Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

This one has 3 in it and you can barely see them. I have 9 other quail (I sold 15) that I am going to grow out and see what they look like. I have 2 that are very interesting color wise.

I can barely see the bantams also they’re like little blue spiky dinosaurs atm LOL and good idea

 

[ShrekDawg]

This is so impressive.

@FortCluck shared it with me lol

 

[FortCluck]

This is so impressive.

@FortCluck shared it with me lol

I dont even know why it showed up on my youtube. It kept me entertained for a bit.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I dont even know why it showed up on my youtube. It kept me entertained for a bit.

I feel like YouTube recommends the strangest things sometimes LOL

 

[MROO]

But... but ... but.. how did they get out of that?

My first instincts were correct ... CATS! Actually, it was "Cat," singular. DS, aka "The Cat Whisperer," has a pair of former feral barn-cats-turned-house-pets. They have come a looooooong way in just two weeks - from hissing from the back of the kennel when we look at them to actively seeking attention (10-mo-old Poe) and grudgingly accepting touch, but wanting to be near the food-givers (Kohana, almost 2 years.) Just this week, Poe decided that he'd rather be with people and Hana actually gave up an honest-to-goodness purr (first ever!,) so they graduated to free-ranging in DS' bedroom. This morning, when he left for work, he deliberately left his door open so they could explore while the rest of the household (including Crazy Dog) were still asleep.
Have you ever heard the old line that "A cat will sit on a hot stove once ... then never again on a cold one" ? Well, I think it's a safe bet that Kohana will NEVER try to sit on a cage of chickens again!

 

[MROO]

Why didn’t you like them? I have 8 right now.

I'm not a fan, either, but I think I can attribute that to the fact that my first was a hatchery Silkie. I'm currently looking for a black hen for my outreach program. I figure that somewhere, someone has an older, sweet-natured non-egg-laying hen who could use a retirement home. I'll never go the hatchery Silkie route again - health, temperament and standards definitely suffer!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/job-opening-lap-chicken.1351925/#post-22288122

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My first instincts were correct ... CATS! Actually, it was "Cat," singular. DS, aka "The Cat Whisperer," has a pair of former feral barn-cats-turned-house-pets. They have come a looooooong way in just two weeks - from hissing from the back of the kennel when we look at them to actively seeking attention (10-mo-old Poe) and grudgingly accepting touch, but wanting to be near the food-givers (Kohana, almost 2 years.) Just this week, Poe decided that he'd rather be with people and Hana actually gave up an honest-to-goodness purr (first ever!,) so they graduated to free-ranging in DS' bedroom. This morning, when he left for work, he deliberately left his door open so they could explore while the rest of the household (including Crazy Dog) were still asleep.
Have you ever heard the old line that "A cat will sit on a hot stove once ... then never again on a cold one" ? Well, I think it's a safe bet that Kohana will NEVER try to sit on a cage of chickens again!

Wahaha! That's hilarious! You tell a great story, sister @MROO!

 

[MROO]

I dont even know why it showed up on my youtube. It kept me entertained for a bit.

Do a search on these videos ... they're amazing. It helps us understand how things like Babylon's Hanging Gardens and the dramatically beautiful fish ponds in Japan & China were built in ancient days - even some of the things they're finding in Pompei.
Modern technology doesn't give us the ability to build these things. It just gives us ways to do them quickly and cheaply, so we have enough leisure time to screw things up in other ways!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Do a search on these videos ... they're amazing. It helps us understand how things like Babylon's Hanging Gardens and the dramatically beautiful fish ponds in Japan & China were built in ancient days - even some of the things they're finding in Pompei.
Modern technology doesn't give us the ability to build these things. It just gives us ways to do them quickly and cheaply, so we have enough leisure time to screw things up in other ways!

It was so cool watching him build that by hand and use all natural materials and stuff.

 

[MROO]

Im not sure the sex of mine yet, but I’m not keeping anymore cockerels except 1 lucky one maybe but it won’t be a silkie. I was hoping to keep a maran or another bantam Brahma. It all depends on what hatched.

We are turning this into a double decker coop. My father built it for the kids at his house and they are too old to use it so I’m taking it to the farm. My parents have plans for the area it is taking up already.

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That'll make an AWESOME coop & run! Mine is an ancient playhouse/sandbox set-up, too. If I can ever get it cleaned up enough to not embarrass me, I'll post pictures!