Washingtonians

[Stumpfarmer]

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When my daughter was a first grader, they ate lunch at their desks. The boy in the desk next to her would tease her about her food (he had Lunchables every day, she had healthy food of her own sometimes eccentric choice) until she got so upset that she puked, got sent to the office, had her temperature taken, which was always a bit above normal at that point, and was sent home- which always amounted to being sent to her Grandmother's, since I don't drive and was always working outside at that time of day. I was called in to be properly chastized for whatever it was they thought I did to deserve the situation, which worked not terribly well for them when I pointed out that the teacher and principal could have taken control of the situation by moving her away from her pestiferous seat mate, giving consequences for the kind of "teasing" that leads to that level of upset, and making her lie quietly for an hour and then taking her temperature not rewarding my daughter by sending her to Grammie's house every time she threw up. Seriously, it's right up there with Monty Python's comfy chair or Bre'r Rabbit's briar patch"oh, no don't send me to Grandma's House!"

And my ancient old kid had a lightbulb moment yesterday when he had to gather up a bunch of barbed wire he'd dumped in the yard next to the pasture gate about three, four, five, six and seven years ago. I told him then it was going to be a problem, and guess what? It was a problem.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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There are some vids on Utube that show a chicken using one and how to train them to use it. Seems pretty simple! Even for the 'challenged' chicken!

I have a few chickens that seem very smart...and a few that seem pretty, well not so smart. My not so smart ones figured it out first because they kept stumbling onto the step, trying to figure out where the food had gone that used to be there!

The first few times the lid opened they jumped back and it closed, then they would go back and do it again...and jump again...after a few times they figured out that the food was inside! This summer I plan to train them to use the water nipple...that one should be fun!!!

Water nipples should be very easy. That is all I use (except new hatch) for watering. I do not medicate using nipples I use a bowl or bottle..

 

[Chickielady]

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These are actual chicks. Seven of them. I hope they realize they'll never get properly ripened watermelon again.

well, ya think about it. The watermelon gives them fluids and food. Keeps them good for a couple of days. Makes sense.

works for shipping live crickets too.
We used to get 1000 crickets for $15 shipping included every month to feed our koi & bullfrogs.
They love the rind especially.
Cricketman.com

 

[Chickielady]

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Welcome!! There are a few of the BYCers over your way with birdies...welcome to the insane addiction!!!

 

[Chickielady]

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So true!
Kinda like a perfectly sweet house dog, then 2, then 3 you have a pack out hamstringing deer & goats all night.
Home & face licked clean by 6 AM for kibbles & bits.
I feel the same way about these 'droves' of young men that roam the streets shooting each other & innocents.
Sometimes I really wonder where the heck are these kid's parents ?
But now they are killing at schools & malls in daylight.
Sad.
Glad I live in the country.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Grandmother had 12 kids? Or 8? If I am reading this correctly 8 BOYS?

I do not think I could ever handle this - they would have drove me to drink - LOTS!!!!!. Crazy. But I sooooooo agree with Grandmother's logic.

Twelve kids, eight of them boys. She not only did not drink, but was the president of the Washington chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union

She was also widowed in 1936, with eight kids still at home, on a dairy farm where all the cows were hand-milked.

Now, my other grandmother did like a little gin, but she had to be married to one of my male relatives on my father's side, which only a daughter of my sane grandmother could deal with without strong drink.

(Grandma Jane had Wyandottes and Leghorns and raised meat goats for sale and a couple of pigs a year for bacon and ham, and baked six loaves of bread and two dozen cinnamon rolls every morning before breakfast along with maintaining two acres of truck garden and twenty Jersey cows; Grandma Laura complained about living on a farm and couldn't cook to save her life; the hired hand kept game fowl).

 

[SadieSue]

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That looks great - you did a fantastic job! Lucky chick to have you as it's caretaker.

 

[Chickielady]

I caught up !!!

You are all chatting so much this old lady can hardly keep up!
Looks like I go out and put up walls on the coop.
I would love to see Broody's nest box pictures....OK guys, later I guess.

And this chickie transport train is rolling out early Saturday morning to go to Monroe via I-5 to 405.......so any wants give me a PM.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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I wish I could sign on to that train but the chicken coop project has slowed to a stop and I'm not going to be ready for more chickens by Saturday. I need two something hens, and Cochins are looking better and better despite my aversion for feather feet.

 

[Chickielady]

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Grandmother had 12 kids? Or 8? If I am reading this correctly 8 BOYS?

I do not think I could ever handle this - they would have drove me to drink - LOTS!!!!!. Crazy. But I sooooooo agree with Grandmother's logic.

Twelve kids, eight of them boys. She not only did not drink, but was the president of the Washington chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union

She was also widowed in 1936, with eight kids still at home, on a dairy farm where all the cows were hand-milked.

Now, my other grandmother did like a little gin, but she had to be married to one of my male relatives on my father's side, which only a daughter of my sane grandmother could deal with without strong drink.

(Grandma Jane had Wyandottes and Leghorns and raised meat goats for sale and a couple of pigs a year for bacon and ham, and baked six loaves of bread and two dozen cinnamon rolls every morning before breakfast along with maintaining two acres of truck garden and twenty Jersey cows; Grandma Laura complained about living on a farm and couldn't cook to save her life; the hired hand kept game fowl).

Now THAT is a woman !!! (Jane)
And bet she never painted her nails or ever went to a beauty shop, and more than likely sewed her (and kid's) clothes and quilts, am I right ?