tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post1604447518287131474..comments2024-02-04T20:25:58.971-08:00Comments on How's Robb?: When the Chickens Come Home to RoostLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-73951651790139562142010-05-22T09:43:15.097-07:002010-05-22T09:43:15.097-07:00We are getting chicks next month. We have been re...We are getting chicks next month. We have been researching laying hens for the past 6 mo and are building our coop now. The boys are so excited to get chickens- as am I. We had to convince my husband but now he is on board as well. Its frightening what corporate farming, and corporate selling, has done to our world, our economy, our health, our families. All anyone has to do is read any of numerous books out there on corporate farming to realize the ugly evils of combining profit with food. My little chicken farm of 4 laying hens won't save the world from war and hunger, but it will teach my children about animal husbandr and sustainablity. That's a good start.Tonya/Scraphappynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-33863635122538608552010-05-16T09:00:04.070-07:002010-05-16T09:00:04.070-07:00I hope you'll post pics! We lived in Alameda ...I hope you'll post pics! We lived in Alameda for 10 years, and never saw chickens then, so I'm very curious! I love that it's a bicycle tour too.Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-62066408922560168092010-05-16T06:43:23.787-07:002010-05-16T06:43:23.787-07:00oof, I read her green screens post and was so unsu...oof, I read her green screens post and was so unsurprised by how obnoxious political vegans tend to be. They're just like those damn anti-choicers and the prayer-in-school-ers. "Meddle in other people's private lives and take away everyone else's rights so I can feel good about myself"-ers. "Regardless of your values, I will only rest when everyone believes and behaves the way I do"-ers. I grew up in the south surrounded by one flavour of self-righteous nutjob. It's a shame there really is no way of getting away from them--only their motives change. <br /><br />But I've realized there's a less accusing name that is equally applicable to this branch of humanity: simpletons. Their cognitive processes are such that there is no room for shades of grey in behaviour, and there is no ability to conceptualize that other people's versions of "right" may utterly contradict theirs but be just as right given their circumstances. It is this developmental handicap above all others, I would argue, that has caused and continued the most wars, murders, and feuds in human history--the inability to fathom that nothing is absolute.<br /><br />Sorry, that was a bit verbose. It's just been on my mind. I hope this finds you well. Have fun on your coop-cycle!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613698397288879671noreply@blogger.com