Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pettec63]

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Yes, sometimes you can tell. I had a hatchery buff silkie that was a little jerk from day one of me getting them. He started developing comb and wattles at about a week. Turned into a nasty jerk.

I picked up 6 light brahmas pullets from the feed store June 22. Week later I start getting suspicious of one of the little pullets.
This was screaming Boy to me.

Vs this Girl



Everyone said it was way to early to know.

Here is Mongo now. (He didn't want to pose and is molting the worst I've seen on a juvenile getting in adult feathers)



Sorry for the phone pic. Was trying to just run out and get a current picture of him. He's a sweetheart.

Two of the 8 week old EEs have single combs. In the first week I could tell which one was a boy. He's getting a nice little comb in now.

LOL! I meant, nope your not crazy!! Sorry itsren!

 

[cowchick11]

Just found the new WA site and there are already how many posts??? You are all crazy posters! You should be hung on the wall!!!

 

[pettec63]

What I learned from sports in school was; "that I just don't belong". What I have yet to learn is the sense of belonging. Unfortunately sports seem to revolve around winning, and not about allowing everyone to belong.

The sense of belonging is critical to success. There was a mention on the news yesterday about popularity in high-school, and adult earnings. It comes as no surprise to me, because of course those who can charm, play well with others, and belong are going to win more. Those with a sense of "belonging" will always have an easier adulthood.

If sports can teach this then great, otherwise I was able to give my children this skill through other means.



I learned very early that I could not win, at anything if my older brother was participating. So for a long time I didn't know that there was a way to win unless a person cheated, and I knew that was wrong.

Another thing I've learned that winning all the time isn't any fun either. If you win all the time, it becomes meaningless. It's simply expected, and the game is over. I learned that from watching my oldest brother win at any cost. The younger kids learned to not play with him anymore.

I've since learned that I can win, and I savor even the smallest things. I am still working on the feeling of belonging. This thread is one of the very few places that I have found where I do get the feeling. I still have days when it's not easy to trust the feeling. I also avoid people that are competitive to the point of winning at any cost. I've learned to never let them into my life.

 

[pettec63]

Jules:::::::::::::::

Walker Black-Winged Bronze pip was July 11th~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So the bird is 3 mo old yet.
Still could under go a sex change !!!!!!

I am still gonna say hen though.
There has been no:
struttin, display/tail fanning
Spitting
or gobbling AT ALL.
Snood is till just 1/4-1/2"...so still think it is a hen.
Caruncles still small & hennish also...but ya never can tell at 3 mo old.

Wow! I didn't realize it pipped on my Bday!!!! cool!!! Ok...your the expert!

 

[Hinotori]

GARDEN SNAKES CAN BE DANGEROUS...

(snipped for space)

And that's when he shot her.

That was funny. I'll have to share that with DH when he gets home.

 

[pettec63]

Speaking of kids and sports, have you ever seen the video of the boy with cerebral palsy who was determined to run with the other kids during Field Day at his school? Despite the incredible challenge ahead of him, he wanted to run, but begin to tire and slow down after one lap. It didn't look like he would be able to make it. Watch what happens right around 2:40...

Wow Sadie!! That was awesome!! And yea, I was crying with matts mom!!

The thing is no one MADE him, he wanted to do it and he wanted to finish and it was nice to see the teacher and then the kids get out there! Thanks for sharing!!!

 

[CarolynF]

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Reminds me of a conversation with my 6 year old granddaughter. She was complaining about her little girlfriend that just makes stuff up as she goes along. GD considers this fibbing and reacts very negatively toward her. It's SO obvious that the stories are ficticious that I suggested to GD that maybe her friend just enjoys making up stories. And since GD enjoys story books maybe her friend will someday become a writer. Afterall, somebody has to have the imagination to write the stories we love to read. She actually looked thoughtful for a minute... until she ran out to play!

Nothing to do with sports... just kids and what they seem to fall into naturally.

 

[CarolynF]

You can off them, turn them over & just take the breast (skin them & remove breast) then cook.

So no plucking or GUTTING????

 

[pettec63]

GARDEN SNAKES CAN BE DANGEROUS...

Snakes also known as Garter Snakes (Thamnophissirtalis)can be dangerous.

Yes, grass snakes, not rattlesnakes. Here's why.

A couple in Sweetwater, Texas, had a lot of potted plants. During a recent
Cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them from
A possible freeze.

It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one of
The plants. When it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go
Under the sofa.

She let out a very loud scream.

The husband ran out of the shower naked into the living room to see what the
Problem was. She told him there was a snake under the sofa.

He got down on the floor on his hands and knees to look for it. About that
Time the family dog came and cold-nosed him on the behind. He
Thought the snake had bitten him, so he screamed and fell over on the floor.

His wife thought he had had a heart attack, so she covered him up, told him
To lie still and called an ambulance.

The attendants rushed in, would not listen to his protests, loaded him on
The stretcher, and started carrying him out.

About that time, the snake came out from under the sofa and the Emergency
Medical Technician saw it and dropped his end of the stretcher. That's when
The man broke his leg and why he is still in the hospital.

The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house, so she called on
A neighbor who volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself with a
Rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch. Soon he decided it was
Gone and told the woman, who sat down on the sofa in relief.

But while relaxing, her hand dangled between the cushions, where she felt
The snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed back
Under the sofa.

The neighbor man, seeing her lying there, tried to revive her with CPR.

The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from shopping at the grocery
Store, saw her husband's mouth on the woman's mouth and slammed her husband
In the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out and
Cutting his scalp to a point where it needed stitches.

The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she saw her neighbor lying
On the floor with his wife bending over him, so she assumed that the snake
Had bitten him. She went to the kitchen and got a small bottle of whiskey,
And began pouring it down the man's throat.

By now, the police had arrived.

Breathe here...

They saw the unconscious man, smelled the whiskey, and assumed that a
Drunken fight had occurred. They were about to arrest them all, when the
Women tried to explain how it all happened over a little garden snake!

The police called an ambulance, which took away the neighbor and his sobbing
Wife.

Now, the little snake again crawled out from under the sofa and one of the
Policemen drew his gun and fired at it. He missed the snake and hit the leg
Of the end table. The table fell over, the lamp on it shattered and, as the
Bulb broke, it started a fire in the drapes.

The other policeman tried to beat out the flames, and fell through the
Window into the yard on top of the family dog who, startled, jumped out and
Raced into the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed
Into the parked police car.

Meanwhile, neighbors saw the burning drapes and called in the fire
Department. The firemen had started raising the fire ladder when they were
Halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires, put
Out the power, and disconnected the telephones in a ten-square city block
Area ... But they did get the house fire out.

Time passed! Both men were discharged from the hospital, the house was
Repaired, the dog came home, the police acquired a new car and all was right
With their world.

A while later they were watching TV and the weatherman announced a cold snap
For that night. The wife asked her husband if he thought they should bring
In their plants for the night.

And that's when he shot her.

That's funny! although if she hadn't been afraid of it to begin with none of that would have happened!! I AIN'T afraid of no snake!! LOL!!

 

[pettec63]

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Reminds me of a conversation with my 6 year old granddaughter. She was complaining about her little girlfriend that just makes stuff up as she goes along. GD considers this fibbing and reacts very negatively toward her. It's SO obvious that the stories are ficticious that I suggested to GD that maybe her friend just enjoys making up stories. And since GD enjoys story books maybe her friend will someday become a writer. Afterall, somebody has to have the imagination to write the stories we love to read. She actually looked thoughtful for a minute... until she ran out to play!

Nothing to do with sports... just kids and what they seem to fall into naturally.

And ya know, I was watching PBS about Mark Twain, he had a way of telling stories too!!! Good way to explain it to her tho!!

edit that to say, he had some Whoppers!! LOL! jeez Of COURSE he could tell stories....duh.... well ya know what I mean!