She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[meganhundley]

My youngest uncle wouldn't knowingly eat chicken 'cause he grew up on the farm watching them scratch around in cow pies for the corn kernels.

 

[kwhites634]

It's good to teach them those types of responsibilities early on. That's half the reason mine don't want anything to do with the hard work and nasty side of taking care of animals, both mine and my husband's parents spoiled them rotten and catered to their every demand, now, years later I'm the 1 paying for it, lol.

That's what grandparents do; it's a rule.

 

[BYC910]

Typical female. Women... I swear. I don't know what's wrong with us gals

lol

its the WO part I'm sure of it the men part is ok . how hard is that to figure out

 

[meganhundley]

That's what grandparents do; it's a rule.

I noticed, lol

its the WO part I'm sure of it  the men part is ok . how hard is that to figure out

Women, the woe of man

 

[Guyswithchicks]

That's one of the stipulations I made to my son with the prospect of hatching quail next year. He has to help take care of them. The chickens are my babies, but the quail he wants. He'll be 8 so he's plenty old enough to take on a little of the responsibility if he wants them.

I really believe that having children experience raising and caring for animals is one of the best lessons in life they can have.
They get to learn respect for life and with the support of their family, understand what values such as commitment and respect mean.
I am not fortunate to be a father so I invest time into my nieces and nephew who, as they have grown up do what teenagers prefer to do but they all grew up having chickens pigs and just recently lambs.
Not sure about USA but here in rural areas schools hold an annual agricultural day where primary age children (5 to 13 years old) rear a calf lamb goat or chicken from birth and then some 3 months later they all gather at the school for competition. Children are judged for rearing leading and calling. So much fun and children learn a bit about animal husbandry.

 

[CaseyV]

My daughter would love to bottle feed a calf! She always said she wanted to be a vet, she's 12 now, I'm hoping she follows her dream too. But when it comes to feeding 17 chickens, a potbelly and 3 pit bulls she doesn't want any parts of it. I make her do it anyway since she's the 1 that wanted half the animals we have now and our agreement was she would take care of her animals. It's funny how eagerly they agree to that stipulation when they are asking for an animal but once they have them its like pulling teeth to get them to hold up their end of deal :/

It was quite the task bottle feeding them. They are half sisters named Daisy and Lily. They are 2 years old now and overgrown dogs. They will come running when called lol.

daisy last winter

I have recent pics but the iPad app won't let me upload.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Problem is not being able to depend on a broody to stick with it. The 6 eggs I just hatched were originally put under a hen who'd been broody for two months & setting on eggs for a month. The day I set the 6 new ones under her was the day she decided she didn't wanna be broody anymore.

Ouch! I let my banty have the eggs she was sitting on from day one. After three or four hours of not moving off the nest I marked the ones she had and let her at it. I really didn't expect much, but here we are at day 16 and she is still doing great. At this point if anything were to happen I'd put them in the bator, but I am REALLY hoping that doesn't happen. My other one that decided to go broody yesterday, I let her keep the 5 eggs that were laid at that point too and marked them. It's early yet, but I have a feeling she'll go all the way too if her attitude is anything to go by....lol. We'll find out. She's been on them for well over 24 hours.

 

[meganhundley]

I really believe that having children experience raising and caring for animals is one of the best lessons in life they can have.
They get to learn respect for life and with the support of their family, understand what values such as commitment and respect mean.
I am not fortunate to be a father so I invest time into my nieces and nephew who, as they have grown up do what teenagers prefer to do but they all grew up having chickens pigs and just recently lambs.
Not sure about USA but here in rural areas schools hold an annual agricultural day where primary age children (5 to 13 years old) rear a calf lamb goat or chicken from birth and then some 3 months later they all gather at the school for competition. Children are judged for rearing leading and calling. So much fun and children learn a bit about animal husbandry.

I'm not sure about any other states, but I've never seen anything like that in Virginia, other than 4H, but it sounds awesome, that's a class I definitely would've loved to take in grade school!! My kids would probably like it to but then they'd ask me to help clean up the poop, lol.

 

[kwhites634]

I really believe that having children experience raising and caring for animals is one of the best lessons in life they can have.
They get to learn respect for life and with the support of their family, understand what values such as commitment and respect mean.
I am not fortunate to be a father so I invest time into my nieces and nephew who, as they have grown up do what teenagers prefer to do but they all grew up having chickens pigs and just recently lambs.
Not sure about USA but here in rural areas schools hold an annual agricultural day where primary age children (5 to 13 years old) rear a calf lamb goat or chicken from birth and then some 3 months later they all gather at the school for competition. Children are judged for rearing leading and calling. So much fun and children learn a bit about animal husbandry.

Americans could learn a valuable lesson from Australians in that regard; I'm of the belief that there's be a lot less crime & delinquincy if the majority of American kids had even a rudimentary understanding of animal husbandry.

 

[meganhundley]

It was quite the task bottle feeding them. They are half sisters named Daisy and Lily. They are 2 years old now and overgrown dogs. They will come running when called lol.

daisy last winter

I have recent pics but the iPad app won't let me upload.

Awwww!! They're so pretty!! I love cows. My real passion is horses and pit bulls but I love cows too. Actually, I like most any farm animal, lol. I'm also a sucker for goat kids and lambs