The road less traveled...back to good health! They have lice, mites, scale mites, worms, anemia, gl

[Beekissed]

I second it it does look really good.

I does!!!

Maggiemo, glad you could join us! Come and visit any old time, the more the merrier!

 

[armorfirelady]

I would prefer it staying here as well. While there is a lot of banter I do enjoy it. And while the search option is a little rough I am able to find the posts I need to reread again with few problems.

I think another website would just confuse others as well. I like the one stop shopping of BYC. Of course you have to find the correct forumns to get the info you are looking for.......I just tell people to search for beekissed and join the forums she uses the most

Hasnt led me wrong yet

 

[Leahs Mom]

I would prefer it staying here as well. While there is a lot of banter I do enjoy it. And while the search option is a little rough I am able to find the posts I need to reread again with few problems.

I think another website would just confuse others as well. I like the one stop shopping of BYC. Of course you have to find the correct forumns to get the info you are looking for.......I just tell people to search for beekissed and join the forums she uses the most

Hasnt led me wrong yet

Yep..another good point. I think I need to just

 

[Bulldogma]

I would prefer it staying here as well. While there is a lot of banter I do enjoy it. And while the search option is a little rough I am able to find the posts I need to reread again with few problems.

I think another website would just confuse others as well. I like the one stop shopping of BYC. Of course you have to find the correct forumns to get the info you are looking for.......I just tell people to search for beekissed and join the forums she uses the most

Hasnt led me wrong yet

There's no reason not to do both. I am happy to manage the blog if Bee would be interested in being my Mentor. With her permission, I can take the "good stuff" from this and other informative threads and put it up on the blog. The blog would make the "meat and potatoes" stuff easy to reference.

 

[just me]

You have a good point there.

Yeah, I guess so too.

It took me so long to find this thread and the OT thread, I've been thinking about "trolling" other threads with something like "You may not agree with the advice being given over there, but if you want to know how to REALLY raise chickens, you should check out the OT thread", followed by a link to that thread....just in case there's somebody else out there who's as ignorant as I was, but still has that little voice in the back of their head (like I did) saying, "something's just not right here, raising chickens shouldn't be this hard"!

I'm embarassed to admit how much I was "following the herd", and the CRAZY stuff I was doing. Heck, I almost went to Southern States for the "required" meds....then I met Bee, and Al, and Walt, and DragonLady, and adn Fred and all the others who are so full of good, sound, sensible advice!!

 

[Mtn Laurel]

No,I don't mind one bit...but I'm somewhat FB illiterate. It seems so public and open that it makes me reluctant to try it. Too many idiots out there wanting attention that will comment and post to disrupt the flow. A person would have to constantly monitor it for these types of trolls unless you closed the group, which would present a whole new set of problems.

How would you guys do it?

You can make it as private or as public as you want, the key is in the privacy settings. You can make it so that the page doesn't show up in a general search so people are only going to find it if you give them the URL or if they have a friend who is on the page and they see that friend make a comment, like something, etc. That makes it a bit more exclusive yet will bring in people who are interested in the topic.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Yeah, I guess so too.

It took me so long to find this thread and the OT thread, I've been thinking about "trolling" other threads with something like "You may not agree with the advice being given over there, but if you want to know how to REALLY raise chickens, you should check out the OT thread", followed by a link to that thread....just in case there's somebody else out there who's as ignorant as I was, but still has that little voice in the back of their head (like I did) saying, "something's just not right here, raising chickens shouldn't be this hard"!

I already HAVE sent folks over to these threads with links......should I be ashamed?

I even send folks to these threads from another "group" I'm a part of elsewhere....

 

[Wax Myrtle]

Granny Bees Poultry Keeping Guide. 'Real life, old timey natural methods for maintaining healthy chickens, from the egg to old age, give your chickens the good life with little to no expense or extra work. A must read for anyone with poultry.' How's the book coming BK? Has a ring to it doesn't it.

Okay. I object to anyone in their 40s being referred to as "Granny" anything. Grannies are at LEAST sixty, have at least 75% grey and preferably wear polyester. Like my late MIL.

That's why you need a facebook group....much less to manage! 

Noooooo! I quit fb cold turkey and I ain't agoin' back!

PS:  I don't think it messes the threads up 'cuz I like all the banter...just wanted to make that clear...I love all the diversion...  But if I were wanting to find some info on things I wouldn't know I could look in here to find it if I wasn't a regular follower

Bee, is there any way to edit the thread title? I need to start on the OT thread, but tbh, I fear my family would not see me for a couple weeks. And then I'd have to catch up on this and the ff thread when I was done...

 

[galefrances]

Quote: Really? wow. That surprises me. I would have thought genetics are genetics and you'd end up with some looney birds. Always learning here.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Okay. I object to anyone in their 40s being referred to as "Granny" anything.

Grannies are at LEAST sixty, have at least 75% grey and preferably wear polyester. Like my late MIL.

Noooooo! I quit fb cold turkey and I ain't agoin' back!

Bee, is there any way to edit the thread title? I need to start on the OT thread, but tbh, I fear my family would not see me for a couple weeks. And then I'd have to catch up on this and the ff thread when I was done...

It would be cool if we could "cut up" threads and have them organized by topics under the thread heading. But...I fear...it would just get going again and have to be re organized so many time you'd be cross-eyed before it's all over!