Kristen’s Chickens and Farming Ventures

[BY Bob]

I'm using straight 70% alcohol when out and about...soap and water at home.

That will do the job.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Hope you are all staying healthy on the Island. So much craziness and sadness going on all over the world. Take care @Kris5902!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

That is sad. You have a responsibility to the animal to protect it even from itself. I dislike people who do not take their responsibility to their animals seriously. You seems to be around a number of people like that. I'm sorry you have to witness such malign indifference on a regular basis.

Exactly Bob. Very well put.

Some people

 

[MaryJanet]

Soap works well too. Everyone remember bars of soap?

Haha I never gave them up but nowadays I like to buy fancy ones from the chemist. They last for months!

 

[BlueBaby]

I thought there was a difference between bacteria and viruses. Most soap and hand sanitisers only are the anti-bacterial, aren't they? How is that killing a virus? I'm curious about this.

 

[BY Bob]

Haha I never gave them up but nowadays I like to buy fancy ones from the chemist. They last for months!

Me too! I am a fancy man and have special soap. I use I think 4 bars a year. Worth every penny.

 

[BY Bob]

I thought there was a difference between bacteria and viruses. Most soap and hand sanitisers only are the anti-bacterial, aren't they? How is that killing a virus? I'm curious about this.

Here is a quick explanation. The virus is a self-assembled nanoparticle in which the weakest link is the lipid (fatty) bilayer. Soap dissolves the fat membrane and the virus falls apart and it becomes inactive as viruses aren’t really alive. Soap is equally effective on bacteria via a similar mechanism.

This is very important. Please take this to heart. Anti-bacterial soap is redundant as they have added an antibiotic to something that is inherently anti-bacterial. This misuse of antibiotics is causing antibiotic resistance to develop. Please do not purchase anti-bacterial soaps. Just use soap.

 

[BlueBaby]

Here is a quick explanation. The virus is a self-assembled nanoparticle in which the weakest link is the lipid (fatty) bilayer. Soap dissolves the fat membrane and the virus falls apart and it becomes inactive as viruses aren’t really alive. Soap is equally effective on bacteria via a similar mechanism.

This is very important. Please take this to heart. Anti-bacterial soap is redundant as they have added an antibiotic to something that is inherently anti-bacterial. This misuse of antibiotics is causing antibiotic resistance to develop. Please do not purchase anti-bacterial soaps. Just use soap.

Thank's! Sometime's thing's can get a bit confusing. When in question about something, I'm going to ask!

 

[BY Bob]

Thank's! Sometime's thing's can get a bit confusing. When in question about something, I'm going to ask!

I am always glad to help with stuff like this. I am a microbiologist so this is my thing.

 

[Kris5902]

I try not to judge - But are they using enough nails !!
As always enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Lol... totally didn’t say the same thing! A loadbearing 8’ long 2x6” interior wall was held down with a Massive quantity of nails. Like, he there were 2 whole nails holding the bottom plate down. What could go wrong? And there’s the whole “this window is ‘confusing’” situation so I didn’t actually finish it before I left for vacation. There wasn’t anything anchoring the walls properly because of this.

the problem is actually pretty obvious when you look at these pictures. Not to mention the bracing was replaced by those oh so awesomely solid interior walls.