LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[Sally PB]

Yes I not only felt sorry for the guy for having this happen but every one jumped all over him for being so ignorant.

Because every one of those people WERE BORN KNOWING THIS, RIGHT???

Yeah, I thought not.

 

[TwoCrows]

Oh, I like the travel trailer a lot, I mean who wouldn't rock a cute camper like that? I sometimes live in a camper almost a quarter of the year, so that would definitely fit my genre. (And of course we've lost wheels, flipped campers, we got pulled over in TX for "being lost," we've jumped hitches and drug them sparks flying into tunnels by their safety chains (that was the tow-guys' fault ) so lots of memories (and they've all turned into good ones for the most part .)

But I'm with you. I'm mostly a home-body anymore and seems silly to travel so far when you can shear enough close to home.

Hope you didn't disturb that person's day at the beach (or wherever they're camping) to get the photo! Looks like a nice spot to camp, haha.

Isn't that a cute trailer? I'd definitely travel in it. Same here, we've lived in them, traveled in them, broke down in them... Good grief Jen, you've had a bit TOO many experiences in trailers. Trailer living, it's the life!

 

[TwoCrows]

Because every one of those people WERE BORN KNOWING THIS, RIGHT???

Yeah, I thought not.

I think people conveniently forget what it's like to be new at something just so they can go off on others, maybe to look bigger or smarter. Humanity can be awful these days, little empathy.

 

[Sally PB]

I think people conveniently forget what it's like to be new at something just so they can go off on others, maybe to look bigger or smarter. Humanity can be awful these days, little empathy.

Sadly, one way -- the worst way -- to build yourself up is to put someone else down.

 

[TwoCrows]

Sadly, one way -- the worst way -- to build yourself up is to put someone else down.

Its awful! Yep, low self esteem. Wasn't anyone taught that if you don't have anything nice to say, not to say anything at all?!

 

[fluffycrow]

Here's some newbies. (Sorry more plant posting, lol.) Some Haworthia, a Gasterhaworthia, an agave and a hoya.
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My nursery had the two at the top, so I couldn't help it (H. tessellata and H. attenuata "Concolor" or something like that I think.)
H. retusa:
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All my plants probably kind of look the same, but I like a certain 'look' I guess. I have a Hoya carnosa growing in a semi-hydroponic set-up, and I don't know if the new one will like that if I try to convert it. It is a carnosa cross so we'll see. (I know, not a succulent, but honorary succulent-ish.)

I also got a Hatiora salicornioides (Dancing Bones cactus) start, but it is just starting and my mom gave me a ric-rac/fishbone cactus (Epiphyllum anguliger) that I hope perks up with some more light.

Anyways those are a few.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday and a great rest of your week!

Those are some gorgeous species, and all of those you’ve shared pictures of look great!

I think we annoy everyone a little too much with our plant antics, but

 

[fluffycrow]

Thanks!!!
It's Haworthia retusa. It's one of my favorite. I know Haworthia can send out some deeper roots, so this pot is kind of shallow, but I read somewhere that they pup more/a lot in shallower pots. I think the next time they need a bigger pot, I'm going to try to mound up the soil more or something so the ones in the middle don't get pushed out of the substrate by the others. I don't know if that will help anything, or make a mess, but we'll see (thinking in advance for the cymbiformis (the original) mostly).
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The plant is a little taller than you can see in the picture (it's actually huge, Triceratops are very big ). It looks kind of mangy with the hard water spots and scars, but I like looking at it a lot (in person anyways).

Hope you are having a great one out there, TwoCrows!

Fwiw, I recently repotted my oldest plant, a big haworthia. All the root growth was pretty much horizontal, like a platter of succulents. It wasn’t very extensive either.

Both your pot and the plant look great (the triceratops fits right in too), no need to worry!

 

[Jener8or]

Isn't that a cute trailer? I'd definitely travel in it. Same here, we've lived in them, traveled in them, broke down in them... Good grief Jen, you've had a bit TOO many experiences in trailers. Trailer living, it's the life!

Oh, yeah, we've lived in them, too, in the trailer park. I have a funny story after we were first living the camper life of me calling my grandma about the toilet being clogged, (my mom says, "call your grandma, she'll know") but she thought we were living in a mobile home trailer, and was telling me how to replace the wax ring and stuff (I don't know how we were going to solve the problem with that solution, maybe we were ready to start over with a new toilet by that point, but anyways)...

We tried everything to "unclog" this toilet! We tried enzymes, we got wands, we "reverse flushed" it lol. We had to wear black garbage bags sometimes because it was that bad. So when I saw diagrams and how to replace seals (bc of whatever we did, we had to replace seals of course) I saw the handle was just broken on the blackwater tank, so I couldn't see where to pull it, and we were only emptying the grey water tank!

I asked our RV repair guys and I watched so many how-tos, before I figured it out but the people in the videos all had fancy campers and the levers were not like ours! I don't think we were ever the same afterwards, though. lol.

 

[TwoCrows]

Oh, yeah, we've lived in them, too, in the trailer park. I have a funny story after we were first living the camper life of me calling my grandma about the toilet being clogged, (my mom says, "call your grandma, she'll know") but she thought we were living in a mobile home trailer, and was telling me how to replace the wax ring and stuff (I don't know how we were going to solve the problem with that solution, maybe we were ready to start over with a new toilet by that point, but anyways)...

We tried everything to "unclog" this toilet! We tried enzymes, we got wands, we "reverse flushed" it lol. We had to wear black garbage bags sometimes because it was that bad. So when I saw diagrams and how to replace seals (bc of whatever we did, we had to replace seals of course) I saw the handle was just broken on the blackwater tank, so I couldn't see where to pull it, and we were only emptying the grey water tank!

I asked our RV repair guys and I watched so many how-tos, before I figured it out but the people in the videos all had fancy campers and the levers were not like ours! I don't think we were ever the same afterwards, though. lol.

Yeah the stuff we learn living in RVs. Toilet burp, flushing and hosing out black water tanks, it's just SO fun. We still have our Airstream, it's a 31 footer, it's parked out back. We cleaned it up and updated it and it's now our guest house. It's beautiful inside now! We have it hooked up into our septic system, water and power lines too. We put a porch on it, its fabulous now!

 

[Jener8or]

I think we annoy everyone a little too much with our plant antics, butView attachment 4229307

Okay, if we can't post about plants, they get toilet stories then. (I'm kidding, I'm kidding.)

Of course I wish more people would post planty things anyways, and I also hope no one minds. There is an app called Palmstreet that does live plant auctions, and I've seen a lot of family on there, but maybe that doesn't make it on-topic, lol. (Is that a weird thing to say? We always just called all gay people "family" or Rudys and Judys). You can tell me if that's offensive (too this or that probably--I definitely am not planning on using the terms here again) but there's some, what, early 2000s lingo for everyone, lol.

Fwiw, I recently repotted my oldest plant, a big haworthia. All the root growth was pretty much horizontal, like a platter of succulents. It wasn’t very extensive either.

Both your pot and the plant look great (the triceratops fits right in too), no need to worry!

Thank you! That's good to know. They seem to just roll with it. Love Haworthias.