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

[SnapdragonQ]

Yes, it shows photographs of the people of both the "real" Marwen and the Movie version.

What really hit home for me/us was Googling Marwen afterwards, which took us to all the down-n-dirty, behind-the-scene details. I do NOT recommend watching the details first, even for adults who know the story. It ruins the innocence and the joy in the movie. Do it right after. Better yet, throw out, "I wonder if the place is real, too" and let the girls look it up for you. It's enlightening ... and humbling ... and in the face of today's social crisis ... ex-TREME-ly current!

To be clear, there are some uncomfortable, but decently handled topics - drug references, civil unrest and bullying references, war and mental illness - a lot of things that teens and tweens deal with in school-based discussions. If it helps any, I work very closely with middle school kids and I find this movie to be spot-on appropriate for the age and a perfect leaping-off point for some really important thoughts and discussions.

If you DO watch it, please let me know. I'm curious to hear your kids' - and your - reactions.

Thank you for that.
It's on my watch list too, just haven't gotten to it yet. I'll be sure not to look anything up until I watch it.

 

[MROO]

Of the fort I turned into a coop or the people at Walmart

The Coop, of course. Too many "People at WalMart" pictures fall into the "Horror" genre, anymore!

 

[FortCluck]

I guess the egg is cream with brown specks... or it’s my lighting. I’ve never had an egg like this until yesterday.

 

[MROO]

I only paid $3 per chick too I’m just adding salt to your wounds now. Funny thing is this person bought chicks from me a few weeks before and I didn’t know it was her ad I was responding to. My husband looked at all of the breeds she had and was drooling

Oh well, even if I fell into a deal like that, I couldn't take advantage of it. I guess it's a GOOD thing that I don't have the extra space. It keeps me ... relatively ... honest!
{{{ ... sigh ... }}}

 

[FortCluck]

@MROO here is the coop/run and the Polish Deathlayers, BCM, Buff Silkie, and Delaware Giant... check out the silverish one... completely in love!

Jerky the Turkey sleeps on top on the roof part

And we used only hand tools, wood, and materials that were free. I try to reuse as much as I can so I’m not causing more waste. This fort/coop is in our run that’s predator proofed. And yes we kept the climbing rocks because Jerky climbs them

The chicks that are going to be hard to choose from... All of the Polish Deathlayers came from the same parents. Not one is the same color!

 

[FortCluck]

Oh well, even if I fell into a deal like that, I couldn't take advantage of it. I guess it's a GOOD thing that I don't have the extra space. It keeps me ... relatively ... honest!
{{{ ... sigh ... }}}

She sold me the Polish for the price too. She just does it for fun and enjoys it like me. Sometimes I sell mine for $3. Usually $5.

 

[FortCluck]

And the roofing was so easy. You peel the back off and stick it on. It’s so expensive for a roll of it though. Good thing our friends always keep an eye out on job sites and give us the throw away stuff. The box got wet so they didn’t want to keep it and were chucking it in the dumpster a $150 roll... must be nice to have that type of money!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My little buff cochin bantam lays a light colored, lightly freckled egg. She's the only cochin I've ever had, so I have NO idea if that's normal or not, but they seem fine - and so does she. She just hatched her first chick, yesterday. We thought she was evil as a broody, but we weren't prepared for the Mama-Monster she just became, overnight. Our "Gem" has become "GemZilla!"

One thing I like about my BOs, even when they are broody, I can stick my hand under them and take eggs right out from under them. They puff up and "growl" at me a little bit, and one of them will even give me a halfhearted little peck, but no big deal.

 

[FortCluck]

One thing I like about my BOs, even when they are broody, I can stick my hand under them and take eggs right out from under them. They puff up and "growl" at me a little bit, and one of them will even give me a halfhearted little peck, but no big deal.

My Cochins are evil, but I like them that way because they protect their young very well. I don’t mess with their eggs and let them do their thing. Tonight though I am adding chicks underneath all my broodies except the Muscovy and taking the eggs underneath them then putting them in the incubator and trashing the no good ones.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Sultans. I WANT SULTANS! Not just the bantams, the full-sized, critically endangered ones. I WANT SULTANS (Oops, did I say that already?) I have NO more room and I've stretched the "No Rooster" patience of my neighbors far enough, already ...




BUT ...




I WANT SULTANS!

There are lots of birds I want! But I just got some EE, Buff Laced polish, and Jubilee Orpingtons. Wait until hubby figures that out!