The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sharron]

Yeah, when I was growing up, children were to be seen, not heard. Now days I think some people take their kids to Wally World just to punish them. There's always some parents in there "whuppin" their kids!
And then there's those that just ignore the kids, like it isn't their kids acting up!

we only had one,a boy, who's a man now and a cop (did something right i think) but he was taught manners and respect, now on the other hand , his first two learned respect and manners(we helped raised them, mother was gone) but the second family, those two think its their God given right for you to give and give and not even get a thank you or please, no manners at all altho the younger one, when she hangs with us, i try to teach her manners

 

[sharron]

I guess most folks around here think my birds are boring. They lay tan or white eggs and the RIWs are pure white while the Hollands look more like a barred rock. I didn't like the temperament of the dels and the leghorns were way too flighty.

i understand, everyone up here want the brown eggs, i kinda like them myself, seems to me the yolks are darker but i guess i will eat any color , i tried raising bcm's years before they became popular but they were flighty too, not to mention hard to hatch due to the thick shells and at the time we ate the cockerels and there wasn't much meat on the bones so i figured i would just raise my chickens for pets and buy meat

 

[rjohns39]

By the time I'm able to sort out which cockerels need to stay with the flock and which are headed to freezer camp, they're pretty much roasters or stewing birds. I'll generally separate the two groups at about six months, then observe the bachelors for another few months.

 

[sharron]

Morning DMC, sharron, and Bob

sharron - congrats on the hatch

 

[bruceha2000]

i understand, everyone up here want the brown eggs, i kinda like them myself, seems to me the yolks are darker but i guess i will eat any color

No difference between white and brown eggs, the yolk color difference is due to what they eat. That is why the yolks of backyard, especially those that get to free range, are darker than the egg factory eggs. I notice a difference when I have girls that lay during the winter. No outside goodies to eat so it is just the occasional kitchen scrap and a lot of commercial feed.

I've heard that people in the northern parts prefer brown eggs because that is what they are used to, people in the south prefer white for the same reason. And the REASON for that is the white layers tend to be mediterranean, ie warm weather, breeds and brown layers from colder climates. Thus it makes sense that white eggs were more common in warmer areas, at least before egg factories with climate control 24x7x365 came into being.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

DW was amazed to see the waving in Southern VA, the rural communities and in Tennessee. Sean you beat me to it... In the DC area folks wave but in the fashion sean suggests Another thing folks do here, can be annoying—but is also kind of neat. They see a friend they haven't chatted with in a while and they'll both stop and have a conversation right there in the two lane road. And Wally world is a social gathering place.

When I went away to university, it was in a town with a population of 2,500. I was walking into town and a man said "Hi. How are you? " I gave him a "do I know you? " look. Next thing he says is, "Let me guess. You're either from Toronto or Ottawa". Nailed it. I'm from Toronto.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Sean, Not long after I moved to TN I encountered one of these random conversations... Mind you there is no way to get by and I don't want to be the new rude guy... So I put my truck in park, got out and wondered up to them and introduced myself to them as the new guy... After about 50 questions, we're all hanging out on the bed of a pickup chatting away. Then a less patient car came along so the guy in oncoming lane pulled his truck to the side. We were probably there close to an hour just getting to know one another. It was strange but nice all at the same time. I can also say that I've learned more listening to old timers while leaning on the bed of the truck, than from any book I've ever read.

That is one of the best stories i've heard!
When our house was being delivered 3 of us set up lawn chairs at the end of the driveway across the road. People would drive by and wave, but a few actually backed up their vehicles and came and talked to us. We don't know many people around here, so it was nice to meet some neighbours.

 

[sharron]

When I went away to university, it was in a town with a population of 2,500. I was walking into town and a man said "Hi. How are you? " I gave him a "do I know you? " look. Next thing he says is, "Let me guess. You're either from Toronto or Ottawa". Nailed it. I'm from Toronto.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

It's snowing.

 

[sharron]

It's snowing.