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[itsjustme]

I don't get all caught up in food scares or environmental scares.  The news people have to have something to sell papers/attract viewers.  In the '70's there was "absolute proof" that we were going into an ice age due to global cooling.  Now it's global warming.  It's all rubbish.  What it is is weather.  It varies.  Warm spells, cool spells.  Probably due to sunspots, or duck farts.  Who knows.

Food additives, GMO (or is it GMA?), etc.  We live longer than ever before.  Well, except for the folks that worry themselves into an early grave over this kind of nonsense.  All things in moderation and you will be fine.  If there is anything that will cause you the least bit of harm, the lawyers will pounce on it to the very last dollar.  Some of the preservatives in food might be what has kept me from rotting, yet.  Americans are an odd bunch.  We see a river catch fire from pollutants being dumped into it and we decide to do something about it.  Some years later, we are measuring pollutants in the parts per billion and trying to do something about that regardless of cost or benefit.  Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Dad always had a garden and chickens.  Sometimes a milk cow and/or calves for meat.  I had no interest in the garden and he didn't force me.  I was the oldest and got the job of killing, scalding, and plucking the chickens.  I was a kid and got a kick out of chopping of their heads and watching them flop around.  After messing up a couple of hens, Mom wouldn't let me butcher them anymore.  I probably should have messed up the plucking.  I didn't like that job.  It was tedious.  We had a gentle Jersey cow and my brothers and I would lead it over to a fence so we could climb the fence to get high enough to get on the cow's back.  Then the others would let the cow go.  I was the worst rider.  My youngest brother was the best.  It was in suburban Dallas.  There were cactus and cowpies everywhere.  I don't remember any of us falling into either.  We would also grab the cow's tail and ski behind her.  The middle brother was the best at that.  Dad always scolded us to not ride the cow, it would break down her back.  Years later, they admitted that they watched us through a window, laughing at our antics.

Home raised veggies and meat are the best, especially when well ridden.

I won't tell you about the sugar sandwiches we ate (buttered bread with about an 1/8" of sugar between slices).  Didn't kill us yet.

Chill and be happy,

John

lol thank you again john I will chill and be happy! No more worries over food additives etc. And btw I like my butter and sugar sammies toasted sometimes with a pinch of cinnamon. Lol

 

[Quinstar]

So, I had to run into Big R over lunch to pick up some more food for the chicks. They get their chicks in every Friday so I took a gander. One of the signs said Cochins and I about flipped because they had originally told me they weren't getting anymore in. I looked in the tub and they did not look a think like Cochins. Their little legs were as bare as can be. I couldn't see a single piece of fluff anywhere. Do you think they are mis-marked or is it possible to get Cochin chicks without any leg fluff? I've never seen one without, but I'm new to this wholld chicken game. Oh, they were all bright yellow as well.

 

[CRSelvey]

So cute! Love them all and I'm loving your stories too! Keep em coming!


My English Bulldog lays just like that and my brother's Staffordshire does as well. Neither of them have anything going on with their stomachs so I doubt that's what's causing it, but I could be wrong.


So sorry! She was a Light Brahma right? My Brahma is my sweetest of all of my chicks so far. Sorry you had to lose her.


Ok, what kind of chick is this, because I really must have one!


If someone had played that for me with just sound I would never have guessed rooster. Also, he's stinking cute!!! Are you planning on keeping him?

The article said he was a white polish frizzle. I think I need one too!

 

[CRSelvey]

Babies!

Can't get enough of them!

Po baby, the frizzle Cochin bantam:


I think all your babies are adorable, but I'm really loving Hika Ma a lot. Not sure where you got all their names, but really cute! Do you say his name like my favorite veggie, the Jicama?

 

[ShawnaScott]

It means you should rehome him to me. My neighbors like to hear the 5:30 AM crowing. I'll go to Kroger and buy you 2 chickens for your one SLW roo.

John

If you want a SLW roo, you can have mine! DH told me I can only keep one roo, and I have 4!

 

[AmLambson]

Meet Virginia! We picked this little lady up driving home from a great vaca in West Virginia as a sweet little souvenir. She was marked as an Araucana which clearly shes not, she has a tail! Lol! I wasn't able to chose her they had the chicks in a weird cage almost like a bread loaf carrier at the store but closed all the chicks were very skittish clearly not handled often. They scooped her up and stuck her in a box and taped it shut and $3.60 later we have sweet little Virginia hahaha. I know a lot of hatcheries sell Araucana, Ameraucanas, EE all the same because they carry the blue egg gene. I have an EE hen but shes not this dark and I know they come in a ton of colors.

Soooo what do you all think Miss West Virginia Holler is?? I'm hoping for the blue/green/olive egg gene.

 

[animallover2202]

when frizzles are all grown up with all there feathers what do there wings look like???

 

[instar8]

So who wants 7 free chicks? My buff Orp decided to go broody a while back, so i let her have some eggs to see how she'd do. I thought i had someone lined up to take the chicks, as of just now... that didn't work out. SOOO...7 chicks hatched the 16th, the moms are either black, splash, white or red-black'blue mix ameraucanas, buff Orp, barred rock, or Barnevelder, the dads could be blue laced red Wyandotte, Barnevelder or a Marans/Ameraucana mix...should be a colorful flock! I just got a new camera, haven't figured it all out yet, and have to go to work shortly, so I'll post pics tomorrow. PM if interested...

I'm in N.IN, about 3 miles from the MI border, 2 mi from exit 107 from 80/90.

Lynn

 

[Old Salt 1945]

So, I had to run into Big R over lunch to pick up some more food for the chicks. They get their chicks in every Friday so I took a gander. One of the signs said Cochins and I about flipped because they had originally told me they weren't getting anymore in. I looked in the tub and they did not look a think like Cochins. Their little legs were as bare as can be. I couldn't see a single piece of fluff anywhere. Do you think they are mis-marked or is it possible to get Cochin chicks without any leg fluff? I've never seen one without, but I'm new to this wholld chicken game. Oh, they were all bright yellow as well.

If you really want Cochin, I would pass on these. I bought 10 day-old Cochin. They had, and still do have, very furry feet. I wouldn't trust these to be true.

John

 

[Old Salt 1945]

If you want a SLW roo, you can have mine! DH told me I can only keep one roo, and I have 4!

Frankfort, 10 or so miles. Now I can do that! Give me a call 765-894-1674.

Hubby doesn't care for 5:30 AM wake up call, huh?

John