Who is that poster? Emoji quiz!
Here is an easy one to get the ball rolling.
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Catbookss
shareHey, you forgot the extra and all-important s!
shareI have no idea what your talking about. :P
I got so excited that I knew it!
You cheater, you editor, you!
https://media.giphy.com/media/7o3hoeLWZY1LG/giphy.gif*
*This reminds me of my new property mates, whom I call Light, Medium, and Dark, because reasons.
Just don't tell yonkerSguy!
That is awesome.
How are your feathered friends and you getting along?
#offendedyou'dthinki'dtell!
#wait,whatisiti'mnotsupposedtotellyonkers?
#inquiringforgetfulminds
So far I've determined that ducks are smarter than chickens, although both lay equally delicious eggs. Ducks are funny, chickens are just strange. Neither of either crew here are very friendly, but then not exactly unfriendly either.
How's that for being ambiguous?
#thelessyouknowthesaferyouare
That just about sums it all up.
You like them all except the ones you don't.
Very clear.
#ignoranceisbliss.someonewisesaidthat
I like all of them just fine, but will always go with funny over stupid, eggs notwithstanding.
#wasntmebutitistruesometimes
I'd probably go with the bigger eggs.
#you'vesaidplentyofotherwisethings
So far I've gone with the larger eggs, but something makes me a little gaggy when it comes to duck eggs. Which is silly, but there you are, or there I am.
I can't taste any difference between the two, or between freshly laid and week (?) old eggs from Trader Joe's, but I'm going with fresher is better anyway.
#nowyourejustbeingkind
I think I've only had actual "fresh" eggs a couple times in my life.
I don't remember there being a difference but if you eat them everyday
maybe it's more noticeable.
Ha, you're the second person within this past week who's said that, when in reality (in the first instance) I was just recounting the events that happened when he was trying to take the fall for something that wasn't his fault, and in your case, that's just my real opinion :)
I don't know that I'd ever had fresh eggs before. If I did, I didn't know it, and I still can't taste any difference. Ask me again in a month, but I'm thinking they taste the same.
I raised chickens for many years, having had fresh eggs regularly. There is no difference between store bought and fresh. If there is it's due to how long the eggs in question have been stored and preserved.
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A chicken expert, great! I thought that was the case, or so my taste buds said, but my mom told me she could tell the difference. This is the first time I've had a chance to make a comparison and (sorry, Mom), your expertise and my taste buds disagree with her opinion.
shareAt least with raising chickens one knows they're getting fresh eggs. It's a lot of work though.
shareI'm not surprised that in general raising chickens is a lot of work. I have no doubt it is!
As I've said, my landlords have two hens and three ducks (are they called hens too? all of them are female). I don't know how often all of them lay.
Every day or so they let them out, so they can wander about the property freely, and eat whatever bugs, grubs, veggies or whatever they find, feely. That''s all I know!
We used to buy eggs directly from a hennery when I was a kid. I remember the eggs used to be warm. Taste wise - no difference.
shareThey were warm? They must have been very, very fresh! Straight from the hen fresh :)
shareI once knew a woman who used to procure the scraps, rejected product from a major manufacturer of frozen pizza and feed it to her chickens. She claimed it really made them " produce . "
shareWeird. It doesn't sound like it'd be healthy for them, any more than a steady diet of pizza would be for us!
shareIt struck me as odd also but she swore by it. I've also heard that pizza is actually considered to be very nutritious, considering the immense variety of different ingredients it contains. Also, the wasted crusts from the bakery in that plant ( which was copious ), was sold to pig farmers by the truckload; it seemed like a win win arrangement to me.
shareWell, pizza is only as healthy as its ingredients, and if they're not -- and most aren't -- it's not going to be good for them either, in the long run. Or the piggies.
Pizza dough is usually made of highly processed white flour. If it weren't for that, I'd agree it's a win/win situation.
Who cares how healthy ( which is debatable and up to the experts ) it is for chickens if it encourages their production of eggs, one of the best sources of protein for us, along with pork?
shareI care. I care about the animals that "serve" us for their own well being, and for us, who consume either them or the products from them.
You may view things differently, which is fine, but to me focussing on only the encouragement of the production of eggs is only looking at one aspect, which may very well and most probably does come at the cost of the health of the chickens from which we get the eggs we eat, but also (selfishly, granted) our own health.
Before living here, and having access to eggs laid by chickens or ducks in a natural way, I bought free-range whenever possible and I could afford to.
Before that? I tried to not think about it. Eggs had been eggs since I was a child. No free-range, no other thought about them except buying a dozen in the grocery store.
I'm not focused only on the "encouragement of the production of eggs" but on superior sources of protein, which I thought I made evident. And btw, it's not only essential for energy, muscular strength & growth but also for brain health.
shareHave you tried ostrich eggs? I hear they’re delicious. And huge!
shareNo. I'm struggling enough with duck eggs as it is, although in theory I have no problem with any of them.
I'm thinking an ostrich egg would be big enough to make an omelette for 4!
I'd be struggling with the duck eggs, too. I know it's irrational, but it's allowed!
shareI know, it is irrational! The only real difference is they're a bit larger, from a different domesticated bird, and the shells are thinner and less white (or not at all brown).
I tried a couple fried, and after getting over the initial squeamishness, became pretty much okay with them.
Then I hardboiled one, thinking, why not? That would have probably been okay, except I put it towards the back of the teeny fridge and it froze halfway. I think that's what changed the texture of the white part to something weird, which made me feel a bit gaggy 😬
#thisisallowed!
Depends on what kind of chickens they are. Some breeds are friendly, such as Rhode Island Reds, and others like White Leghorns can be mean. There's pros and cons in all of them. Almost all chickens are on the dumber side and all are pooping machines.
shareI had no idea what breed they were, so used Google images. Looks like they're Orpington buffs. According to what I read, they're supposed to be friendly. Could it be it's that they weren't socialised? They're not mean or anything, just not friendly.
shareChickens are social birds, like being in flocks. Most of their behaviors are instinct. Orpingtons tend to be gentle, not the most consistent egg layers but make great 'meat' birds. If you want my honest opinion about the best overall breed friendliness to egg-laying ratio my pick is the Black Sex Link. Yes, that's its name. They lay year round and are very weather tolerate too.
I'll admit some of the chickens I had were kept as outdoor pets.
Ugh, well, all of this is news to me.
All I can tell you about these two chickens is they do lay eggs (although I have no clue how often), they're not mean but nor are they friendly (they seem more scared of me than anything else, even though I basically ignore them, because I know that sets most animals at ease). And that's all I know!
This is my first time being around any chickens (or ducks). I was looking forward to getting to know them, in whatever way I could, but so far my experience has been there's not much in the way of getting to know them.
Unless the chickens have been raised around people since they were babies, they generally won't let anyone get near them with a ten foot pole. I had a habit of picking up my chickens with my hands. In time, they got used to it because they knew when I was around they would receive fresh food and water.
shareWhen I was very little my late grandmother had a rooster who would attack anyone who came into the chicken coop. They were all scared of him. One day I slipped away and just wandered in. He was so shocked at some stranger daring to enter his domain, he just stood there and did nothing. It gave the adults a good laugh. He was such a chicken!🐤
shareChickens are smarter than given credit for. Some can be real mean and injure people badly, sensing fear and hesitation in others. It didn't perceive anything from you. What other talents do you have hidden away, Strat? Maybe I don't want to know! (o_o)
shareIf you do want to know, come to my basement next Friday!
shareAlright! I've booked an ocean passage on seahorse back. The amenities will be terrible though. Only song available is the Beatles "Yellow Submarine" and the movie feature is Star Wars: the Phantom Menace with only the Naboo underwater scenes fully intact. . .
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