Ok, time for all of the past posters to get on here and say Hi. Lots of new faces but where are all of my old peeps? Been said before but seriously! Did everyone lose interest in social media? Too busy? Find a time and let's here what's up.
Ironically there was a thread on FB with comments from some of the old posters. They were lamenting how the group has changed and we have too many "know-it-alls" and too many newbies asking dumb questions. We went through something similar a few years back when the original thread was shut down and this version came into being.
I've heard a few other comments that questions don't get answered immediately or introductions get lost. This thread moves pretty quickly at times and not all people are willing to read the dozens of posts so things can get overlooked. You can set the subscription notification to be alerted immediately, daily, weekly or not at all.
This is social chat room more than anything else. But questions about health, breeding, care, coops and other topics are often brought up. So we get opinions based on experience and sometimes links to science-based research. Everyone who does answer a question does so in a sincere and thoughtful method. We may not always agree but the reader has information to form his/her own opinion.
I don't think anyone here is a snob. I don't think that this is a site for a select few people to dominate the site. Since I have been here I've met a lot of great people. I've visited their homes and they have visited mine. A few people have faded away for any number of reasons and we have new folks joining and becoming more active in their posts.
So while we miss some of our old friends we wish them well and hope they pop in from time to time. And for the new folks lurking and waiting to jump in, just do it.
We will be starting the Chickenstock comments in about a month. So stay tuned.
