Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[ManueB]

As all of you know AGE IS JUST A NUMBER!

Remember you are only as old as you feel.

I'm 77 now and would not ever want to go back in time.

This was wonderful to read . It makes me feel happy and full of energy to know there are people like you !

Oh yes I know! It goes on and on and on
Just to distract from your rant lol but a real microcosm is the little island I live on. Yes, the happy people going on a once in a lifetime adventure. Yes, the gotta go to Hawaii and get a tan 1-2x a year crowd. The big hotels, the big rental cars, the vacation homes people NEED to own, all of the gas and food we are shipping in to feed these monsters who are literally killing and stealing the limited land under our feet. The pandemic was a (horrible) opportunity for us (the world) to reset. But we did not. Big money complained and even the best politicians bended. Reduced us to wh*res. Hawaii went from being a self reliant and safe place to a overrun, diseased, ticked off run away train. "But people want". It is insane. There are next to no recycling programs set up for all of this happy plastic and certainly no public announcements to keep it clean and civil and recycle... we just keep adding to the mess. I practically have to beg people to save me their egg cartons... and they still toss them in the rubbish... Big business being allowed to bring this plastic in on this scale to a little island with NO plan??? WTF! If I see another tourist couple in a Jeep truck, or a Dodge Charger I am going to scream... or cry lol. We do not have the infrastructure but please don't build it for them! Why do they need these big rental cars?!!

I admit I've been wondering about this reading how people in the US were going on "wellness weekends" in Hawaï .
We had that kind of problem when tourism in Corsica exploded. Corsican nationalism was unfortunately quite a mafia and I would never endorse it's violence, especially when directed toward people, but I can nonetheless understand why it came to be. It must be terrible to live in a beautiful preserved place and suddenly see it destroyed.

My solution to that was to offer $1 off when bringing me a carton and it works great! I sell my eggs for the same as Costco and that is a good deal. I just want it to be my town neighbors etc who get the deal.
It does not solve the leakage of give aways though and that breaks my heart a little. Bottom line is people should feel horrified tossing out their plastic like it is bathwater. That part is what I have the biggest problem with.
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And with the selling of chicks I am feeling super inspired today. Thinking about a website... lol. Obviously I forgot to take my meds....

It's wonderful that you have such creativity! I love the bags too. We only have feed bags made from heavy paper / light cardboard.

I wasn't expecting much I admit. I've tried a pop up, right on, sustainable, renewable, natural, environmental market before. Lots of good intentions but not a lot else going for them. I counted 35 visitors between 9.30am and 5pm. I will have missed a few because I went and did a bit of shopping with my youngest.
This is Bristol, not some small country town. The venue was in a high traffic area for independant shops. There is something very wrong with a venue that can't market itself well enough to only attract such a small number of people.
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It's really a shame as you went to all the work of taking them there and back. I hope it doesn't discourage you from doing other events- but maybe it's best to do this at crafts fair ?

I found red mite in the nest boxes of one of the coops today, so a good clean was called for. I thought it'd be a good opportunity to show how easy it is with a Green Frog/ Nestera coop. It takes about 10 minutes to remove lynch pins to disassemble this far (which was as far as I thought necessary; complete disassembly of the nest boxes, partial disassembly of the coop) and sweep out the litter
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Here the back left corner of the coop is closest to us. The entire back comes off for ease of access. The nest boxes fit to the two arched holes facing us. The roosts go through the small square holes in their bottom right sections, across to a matching hole in the opposite wall. The inside is perfectly smooth, which means no hiding places for parasites except the cut-outs where pieces slot together, and very easy to clean.
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After a blast with the power washer it's left in the sun to dry & disinfect
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and then another 10 mins to reassemble and fill with new shavings
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I also smear petroleum jelly around the small square holes where the roosts go through the coop wall either side, to trap any of the little buggers that I might have missed with the power washer when/if they attempt to get on the roost. I made the chain curtain for the pop hole; it keeps flies out and apparently deters foxes.

Thanks for all the explanations. You're very convincing! I'm still keeping that as an easy option to keep both roosters in the back of my mind, especially as we are getting really behind our schedule of tasks to be done before fall.

 

[ManueB]

I wish. My wife wants to move to NJ.

What makes you feel unhappy about it? Would you have preferred to stay in Florida?

what a great idea! We should try that with company wages.

That was the initial idea behind the 35 h week, share labour for more people. It didn't really work out this way though I still think it was a wonderful move.
I'm probably naive but I honestly don't understand what would people do with their money above a certain amount. I get that some people want three sport cars and a boat, but some salaries go way above, and not everyone want those things. What do they do with all that money ? I'm not even addressing social injustice, but just genuinely wondering how it's spent.

Money tax : Gaston looking nice when he's not making a fool of himself !

 

[Perris]

I'm probably naive but I honestly don't understand what would people do with their money above a certain amount.

I don't think you're naive. There was a study a few years back that concluded about £50,000 was enough for the average person to live well. It will have gone up since then of course. In vast amounts, it becomes a problem trying to spend it (there have been a few tragi-comic movies on the theme). I think money's like air: when all's said and done, you can only breathe so much of it, and all the rest is surplus to your requirements. Hogging it (for what?) simply deprives others of air to breathe.

 

[Molpet]

People think they can buy happiness. Houses that cost 10x the average person, pleasure boats that are ocean going ships, expensive jewelry and designer clothes..... but they still aren't happy.

 

[TropicalBabies]

This is such a great thread. ♡ always interesting!
I think it is the love of the look of success. At least that is my guess observing at least one family member and I feel it is promoted in the US. IMO it is a disease like addiction, different drug, same hole that they are trying to fill. I don't really have much good to say about it, so should probably leave it there... for now lol

I really admire the non plastic choice other countries are making. I feel like everything in the US is wrapped in one use plastic. We can't recycle it. Drives me crazy (er) and is why I am on the anti plastic bandwagon. Once again, putting corporate greed over commonsense. I don't buy cartons. I am trying to keep the plastic out of the landfill by reusing what we already have floating around from store eggs. Even organic and free range eggs are in plastic that can be reused but not recycled. I do get a few people who save cartons for me but as a whole I really don't think most people here are conditioned (can't be bothered) to separate and reuse.

 

[no fly zone]

What makes you feel unhappy about it? Would you have preferred to stay in Florida?

The political climate and actual climate in NJ.

 

[TropicalBabies]

The political climate and actual climate in NJ.

It will probably be good for you and grow you as a human in a good way. I hope you stay open to your adventure and willing. You never know you know.

 

[no fly zone]

It will probably be good for you and grow you as a human in a good way. I hope you stay open to your adventure and willing. You never know you know.

I hate cold weather and draconic laws.

 

[TropicalBabies]

I hate cold weather and draconic laws.

Like I said, it will probably be good for you to grow. Mind, body and soul. Just be sure to get out of your own way

 

[pennyJo1960]

Stay right where we are here. Morning X batts up early.
Feel pretty decent.