Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

[al6517]

There is also alot to be said for the way we train our birds to accept what we feed them, they become accustom to how we feed them and welcome certain treats like animal fat and good solid animal protien. Train your flock to table scraps and you and your birds will be happy campers. I certainly am not one to say OOOHHH myyyy my birds don't like this or that............... shoot fire they get what they git and love every morsel, cause they ain't spoiled and know a good meal when they see one LOL. Some of Ya'll know exactly what I am talkin about.

 

[galanie]

There is also alot to be said for the way we train our birds to accept what we feed them, they become accustom to how we feed them and welcome certain treats like animal fat and good solid animal protien. Train your flock to table scraps and you and your birds will be happy campers. I certainly am not one to say OOOHHH myyyy my birds don't like this or that............... shoot fire they get what they git and love every morsel, cause they ain't spoiled and know a good meal when they see one LOL. Some of Ya'll know exactly what I am talkin about.

LOL! Love it or Starve is my motto!

...unless it's Purina "veggie-wonderful-food." I caved in on that one. After I realized it was veggie.

 

[Beekissed]

Yep! Goes the same for pets....they will eventually get hungry enough to eat what you are serving. I've found, that if you leave it in the feeder/feed bowl long enough, they will eventually eat it all...whatever it is.

 

[galanie]

Yep!  Goes the same for pets....they will eventually get hungry enough to eat what you are serving.  I've found, that if you leave it in the feeder/feed bowl long enough, they will eventually eat it all...whatever it is. 

 

HAHAHA even if it's a cat! People have such picky cats. I never did. "Eat it or starve thankyouverymuch!" And I love cats. But shoot, if it's quality and it's good, I'm not caving. On the other hand if it's the cheapest the store had, well, I understand.

 

[Beekissed]

My cat actually preferred the cheapest stuff....he was a great hunter, so he got premium food out in the field, so cat food was merely a crunchy snack for him.

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

No I don't think I will consider that, too much hassle. Besides I plan to get out of the chicken business shortly because of what happened this past month, I will keep a few layers for personal use, because I need to have a few birds around to maintain my sanity LOL. I plan to use all the extra space in the chicken condo for misc storage.

Not an OT by any means...but this makes me sad. I hug you with my mind, and spirit, Al.

ETAI should qualify this by saying I am sad about you getting out of the chicken biz. But I wish you well with your "for-sanity" birds. I pray you stay and continue to be a mentor to all us New-Timers, even still)

 

[normanack]

I hug you with my mind, and spirit, Al.

So very well put, so I'll just say,

x 2.

Heck.

x 2,000,000.

 

[Bobby Basham]

Re: Holidays. They are always not my favorite times of year. Thanksgiving is a forced affair and so is Christmas. If I can enjoy them with people I enjoy being around, then that's great. Otherwise, I'd rather be by myself. If my son or daughter (parents are gone, no uncles or aunts and my brothers normally spend it with their or their wives families) or both need to spend this day with the in laws or out laws or whoever and I'm not invited that year, then great. I'm just not going to be the overbearing, much too willful, mom that mine was. Anyway I like being alone and since both my folks died between Thanksgiving and Christmas (though in vastly different years) I'm super happy just letting people be and having them leave me be.
That said, if I were sure I was hosting just people I love, my kids and their kids, I'd happily cook the whole meal and enjoy the day with them. But they have relatives other than me, and one is more than 1000 miles away while the other has "other family" that I frankly can't stand. So be it. There's no friction at all. The close one lets me know if they are available or not, and I plan accordingly. I'm not upset one way or the other.

Galanie, I like how you roll. I'm in Arizona and my crazy family is back in Pennsylvania, though some of them finally got the nerve recently to move to Florida and Georgia after the last 50 years. I didn't have a close knit family but, for some reason, they all had to live close to each other...drove me nuts. I didn't visit them during the holidays when I lived back there about 50 miles away, and have no intentions of visiting them now being 2,200 miles away. Maybe I could go back and see my mom since she turns 93 on December 2nd. We used to be buddies back in the day and spent many a late night until the wee morning hours at the kitchen table talking.

I get invitations from churchfolks and co-workers, but I politely decline, preferring to be alone. I savor the time being all by myself in this big 4-BR house after working and dealing with folks 7 days/week, and if I wanna spend my holidays alone snuggled on the couch, eating a sammich, sipping some brandy, and watching a good movie or reading a book, then that's my prerogative. And, don't even think about calling because I won't pick up the phone, and you definitely won't get in my door if you pop up unannounced.

Oh my, this is a chicken thread...I could snuggle with a few hens, but that won't be until Spring. Well, not literally snuggle, but put a chair out in the run and observe them. I truly believe their conversations would be more interesting and they'd probably appreciate a sounding board when you come home from work...of course, a few treats in hand scattered around wouldn't hurt, either. LOL. You may not know exactly all that they're saying, but you could probably get the jist of how their day went.

I'd like to know what goes on in their little bean heads, other than just hunger and survival. --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

 

[bruceh]

Galanie, I like how you roll. I'm in Arizona and my crazy family is back in Pennsylvania, though some of them finally got the nerve recently to move to Florida and Georgia after the last 50 years. I didn't have a close knit family but, for some reason, they all had to live close to each other...drove me nuts. I didn't visit them during the holidays when I lived back there about 50 miles away, and have no intentions of visiting them now being 2,200 miles away. Maybe I could go back and see my mom since she turns 93 on December 2nd. We used to be buddies back in the day and spent many a late night until the wee morning hours at the kitchen table talking.

I get invitations from churchfolks and co-workers, but I politely decline, preferring to be alone. I savor the time being all by myself in this big 4-BR house after working and dealing with folks 7 days/week, and if I wanna spend my holidays alone snuggled on the couch, eating a sammich, sipping some brandy, and watching a good movie or reading a book, then that's my prerogative. And, don't even think about calling because I won't pick up the phone, and you definitely won't get in my door if you pop up unannounced.

Oh my, this is a chicken thread...I could snuggle with a few hens, but that won't be until Spring. Well, not literally snuggle, but put a chair out in the run and observe them. I truly believe their conversations would be more interesting and they'd probably appreciate a sounding board when you come home from work...of course, a few treats in hand scattered around wouldn't hurt, either. LOL. You may not know exactly all that they're saying, but you could probably get the jist of how their day went.

I'd like to know what goes on in their little bean heads, other than just hunger and survival. --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

x2 myself i hate winter. i can go 2-3 months without talking to a soul.but the chickens. i must be part chicken cause in the winter months i don't produce either.

 

[Mountain Momma]

So very well put, so I'll just say,

x 2.

Heck.

x 2,000,000.

me too.
x pie squared.