Comments on: Separation Anxiety http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21998 Suzanne McMinn Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:19:12 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21998 Hi, Callie! My grandmother's name was Katie Prescott. Hi, Callie! My grandmother’s name was Katie Prescott.

]]> By: Callie Randall http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21991 Callie Randall Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:13:01 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21991 Wow. My family grew up in Frederick. My great-grandparents settled there and (for some crazy reason) we all stayed. Do you mind me asking what your grandmother's name is? What a small world! My husband grew up in Chattanooga, a smaller town about 30 min from Frederick. Wow. My family grew up in Frederick. My great-grandparents settled there and (for some crazy reason) we all stayed. Do you mind me asking what your grandmother’s name is? What a small world! My husband grew up in Chattanooga, a smaller town about 30 min from Frederick.

]]> By: Mental P Mama http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21788 Mental P Mama Mon, 26 May 2008 22:57:02 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21788 Well, if the chicken house is safe, then I guess it's okay. I just want them to be safe. :chicken: :chicken: Well, if the chicken house is safe, then I guess it’s okay. I just want them to be safe. :chicken: :chicken:

]]> By: catslady http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21748 catslady Mon, 26 May 2008 03:17:58 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21748 Wow they really did get big fast and so pretty. I'd hate to see them go too :cry: If I wasn't so lazy to try and come up with recipes, I'd be a vegetarian - but it's so easy to go to the store and buy something that doesn't resemble the real thing and throw it on the grill :mrgreen: Wow they really did get big fast and so pretty. I’d hate to see them go too :cry: If I wasn’t so lazy to try and come up with recipes, I’d be a vegetarian – but it’s so easy to go to the store and buy something that doesn’t resemble the real thing and throw it on the grill :mrgreen:

]]> By: rebecca http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21747 rebecca Sun, 25 May 2008 23:49:41 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21747 My Grandma tells me about her family raising chickens. During the depression, it was the way to go -- they had chickens all over the yard. When I told her I didn't know how a person could kill something they raised she said, "Well, you've never had to live with them nasty old birds!!!" Apparently, my Great Grandma didn't relish the chore and let her husband do the dirty work until a mean old rooster attacked her one time too many. They say she grabbed the bird and wrung its neck right then and there, and had no problem with it. Me... I'll take my neat little filets on a styrofoam tray anytime. I think if I had to raise and kill my own poultry, I would go veg really quick. I could raise them no problem, but ... My Grandma tells me about her family raising chickens. During the depression, it was the way to go — they had chickens all over the yard. When I told her I didn’t know how a person could kill something they raised she said, “Well, you’ve never had to live with them nasty old birds!!!” Apparently, my Great Grandma didn’t relish the chore and let her husband do the dirty work until a mean old rooster attacked her one time too many. They say she grabbed the bird and wrung its neck right then and there, and had no problem with it.

Me… I’ll take my neat little filets on a styrofoam tray anytime. I think if I had to raise and kill my own poultry, I would go veg really quick. I could raise them no problem, but …

]]> By: Jodie http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21746 Jodie Sun, 25 May 2008 22:36:04 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21746 My grandmother and grandfather kept chickens in "town" in the 60s & 70s. Grandma used to talk about how to wring a chicken's neck and I'm sure she did, but I never saw it. Watching chicken fry in the pan was bad enough when I was old enough to cook. But I would loooove to have fresh eggs just outside my door. My grandmother and grandfather kept chickens in “town” in the 60s & 70s. Grandma used to talk about how to wring a chicken’s neck and I’m sure she did, but I never saw it. Watching chicken fry in the pan was bad enough when I was old enough to cook. But I would loooove to have fresh eggs just outside my door.

]]> By: Susan http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21745 Susan Sun, 25 May 2008 22:31:29 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21745 The chicks are to cute to put out in the chicken house! The chicks are to cute to put out in the chicken house!

]]> By: Kim A. http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21744 Kim A. Sun, 25 May 2008 19:59:17 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21744 They've grown so quickly! Uh, I would think the smell of chicken poop would be motivation enough to get them out of your house. Most of us are pretty far removed from our sources of food today, which really isn't a good thing, IMO. Particularly considering how animals and birds are raised, how they are killed, and the conditions in which slaughter-house people work. That said, the only way I could kill an animal or bird to eat would be if I were literally starving and it was life and death. And frankly, maybe not even then. Which makes me a hypocrite, since I do eat meat and poultry. -Kim They’ve grown so quickly!

Uh, I would think the smell of chicken poop would be motivation enough to get them out of your house.

Most of us are pretty far removed from our sources of food today, which really isn’t a good thing, IMO. Particularly considering how animals and birds are raised, how they are killed, and the conditions in which slaughter-house people work. That said, the only way I could kill an animal or bird to eat would be if I were literally starving and it was life and death. And frankly, maybe not even then. Which makes me a hypocrite, since I do eat meat and poultry.

-Kim

]]> By: Jeanette Fields http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21743 Jeanette Fields Sun, 25 May 2008 19:21:07 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21743 Chicks and chickens are still a joy, even though the reality is the responsibility of their health and welfare which can be painful at times. Here is a post of one such time; http://www.homesteadblogger.com/countryhomeschoolin/89694/ I am sure you would have the "cajones" too if the time arose.... after all you are now a farm gal! And we are a tough breed. Blessings, Jeanette Chicks and chickens are still a joy, even though the reality is the responsibility of their health and welfare which can be painful at times. Here is a post of one such time;
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/countryhomeschoolin/89694/

I am sure you would have the “cajones” too if the time arose…. after all you are now a farm gal! And we are a tough breed.
Blessings, Jeanette

]]> By: Jeannie in OKC http://chickensintheroad.com/barn/separation-anxiety/#comment-21742 Jeannie in OKC Sun, 25 May 2008 18:05:49 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=1501#comment-21742 Hey, my husband grew up on a farm near Frederick, and my inlaws moved into Frederick when they got older. I still have a brother-in-law and family there. So I know that dusty little town quite well! We live in Oklahoma City and I'm definitely a city girl, but I do love the "nothingness" of the plains. I love the wide open spaces and being able to see miles in any direction. When my daughter got ready to go to college, she considered Duke in North Carolina, but after she visited there, she wasn't sure she could manage to live in the middle of all the trees. It made her nervous not to be able to see what was all around her. Geography definitely makes us who we are. Hey, my husband grew up on a farm near Frederick, and my inlaws moved into Frederick when they got older. I still have a brother-in-law and family there. So I know that dusty little town quite well!

We live in Oklahoma City and I’m definitely a city girl, but I do love the “nothingness” of the plains. I love the wide open spaces and being able to see miles in any direction.

When my daughter got ready to go to college, she considered Duke in North Carolina, but after she visited there, she wasn’t sure she could manage to live in the middle of all the trees. It made her nervous not to be able to see what was all around her.

Geography definitely makes us who we are.

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