The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Very sad. I get questions all the time like why my green eggs are green, can a hen lay eggs without a rooster, can a hen have chicks without a rooster, etc, stuff that's pretty basic.

It really should be taught in schools, and I think everyone should be required to raise and slaughter at least one animal in their lifetime so they understand what it really means to eat meat. I bet meat sales would drop.

I have been preaching that same thing for years. Maybe people would have more respect for the animals they so easily eat so much of. I became a vegetarian long ago. I couldn't handle eating my friends. My husband hunts, and butcher's a few birds each year. I accept that's his choice.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

There are people around here who refuse to eat blue/green eggs

My husband's coworkers asked if there was something wrong with them green eggs. They also thought there was something wrong with the eggs because they are all different sizes.

 

[getaclue]

Yes, but the older I get, the more I realize that some people are just plain idiots. I grew up in a family that hunted, and fished. My grandparents raised a few hogs, and chickens. The hogs were butchered at the right time, and were for our personal consumption. Some of the chickens were for eating, while others were strictly for eggs. My uncles farmed, and raised cows too. Some for milk, some for beef. None of them thought it was ok to abuse any animal.

 

[Pyxis]

I have been preaching that same thing for years. Maybe people would have more respect for the animals they so easily eat so much of. I became a vegetarian long ago. I couldn't handle eating my friends. My husband hunts, and butcher's a few birds each year. I accept that's his choice.

I was a vegetarian for many years, because I am not okay with how the animals are treated in factory farms. So now I have chickens for my eggs, and I know they live happy lives. And I try to only eat meat that's been raised locally and the animals treated humanely. I haven't done my owns birds yet, but that's just because I've always been able to find homes for my excess cockerels. As soon as that's no longer the case, I'll eat them. I will know that they lived a good life and died quickly and humanely.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I was a vegetarian for many years, because I am not okay with how the animals are treated in factory farms. So now I have chickens for my eggs, and I know they live happy lives. And I try to only eat meat that's been raised locally and the animals treated humanely. I haven't done my owns birds yet, but that's just because I've always been able to find homes for my excess cockerels. As soon as that's no longer the case, I'll eat them. I will know that they lived a good life and died quickly and humanely.

I wish we would put an end to factory farming. Unfortunately people aren't willing to pay for humanely raised milk and meat.

I have watched for years as small dairy farmers tried to get more money for their milk, but people yell every time the price goes up. Farmers are paid pretty much the same amount now as we were when we farmed more than 20 years ago. Now all the small farms are gone, replaced by bigger ones that dry lot the cows. No more pastures for many of them. It's sad.

People don't appreciate their food. They complain about GMO's but they don't want to pay more. Food can't be raised the same as it used to due to so many people. I can go on about this stuff. Drives me nuts.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Yes, but the older I get, the more I realize that some people are just plain idiots. I grew up in a family that hunted, and fished. My grandparents raised a few hogs, and chickens. The hogs were butchered at the right time, and were for our personal consumption. Some of the chickens were for eating, while others were strictly for eggs. My uncles farmed, and raised cows too. Some for milk, some for beef. None of them thought it was ok to abuse any animal.

I was raised the same way. It's crazy to see where things are going.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I have been preaching that same thing for years. Maybe people would have more respect for the animals they so easily eat so much of. I became a vegetarian long ago. I couldn't handle eating my friends. My husband hunts, and butcher's a few birds each year. I accept that's his choice.

I agree. You know, having a few animals here that we've processed has definitely made me think long and hard about it. When I grew up, our animals were our friends, not our food. So it's one of those things that really makes me take the meat I eat seriously.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Well...it looks like Christmas around here is going to be very peaceful. I am one of those folks that wishes that I could go to sleep a couple weeks before and then have someone wake me up when it's done and let me know what happened

I think that's because when I was younger with kids around, it never felt like I could afford to do enough.

We've started a new tradition with my adult kids. We don't buy gifts for each other, but we do a variation on what my Grandma did. She called it the "lucky tub". She would purchase inexpensive gifts, wrap them and put them in the tub (an old wash-tub). They would each have numbers on them. Then we'd pick a number from a bowl, and get whatever was in that numbered gift. They were really inexpensive, but it was fun for us at Grandmas.

So each of us brings 2 gifts wrapped that are $15 worth. We put them all in the "tub" (a wire half-bushel in this case), then we play short competitive games like "minute to win it" that have been altered to make it work. Then the winner of each game gets to pick a gift. Of course, everyone wins, and I usually put a few more in than 2.

This seriously has taken that feeling of wanting to hide out of Christmas. We enjoy playing the games and eating, and no one is stressed over finding the "perfect gift".

 

[1muttsfan]

Since you can buy a dozen eggs for a buck, I'm happy that there are lots of locals who snap up our eggs at $2.50. I have never tried to compete with the fast food producers.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Well...it looks like Christmas around here is going to be very peaceful. I am one of those folks that wishes that I could go to sleep a couple weeks before and then have someone wake me up when it's done and let me know what happened

I think that's because when I was younger with kids around, it never felt like I could afford to do enough.

We've started a new tradition with my adult kids. We don't buy gifts for each other, but we do a variation on what my Grandma did. She called it the "lucky tub". She would purchase inexpensive gifts, wrap them and put them in the tub (an old wash-tub). They would each have numbers on them. Then we'd pick a number from a bowl, and get whatever was in that numbered gift. They were really inexpensive, but it was fun for us at Grandmas.

So each of us brings 2 gifts wrapped that are $15 worth. We put them all in the "tub" (a wire half-bushel in this case), then we play short competitive games like "minute to win it" that have been altered to make it work. Then the winner of each game gets to pick a gift. Of course, everyone wins, and I usually put a few more in than 2.

This seriously has taken that feeling of wanting to hide out of Christmas. We enjoy playing the games and eating, and no one is stressed over finding the "perfect gift".

That sounds fun. I could handle that.