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Sallysec said:
It's a political topic around me because of the ultra religious practices and the fact that they are trying to open a processing plant nearby.

I don't think I mentioned this but I took the two new chicks we hatched to my sons school. The kids Loved it and the three teachers kept asking me questions. People stopped us in the hall...it was really a wonderful day. I brought a book from a fellow BYC lady to read to the class. Peanut the fuzzy chicken ...it's about a silkie and they LOVED it.
I came away from the experience cracking up laughing because of the questions. One little boy raised his hand and asked me if chicks can go in pockets
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That is fantastic!
 
queenchick16 said:
My husband and I go on separate vacations. Although my friend Loretta also has chickens and we usually help each other out.

I'm glad to see that legislators in other parts at the country have their heads just as far up their bASSES as they do in Islip.
Having a husband as a veterinarian the stories are just unbelievable as to how people treat their "pets". At one point I had 13 "reject" animals in this tiny house 'cause of a**holes. It has gotten 10 times worse in this economic crisis over the past several years. He could write a best seller.

Didn't know anything about coffee chaff . I'd be out cause my girls get everthing and anything in their water and apparently if it gets wet it turns slimy.

Hello heather.... I think of you every time I pass my red okra .
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Aww, okra! I had an okra patty in a restaurant on Saturday. It was ok, but I couldn't taste it! Apparently down here everyone fries the okra until it doesn't taste like okra anymore. I miss my garden so much - not that I want to be weeding in 102 heat thought thank you.
 
JerseyHen said:
Roberta, I am having an MRI in newton around 9, should be done by 10:30 or so. What time will you all be there? I imagine I can find you in the poultry building?
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We plan to be there all day, as long as the weather isn't brutal like last year.
Poultry building for a while... but we all know what lurks there.
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stoopid said:
We plan to be there all day, as long as the weather isn't brutal like last year.
Poultry building for a while... but we all know what lurks there.
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Yeah, the chicken angel of death. I wasn't going to stop by the poultry building. I am more interested in the bee keeping area and other nifty items in the display barns. I will shoot you a text if/when I get there.
 
JerseyHen said:
Just checking in for a quick hello to everyone. Heather! So glad to hear you are getting settled! Tell the girls that Lilly says hi. I have not been to the sussex fair yet, but since I have to be in Newton on the 10th... I suppose I will have to stop in on the way home.

Ok, my semi-annual rant... for those of you who do not eat meat (and I was a raw vegan for a lot of years) I hope not to offend, but here goes...

Did anyone else see this? http://www.northjersey.com/news/Sec..._pet_chickens_pleads_to_zoning_violation.html

So this guy raises poultry, albeit against the zoning (like we don't know anyone who does that, right), and the city tells him he has to get rid of his poultry, because he is not allowed to raise livestock. So he processes them, or some of them, but the city stops by while it is happening and stops the processing. Then they arrest him and charge him with animal cruelty. Now, I get it, many people raise birds for pets. I also get that most people who raise pets of any kind are also meat eaters (so are many of their pets). Tell me this... you can't keep poultry because they are not pets, they are livestock, but you can't process them because they are pets not livestock. That is what put this guy in court. This frightens me. We are so disconnected from our food. I consider it a chicken owners responsibility to know when and how to cull and to be able to process if desired. That said, if he was cruel to the birds in any way or did a poor job of processing I could understand, but that just doesn't seem to be the case. How is this animal cruelty and a commercial poultry operation is not? Just wow. "They found a freezer full of chicken parts". I don't know about you, but I have chicken, cow, pig, fish, and sheep parts in mine (and I am practically a vegetarian these days). Folks should be more comfy with where their food comes from. I wonder where his poultry that was rescued ended up? Think the local pound is going to keep them or "humanely" put them down? It is called meat. People eat it. I bet they put them down and put them in the incinerator.

What is this world coming to? Next they will be telling me I can't have a garden.

p.s. welcome to all the new/newer folks, I am not generally quite this contentious.
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Oh it's coming. Many farmers have been forced to close their farms, citing ridiculous violations that are seemingly made up just to force bankruptcy. Scary stuff.

It's really a shame that people like Mr Oramas are being forced to give up their birds, so that people HAVE TO support the battery chickens abuse, and buy from supermarkets instead of healthy home raised, cruelty free food.

I'm keeping my chickens and my garden under wraps. I don't need anyone telling me anything!
 

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