Farm pets, dirt, grass, weeds, sandy beaches, irrigation swimming holes & open spaces ~ yep, good way for kids to build up immunity while growing up!Clyde joined his sweeties in a dirt pile yesterday
The dirt was flying!
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He adores Patches and Silver Bord and they only have eyes for him. It’s so sweet.
Wonder what chicks from them would look like??? Brown eggs for sure, topknots…. They would be grey - likely look like their mamas.
Anywhoooo not hatching eggs this year, not even for my niece’s school. Seems the school board has banned hatching eggs in the Kindergarten classes. Something about health risk - stupid people make me want to scream. There has never been one issue with health ever from having chicks and pets in a classroom.
When I was in school we had gerbils, hamsters, Guinea pigs, hatched ducklings and geese. Sometimes the teachers would bring their dogs in. Sheesh! Never ever had any issues with anything, not even allergies.
Kids these days are not exposed to enough dirt I say! When I was growing u we spent summer days out on the floating raft which the Gulls roosted on at night. First ones out there each morning had to clean off the raft deck of all that Gull poop.
Two of us would go opposite corners and start rocking the raft and get the corners under the water to slosh the water up onto the raft. It was a huge raft about 15’x15’ wooden deck welded steel frame floated with the use of 50gallon steel drums. It took some work to get it cleaned off. We would start sliding around on the wet wood and fall into the water full of Gull poop, inevitably swallowing some - ewww!
But we were never sick, and I guess all that poop cleaning is why I have no issues with dealing with horse and chicken poop now.
Yep those were the days! Then we would all lay out on that raft all day in the sun like seals, when we got hot we rolled into the water. Sometimes a stray Gull would join us hahaha. All is girls laying in the sun with the odd Gull just relaxing the summer away like seals on a beach.
Oh and best thing! Our parents couldn’t get to us unless they swam out which never did! Heaven!
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Come join us Hooman!
c. 1940's to 50's
I've been lucky not to have an egg eater but talked w/ owners who have. Separation or culling was their remedy.
