Ribh's D'Coopage

[ChicoryBlue]

I try to plan so I don't need to go to TSC during chick season, or else I send a friend with strict instructions not to return with any chicks. If I have to go I plan a route through the store that keeps me away from them.
I know, I am pathetic!

I went to TSC yesterday but deliberately made my purchases online for curbside pickup for exactly that reason!

 

[Ribh]

I think your tribe is so varied that their perception of 'other' is more forgiving than would normally be the case.
So in a flock of all white chickens the one black chicken would be seen as 'other'. In a flock that is 50% black; 50% white they will likely split into two groups, which is what Shad observes with the exbatts and the Legbars.
But with your tribe it is hard to define 'normal' and so they probably don't perceive any of them as 'other'.

I expect you're right. Honestly I was so ignorant when I began I just chose chooks by their looks & expected that they would get along. That they do is more good luck than good management. I was lucky in that my first frizzle was so large no~one was game to pick on her & so all subsequent frizzles have been accepted without question. I've been tempted a couple of times to try a Polish but am reluctant to tempt fate too far.

 

[MaryJanet]

WEDNESDAY WHEREVER.
I've done it again ~ but it is still Wednesday somewhere, right?
There doesn't have to be anything in it. My lot are forever hopeful.
Thanks RC for jogging my memory. Love the cup. ​

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I'm having mine indoors this morning. I'm taking a day off to meet up with my aunty at writers week, so I'm indulging in a slow start under the cat.

 

[Emma-Daisy]

Ok...so where's your mug of hot choccy?

I'm a bit late with my evening drink tonight, I got carried away with the kids, sorting through their old drawing so I've just put my PJs on. I decided to put a couple of chunks of mint chocolate in it, my daughter had a bar earlier so I fancied it, it's really nice.

 

[LozzyR]

Beautiful. "Here. Open this and look for a bit, please, and tell me how you feel." Mournful, maybe melancholy is the better word? Very fitting, about those you leave behind!

Thanks CB. It’s definitely meant to evoke emotion, the journey has been quite the rollercoaster.

 

[Ribh]

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I'm a bit late with my evening drink tonight, I got carried away with the kids, sorting through their old drawing so I've just put my PJs on. I decided to put a couple of chunks of mint chocolate in it, my daughter had a bar earlier so I fancied it, it's really nice.

That's a great mug too!

 

[Emma-Daisy]

That's a great mug too!

I found it in a charity shop a few years ago (pre COVID), I think I paid about £1 for it. It's huge, all my other mugs seem tiny in comparison now.

 

[Shadrach]

So let them out, even though it’s flooding? I would have to work out an individual dose, unless you already have?

I can work it out if you know the strength.

 

[Shadrach]

Like some people who make very lovely and creative lamps?

Probably unfortunately.

 

[Shadrach]

I think your tribe is so varied that their perception of 'other' is more forgiving than would normally be the case.
So in a flock of all white chickens the one black chicken would be seen as 'other'. In a flock that is 50% black; 50% white they will likely split into two groups, which is what Shad observes with the exbatts and the Legbars.
But with your tribe it is hard to define 'normal' and so they probably don't perceive any of them as 'other'.

This ^^ Although the Vorwerks might form their own group.