Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Molpet]

It seems that failiure is no longer a possiblity that we are prepared to deal with which is pretty stupid if everyone is a success no matter what their performance is. Failure is I've found the best teacher of the two and the ackowledgement of that failure helps to keep self delusion in check.

There's a commercial for a roofing company, "Champion Roofing". They go on about a what a champion is, the usually definition. Then they say no a champion is being the best you can be. I don't want them near my roof.

 

[Sally PB]

Someone told me this story.

Suppose you hire someone to paint your house. He arrives, sets up his ladders and scaffold, places drop cloths where appropriate. He brings out his paint cans, puts on his overalls, opens the cans, and lovingly stirs the paint.

So far, he is a TOTAL FAILURE as a painter.

Success equals RESULTS.

 

[kcan2]

Someone told me this story.

Suppose you hire someone to paint your house. He arrives, sets up his ladders and scaffold, places drop cloths where appropriate. He brings out his paint cans, puts on his overalls, opens the cans, and lovingly stirs the paint.

So far, he is a TOTAL FAILURE as a painter.

Success equals RESULTS.

Yes! What you said also reminded me of this (photo)! Shadrach's attitude of determination followed up by consistent efforts are really what it has come down to for Henry & Co. and getting results!

 

[kcan2]

Tax for motivational talk - a very small rooster next to a rather unhealthy, mismanaged potted plant that has somehow clung to life and hope. He likes to bully this plant (a seasonal mum) by pretending to eat it and/or attempting to convince a hen to eat it, but no one ever does.

 

[ManueB]

I partially disagree. Of course success =results for the chickens, for plumbers or roofing. But I can think of quite a few domains in which I wouldn't agree. The one I know the best is sport : for me success is practice and consistency, not results.
Someone could be very talented and achieve without any effort what it would take someone else months of training.
I don't know about allotment rules. I'm very glad my partner's mother was allowed to stay in her allotment even though she did not tend her plot last year because she spent three months in hospital and almost died. Sure, it was her fault because she didn't quit smoking. But having kept that allotment plot is one of the few things that help with her depression and may help her actually give up smoking. I like to see causes and full chain of events before passing any judgement.

 

[Perris]

Mow snacking before roosting again

2 thoughts occur: 1. she needs extra resources to replace those pantaloons of hers , or 2. she's building reserves to go broody

 

[Perris]

Sylph. I think she's a lovely looking pullet.

Yes she's gorgeous. Can we have a close up of Tull too?

 

[Perris]

Maria has decided that now would be a good time to raise (another) brood

 

[Shadrach]

She sure is.

she knows you bring the food.

Sylph is the least food motivated of the pair. I often have to go and find her to give her her share of the treats. Tull can hear/see the treat container open form the next county. Sylph likes calm and wamth and sat on my lap she gets both. She avoids most of the conflicts when she can.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Sylph and Tull are so pretty, shaping up to be wonderful chickens. I like the boy with the red wings too.