Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[itsren]

I agree with you Jessica. I was very disappointed when I saw the condition of the chicks at Coastal today. They looked pretty sad.

 

[FirewifeJess]

I agree with you Jessica. I was very disappointed when I saw the condition of the chicks at Coastal today. They looked pretty sad.

Glad I'm not the only one. It really reaffirmed my decision to always support my local Reber Ranch as much as possible, their chicks have always been well taken care of and I've yet to see anything wrong with a single one of them. I'm going back there in a week or so for 2 chicks for Lucy. Darn girl. I hate that she's broody again 10 weeks after I gave her the first chicks! She only laid me about 10 eggs in between!!!

 

[Partyfowl]

Man you guys are animals. I can never keep up with this thread. .. Oh and Stumpfarmer, I would love to kiss that cows face!!

 

[FirewifeJess]

Man you guys are animals. I can never keep up with this thread. .. Oh and Stumpfarmer, I would love to kiss that cows face!!

Hold on to your hat!

 

[melissaG]

*does not understand how it can say I don't have an image in my signature page, when there's a picture in my signature page*

Think I'd best take a long bath and dream of my incubator coming in the morrow.
^^ g'night all!

 

[Duck Drover]

I am going to have to respond above the quoted section because my phone won't let me scroll to the bottom. I did not have hurt feelings but I did get the initial impression that people were being rude. It happens on online forums because people can sometimes come across as arrogant, even though they don't realize the impression they give to others. It did not deter me from reading but it did make me feel as though I should not offer information. Many posts are written in the general "you" form but the one I quoted seemed like the personal "you" even though I did not need the warning personally.

Hi There,

I'm SO sorry that the posts have sounded harsh and that it seemed you were being picked on.  It's definitely not how any of them, on this thread, have been intended.  Please stay around and let us try to make a better impression as we go forward.  okay? 

The spelling thing has been sort of a running joke around here.  The 's' on the end of names especially.  And if Chicken Rustler is involved we tease kinda rough.  The Ameraucana thing runs a bit deeper because SO many trusting people, newbies or not, get taken advantage of by breeders, feed stores, and hatcheries when they sell Easter Eggers and call them Ameraucana, Americana, and even Araucana.  There's a fine line between the true breed and the Easter Eggers.  AND  I had to tease Chicken Rustler because he misspelled his "correction" any way!

Many of the posts, like the ones about the comfrey aren't necessarily aimed at just the person writing the first post on the topic, but for everyone reading it.  Especially if there is some sort of warning they feel needs to be shared.  I know Laughing Feather personally, and can vouch for her nature.  She wasn't trying to be a know-it-all, just trying to let ALL of us know that there is a danger. 

Again... I'm sorry your feelings were hurt. 

And thank you for sharing the information you have on organic alternatives!

 

[LaughingFeather]

I inherited this when I married my hubby. It doesn't have the pads. Not sure I want to take on the task of making some. Guess I will just have to watch my girls. Such a difficult thing to spend hours doing.....NOT

How about blowing up some plastic bags and stuffing them in the holes? At least it would be a sight block.

 

[Duck Drover]

I have those plants all along the fenceline with the neighbor. At least 100 feet long and 10 to 20 feet wide. Well not as wide as it was when we first moved here. I've mowed the edge back with each mowing to where I want the limit. The bees love the flowers. It is very pretty and gets to 5 foot tall some years.

The nettles only came up last year. I don't mind nettles even with their sting. They are just like spinach when cooked. Nice easy food plant I don't have to tend. No composting the whole plant for me.

I like Nettles cooked in olive oil although I have learned the trick to folding them and eating them raw.

 

[Duck Drover]

I inherited this when I married my hubby. It doesn't have the pads. Not sure I want to take on the task of making some. Guess I will just have to watch my girls. Such a difficult thing to spend hours doing.....NOT

I inherited mine from a friend after her son broke his neck so it had the pads but they did not weather well or stand up to the wind in Ellensburg. When the kids quit jumping on it the dogs took to laying on it. As I recall the spacing was not a problem after the pads were gone. The coyotes did not feast on my chocolate Muscovies!

 

[LaughingFeather]

I am going to have to respond above the quoted section because my phone won't let me scroll to the bottom. I did not have hurt feelings but I did get the initial impression that people were being rude. It happens on online forums because people can sometimes come across as arrogant, even though they don't realize the impression they give to others. It did not deter me from reading but it did make me feel as though I should not offer information. Many posts are written in the general "you" form but the one I quoted seemed like the personal "you" even though I did not need the warning personally.

I think you are being a little sensitive. The YOU I used was meant as Everyone, not just you personally. You, meaning you personally, have not been on the board long enough to know the personalities of each of us. We are all nice people. I've met me and I know I am nice.

Actually, I had mentioned something about comfrey being demoted about a week before you brought this up. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...together-washington-peeps/17470#post_10866596
I mean no negative toward you in any way. Have a good time and lighten up. No one is picking on you. You seem to have a good grasp on Living Free Off The Wild. Here is to Euell Gibbons, my first guru of eating wild.

Funny story. Back in the early 70's when people where escaping to live in more simple times this little hippy girl, meaning me and my hubby, considered living in a Tee-pee in the woods. Eating off the wild. Shooting game with a muzzle loader. We ran around with a friend who was part of the Mountain Man society. Although today my microwave is my best friend and I don't want to kill anything anymore I still feel those roots. Anyone into Mushroom picking?