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[mandaleigh1981]

No more organic eggs? The FDA is zeroing in on flocks with outdoor access and we need your help to simultaneously protest overreaching government regulations and defend our egg farmers. Take action:http://www.cornucopia.org/food-safety

Just saw it on facebook, haven't researched it yet, but thought I would share with you guys.

Mandy

 

[uglychickens]

Apparently we are being pre modded on our posts here... Mine is gone!

 

[CatKai]

I'm not 100% sure this works, but it did for a year. My husband sprinkled moth balls around our perimeter and we had no snakes in our yard for over a year. Then about a week ago we found one in the yard that the chickens killed. He put a fresh box of moth balls out this week. Supposedly snakes have a keen sense of smell and don't like the smell of moth balls so they steer clear.

 

[Italia]

Did you check out that BackYard Chicken Thread, "Processing Day Support Group~HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!"? When I was in Grade 8, we were dissecting frogs. The science teacher thought dissecting pithed frogs would be a great idea. Let's just say, that whole episode left quite the impression on me. I, too, thought I could never do something like slaughter a chicken and that I would starve or die of malnutrition if I did. I just think morally, it is better to raise a happy chicken that has one bad day. It's an ethical issue with me. Before I got chickens, I was assured by the feed store that she knew someone who processes chickens for people. As soon as I bought the chickens, she let me know he didn't do it anymore. I looked high and low for someone to process them for me to no avail.

Where is this guy located?

He is located in Hamilton Tx and comes to Austin sometimes. No, I have not read the support thread, but thanks for letting me know it is there.

 

[uglychickens]

Shame on you, that's called cross posting tisk tisk lmao I'm a big kidder! Ain't I a stinker?

 

[mandaleigh1981]

Shame on you, that's called cross posting tisk tisk lmao I'm a big kidder! Ain't I a stinker?

Yes. Yes you are!

 

[uglychickens]

Yes. Yes you are!  

Lmao shut up you know me too well already!

 

[TammyTX]

1. I've heard mothballs are poisonous. Make sure they at in a chicken proof container with vent holes.

2. Mandy - do NOT answer this post!!

 

[Jungleexplorer]

I tried to give you an ovation, but apparently I am above my quota. This!

If we could have open discussion on hard topics without people getting upset or taking things personally we might actually solve a few problems. Sometimes it takes being blunt to get the point across. And I don't mean being ugly, I just mean being able to speak your mind and people not jumping the gun and thinking you are talking about or to them. There are only a handful of very personal political things that I will not talk about because I feel very strongly about them and I get very emotionally charged. And I do avoid talking about these on the internet because its too easy to get in a fight over them. But this WAR......you know its the same people who called President Bush (and I didn't like him either just for the record) a warmonger are wanting to go to war now. And here is the kicker......we are on the side of the same people who were behind 9/11. With the anniversary just days away! As a firefighter's wife, its hard to explain how emotional 9/11 is for all police and fire. That could have been my DH running into that building and never coming back out. What happened to never forget? The Syrian rebels that we are talking about aiding are being funded by terrorists. Ugh.

I would like to try to help everyone understand the situation here. I am a making a synopsis here and not going into great detail (for your sake), otherwise this would be a 200 page book.

The President of the United States is also the Commander and Chief of the Federal military forces. The President has the power to make war, their is no question about this. But the Constitution restricts the Presidents power to make war to defense of the nation. So if the US is attacked, the President can go to war WITHOUT congressional approval. But if the US has not been attacked, then the President has to get congressional approval to go to war. You must understand that any military action against another sovereign nation is considered an act of war by the Geneva Convention (even if it is a one time limited attack).

For those that have good memories, when Bush went to war with Afghanistan after 9-11, he got congressional approval to so, even though, technically, he did not need it. He also got congressional approval to go to war with Iraq and also UN approval and formed a joint UN task force to invade Iraq. In the case of Iraq, Bush could not have gone to war without congressional approval because there was no solid link between Afghanistan and Iraq. The "justification" that the Bush administration gave for going to war with Iraq was that they were using chemical weapons (Weapons of Mass Destruction) against their own people. Now after the invasion, there were no WMDs found in Iraq, and many have criticized the invasion as a result and rightfully so.

I personally was against Bush going to war with Iraq and am against Obama going to war with Syria. There are human atrocities occurring all over the world and the US does not have of the resources to be the world's police force. Even if we did, it would be arrogance on our part to assume that we have the responsibility or the right to go around the world punishing any country that does not do things they way we want them to.

That being said, if Obama goes through the same channels as Bush did with Iraq and gets congressional and UN approval, then he can legally make war on Syria whether I agree with it or not. What concerns me is not whether we go to war with Syria or not, but that the rule of law is respected and obeyed. Because if Obama goes to war without congressional approval, then he will be bypassing the Constitution, which is the only protection that we the people have from becoming slaves of tyranny. This is what should concern every US citizen.

"There is no greater threat to individual life and liberty then a government with too much power."

 

[mandaleigh1981]

1. I've heard mothballs are poisonous. Make sure they at in a chicken proof container with vent holes.

2. Mandy - do NOT answer this post!!

Just for that......