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[pettec63]

Early morning North Kitsap fire destroys outbuilding, kills chickens

Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/oct/20/early-morning-north-kitsap-fire-destroys-kills/#ixzz29z1KGGun

People, people it is not cold enough on your side of the state to warrant a heat source for your birds. These are animals and they have evolved over eons to be able to withstand the winter weather if given proper shelter and access to food and water.

I know most of our regulars know this, but this is for all the newbies and lurkers.

what she said!!! yes we know there are lots of peeps who's chicks are their pets, but, they were chickens before they were pets! Just sayn..... sorry that's the vet tech in me coming out!
It's still very sad!!

 

[pettec63]

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[Cowgirlgrace]

Hi all. Decided to drop by and check out the new thread. Also wanted to share a progress picture of the High Tunnel. Should have it ready for plastic this weekend providing there is no wind. So excited about growing in it soon.

 

[Slinglings]

But have you checked to see what may be getting into the meat from the foil? While it is aluminum foil there are things in aluminum that are less than healthy. And IF you really are using "tin foil" to          keep in mind that tin has a high content of zinc.  

Tin foil  (aluminum) is BAD NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!

OK I just read this yesterday, tin foil, was tinfoil back in the early 1900s, when they introduced aluminum foil, they stopped making tinfoil, ( wasn't as economical) but ya know whats funny? My mother is in her 70s and she STILL calls it tinfoil!! and ya know what? I just thought about it, I do too!!  LOL!           is that a MICHIGANDER thing????

My 7 year old daughter calls it tinfoil, I have NEVER called it tin foil. She picked it up from her first grade teacher. Kids are so impressionable!

 

[pettec63]

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[pettec63]

Hi all. Decided to drop by and check out the new thread. Also wanted to share a progress picture of the High Tunnel. Should have it ready for plastic this weekend providing there is no wind. So excited about growing in it soon.

OMG!!! Hi CCG!!! NICE! good job! glad to see ya stop by, jeez, I got on the new thread ONCE after it started and I was 401 posts behind this morning!! REALLY??? give me a break peeps!!! loll! can't wait to see it finished, please stop by more often now hey????

 

[pettec63]

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OK I just read this yesterday, tin foil, was tinfoil back in the early 1900s, when they introduced aluminum foil, they stopped making tinfoil, ( wasn't as economical) but ya know whats funny? My mother is in her 70s and she STILL calls it tinfoil!! and ya know what? I just thought about it, I do too!! LOL!

is that a MICHIGANDER thing????

My 7 year old daughter calls it tinfoil, I have NEVER called it tin foil. She picked it up from her first grade teacher. Kids are so impressionable!

Wow! that's weird?? Man I'm all by myself on here!!! what's up with that?? was the server down! LOL!! I was having problems getting back on!

 

[Farmin Momma]

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I hear ya there.

When my kids were in sports it was just a joke on trophy day and my kids knew it.
Do these political correct people with all there feel good coddling crapola thought process really believe they are helping these kids?

My kids threw their trophies away cause they meant NOTHING to them cause they weren't in first place.
They didn't EARN their trophy.

My kids have been taught about the REAL world so the disappoints they go through won't be as hard as the other kids whose Parents teach them 4th place is just as good as 1st.

When those kids who believe that everyone gets a trophy is right from their Parents get out in the REAL world and find out you have to EARN REAL AWARDS they are going to not be ready for rejection.

Is it any wonder why so many in Washington State as well as the rest of the country feel they are ENTITLED to this and that when they haven't earned it?

Not hard to see where some of that thought process comes from.

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itsren that is a very nice and touching story. THAT IS TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP ! ! ! ! As I said before it is NOT ALL ABOUT THE WIN ! ! ! !
When I was a kid I was invited by a neighbor to play little league. Now this was before T ball. I had to start with dads antique glove that was literally an overstuffed glove that had a leather lace between the fingers and thumb. I talked mom and dad into a new glove. I couldn't get the one I really wanted because it cost $12 so I made do with the cheap one it still cost $8. I still have that glove. I rode my bike 5 miles to practice / games. I worked hard and became a pitcher. Some coaches didn't want to play us if I was pitching. But because I had no support from home I soon got discouraged. Then in 7th grade I tried football. While I went to all practice and tried hard I wasn't too good at football. To make matters better there was no support at home. I heard that mom was in the stands for part of one game but don't know for sure.
While I am not a big sports fan. I do believe that if a child tries hard and does their best that is all that can be ask or expected. While winning is nice I also believe that EVERYBODY who puts forth their best effort deserves their fair share of time in play!
I have seen too many times where there is some star player who may not even show up at all practices but they get full play time. And then there is the one who may not have the same level of skills but they are there EVERYDAY and DO THEIR BEST. I believe they also deserve a fair share of play time. See while I am a very competitive person I am also about fairness and support. I believe the lessons of good sportsmanship are far more important than how to properly carry that trophy.
Win or not walk away with your head held high knowing that you have put forth your best effort.

Quote: Ok, let me first say that I can not always get my point across correctly or fully when not just talking to someone face to face. When I say there always has to be a loser I do not mean that in a bad way as in "you're a loser" I mean that in sports there is a team that won and a team that did not and that is just how it is. When I said I only told most of the kids they did good, I did not finnish what I ment to put and that is I was only able to talk to a few of the kids because all the other families were leaving as soon as thier kids were done. No one elts stayed to support the other children (other than who they came with). And at class twice every week, only about 6 parrents are in the class while there are at least 15 kids. And what do these parrents do while their kids are training??? They are eather outside talking to eachother or sitting on their phones and ipads, not even paying attention to what their kids are doing. I am at every practice and I turn my phone off for the whole hour, I make sure I am watching my DD so that when she looks at me to see if I think she is doing good she has my attention right away, or I can tell her that part of her move was wrong so that she gets it right for when it comes time to test for her next belt she gets it because she knows all the moves and how to do them right. Some of the parrents even drop their kids off and leave I don't get it.

I do belive that all children desurve praise and support in what ever they chose to do and what ever place they come in, but trophies and medals are for the team or the ones that came out on top. But it does not mean that you are no good it just means that if you want that award you do need to work harder for it.

As far as sportsmanship, that is one of the big things that I do teach my children. Weather you win or lose, you walk away with your head up and be supportive of those who won or lost.

Now I am a competitive person, but when it comes to my children in sports I want them to understand that a lot of adults these days are competitive in a bad way. Cheering is great, but booing is not ok (unless it is a refs bad call lol) Parrents such as the ones in Itsren's story just make me sick!

But also with Itsren's story, what those children did at the end, to let her boy take his shot, is just one of the ways to act that children should be tought. You are on a team, that means you help each other because you are on the same side and are going for the same win. What those children did is awsome and exactly what I would expect from my children, give everyone a shot. It makes you a stronger person and makes your team stronger!

I feel that children should learn that you have to work hard to get awards and I agree that younger people in the work force these days do feel they are intitled. Also I agree that these kids are going to have a shock when they are in the real world and they do not just get handed what ever they want because others got it. That is one reason why I do not like the birthday card rules that the schools have, if you are going to hand out invites to your birthday you have to invite the whole class! The hell if I do...., "Well we don't want anyone to feel left out", If you insist that we invite the whold dang class then I guess you are the ones paying for the party! What happens when these kids that all get to go to everyones partys in elementary school get to middle and high school and they do not get invited to ALL the partys? Or what about those two girls in my DD's class that are little disrespectful bullying turds that will not leave my DD alone (this is real but my kids have been taught to not mind what bullies say and how to handle the situations) You really think my kid wants them at her party or you think I will put up with that child or children or that the parents of these children are people whom I want around my family?????
I refuse to go by that rule, I have my children give out their invites durring class if they want, or they have the option to do it at resess also.
I hope that my opinions do not change your minds about me in a negitive way, and I hope I did not upset anyone with my opinion on this subject.

 

[Chickielady]

Well shoot.
RIR's are not likely to go broody, or so the description of the breed says. Wanna bet?
I now have an official broody hen. The boss hen no less. She insists on setting on the eggs. Most of her breast feathers are gone. So, I pick her up (she really is a love) and move her gently over, gather the eggs and shoo her out to eat and drink. Yesterday she was being obstinate. When I moved her again, she had an egg under her. I have no idea how she held it while I moved her. sigh.
So now there is three play eggs under her. Another 15 days or so of this. sigh.
Heck, she ain't even 8 months old.

ALL heritage breeds are more likely to go broody than commercial breeds.
IDK who told you otherwise.
It is part of being a heritage breed, to reproduce naturally.
Hens will also hide eggs under their "wing pits" LOL
Good luck !

 

[Chickielady]

Mikey,

If possible put her in a wire-bottomed cage by her self. Provide food and water, but do not let her out (mine are about 2'x2'). Keep here there for three days. This has been a very effective way for me to break my broodies -- oh .. the cage should be off the ground. They are very uncomfortable because they don't really understand how they don't fall

Before I built my "solitary confinement" I would have hens go broody for way more than 21 days - they keep sitting and sitting waiting for the darn golf balls to hatch!

Good luck,

Dave

I tried everything with some of my heritage breeds (ie: Buckeyes, Javas, among others) and the only thing that ever worked (and worked quite well) was to toss said broody hen (in broad daylight) into another coop....the habitants of the "other" coop were not pleased, and would continue to chase the foreign hen around, not allowing hen to settle back into a "broody stupor" in their coop.
After a day or two of this, I'd put the hen back in her own coop.
If she goes broody again, back she'd go in a strange pen.
I can do this because I have many pens, but those of you with just one pen, cannot do this.
Sure is easier than any other method to break broodies.