Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Hahahaha oh that’s brings back childhood TV memories! We had 2 channels and Hogans Hero’s was on after school every day we had one tv and my grandmother who lived with us would let us watch it. After she watched her soap operas!

Memories tax

BFTP pre hair cut Curly
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Ahh, Hogan’s Heroes! Where’s my butter toffee peanuts and Dr. Pepper! Three great things that go together!

 

[notabitail]

The computer (aka Beakbook) doesn't know that!

True. It asked me to verify that I was a chicken by selected pictures with food in them. I passed.

 

[notabitail]

Ahh, Hogan’s Heroes! Where’s my butter toffee peanuts and Dr. Pepper! Three great things that go together!

One thing I like about Texas: we have a limited time only Dr. Pepper shake once a year.

 

[bgmathteach]

Here is what I found on Artemesia vulgaris.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583039/

Enough to make me give it a go in salad.

I confirmed it has the artemesia fur on its leaves - very fine and soft. I also confirmed the strong and rather pleasing smell when you crush the leaves.
It is described as tasting spicy - I tried a leaf and thought it rather mild. But I think Babs may be trying to grow her beard following Aurora’s advice to eat spicy food!

Artemesia and tax:
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Maybe @MaryJanet should consider giving it to her girls. Especially the hen who has real issues with fatty liver disease!

MJ: excerpt from the study:

11.3. Hepatoprotective Effect​

In 2005, two teams from Pakistani universities in Karachi investigated the hepatoprotective properties of A. vulgaris herb extracts in in vivo studies on mice. They divided the test rodents into five groups and conducted an experiment. The first and second groups were administered with a saline solution; two hours later, the second group received an additional 700 mg/kg d-galactosamine and 1 μg/kg lipopolysaccharide, which caused liver inflammation as confirmed by elevated levels of hepatic function indicators—alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) and aspartate aminotransferase (ASPAT). The third, fourth, and fifth groups were given different, prophylactic, doses (from 150 to 600 mg/kg BW) of a crude hydromethanolic extract prepared from the aerial parts of A. vulgaris, and an hour later, received d-galactosamine and lipopolysaccharide. A significant reduction was noted in ASPAT and ALAT activities in plasma in all the three groups. The results observed in these groups were confirmed by a histopathological examination of the liver, which showed a decrease in cellular edema and apoptotic cell count, and no hyperemia of the hepatic parenchyma, relative to the second group [105].

 

[featherhead007]

One thing I like about Texas: we have a limited time only Dr. Pepper shake once a year.

California gets shakes twice a year maybe. Sometimes none at all!

 

[notabitail]

California gets shakes twice a year maybe. Sometimes none at all!

Oh boy. You are bringing back memories. Do you remember those Ridgefield earthquakes?

 

[rural mouse]

True. It asked me to verify that I was a chicken by selected pictures with food in them. I passed.

Worms . Grasshoppers, and grass seed?!

 

[featherhead007]

Oh boy. You are bringing back memories. Do you remember those Ridgefield earthquakes?

Whittier, Northridge, San Diego Valley, and others

 

[micstrachan]

It looks like Piglet and her still unnamed buddy are developing little crests. So cute!
Piglet’s buddy is the one that had a poopy butt and like Piglet is a Legbar. I must resist calling her Pooh even if she is best friends with Piglet. So undignified. And yet somehow ……
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This little one will also need a name soon - I think she is the Silver Welbar (Bernie is gold). She is quite bold just like Bernie was.

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They are beyond adorable!

 

[notabitail]

Whittier, Northridge, San Diego Valley, and others

I remember there was one earthquake where we had just gotten back from a certain defunct toy store. I was 7, maybe 8 at the time. Anyways, my Dad was opening one of the toys. The night before there was a big earthquake. It broke lots of our statues, knocked down some books and other things off of shelves, and spilled a bottle of windex on the floor. I remember the lights going out while I was reading in bed, then hearing my Mom in the garage doing something, and I had thought the water heater exploded until the ground was shaking. I think I had read all the labels on the water heater too many times. After lots of cleanup, we went to bed. Now, back to the opening of the toy. As the toy was being opened, the ground started shaking. I was terrified. My Mom was loading the car up to go to the grocery store a few streets over. I ran over and asked her if I could go with her. I believed that I could get away from the earthquake. She told me otherwise. It was then that I learned that earthquakes don't just hit one house. They hit many.