Silence Is Not Golden Here

[BlackHackle]

I'll try my best to remember that when I meet you
I was raised to give eye contact and that's what I do but I wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable.

I'm sure by the time I meet you, I'll know you quite well and would be perfectly fine with direct eye contact

 

[Cyprus]

I'm sure by the time I meet you, I'll know you quite well and would be perfectly fine with direct eye contact

Awesome. Glad to hear that.

 

[lcwmt]

I avoided any need for this question, myself... I just plan to feed starter-grower on a permanent basis, and I have a dish of oyster shell available separate from the feed. I suspect that having different food for the boys and girls won't work, since they'll all just munch on whatever, regardless of gender. To my understanding - disclaimer: not an expert! - the pullets will snack on the oyster shell if they need it, but not if they don't - and the same for the cockerels. -snip-.

We have a mixed flock here: (5 ) 15 m.o. layers, (5 ) 5 m.o. pullets and one cockerel, slightly younger than the pullets.
We started the chicklets on Starter/Grower but once they started integrating with the big girls, they really liked the All Flock the big girls were eating. I mixed the two feeds together beginning when the chicklets were about 8 weeks old.
Now everyone is on All Flock and doing well.
Oyster Shell is available on the side. They all free range at will.
It's all sort of "seat of the pant" at times, eh?

 

[BellePoule]

Lucky... Where I live, there's a Walmart about a half hour drive away. The nearest Lowe's is about three hours drive from here... four hours for an Olive Garden or Outback Steakhouse...

That's one way, not round trip.

That's worse than here. We're about half an hour from a Walmart, too. But, it's an hour and a half drive to the big stores to the north and south. And Nashville is two and a half hours away, so that's not too bad.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I'm odd in the fact that I'm VERY introverted, but I need to regularly spend time with my closest people in order to not feel lonely. This was a struggle when I was single, but since finding my DH it hasn't been such a problem. He is an introvert as well and we can spend all day together vacillating between doing our own thing and interacting, but being near each other all the time. It's great. The Milk Drinker is quite the Extrovert and throws me into "Don't touch me!!!!" mode quite often, but it is manageable.

 

[Zinjifrah]

I'm introverted. I know it. I do not get lonely. I am far more comfortable by myself than around anyone else, and my stress level escalates in proportion to the number of people. I briefly worked customer service. It was unpleasant, to say the least. I work at home, and the only socializing I feel the need to do is online. That suits me perfectly.

 

[Conan]

I believe I fall somewhere in between - I'm an Ambivert!
I have always end up having a good time at large gatherings, but it's never really my idea to attend. I am usually the one who talks everyone else into doing something insane. I'm never the person who puts on the brakes.
I've always enjoyed going to eat by myself. When I used to go to movies, I really liked going alone. I like driving alone, walking alone and gardening alone. I loved living alone and I don't get lonely. Do dogs count?
When I am around people, I prefer smaller groups of people that I know well. Though there is always something a little enticing about a large group of strangers that know nothing of you. I used to enjoy making up someone else for those instances. Got a real kick out of it.
BYC is the only online socializing I do, and I love the vibe here. Lots of humor, support and KNOWLEDGE.

 

[Conan]

That's worse than here. We're about half an hour from a Walmart, too. But, it's an hour and a half drive to the big stores to the north and south. And Nashville is two and a half hours away, so that's not too bad.

Lowes: 10 minutes
Walmart: bout 15-20 minutes (I suppose, though I've never been)
Olive Garden: I have never looked but I am far too *admittedly* snobby to eat there. Forced to go there too many times and I hate their food.

 

[Cyprus]

Lowes and ACE hardware: 10 min
TSC, Walmart and Menards: 30 min
Subs, more subs, pasta, Mexican food, Sushi: 10-20 min

 

[BlackHackle]

Lowes: 2 hrs
Walmart, Shoppers, IGA: 10 min
Subway: 15 min
McDonalds, Tim Hortons, and DQ: 10 min