LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[RossAcres]

Howdy from Tennessee! Happy to have found this thread!

 

[Canadian Wind]

Howdy from Tennessee! Happy to have found this thread!

Welcome! We just hang out and chat about anything and everything!

 

[RossAcres]

Welcome! We just hang out and chat about anything and everything!

well I’ll just jump right in!
Y’all! I don’t know if any of yall show your birds, but I do and I CANNOT believe how many LGBTQ+ people I’ve met! It’s crazy to me but so awesome.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

well I’ll just jump right in!
Y’all! I don’t know if any of yall show your birds, but I do and I CANNOT believe how many LGBTQ+ people I’ve met! It’s crazy to me but so awesome.

I used to show at my 4H fair, but nothing APA-wise

 

[Canadian Wind]

Found a really pretty flowering plant at the edge of the woods today.

It's Epipactis helleborine, or Broad Leaved Helleborine, a type of woods orchid. Unfortunately, it's not native to the area but I don't mind as it's so lovely.

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[JacinLarkwell]

Found a really pretty flowering plant at the edge of the woods today.

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It's Epipactis helleborine, or Broad Leaved Helleborine, a type of woods orchid. Unfortunately, it's not native to the area but I don't mind as it's so lovely.

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I thought it was a foxglove before I saw your explanation

 

[fluffycrow]

well I’ll just jump right in!
Y’all! I don’t know if any of yall show your birds, but I do and I CANNOT believe how many LGBTQ+ people I’ve met! It’s crazy to me but so awesome.

I'm jealous! I would love to show, but there are absolutely zero shows or judges, around here.

I've heard similar things about dog shows, lots of queer people there as well, very accepting

 

[fluffycrow]

Found a really pretty flowering plant at the edge of the woods today.

View attachment 3897779

It's Epipactis helleborine, or Broad Leaved Helleborine, a type of woods orchid. Unfortunately, it's not native to the area but I don't mind as it's so lovely.

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It's gorgeous. If it isn't native, couldn't you take it home with you?

It's a win-win situation. You'll get to admire this plant every day, while also helping to balance your local ecosystem a bit by taking an invasive plant out of there.

If I remember correctly, you're quite the orchid expert too!

 

[RossAcres]

I'm jealous! I would love to show, but there are absolutely zero shows or judges, around here.

I've heard similar things about dog shows, lots of queer people there as well, very accepting

I was going to suggest looking at poultryshowcentral.com, but I see you're in Greece! So I'm not much help lol. Maybe some day soon, someone will get a show set up! I have friends in the UK that show poultry and they come to the US to go to the bigger shows like Ohio Nationals. Last year The Ohio National had 10,600 birds! It was amazing.

 

[Canadian Wind]

It's gorgeous. If it isn't native, couldn't you take it home with you?

It's a win-win situation. You'll get to admire this plant every day, while also helping to balance your local ecosystem a bit by taking an invasive plant out of there.

If I remember correctly, you're quite the orchid expert too!

Look at the picture again. In the background is my trailer/caravan! So it's just out my front door, pretty much.

It's not considered invasive here, at least, or I would have pulled it. Plus, it has very different needs than tropical orchids. It needs winter, plus lives in a sort of symbiosis with certain mycelium. Difficult to reproduce inside!