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

[FortCluck]

My daughter gave me a birthday gift yesterday, a pound of ground round !!!!!

That's a great gift

 

[21hens-incharge]

Are the hatcheries by mail chicks out of chicks as well?

Cackle was still showing availability last I checked.

 

[seminolewind]

I know what you mean KDOGG. I used to raise enough meat birds for our yearly needs at my old farm and would take them to a local Mennonite farm. They had an inspected facility set up just for butchering. It was well worth the $2 per chicken and $8 per turkey price tag to have them do it. And I knew my birds were treated well with human hands and no harsh chemicals were used.
First time I went though I bawled like a baby when I left my birds. It got easier in time.

Now I live where there are no places to take them. Remember, we have severe allergies here, but I've been able to make do with what safe stuff I can find locally, which was already super hard to find.
Now? Pfft. And for the foreseeable future? Double pfft....it's gonna be really hard to find safe meats. So, I've decided I'll need to put my big girl boots on and butcher myself. I know how, and I'm not squeamish at all, I just don't like to. I'm a ninny.

You are not a ninny. Processing is an unfortunate reality. I can't . But I could probably pay someone else to do it.

 

[BullChick]

I keep getting emails from the hatcheries with big sales. The only thing sold out is the started pullets at Myer Hatchery.

Funny Groupon email.

 

[seminolewind]

This business owner just on tv was saying that people can't wait for those checks. People need it now.

I think it's a great idea-but millions of people are getting money and 3 weeks is pretty quick!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

It was also held up for other reasons. For example, initially it was going to be a tax rebate, not a cut check. Also it was going to be based on income tax percentage, which meant people making a lot of money already were going to be making even MORE money from it. Now it's based on flat rates in reverse - if you make more than a certain amount in a year your amount goes down not up. And disabled people or people who were fired were going to get $0, which completely defeated the purpose.

It also included a $500 billion company bailout with no transparency. It was basically just a free pass for anyone to cut a check to any company for a huge sum of money without even telling us how it was spent or who was signing what to where.

Earmarks like the 25m to the kennedy center exist on every bill, and some of them still went through. They're a drop in the bucket which is why they get squeezed in. I don't think they're required but they're hardly the only reason it got shut down. It was just a bad bill in general in its first form.

Bingo ^^^
A lot of things needed fixing so the bill would benefit the everyday worker more and the fat cats less.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I recorded our chicken singing her egg song the other day and my husband put it on the walkie-talkie for his work and they were busting out laughing...

He said it was his job to make everybody laugh at least once a day during this time

I laughed so hard yesterday when my little EE was looking for the hen singing the egg song and singing his little heart back to her not crowing (though he did that too right before) but clucking and bawking and singing back then he got scared when she finally came out LOL stuff like this is why I don’t totally hate them yet and why I don’t think I could butcher them

 

[Kiki]

I laughed so hard yesterday when my little EE was looking for the hen singing the egg song and singing his little heart back to her not crowing (though he did that too right before) but clicking and bawking and singing back then he got scared when she finally came out LOL stuff like this is why I don’t totally hate them yet and why I don’t think I could butcher them

What are you going to do when they all start fighting and beating each other up?

 

[SnapdragonQ]

You are not a ninny. Processing is an unfortunate reality. I can't . But I could probably pay someone else to do it.

Thank you. Back at cha'...

 

[ShrekDawg]

I know what you mean KDOGG. I used to raise enough meat birds for our yearly needs at my old farm and would take them to a local Mennonite farm. They had an inspected facility set up just for butchering. It was well worth the $2 per chicken and $8 per turkey price tag to have them do it. And I knew my birds were treated well with human hands and no harsh chemicals were used.
First time I went though I bawled like a baby when I left my birds. It got easier in time.

Now I live where there are no places to take them. Remember, we have severe allergies here, but I've been able to make do with what safe stuff I can find locally, which was already super hard to find.
Now? Pfft. And for the foreseeable future? Double pfft....it's gonna be really hard to find safe meats. So, I've decided I'll need to put my big girl boots on and butcher myself. I know how, and I'm not squeamish at all, I just don't like to. I'm a ninny.

Meats are unsafe too!? Makes sense with all the carp they put in them but I hadn’t really thought of that before

I’m so sorry and I hope you can find safe meats!

And I don’t think you’re a ninny!! Taking a life is a big deal!! But I think you can do it!!

And I hope someday I can too.

But my biggest hold up with these guys is that I hatched and raised them myself and it was my first hatch ever so it’s hard.

I know that sounds really stupid but it’s true.

Although, that said, the one I was really attached to, the first hatched and such a sweet chick, got killed, and a particular one is getting on my nerves so I think I could kill that one