Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

One of Hubby's grandmothers passed away this morning.
This year is rather overwhelming.

I'm so very sorry to hear that.

 

[Ponypoor]

Curly seems to be having breathing issues, I have noted she has been packing on the weight, I wonder if she is full of fluid?

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Wednesday! Have the 2 biggest sets of wattles in our flock

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Lovely ladies

 

[Ponypoor]

They looka little like golden comets to me.

I am certain my ‘coloured’ egg layers are just a fancy name for a hybrid mixture of production breeds and blue egg layers. Nice hens though, friendly and lay nice eggs.

 

[Ponypoor]

I consider chocolate to be one of the basic breakfast food groups along with eggs and left-over-dinner-from-the-night-before.

Breakfast Tax: Pooh sizing up the jump to the upper level nest boxes in order to provide me with breakfast.
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Big jump for such a wee chook! You can do it!!!

 

[TOMTE]

I advice you to search for s few good (science/research) articles. Bc what you say is not correct.

GMO is not the same as improved with selection. GMO is artificial genetic manipulated.

Not all GMO crops but some (especially corn and soy) are developed for resistance to poisons. That way the large scale farmer can spray lots on poison on the field that kills all unwanted weeds. In the corn and soy are still large quantities of poison ( residues ) . The people that work on these fields or live nearby often get serious heath problems. Pregnant woman have many miscarriages and babies with handicaps.

Interesting! I'd still say it's not the GMO that's harmful though, but the pesticides and poisons used to kill pests.

 

[TOMTE]

One of Hubby's grandmothers passed away this morning.
This year is rather overwhelming.

Hugs for you and the hubby

 

[Ponypoor]

Wattle you have today Shirley?

Gosh he is such a lovely boy. And quiet so far! Except for that real manly crow of his! I really need to get cracking on a new home for him.

Not sure why his comb gets black tips at times, I feel that when he is active the extra blood must return to his vital organs so the comb lacks enough O2.

 

[TOMTE]

Wattle you have today Shirley?
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Gosh he is such a lovely boy. And quiet so far! Except for that real manly crow of his! I really need to get cracking on a new home for him.

Not sure why his comb gets black tips at times, I feel that when he is active the extra blood must return to his vital organs so the comb lacks enough O2.

The back tips of Gytha's comb get bluish sometimes (not like this though!), and I notice it happens when she's excited/active for prolonged periods. She definitely has the largest comb in my flock. Maybe you're right about the O2!

 

[notabitail]

Pretty much everything we eat is GMO. Anything that's different from how it originally grew/evolved is GMO. Yellow corn is GMO, any tomato other than heirloom is GMO, heck, our chickens are GMO!

GMO isn't anything scary or unhealthy, it just means we selectively bred for looks, flavor, size, etc.

The problem I see with a lot of GMO food is that it's modified to be pesticide resistant from what I know, and eating pesticides that are on the food is not a good thing.