousand true bred Rhode Island Reds alive. The true to breed, rose combed Rhode Island White may number fewer than 200 even in existence. The true bred Columbian Rock is literally rarer than hen's teeth. One of the frequent posters here, Al, may know for sure, but how many true bred Cornish are there?
The hatcheries provide a service in producing literally millions of chicks each year, while the heritage breeders sometimes only produce hundreds of chicks, nationwide, depending on the specific breed. In a nutshell, there simply aren't the number of true heritage bred fowl even available to supply the number of people who might desire them.
But, even if these true heritage birds were more readily available, would most backyarders really want a chick that takes 10 weeks to even feather out? Would they really want birds that take 8 months to come to point of lay? Would they really want birds that may take forever and day to mature? Would they really want the slow growth rate and loooooooooong feeding period that it takes to grow out many of the true bred, heritage birds? What would most of these folks even do with such birds, beyond the first generation? It's not as if 99% of such folks would breed them faithfully and true to type anyhow.
These are sincere questions.
NEVER????Never ran barefoot as a child? You are the second adult within two weeks that I've read had never been stung by a bee! Not even a sweat bee? Did yo' mama keep you in a bubble whilst you were growin' upwards?![]()
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Seriously, is that common in this generation? No bee stings?
OK that gives me more to think about. I'll add some piping coming out of the manure to release gases and check on getting a methane meter to measure it. Thanks for that thought. People helping people how wonderful is this world of ours.Would you need to be concerned about methane gas release? I would hate to Asphixiate the birds, or blow them up!
RobertH
Yep, grasshoppers bite...not just an OT tale. Even Asian beetles, sometimes mistaken for ladybugs, can bite~hard.
We've had those worms here and didn't know what they were called...we just called them "those fuzzy, stingy worms" that drop out of the trees and wherever they touch is like fire and misery. Hate those things...it's like they drop on you on purpose and hit just the right spot where they go down the collar of your shirt, roll all the way down and leaving a trail of hair and fire. Horrible things!