Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

How is Bernadette?

She is doing GREAT!
Here is the latest on her injury post - she is one crazy chick!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-leg-any-advice-please.1519956/post-25633316

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes, all - including the MMM are supposed to be pullets.

I actually felt guilty about my order being only pullets...due to what happens to the extra cockerels. But, I am trying to not have too many cockerels, and I have enough Heritage BR boys, plus 3 boys for my meat breeding, plus kept one boy (the one that looks like @rural mouse 's Cheetah in coloring, but different comb.) who was supposed to be a pullet Americauna (they are really EE's, though)....so I already have enough boys, and will get more from my own hatching...and want to keep from them a young cockerel in each of my 3 BR breeding lines, plus a couple in the next gen of meat breeding.....so I didn't order straight run. I'll cross both some of the BCM & Welsummer (and a couple EE pullets)with my EE Roo for next year's hatch to keep colored eggs going.

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Very lovely! She looks like my Whiskers

 

[RoyalChick]

The Hooligans went glamping today. The big Princesses were not very interested except for Minnie who presumably sees a chance not to be at the bottom of the hierarchy. When I brought them back home there was a blue egg in the brooder. It is a mystery.

 

[Ponypoor]

She is doing GREAT!
Here is the latest on her injury post - she is one crazy chick!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-leg-any-advice-please.1519956/post-25633316

Just checked out your link, so awesome she is doing well

 

[MaryJanet]

Our wages might go up every year, but they go up 2% and everything else goes up 10%. I had no trouble saving five years ago, now I really struggle.

Whinging tax:
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There are always individual bad actors who value profit more than people (eg electricity companies failing to accommodate disabled and pensioners in pricing models) but national growth is currently around 4% and I think recent policy changes may get wages growing again after ten years or so of stagnation. The ABC has been reporting on it every now and then. So at this time the wages vs cost of living gap is quite wide in Australian terms (nowhere near as bad as it is in some other places), with a few policy changes trickling through to address the gap. This is one of the many good reasons to vote for people who understand economic humility, a rich person can't know the emotional pain that accompanies tough household decision making (eg in Tassie Jacquie Lambie has humble beginnings and has improved over time, she was rather opinionated at first, and is nowadays very focussed on doing the right thing by her voters, who she actually talks to, and she's learned how to wield her power).

Anyway, I'd best drop this topic or I'll be posting all day i really care about the policies that built the nations prosperity and it bugs me when households do it tough while the rich get richer.

On that note, I owe taxes big time!

 

[MaryJanet]

I love this gazebo!!!

Thanks for mentioning it! I had forgotten about that.

 

[MaryJanet]

The Hooligans went glamping today. The big Princesses were not very interested except for Minnie who presumably sees a chance not to be at the bottom of the hierarchy. When I brought them back home there was a blue egg in the brooder. It is a mystery.


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That's a handy little tent you've got for them RC!

 

[LozzyR]

There are always individual bad actors who value profit more than people (eg electricity companies failing to accommodate disabled and pensioners in pricing models) but national growth is currently around 4% and I think recent policy changes may get wages growing again after ten years or so of stagnation. The ABC has been reporting on it every now and then. So at this time the wages vs cost of living gap is quite wide in Australian terms (nowhere near as bad as it is in some other places), with a few policy changes trickling through to address the gap. This is one of the many good reasons to vote for people who understand economic humility, a rich person can't know the emotional pain that accompanies tough household decision making (eg in Tassie Jacquie Lambie has humble beginnings and has improved over time, she was rather opinionated at first, and is nowadays very focussed on doing the right thing by her voters, who she actually talks to, and she's learned how to wield her power).

Anyway, I'd best drop this topic or I'll be posting all day i really care about the policies that built the nations prosperity and it bugs me when households do it tough while the rich get richer.

On that note, I owe taxes big time!

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I’m going to pay close attention to whose policies are what before voting this year. Australian politics has descended into an absolute shambles and I think there is a very good reason why so many independents have sprung up. The more I listen to Jacquie Lambie, the more she sounds like she actually gives a crap about the people she represents. She also doesn’t do the ‘spin and deflect’ thing; she says what she thinks (and quite often not through a filter either! )

Politics tax:

 

[LozzyR]

There’s an absolutely gorgeous YouTube channel (also Instagram and TikTok) about Penny the talking cat. It’s still Caturday in the States so here’s a link to creativity and cuteness.

 

[MaryJanet]

I’m going to pay close attention to whose policies are what before voting this year. Australian politics has descended into an absolute shambles and I think there is a very good reason why so many independents have sprung up. The more I listen to Jacquie Lambie, the more she sounds like she actually gives a crap about the people she represents. She also doesn’t do the ‘spin and deflect’ thing; she says what she thinks (and quite often not through a filter either! )

Politics tax:
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I agree, she's become much better with experience and if I were in her electorate, I'd put her up quite high on my ballot.

Looking at their policies is the best way to go. That way you'll know for sure you did your best.

You probably already know all this but I'll mention it just in case because I've met lots of people who don't: the other great thing is that if your #1 choice doesn't get in, your #2 choice gets your full vote. So you can put someone unlikely to win in your #1 spot. Each #1 vote earns a little money for the party from the Electoral Commission (1 or 2 thousand I think) so each #1 vote makes a party a little stronger than before. They might even get their deposit back.

Anyway, definitely check if policies align to your values, and give your first preference to your favourite, even if they can't win.

Taxes!