Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[Imprfctme]

I LOVE THAT BOOK =] lol her blog is awesome as welll

Coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com

This was a great book for me too, someone recommended it to me before I ever got chickens. Now I have The Dummy's guide and the other one - poo, can't think of the name but by Gail Damerow - those three are the only books you need really.

 

[smkchick]

I like green/blue ones.
Just not olive. Maybe cause I don't like
green olives? Black ones are yummy though.
I do not like olive eggs and ham, Sam I am !

You do not like them, so you say. Try them! Try them! Try them and you may, I say!

 

[definit]

I read this thread, then a few others and my thoughts keep coming back to the subjects of people judging others and the inevitability of grief.
It is a beautiful thing that people have different values, and tastes. I'm older now, and find that I have less desire to please people than I did. There is no one on earth who has exactly the same feelings, likes, dislikes etc as Me. We are all unique, yet we want acceptance, yet, we may not always get that, as others too have their own set of likes etc. I think aiming for respect is perhaps more realistic, and respecting ourselves is a good start. Having chickens is unusual to some, and some people fear the unusual. But knowing ourselves and knowing that we are good people is really important, and our judgement of ourselves is more important than others judgements of us.
And, grief is a very uncomfortable feeling, but comes to us all many times over our lives. Caring, is opening the door to being hurt, as is loving, but the world is a bleak place without love and caring. Sometimes parents try to spare their children uncomfortable experiences, and that is because they love them. But, some parents know that grief is inevitable and so allow their children to feel the uncomfortable feelings while they are with them so they can help them through the painful times, and the children will have the experience to fall back on later in life when they are independent.
All of us feel sad when we loose a chick or a bird whe have had for years. I say GOOD. I don't ever want to become so insensitive that I can't feel sad when an animal that I care for dies. What kind of a person would I be then?

Thank you all for your kind words and support. I'm glad to know I'm amongst such wonderful people here.

 

[smkchick]

I would be more afraid if I thought she had the intelligence to actually make trouble for me. It took them four months to get a fallen tree removed. Now the other tree that was next to it is dead, which happened ever so slowly, and it will be another four to seven months before that is removed. I really don't know how she puts her clothes on in the morning. If she walked out of the house with her underpants on her head it wouldn't surprise me.

Edited to add: I will definitely be sure to tell her that my chickens aren't chickens, they are Indonesian Ground Parrots. She'll believe me.

 

[definit]

My idiot neighbor stopped by on her way out the driveway and said, "I heard you had chickens, is that true?" I was like, 'yeah, I'm pretty sure I told you.' She was very emphatic that I had not, and then asked if they were legal. I said, "pretty much, they are legal. I only have 3 and they're my children's pets. No roosters." This is the same neighbor that let her 5 pound dog out by itself in the worst storm we had all last summer - LOST IT - and then casually told me she had been called by the humane society 10miles away to come get her dog!!! I almost hit her right then and there. There's a whole other backstory to this but long story short, she's a moron that doesn't take care of the one pet she does have, and I've seen her teenage son smoking pot out in the driveway every afternoon that he's home from school. Yeaaaahh.... parenting skillz she haz 'em.

I'm kind of worried about my neighbor's reactions when I have the coop built and the chickens out in the back eventually. We try to be friendly and sociable but it never gets past a cursory "hi". I'm predicting that they won't know keeping chickens are legal but hopefully the birds won't be too noisy and give too much grief.

It's such a shame how some people just lack any bit of common sense.

 

[smkchick]

This was a great book for me too, someone recommended it to me before I ever got chickens. Now I have The Dummy's guide and the other one - poo, can't think of the name but by Gail Damerow - those three are the only books you need really.

I have Storey's, The Dummy guide (although I object to being called a Dummy by someone I don't know), and a couple of others. (Have I mentioned my shoes?) But my all-time favorite is Chickens in Your Backyard. I'll have to check out the other one you recommended.

(When I first lost my job, I decided to learn Spanish. I think I have every book ever printed to teach yourself Spanish. No hablo mucho Espanol. Pequito, no mucho.)

I checked in on Lavinia when I got home from my tutoring gig and she and Blanche were side by side on the floor of the brooder box. Lavinia was cuddled under Blanche's wing. Too cute. And of course by the time I got the camera they had moved.

But here's the daily shot of cuteness:

 

[smkchick]

And here's a little chicken humor for y'all.

 

[Toxic Chicken]

Haha !!!



- Karen

 

[Toxic Chicken]

I guess we know who did it


- Karen

 

[Imprfctme]

I have Storey's, The Dummy guide (although I object to being called a Dummy by someone I don't know), and a couple of others. (Have I mentioned my shoes?) But my all-time favorite is Chickens in Your Backyard. I'll have to check out the other one you recommended. (When I first lost my job, I decided to learn Spanish. I think I have every book ever printed to teach yourself Spanish. No hablo mucho Espanol. Pequito, no mucho.) I checked in on Lavinia when I got home from my tutoring gig and she and Blanche were side by side on the floor of the brooder box. Lavinia was cuddled under Blanche's wing. Too cute. And of course by the time I got the camera they had moved. But here's the daily shot of cuteness:

Awwww - Lavinia! She is too sweet. Storey's is the book I was trying to think of, I will check out Chickens in your Backyard.