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[Sally Sunshine]

how cute is this!!!!











This whole breastfeeding in public thing has just gotten out of control! Lol

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Did you return the favor by throwing the chalkboard at her? Should have.

 

[Chaos18]

Did you return the favor by throwing the chalkboard at her? Should have.

I should have but the chalkboard was behind her and she kicked me out of her classroom.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I have 6 chicks out and one almost completely zipped from those due yesterday. I see no pips in 4 others. I hope I can pull them in the next couple hours and get the others turned.

Now for soapbox time. This is really important for the future of backyard and small flock poultry. There have been over 600 cases this year across the country of people contracting salmonella from handling pet poultry.
For those that allow small children to handle poultry, don't allow kissing and make sure you wash them up immediately afterward.
This goes for adults as well. Always wash hands with soap and water immediately after handling poultry or anything where poultry live.
It is recommended to never keep poultry in the house - including chicks and ducklings.
As someone who has fought in city after city across the area challenging city councils to allow chicken keeping, it is always an issue that is raised as to why they shouldn't be allowed. They don't understand why we don't want to buy store eggs and chicken meat.
I've had council members quote the CDC word for word on multiple occasions saying that the CDC recommends:

• Always wash hands thoroughly with soap and water right after touching live poultry or anything in the area where the birds live and roam;
• Do not let live poultry inside the house; and
• Do not let children younger than 5 years of age handle or touch chicks, ducklings or other live poultry without adult supervision.

I counter by saying that they say the same about dogs and cats but dogs and cats are legal.
If we continue to allow this to get out of control, the pendulum of more backyard poultry being allowed will certainly swing the other way.

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/07/more-than-600-sick-in-45-states-because-of-poultry-pets/

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/salmonella-pet-chickens-makes-611-sick-n612576




Quote: you betcha about the salma, I have hand sanitizee outside and at almost every coop and of course the goat pen too!
Have you read the studies about treating the eggs with a Hydroperoxide solution to help prevent salma? I havent really looked into what they have found as far as effects on hatching eggs, etc. Saw it when it came in my email with one of the poultry digests I get.




UGH got this about four hours ago on my Cell Alerts


Wx : EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM 11AM EDT SAT UNTIL 6PM EDT SUN
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES
HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER
90S. HIGHS ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES
MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM
THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON.

* OUTLOOK
MONDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE JUST AS HOT AS SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. THIS WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED AS WE GET CLOSER.

* IMPACTS
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED HEALTH ISSUES WILL BE HIGH

ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR THOSE IN POOR HEALTH.
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS
STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM
STAY OUT OF THE SUN
AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Usually. I did have a teacher once who threw a chalkboard eraser at me.

That's all? You must have grown up in the era of political correctness.

Did you return the favor by throwing the chalkboard at her? Should have.

That wouldn't have flown where I went to school. I went to high school at an all boys, private, catholic military institute. Discipline was paramount.
I and most of my classmates were hit with rulers, pipes, fists, etc. more times than I could count, sometimes all in the same day.
At one point some parents took one of the teachers (the one with the pipes) and the school to court. The school's position was, "You sent your sons to CBC to be disciplined. If you don't want them disciplined, send them somewhere else." The school won the case.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

@Chaos18 you are probably lucky that's all she threw at you

 

[ChickenCanoe]

you betcha about the salma, I have hand sanitizee outside and at almost every coop and of course the goat pen too!
Have you read the studies about treating the eggs with a Hydroperoxide solution to help prevent salma? I havent really looked into what they have found as far as effects on hatching eggs, etc. Saw it when it came in my email with one of the poultry digests I get.




UGH got this about four hours ago on my Cell Alerts


Wx : EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM 11AM EDT SAT UNTIL 6PM EDT SUN
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES
HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER
90S. HIGHS ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES
MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM
THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON.

* OUTLOOK
MONDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE JUST AS HOT AS SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. THIS WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED AS WE GET CLOSER.

* IMPACTS
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED HEALTH ISSUES WILL BE HIGH

ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR THOSE IN POOR HEALTH.
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS
STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM
STAY OUT OF THE SUN
AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

I get those a couple times a day. We're not even getting below the low 80s at night for the next few days. When you're hot and sweaty all day and don't get a break at night, it really sucks.
I did get a fan installed on one of the coops yesterday though. It is inside a window and blows right at the roost and it felt a lot better overnight.

 

[BantyChooks]

@BantyChooks I am down to 3 eggs in the nest and 16 in the incubator.

how cute is this!!!! This whole breastfeeding in public thing has just gotten out of control! Lol

LOL!

you betcha about the salma, I have hand sanitizee outside and at almost every coop and of course the goat pen too! Have you read the studies about treating the eggs with a Hydroperoxide solution to help prevent salma? I havent really looked into what they have found as far as effects on hatching eggs, etc. Saw it when it came in my email with one of the poultry digests I get. UGH got this about four hours ago on my Cell Alerts Wx : EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM 11AM EDT SAT UNTIL 6PM EDT SUN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. HIGHS ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S. * HEAT INDEX VALUES MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. * OUTLOOK MONDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE JUST AS HOT AS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED AS WE GET CLOSER. * IMPACTS THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED HEALTH ISSUES WILL BE HIGH ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM STAY OUT OF THE SUN AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

Interesting about the salmonella, I know I aint as careful as I should be. Yech about the heat wave- Stay safe!

 

[Chaos18]

@Chaos18 you are probably lucky that's all she threw at you

I think that's all she threw because that's what she had in her hand at the time. I guess I'm lucky it wasn't a textbook or something

That's all? You must have grown up in the era of political correctness.
.......

Not really. It wasn't a Catholic school and most of the kids behaved

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: I had a Vice Principal stop me in the hall for not wearing a belt. At the time, I was wearing a new pair of "Continentals", which had no belt loops; just a short non-functional belt in the back for decoration. I reminded her that there were no belt loops to put a belt through. She said it didn't matter; school policy required boys to wear belts, whereupon she produced a length of rope or twine, which she tied around my waist. When she was finished, I pulled my pocket knife out (yeah, there actually was a time when most guys carried pocket knives wherever they went...they were tools) and cut the "belt", right there in front of her. Never heard another word out of her!