Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

Seriously, it's toxic to pets, and humans.

https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departm...green-algae-poisoning-cyanobacteria-toxicosis

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That is a different thing from Star Jelly.

Edited to add, there are at least 2,500 different types of cyanobacteria, possibly as many as 8000 different species of it. The one in blue green algae is not the same as the one known as Star Jelly and about which I posted.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

That is a different thing from Star Jelly.

“Star Jelly” sounds like the name of some hostile inter-stellar space being that the USS Enterprise (the space one, not the aircraft carrier) might have encountered in the second or third season of the original Star Trek, the William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy days. (I was hopelessly in love with Spock back in those days, and despised Captain Kirk.)

 

[notabitail]

Maybe they should just prescribe Taco Bell as prep instead of drinking that awful Gatorade mix and those evil little pills. It would be much more fun.

No. Sugar free gummy bears. According to some reviews they make you destroy your loo.

 

[thistlewick]

Shadrach I love your photos, they are little storybooks every day

 

[fuzzi]

That is a different thing from Star Jelly.

Edited to add, there are at least 2,500 different types of cyanobacteria, possibly as many as 8000 different species of it. The one in blue green algae is not the same as the one known as Star Jelly and about which I posted.

Good information. So, not all cyanobacteria is as toxic as the stuff that kills dogs. I'm still not going to consider it as a food source.

 

[fuzzi]

Pullet tax:

Lois

Claudia

Boys will not be named until I decide which one is staying.

 

[fluffycrow]

Taco Bell says “hold my beer!”

I learned that Taco Bell just opened their first restaurant in Athens (and in the country in general). Next time I’m in the city, I’m in the city, I’m very tempted to try it. It’s not the first time I’ve heard about the explosive side effects of Taco Bell, and can’t help but be intrigued

 

[fluffycrow]

Returning to more healthy and real food, I remembered to take a photo of the favourite late autumn-early spring grazing spot I was mentioned weeks ago.

With no roosters around, the hens seem very content to graze on it, not letting the grass take over. Last year this spot was pretty much filled with grass