LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

Water is either deadly or lifesaving for these plants?! I'm sure this happens in the wild too? Lithops sure have developed a certain technique for survival. It would be pretty awesome to see them in the wild, but I don't think a trip to South Africa is happening anytime soon.

Unless someone else would be willing to fund the trip !

Really though, sometimes it seems like one drop will kill them, and a bucket won’t do anything. They’re definitely more hardy in their natural environment compared to our variants. Why, I don’t know

 

[TwoCrows]

Unless someone else would be willing to fund the trip !

Really though, sometimes it seems like one drop will kill them, and a bucket won’t do anything. They’re definitely more hardy in their natural environment compared to our variants. Why, I don’t know

Yes a free trip to anywhere, I'm definitely on board! Especially to see succulents and cacti in the wild!

Good analogy about the drop and the bucket! I wonder, since they naturally grow in the southern hemisphere, can they tell they are growing in the northern hemisphere? Maybe their genetic code for location is confusing them?

 

[KikiDeAnime]

So uh I found out that a rat somehow chewed through the hardware cloth we had covering the floor of the coop

 

[allosaurusrock]

Rats are so frustrating. I had mine chew through the wood in my coops and take out most of my serama hatch last year. We’ve had to reinforce the edge of the doors with metal plates.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

We never had issues with the rats until our cat Archie went missing in October 2024. Now they've shown up so much that I'm at a tipping point.
I know in a way that it's our fault that the rats are getting in but I'm still mad at them

 

[allosaurusrock]

We never had issues with the rats until our cat Archie went missing in October 2024. Now they've shown up so much that I'm at a tipping point.
I know in a way that it's our fault that the rats are getting in but I'm still mad at them

I wouldn’t call it your fault. Chickens are messy and rats are determined. Chewing through hardware cloth is insane.

 

[fluffycrow]

Yes a free trip to anywhere, I'm definitely on board! Especially to see succulents and cacti in the wild!

Good analogy about the drop and the bucket! I wonder, since they naturally grow in the southern hemisphere, can they tell they are growing in the northern hemisphere? Maybe their genetic code for location is confusing them?

Good thinking! I have no clue.

Would make a lot of sense why they’d split and conserve energy during the warmest parts of the year, instead of our colder and rainy-er

 

[TwoCrows]

Good thinking! I have no clue.

Would make a lot of sense why they’d split and conserve energy during the warmest parts of the year, instead of our colder and rainy-er

I think at this point threatening mine (withholding water or offering water, which ever might kill them) is the only answer.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

The egg turner tray I ordered off Amazon should be arriving tomorrow just in time for me to set the eggs that I'm picking up today

 

[KikiDeAnime]

I hope everyone is having a good start to their weekend!