Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

I often eat with just a work in my right hand - is this permissible?

Qyes, like me, american style. Perfectly acceptable, presiming not forking huge mouthfuls that should be cut smaller!

lostinrates

Our lunch was cancelled......poor etiquette, but excellent manners.....the peoe have decised to divorce instead...much better to cancel than come bringing their new baggage. .

Luckily they told my in time to stop me from defrosting the meat.

Our new ex batts have arrived. Huge, fat and healthy, aoart from some worms. They are not ex batts though, but come from an organic free range place. The difference from the last lot is astounding. Perfect, no, not by anymeans, but certainly 'acceptable' in terms of their condition.

Annoyingly i now have to bish away all the eggs while i worm every one......something i would usually rather do at a time of year not connected to peak laying, but might as well do the whole darn lot of them this week, and get them in sync, otherwise i will forget who was done when.

motherofstudents

ooooh, lostinrates, you got chickens ? How easy are they to look after ? We have thought about getting some (not lots). don't know much about them really but obviously if we did get some, we would find out as much as possible. Do they need a lot of cleaning (housing I mean, not feathers)

LydiaJ

motherofstudents,
lostinrates has chickens, geese, horses, dogs, cats, bees (or did the bees all die a while ago?). Were there also some ducks, or were there just some wild ones swimming on the cake? (They have a small lake called lake cake). Did I forget anything?

lostinrates

motherofstudents wrote: »

ooooh, lostinrates, you got chickens ? How easy are they to look after ? We have thought about getting some (not lots). don't know much about them really but obviously if we did get some, we would find out as much as possible. Do they need a lot of cleaning (housing I mean, not feathers)

Yes, they need cleaning daily in a small house, with rubber gloves. At least once a year the whole house should be throuroughly scrubbed with disinfectant, thats a biggish issue, because usually the house doesn't dry out in the same day, so some tempoaray fox proof accomodation (pen in a garden shed is ok) is good. Some poorly bred birds need things like beaks clipped, as they have over or underbites which if left to snap off can go to the quick, and while growing make it hard for the bird to eat.

We have just spent a lo
Ng time rounding up the new birds and have to admit i am not at my most chicken friendly atm.


I think a lot of back yard birds have a worse or at least as bad a live as commercially produced birds......i love keeping chickens, i recommend keeping chickens, buit only if you are really prepared for the consequences and think you can do better than the best commercial rearing.


It is CHEAPER to buy eggs from a gate seller though IMO.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I have a lil' bro, late 20s, 6 foot, a bit beanpole, more intelligent than me :mad: but a bit geeky with it but hopefully the next Zuckerberg. He may not be entirely single but definitely in to ladies. Would you like to meet him PN?

Yes
.... he's not ginger is he? That'd be a downer.
*hides*

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Sounds lie a great idea, 52 copies sold for a start...can we be first please.

I should first have checked that you all do interesting jobs .....

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I often eat with just a work in my right hand - is this permissible?

I thought this typo meant "wok" - and thought that perfectly OK.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Our lunch was cancelled......the peoe have decised to divorce instead...

No contest is it: Lunch with LIR/FIR, or, DIVORCE.



Says a lot about your cooking (in)abilities

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

motherofstudents,
lostinrates has chickens, geese, horses, dogs, cats, bees (or did the bees all die a while ago?). Were there also some ducks, or were there just some wild ones swimming on the cake? (They have a small lake called lake cake). Did I forget anything?

Our bees died, but have new swarm:j have not secured it yet.....but i am hopeful. Ducks....mallards, shelduck and coots all wild, but know they are to a cushy number......

Hedgehogs.....also wild but lived in for winter, like the bats:D