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KDOGG331 said:
Yeah, it's definitely a good one! But question: is giving them veggies and fruits still okay? I don't give them often but sometimes like a bag of lettuce or some old peppers or something but sometimes it takes a couple hours but is usually always gone by roost time. Is that okay or should I cut back? I guess I just don't really particularly see the difference in giving them a bunch one day then no more for a while versus less of it but every day or for a few days till it's gone? It's the same amount of veggies, no? But maybe I am overthinking ha I don't really give them much anymore, just if we stuff on the verge of going bad but still safe
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make it simple for yourself!

20 minutes of treats a day
 
rjohns39 said:
Morning all :frow

Blooie, I loved that vid....
Folks, I'm feeling like the slug that slept in and joined the party late...:oops: I don't miss my 330 wake up call though....:celebrate
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I’m glad you get to sleep in!
Blooie said:
Funny the shopping cart discussion should pop up! I just gave a lesson in handicapped accessible parking to a young guy and his lady at Walmart yesterday. I have had a handicapped placard for my car for about 10 years now. Then of course when Kendra was born, the kids had to get one for their vehicles as well to accommodate her wheelchair.

Anyway, this young couple came whipping into the crosshatched area just to the right of the handicapped space on their bike like I wasn't even standing there loading my car. I must have jumped 10 feet straight up into the air. He parked it, they got off, and as he took off his helmet he shot me a cocky "Scared you, didn't I, Old Lady?" look. Oh, oh, dude - you just pi33ed off Blooie. So I just smiled at him and this is how the conversation went from there:

Me: So, like that bike do ya?
Him: Yeah, I do.
Me: Well, say good bye to it. Gonna have it ticketed and towed.
Him: Try it. No reason to so they can't do it.
Me: That crosshatched area you are parked in is for wheelchair ramps. The side door comes down, forms a ramp, and a disabled person can wheel themselves safely from the van into that area without hitting another car. It also allows space for them to remotely put that ramp down and approach it straight in, without having to maneuver themselves into a tight spot and try to turn to get a run at it. So it's actually designed as part of the handicapped parking spaces.
There was a long pause as he looked at the crosshatching in relation to the space, then looked at the other handicapped spaces and saw they all had the same thing on both sides of them.
Him: Lady, are you asking me to move my bike?
Me: Nope, I'm telling you to move your bike and what I plan to do if you don't. I'm old, I got nothing but time to wait for the cops to get here. I keep hearing that we car drivers have to be observant and courteous to motorcycles - seems to me that should go two ways.

They got back on and he moved his bike. A minute later, as we put the last of our stuff in the car, some old dude came along, shoved his shopping cart into the crosshatched area, and left. Tam and I just looked at each other. <sigh> By then the young couple had parked and were walking past our car to the store. He looked at me, gave me a wink, and took that shopping cart in with him. There is always hope! :wee
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Good for you Blooie and yes maybe there is hope!
 
KDOGG331 said:
That is an awesome story!!



I wonder why so many birds are starting earlier this year? I think I'm going to give them the fish today though. Speaking of which, how much fish can they have in a week? I don't want the birds or the eggs to get mercury poisoning. I got 2 cans of mackerel and 2 big cans of salmon. Was thinking maybe I should spread it out over a couple weeks? Or maybe give them some fish, some liver and eggs, so it's not all fish?



Around here they would still have a job because they have people go collect the carts from the corrals and bring them in the store every night.



That's awesome! Good luck with the hatch! I had a broody chicken, she was constantly broody, went broody like 5 or 6 times last year, and if she went broody again, I was going to let her hatch this spring but then I lost her in the fall to a hawk. :( she was my favorite chicken, very sweet and not a mean broody like some, and I think she would have made a good mother. She was a Buff Orpington but she was the teeniest little thing lol



How awesome! Good find!
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flower, my broody hen is a sweetheart, not really tame but come running when i go out and call her to come eat, only time i can touch her is when shes setting but i love that old hen
 
didn't' find not one thing at the auction today, veggie wise mostly was tomatoes and cucumbers which i have plenty of my own, the flowers, nothing i wanted but a pink rosebush that i did bid on but i bid up to 7.00 and i can get it for that at lowes or walmart so i let the other person have it for 8.00. sometimes you get a good buy and sometimes people are crazy, seem to have more money than brain :gig but it was a nice day out, since it was raining couldn't do any thing here
 
Hmm, now that the Mama Heating Pad thing has kinda petered out, maybe I should go on a new crusade! I'll be like the celebrities doing a "cause of the week" campaign! (oops, too political?) :oops:

Maybe I need to get smart like you guys, and start hitting Farmer's Markets this week, or auctions. I miss my fresh veggies but just no time to start a garden. I most especially miss beets. Glorious, vitamin packed, flavorful beets with young leaves for salads! Okay, now I'm hungry - and NOT for the chili dogs Tam and Ken decided they wanted for supper. @N F C come and feed me!!!
 
They weren't crazy about the mackerel like I thought they would be... they went crazy at first then ate it real slow and only finished it when I held it. So we're trying pink salmon and beef liver next. Not the whole thing though
 

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