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

[featherhead007]

Vitzengruben mina nebling!

It's easier to type, than it is to speak!

 

[NWHeather]

Haha sea cucumbers aren’t as weird as gooey duck (that’s the phonetic spelling and pronunciation, I can never remember the correct spelling lol) they’re obscene! Like something from a dirty movie obscene! Delicious though

Geoduck. I lived in western WA for 16 years...I never tried them

 

[NWHeather]

.......jalapeno, stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped in bacon and grilled.....omg

YESSSS!!!

 

[NWHeather]

KDOGG331 said:
I don’t think I’ve ever had Sriracha or Tabasco

Wait, what!?!?

Kelsey what exactly do you eat? Your menu needs a makeover!

Mac n cheese and ramen... LOL

 

[ShrekDawg]

Right?
When a chick that used to be $1.29 now costs $4.69 in the matter of just a few years something ain't right. I mean it's not like the electricity went up that much, and they don't really feed the chicks before shipping
(don't even get me started on the crazy rising costs of feed...more than double in under 7 years ...grrr....)
Anyway, where was was I? Oh, yeah...ranting about chick prices.
I swear, the moment something becomes popular you can expect the price to quadruple... boom! just like that. Galls the heck out of me when I now have to pay double to quadruple for the exact sames things even though my income is status quo.

(...status quo pre-coronavirus!)

It is definitely insane!! Backyard chickens are so popular so they can raise the prices. It’s crazy. Although I haven’t seen any be $5! Usually like $4 for the ones I get but they users to be like 3! When I got mine I think they were like $3.25 and now $3.79, $3.99 etc! Even that’s crazy!! I imagine how from under $2 to $5 would be even more shocking!!!

You’re lucky you live close though and can save in shipping.

 

[NWHeather]

Yeah, we have about 2.5 and the yard is huge and I’ve imagined having a couple of horses, goats, and/or sheep grazing on it but I don’t think it’s enough. But then I tell myself people keep horses in tiny little areas and there’s people in town with wayyyy less land than we do and basically just a mud pit that have horses so then I think a nice big huge yard to hang out in really isn’t that bad

But they’re super expensive too and no way I could convince my dad to build a barn or even a shed so it’s a no go

You probably have the room for one or two

But then you gotta feed more hay or feed so I get it.

I have 2.5 as well. I inherited the property after my Dad passed. He was a farrier and had horses, a mini donkey, a couple goats and a pig.
The property became pretty run down over the years, especially the last 5-6 years before he passed away, because of his health.
I have a lot of work to do, but I am contemplating getting a couple mini donkeys in a couple years. My focus right now is training areas for the dogs right now (as well as the chickens of course).

P.S. do you have ferrets? I did several years ago. I miss them. I had private bred, way different than store bought (commercial bred). Private bred are like the Malinois of the ferret world. LOL It was actually the breeder I got most of my ferrets from that I learned a lot about Mal's from. When I got my first Mal mix, she told me, "if you can handle the brown bitey things, you can handle a Mal" LOL

 

[ShrekDawg]

Don't remind me! The damn hardware cloth was the most expensive! couldn't find rolls in stock over 25'. All I could find was "not in stock" "unavailable" and my favorite in stock July 24th. Because I want to dig holes in solid rock with a big iron breaker bar in the midst of monsoon season.

I ordered mine online. They have huge rolls for pretty cheap! I found some for even cheaper than Amazon. Need to find the site.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Anyone ordered from ideal? I checked there like a month ago and the only shipping fee is 7 $ small order fee prices seem the same as other hatcheries

I have chicks coming this week from them.

 

[Legacy Farms]

I ordered mine online. They have huge rolls for pretty cheap! I found some for even cheaper than Amazon. Need to find the site.

I looked online first. Everywhere I could think to check was out of stock. Lowes and Home Depot were even out of huge rolls. As was Cal Ranch and the fencing company.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I looked online first. Everywhere I could think to check was out of stock. Lowes and Home Depot were even out of huge rolls. As was Cal Ranch and the fencing company.

I just checked and I got mine from Audew.com. It was cheaper than Amazon but it might be sold out too. Idk.