Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[beausonge]

"Ring around the Rosy"

 

[CarolynF]

It's a darn good thing at at least some of you like those ugly silkie bird looking things.

 

[CarolynF]

He's a rustler, not a wrangler. lol

Dontcha gotta wrangle em to rustle em???

 

[FirewifeJess]

Hi every body!
Just thought I would share this with ya'll while I am trying to catch up with every ones chit chat here!


ONIONS! I had never heard this!!!
PLEASE READ TO THE END: IMPORTANT

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu...
Many of the farmers and their families had contracted it and many died.

The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.

Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser. She said that several years ago, many of her employees were coming down with the flu, and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.

Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:

Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmer's story...but, I do know that I contacted pneumonia, and, needless to say, I was very ill... I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put it into an empty jar, and place the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs...sure enough it happened just like that...the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.

Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties.

This is the other note. Lots of times when we have stomach problems we don't know what to blame. Maybe it's the onions that are to blame. Onions absorb bacteria is the reason they are so good at preventing us from getting colds and flu and is the very reason we shouldn't eat an onion that has been sitting for a time after it has been cut open.

LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS

I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, Makers of mayonnaise. Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist.

Ed, who was our tour guide, is a food chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said that all commercially-made mayo is completely safe.

"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked about the summer picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table, and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.

Ed says that, when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the ONIONS, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.

He explained onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion.. He says it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator.

It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!). Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.

Please remember it is dangerous to cut an onion and try to use it to cook the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning.

Please pass this on to all you love and care about.
— with Adonain Danny Rivera.

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TOTALLY doesn't work. I had the flu and a sinus infection when I read this so we tried it. Cut one onion and place the 3 big pieces in each bedroom with sick people. The onion was perfect in the morning, didn't turn black. And I save them all the time but have never gotten sick from using them when I'm ready to use the rest of a cut onion. Hoax I think!

 

[FirewifeJess]

I have a few newbie questions that may sound stupid but inquiring minds want to know.

I was advised by an expert to be sure to isolate any new chickens for 30 days before trying to put them with my girls. If you are going to add chickens is it better to add more than one because of the 30 day isolation? They have a buddy? How does a single hen do caged alone when there is a flock of hens running free all around her. I have no yard fences, only the coop enclosure which is about 8 x 15. I would have to put them in a tractor I guess.

If you are hatching eggs from different sources do you need to worry about contaminating anyone with something? NO

Do the home made incubators work as well as the purchased Hova-bator? Is it worth the effort and cost to build one? I have no experience with this but a lot of people use the much cheaper Brinsea incubators and they work great too!

Do chicken diapers really work or does it drive the hen nuts? I think it takes the right temperment; probably not for large fowl breeds if you ask me.

When you quarantine, that means the chickens can't have access to each other and should have at least 30 yards between tehm as the air they breathe can be contaminated too. You can put the new chickens together in the basement, or the garage, but don't put them in the same yard as your existing flock. That's a recipe for disaster.

 

[WhiskiRanch]

Hello fellow Washingtonians!! I am new here and am from the Tri-Cities area in SE Wa. I own about 34 chickens: 4 roosters, 9 hens and 21 chicks. I have owned over 60 though since May 2012. 15 babies, 1 rooster and 1 hen have found new homes and the 9 have sadly come victim to hawks and a few babies have been pecked. Considering all of that, I feel I'm doing pretty good still having all my original hens, my original rooster, 6 teens and 21 babies. I am selling my 3 teen roosters which will bring me down to 31. That's a good number for now until I see what my babies will turn out to be.

 

[Mumsy]

TOTALLY doesn't work. I had the flu and a sinus infection when I read this so we tried it. Cut one onion and place the 3 big pieces in each bedroom with sick people. The onion was perfect in the morning, didn't turn black. And I save them all the time but have never gotten sick from using them when I'm ready to use the rest of a cut onion. Hoax I think!

Total hoax started on FB in 2008.


http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/cutonions.asp

 

[Hinotori]

Whiskiranch

 

[beausonge]

I live in SW Washington and I want you to know that I actually saw some SUNSHINE the other day! I even got a few pictures of my chickens ENJOYING that extremely rare commodity - SUNSHINE:

This is my fall Araucana cockerel Rubin and my fall Araucana pullet Opal enjoying some sunshine:






Here is the gang coming out of the coop:






This is my Black Jersey Giant spring pullet.






These are my fall Australorp pullets





and finally, here is my Salmon Favorelle spring cockerel.






Vickie
in dark, rain drenched Kelso...

 

[Farmin Momma]

Quote: Well Poo, Crud, and fluffin ducks! Guess I better tell my stupid friend to take her onions back to the store or find a better use for them.....

Note to stupid self, take all those stupid onions back to the stupid store or find some thing stupid to cook with them!
Also DON'T FALL FOR STUPID STUFF AGAIN!
LOL