Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
New baby chicks arrived today! My older girls are slacking off, they will not be destroyed, just semi retired, I get new chicks every 4 years or so, to keep up production, another 15 arrive in July. Barnyard politics will begin, keep me busy.Right now they are in the bathtub with a hot lamp, too cold (30's at night) to put them in the barn nursery. I order from Murray MacMurray for years now, and am always pleased with the health and choice breeds. There are a couple of runts I will need to keep an eye on. I love chickens, my son got me a crazy chicken lady sign last year, it's nailed to the barn. Yes, I plead guilty. When the shtf, I will have protein.
My son was bringing home fresh eggs from a co-worker but told me last night something got in and killed the hens. I am sad. Those eggs were SO good.
Weasels, raccoons, or a fox. Mass murder like that is usually done by coons or weasels, they like the blood, get a bite here and there, and can do more damage than a fox, who will take the bird away from the coop, not leave the body. Shame, I lost so many hens to a weasel one hard winter, beautiful girls, big and healthy. i Finally said screw it and brought the remaining 18 into the basement.
We have coyotes around here too, wondering which ones did it.
Coyotes will carry off the hen too, are there stray dogs around? Or loose dogs? A domestic dog that is not a farm dog will do it too.
I'm smiling as this sounds like me . I've got a chick in the bathroom under a heat lamp too. Perfectly normal thing to do.