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[Aronia]

I just have to ask: What are roost guards?

What are roost guards?

 

[bamadude]

It wouldn't really mean anything if "smoking" was allowed in all 50 states.  Because of my job, I still wouldn't be able to do it.  You know what?  That's not such a horrible thing.   Don't get me wrong, I think it should be legalized in all 50 states because I really don't think it is any worse than alcohol.  I don't believe it is any more "evil" than that.  Besides, think of the tax revenues!

prohibition hasnt worked. The sky didnt fall in colorado or washington. Statistically legalization has been successful in those states. Revenue is way up. Teen use is down. Crime rate is down. Domestic abuse is down. Its a win/win. And its saving lives of children with seizures.

 

[bamadude]

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 Hey, you can do what a lot of other folks are now doing... Come visit us in Colorado... do some skiing, smoking, drinking, smoking, gambling, smoking, mountain climbing, smoking, fishing, smoking, hunting, NO SMOKING (loaded weapons and all that, but drinking is still OK), and if you move here, you don't have to plant in your neighbors yard

i will try to make it out that way next summer. Im allergic to snow

 

[LindaB220]

I am so sad now!

I hope you can get some basque hens next year.

Totally broke my heart. I do have the one Coronation Sussex and she's sweet but not the same. sigh Onward and upward. The big white rocks will be ready in 10 days or so in the 'bator. And the SG Dorkings will be shipped Sept 22.

Deb, I'm so glad to see you here. This is a crazy, fun place to be.

 

[bamadude]

Unfortunately dude, here we are already feeling the cooler morning temps around here.  We aren't dipping below freezing yet but that is coming, and soon probably.  Sad that summer is almost over.  I do like fall but it is so short here and then we are into the cold nasty winter weather long before winter starts.  Maybe this might be my last winter here?

i will be tilling getting ready to plant another crop of peas, cucumbers, corn, and tomatos next week.

 

[bamadude]

Roost guards are strictly for the wealthy. U hire armed security guards to stand at both ends of the coop to predator watch. For the right price some will hold their hands under the chickens to ensure the poop doesnt get into the nesting boxes. Some people also hire nest guards to ensure the freshesr eggs

 

[Aronia]

I hire two roost guards for $145 / hour.

 

[Wisher1000]

I have mixed feelings on the legalization issue.

On one hand, it would make my job easier by removing a whole set of laws to have to try to enforce.

On the other hand, it has many more known carcinogens than tobacco and while I tend to consider that a self correcting problem, who will likely be paying for that care in ten to twenty years? Another issue is that one of the effects of chronic use is that it diminishes the person's motivation making the "recreation" more appealing than working and supporting a family, again, who will be footing the bill for them? Increased tax revenues are only helpful if they are not spent on problems caused by the activity that produced the revenue. Also, look at all the people who won't tolerate tobacco smoking/smokers. What kind of issues will be created when a person partaking will not only be producing second hand smoke, but whose personality will be altered at the same time. Law enforcement has more problems with people under the influence of another mood altering drug than from those who are not.

My vote, no.

ETA : Roost Guards are barriers attached to the wall at the end of a roost that keeps a coon from being able to reach through the wire and grab a sleeping bird. They love the spots right by the wire and all of them stack up there. Right now, I have scrap pieces of plywood at the end of the roosts but I don't like how it looks. I have acquired some heavy screening (or maybe light hardware cloth?) that is going to replace the wood. It will be attached to the inside of the 2x4 welded wire with cable ties. It will ensure that anything reaching through the wire will be two feet from the roost.

 

[The Yakima Kid]

I have mixed feelings on the legalization issue.

On one hand, it would make my job easier by removing a whole set of laws to have to try to enforce.

On the other hand, it has many more known carcinogens than tobacco and while I tend to consider that a self correcting problem, who will likely be paying for that care in ten to twenty years? Another issue is that one of the effects of chronic use is that it diminishes the person's motivation making the "recreation" more appealing than working and supporting a family, again, who will be footing the bill for them? Increased tax revenues are only helpful if they are not spent on problems caused by the activity that produced the revenue. Also, look at all the people who won't tolerate tobacco smoking/smokers. What kind of issues will be created when a person partaking will not only be producing second hand smoke, but whose personality will be altered at the same time. Law enforcement has more problems with people under the influence of another mood altering drug than from those who are not.

My vote, no.

ETA : Roost Guards are barriers attached to the wall at the end of a roost that keeps a coon from being able to reach through the wire and grab a sleeping bird. They love the spots right by the wire and all of them stack up there. Right now, I have scrap pieces of plywood at the end of the roosts but I don't like how it looks. I have acquired some heavy screening (or maybe light hardware cloth?) that is going to replace the wood. It will be attached to the inside of the 2x4 welded wire with cable ties. It will ensure that anything reaching through the wire will be two feet from the roost.

My personal take is that the problem is self-correcting, and we already need to seriously modify welfare rules. I think that supporting people to pop out endless stacks of children they can't support is a big mistake. I think to receive welfare, one should have to work. There is no shortage of trash on city streets, etc., tasks that aren't done now because of budgets, but tasks that need doing. Or to be enrolled in a community college for job training where there is an actual market for the skills being learned. No sense in sending them off to study music for two years when there is an oversupply of musicians.

I figure supporting them to lie around in a purple haze is cheaper than keeping them in prison. It is no accident that the group leading the charge against decriminalization in California was the prison guard's union.

 

[getaclue]

Roost guards are strictly for the wealthy. U hire armed security guards to stand at both ends of the coop to predator watch. For the right price some will hold their hands under the chickens to ensure the poop doesnt get into the nesting boxes. Some people also hire nest guards to ensure the freshesr eggs