Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[mzstre]

Well, I reviewed my swap lists for spring eggs and I think I got off a lot better than some did with the "he who shall not be named" disappointment. I only have 2 claims from this thread (Isbars and Tolbunts) & 2 claims from a different thread (both Jubilee Orp) that will be lost.

 

[mzstre]

I have had so much going on with my son being in the hospital and my husband and daughter sick at home I forgot to post I got eggs from kraftyladies and thespoiledchicken. All arrive intact. None broken. Thank you for the extras. Also got turkey eggs from Sebrightmom today. None broken. Thank you.

Is everyone feeling better? Take care of yourself so you can stay healthy.

 

[rbaker0345]

P.S.

I work at a wildlife rehabilitation hospital and I have also owned chickens for over twenty years. I love all animals and all animals are unique and beautiful in their own way. They are also necessary to their part in the web of life. Seeing a picture like that and hearing about killing gators (which once were on the brink of extinction) just makes me sad.

I have had to scoop my dog up from the reach of a gator before and I have walked into my coop only to find every single one of my ducks beheaded by some kind of toothy predator, but I still cannot bring myself to rejoice in death. I am setting a trap for a snapping turtle in the pond where my brand new ducklings will be swimming as we speak. Last year, turtles got three of my babies and I was devastated, but its the turtles world, its the opossums world and its the gators world. We just happened to move in. What else are they going to do, they need to eat and they will go for the easiest meal possible, just like us. If they get our birds or livestock, its because we made it possible for them to do so and so the fault is ours, not the wild animals.

Opossums are acutally amazing creatures if you think about it. They are the only marsupial which survived the ice age and continental drift, to live OUTSIDE of australia. They are tough, crafty little survivors. Crocodilians like the alligator are living dinosaurs! How cool is that? I know that sometimes we have to neutralize a threat, but shouldn't we temper this killing with regret at the loss of a life. Just like we regret losing our chickens, the web of life regrets losing that opossum.

I take care of two opossums at the hospital and they are two very engaging creatures, its a hoot to see them slurp up some mealworms. Seeing that opossum staked and bloody makes me think of my two babies, potential killers that they may be. But then again, when you think about it, who's the bigger killer, the opossum, the gator or the human. How many species have we eliminated in the past hundred years, because we carelessly believed that we have dominion over the natural world. What's more cruel, an opossum eating some chickens in order to feed itself, or some guys clubbing baby seals so that some rich lady could have a nice coat?

I'm just sayin'

 

[krazykat0373]

killed......

 

[MrsMoonCat]

does anyone happen to have ProfTi / Kristie's address handy? I need to ship her some eggs in the morning and somehow managed to not get her address and she's not online tonight.

Thanks ladies!

 

[crfarm]

I'm happy to help, you don't need to send anything, really.... but rum cake

you keep on you will need a bib!

 

[KYTinpusher]

Yes, alligators were once endangered...but the overprotection of them has led to an explosion in population... Lake Griffin in Florida alone, had OVER 10,000 gators, IN ONE LAKE! There are tens of thousands of lakes between all the states that gators habitate, and they have no natural predators other than man, so I have no problem with harvesting them for meat etc, just like deer...as for possums, nasty little critters that as far as I know have no real use other than to breed, tear into garbage and kill my critters. I have as much use for them as I do mice and rats.

OK, time to kill this subject. Let's move on please.

 

[crfarm]

Well, I reviewed my swap lists for spring eggs and I think I got off a lot better than some did with the "he who shall not be named" disappointment. I only have 2 claims from this thread (Isbars and Tolbunts) & 2 claims from a different thread (both Jubilee Orp) that will be lost.

yes you lucked out. I had over 10 including some side swaps and had sent him 2 PP too.

 

[crfarm]

double post, darn computer!

 

[KYTinpusher]

you keep on you will need a bib!

It's all your guys fault you know! Posting all this wonderful tempting stuff...

(you just made me think more about them!)