MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Don’t let him retire!

When he retires, I'll be asking him to refer me to whichever avian vet he recommends.

 

[LozzyR]

I think you once said you take your hens to an avian vet. Which vet @LozzyR ?

We call her Dr Nikki, she works at Greencross, which I think is a chain/franchise as there seem to be a few dotted about. She’s so lovely, she sees our cats too. There’s another vet called Kevin (we appear to be on a first-name basis ) who isn’t necessarily an avian vet, but he has owned chooks and is experienced.

 

[MaryJanet]

Mary's in the nesting box!

It's been weeks since I last saw a white egg! Maybe she's decided to come back from her summer holiday? Last week she was very red in her comb and wattles, so I'm hopeful!

She took a short drink (only two minutes, usually she's at her drink for a good fifteen because she has to spend so much time dabbing her shoulders with water) and then made for the nesting box with a lot of determination and no hesitation. Straight up the ramp, through the little door, gone from sight.

Come on Mary, my friend!

Huzzah!!

She's got some catching up to do...

 

[MaryJanet]

We call her Dr Nikki, she works at Greencross, which I think is a chain/franchise as there seem to be a few dotted about. She’s so lovely, she sees our cats too. There’s another vet called Kevin (we appear to be on a first-name basis ) who isn’t necessarily an avian vet, but he has owned chooks and is experienced.

Haha I'm a bit of a fuddy duddy about calling people Dr because so few people have earned it - having a doctorate is special. I'm very old fashioned in that regard.

 

[MaryJanet]

I don't do it in social settings though, like, I wouldn't call my friend Helen "Professor Ashman" when I'm at her place for a BBQ. But if I'm discussing her expertise with others, then I'd use her title and full or last name.

 

[LozzyR]

Haha I'm a bit of a fuddy duddy about calling people Dr because so few people have earned it - having a doctorate is special. I'm very old fashioned in that regard.

That’s why we call Nikki ‘Dr Nikki’ as I’m also quite particular about titles. I don’t like the whole ‘children calling adults by their first name’ thing, but I don’t want my son to feel ostracised by being the only child around calling adults ‘Mr and Mrs’. That’s a bit of cognitive dissonance for me. Where I can, I’ll get him to give an adult a title, for example, I get him to call my best friend’s dad ‘Opa Tom’. As you can call some adults ‘aunty’ and ‘uncle’ and then their name, I feel if a child uses an adult’s first name but with a title, it’s a bit more respectful. But that’s just me, I’m a bit old-school in that regard.

 

[MaryJanet]

There are a handful of little ones in our family, they're my second cousins really, but they call me Aunty and I love it

 

[Ribh]

Huzzah!!

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She's got some catching up to do...
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Good for Mary!

 

[Ribh]

Haha I'm a bit of a fuddy duddy about calling people Dr because so few people have earned it - having a doctorate is special. I'm very old fashioned in that regard.

Hmmmm.... I'm the other way. I don't think just because someone has some sort of title they are automatically deserving of special respect. They may still be a terrible person. I taught mine to address adults with respect even when just using their Christian name & I personally prefer even children use my given name. After all, that is my name, but I also kept my maiden name after marriage so I'm not really a missus or a Miss & I dislike MS, which is meaningless. I also worked with the most difficult boys in remedial classes & I was never treated with anything but the utmost respect although lots of the teachers had trouble with them and they always just called me Jeannie.... I don't use the title pastor either, though I could & I never add initials after my name, though I am entitled to. I'm funny that way. I'd rather people accept me as a person 1st. The other stuff really is secondary however special and hard earned.

 

[Ribh]

Oh, the other thing is telemarketers come to a crashing full stop because they will assume that I'm Mrs SoandSo but no Mrs SoandSo lives here & so I tell them. No excuses. No explanations. You can practically hear the gears of their brains grinding trying to work that one out!

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