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

[SnapdragonQ]

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

Not stupid at all, it is hard. Trust me. Taking a life is, and should be, very sobering. I even hate popping a raccoon in a catch trap. I do it because I know they will kill my chickens, which are a safe food source for kiddo, but I hate doing.

Yeah, unsafe poultry meats is the reason I started raising meat birds and turkeys. It started when kiddo was 3 years old and I could not find a safe turkey for Thanksgiving. Or a safe whole chicken. None. Zip. Zilch. Zero.
It's still an issue that I have to be very careful about.

 

[igorsMistress]

I don't like processing but I like my families noises at the dinner table while they're eating it.

Honestly, I don't have much gusto for meat. I consider it a side item and always have.

 

[FortCluck]

What do you do with all those babies?

What do you mean?

I give them away, keep them, or butcher them when they're 16 weeks.

 

[featherhead007]

Was just out with the chickens... They were trying to tell me how to protect myself from the virus. But I just don't want to lay down in the dirt and cover myself in it. But I think they mean well by showing me how it's done.

 

[Shadrach]

I don't really understand how the health care system works in the USA.
Here in Europe and in the UK it's primarily a state system. The problem here is the state hasn't invest enough in the system and in certain countries, encouraged private concerns.
We, the voters, can't do much about disease. It's natural and it happens and has been happening throughput history. What we can do is try to ensure our health care systems are capable of responding to epidemics and as our populations life expectancy increases, take this into account in our health care provision.
Apparently there isn't a shortage of money. What there is is a shortage of commitment.
My hope is, although I believe it is a hope in vain, is that we will learn from this epidemic and invest in health care.
My view is still that the total lock downs being seen in many countries is not the right policy.
Better to isolate the most vulnerable to this virus and let those least likely to suffer from serious illness from the virus go to work. Many millions are likely to contract the virus but it is a life threatening disease to a comparatively small section of the population. These are the people we need to protect and from past experience and current medical knowledge we know who is in the high risk category.
There are lots of harrowing stories in the media already. There will no doubt be many more.
But, if one reads the statistics and the scientific evidence gathered so far, we are not all going to die from Covid-19.
China has a population of roughly 3.4 billion people out of which three thousand two hundred and eighty seven have died to date from Covid-19. This is a very small number relative to the population.
This is the current data.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093256/novel-coronavirus-2019ncov-deaths-worldwide-by-country/

 

[sdm111]

2,305/83

 

[ShrekDawg]

Wonders this as well.....remembering back to the "Oh great...all the silkies are males"...14 weeks old and they tried to kill my japanese blacktail roo. They ripped his comb completely off and bloodied him front to back. I am pretty sure the only reason those things didn't actually kill him is my JG head hen had zero tolerance for idiotic crap. She had blood on her feet and one cockerel had a ripped up chest.

Best to be done with them or keep them totally separate immediately rather than deal with a bloodbath.

Oh wow that sounds awful!

Good thing he lived!

But that said, all of mine were raised together and established pecking order early on so so far they’re getting along. I know that can change in an instant but if it does, I’m ready and if I had to, I would kill them. I wouldn’t just let my birds suffer and get bloodied up.

But right now the only issues are crowing and being a little too interested in the girls, the latter of which has been solved by keeping them locked up and giving them more to do. They already live separately. They just free ranged together for a while. So it’s no problem to just not let them free range.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Not stupid at all, it is hard. Trust me. Taking a life is, and should be, very sobering. I even hate popping a raccoon in a catch trap. I do it because I know they will kill my chickens, which are a safe food source for kiddo, but I hate doing.

Yeah, unsafe poultry meats is the reason I started raising meat birds and turkeys. It started when kiddo was 3 years old and I could not find a safe turkey for Thanksgiving. Or a safe whole chicken. None. Zip. Zilch. Zero.
It's still an issue that I have to be very careful about.

Thank you. Yeah, I just watched a video on it and I think I could probably do it but it kind of makes me nervous or whatever thinking about it. I’m hoping I don’t have to but at the same time, I kind of want to try it.

And oh wow! I had no idea they were so unsafe!

I think that’s amazing what you’re doing for your kid and family.

 

[muddy75]

Weather is great! I'm in southern Indiana too! Corydon.

that’s awesome!! i’m in Jeff.....

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

I love this!