why you should all consider getting chickens

saint-ambrosef:

liberscaryrynn:

the-real-adam-taurus:

elodieunderglass:

penfairy:

  • a small backyard, a decent fence and the will to make a safe coop for your fluffy dames is all you need to make it happen
  • they will eat your vegetable scraps and gobble down pretty much any kind of food waste, turning discarded crusts and mushy fruit into big fat eggs full of protein!
  • and depending on which breed you buy, they will lay an egg almost every day. free, nutritious food every morning! what other pet will do that?
  • it’s a misconception that eating eggs is inherently cruel, or that you need a rooster for your chickens to lay eggs! all the eggs you buy in supermarkets are unfertilised, which means there is no chance of that egg ever hatching. you’re not eating a potential life, your chickens will lay eggs regardless of whether there’s a rooster around
  • so only buy a rooster to go with your lovely ladies if you want baby chicks – otherwise, just get some girls and enjoy those omelettes!
  • the way cage egg farms are run is terrible, and you can’t always be sure that a free range farm is as idyllic as the picture you see on the carton. lots of sad chookies who can’t perch or scratch or eat grass and clean themselves. 😦 
  • this way, you will always be certain that your girls are happy, healthy, doing what chicken are meant to do and eating what chickens should be eating, which means bigger and better eggs for you!
  • you can give eggs to your friends! give eggs to strangers! eggs for everyone!
  • tiny and furious lawnmowers. chickens LOVE grass, especially clover. if you have a small backyard, they will do all the work of keeping the grass trimmed. 
  • a caution, pls buy your chicken a friend – they will get lonely if you only buy one. my friend had two chickens and one died, leaving Gizmo all alone. she got depressed and stopped laying, so they put her in the rabbit hutch. now she has a best friend bunny called Jimmy and she’s very happy! she often sits on him and purrs.
  • chickens are good around most other pets – cats and chickens usually regard each other with mutual indifference and disdain, but they generally bond with dogs. however, if you know your pooch or kitty is particularly aggressive, make sure you check it won’t be a problem!
  • scratch scratch scratch, scratch party!!
  • one time I was cleaning out the stables and my chicken came over, saw that I was using a big rake and went !!!! scratch time!!! and she started scratching furiously next to me like she was trying to help
  • they’re very clean animals and will clean themselves every day with a dust bath and a thorough preening
  • when it starts raining it takes them a good 10 seconds to process what’s happening, then they RUN to shelter
  • gloriously stupid tiny velociraptor running
  • peck peck peck. is food? I check! peck. not food!
  • rip all snails and slugs that live in your garden
  • they will also go after mice and spiders
  • chicken poop is great fertiliser! when you clean out their coop, spread the poo on your garden and watch your flowers and veggies grow!
  • kiddos LOVE chickens!!
  • seriously, looking after chickens is a great job for little kids – any little fella can fill up their water and give them some food, and collecting a warm, fresh egg every morning is so rewarding for them!!! 
  • hours of entertainment watching their antics
  • some (not all) like a cuddle! the ladies will let you know what their preference is. they may also gently peck and groom you because they love you.
  • you can give them fancy names like lottie, ethel and lady beatrice so it sounds like they’re a supporting cast in a Jane Austen novel
  • in conclusion give a pretty chicken a happy home today

Also: you want a bird friend? well it is PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY for you and the chicken to be friends! After thousand and thousands of years of domestication, chickens are basically genetically programmed to be happy to live with humans.

My best friend has pet chicken.

I’m definitely going to consider getting chickens when I get a house.

ch i ck e n s

one-for-all-plus-ultra:

xekstrin:

icedsilver:

tilthat:

TIL plants make caffeine to defend themselves against pests. Caffeine is toxic to birds, dogs, cats, and it has a pronounced adverse effect on mollusks, various insects, and spiders.

via reddit.com

Coffee plant: *evolves caffeine* Safe at last

Humans: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Why are we like this….

the fact that we can’t drink sea water even tho its the most common type of water just bc its 3% salt yet we can safely consume multiple forms of literal poison and even benefit from doing so just blows my fucking mind

Byul’s channel+ vlive 04/04/18 (PART 2)

byulduck:

Disclaimer: Once again, not the exact wordings of the conversation. 

After her call with Hani ended, she saw a message from YooA saying that she can talk now so she called again. They started off by talking about Oh My Girl’s latest album and promotions, and Yooa said she just recorded their stage, where she just danced for ten seconds and came off the stage lol. (Since it’s just a subunit promoting rn, she and other members made cameos). MB said she hasn’t seen the live stage yet to which Yooa immediately went on a rant of how she watches and listens to Mamamoo’s songs as soon as they come out and streams their music. MB quickly made amendments, saying that she listened to the song and watched the MV, just not the live stage that happened earlier in the day. 

MB started off asking what Yooa’s first impression of her was. Yooa asked ‘Can I be really honest?’ which made MB nervous lol. Yooa said that the first time she met MB was during ISAC (2016), not IDOT. She said how she has always been a huge fan of MMM, to the point where she even sang Wheein’s part from Mr Ambiguous for their weekly evaluation. Although she had wanted to approach them, she was too shy to make a move. When she saw that MB was running next to her in ISAC, she was so happy because she liked MB so much. But then, when they were running, MB fell down and Yooa said it made MB seem less stoic and hard to approach – she said it made her want to approach MB even more. She then said how she even helped MB get up, to which MB was surprised, saying she didn’t realise. Yooa said she worried a lot about what to do the moment she fell but found it funny how MB just said ‘thank you’ (to the staff) and cooly walked out (despite being injured). Yooa then said how she was so happy to hear that they would be on IDOT together and she liked MB even more when they got close. 

MB then talked about her first impression of Yooa. They have the same stylist so she had always heard a lot about Yooa and how she’s a nice and really cute girl. MB said at the time, since she just knew of Yooa as a member of Oh my girl, she didn’t think much of it. She said that it may sound bad but since there’s a stigma of cuteness being equated to fakeness, she had thought that it was the idol persona. (Yooa agreed that many people have that opinion of her) But then after meeting Yooa in real life, she could see how warm and genuine Yooa was and immediately felt really sorry for thinking that way. She said what really made an impression was after filming for IDOT, when MB had to leave a bit early and said thank you to the staff and went  to her car but Yooa ran up to her saying ‘thank you for your hard work!’ really brightly. MB said she felt really touched and went around singing Yooa’s praises to the stylist and everyone around her. To this, Yooa replied that she heard from the stylist and she said she could see that MB was really fond of her, which made her want to get even closer. MB commented how Yooa gave the word ‘cute’ a definition. (like a personification of the word cute). 

MB then asked ‘What is MB to Yooa’ to which Yooa replied she’s really like a real sister who she can relate with. MB agreed and said how she picked Yooa as one of the three people she feels really thankful for having in her life and Yooa replied saying ‘I’m actually going to cry’. MB jokingly gave her five seconds to cry on broadcast. Yooa said she’d love to have MB as a real sister to which MB jokingly replied that she probably won’t be so nice if they were real siblings (she’d boss her little sister around). Yooa said how since her house is close to MMM’s company, she had thought of calling MB when she visited to eat together but she was too scared that she’d be a bother. MB told her to call anytime, saying she doesn’t hold onto people who leave but accepts anyone who comes to her. Yooa then replied happily that she will and she’ll buy them something that’s even more expensive that Hanwoo. MB said how it can get awkward when you meet up with someone but don’t have a lot to say but she feels that with Yooa, they would have a lot to talk about, to which Yooa agreed. 

MB finally gave her time to promote their album to which Yooa said she likes MMM’s starry night lol. She asked MB if they could keep talking and not hang up, then realising MB is in the middle of ‘work’. Since she didn’t promote her own album, MB had to do it for her lol. MB said the song is cute so give it lots of love to which Yooa joked ‘my voice isn’t even in the song’. They ended the call by telling the viewers to give each other lots of love lol.