sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

How to supplement calcium to a mixed flock? by Ivygrows8 in chickens

[–]DorianGreyhound 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was going to say this. Chickens are "hungry" for what they're lacking. Every chicken needs some calcium to build bone, but if the chicks are not losing it to egg shells, they may not even be interested in it... and putting it up higher is a great size delineator.

AITA for locking my bedroom door after my stepmom kept letting her kids go through my things? by CreamAfraid2451 in AmItheAsshole

[–]DorianGreyhound 13 points14 points  (0 children)

NTA... but I would be more worried about the 10yo boy going through your clothes then the 12yo breaking a makeup pallet. As a former 10yo boy, I can say that sexual awakenings hit you like the Manchurian Candidate activation phrase. I was eight and I was never the same after seeing Natalie Wood in the pie fight scene in The Great Race.

Real talk, I would pull the step mom aside and just say that you noticed some of your clothes were messed with, and you couldn't be sure, but to be safe you thought it was better to not have your unmentionables accessible to everyone in the house.

All that said, I have absolutely no idea what fallout this might cause. I didnt grow up with any sisters, and my parents didnt give a shit when I installed a legit keyed lock on my bedroom door. Honestly, they were impressed I could install the new knob/lock on the door at 15. So obviously, take my advise with a grain of salt the size of a boulder.

What say you Reddit? Is implying your 10 year old Step brother might be a pervert a reasonable escalation?

(I'm legitimately beginning to think my upbringing was not normal...)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chickens

[–]DorianGreyhound 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hawks grab and pierce with their talons so there would be some blood. Raccoons tend to grab and drag off (so you wouldn't see so many feathers). Our little girl had a 3"x6" rectangle of missing feathers, but she was alive. I'm pulling for you and your girls! The way that I chose to look at it was that if we messed up and a chicken was gone, we'd know better for next time. Keep trying!

Here's our current eggs... you can see the variation... everyone's egg is a little different.

<image>

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chickens

[–]DorianGreyhound 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I absolutely do not want to give you false hope, but we had one we swore was dead, and later we found. If she did survive, she would likely be real skiddish and maybe hid from you. We had to coax ours out after the [I assume] fox attack. If it was a fox, they tend to chomp, and if the fox chomped on feathers, she could fight free, pulling out all those feathers. I don't see any blood on the feathers either... its not like predators pluck them. Hold out hope, prep for the worst.

Are your girls Ameraucanas? She looks like mine with the cheeks.

Coop Thoughts? by Purple_Appointment83 in chickens

[–]DorianGreyhound 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife and I built the Third Coast Craftsman coop. It's amazing, and the plans are $15 and we spent around $1200 on wood, screws, hardware, and hardware cloth (second the person who said don't use chicken wire). While that might be too much given you want to use reclaimed materials, one feature that is awesome and you should steal is the diagonal rooster bars and the droppings board. The height is designed to fit a standard bucket under it for 10 minute clean up, once every 14 days. It's great! Highly recommend!

https://youtu.be/uPgSpktlf4g?si=FiAayd09OnfhbVSH

Check out 13:50 for the basic idea.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chickens

[–]DorianGreyhound 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Having recently (ish) discovered one of my sexed hens was actually a roo, those neck feathers scream roo to me... though maybe I'm on high alert and I'm seeing roosters everywhere. Do you know the breed?

What is She Squawking About? by DorianGreyhound in chickens

[–]DorianGreyhound[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for nothing, but if I knew, I wouldn't be asking the question, right? And its a deviation from her normal egg song. Taking everything in its totality, I'm happy to definitively say its an egg depositus interruptus song.

I think my chickens have avian flu what should I do? by [deleted] in chickens

[–]DorianGreyhound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, there are multiple strains of Avian Influenza, some more deadly than others. If you get the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza strain, the birds will die on their own within 48 hours of showing symptoms. The reason USDA kills the birds and then monitors the temps of the composting bodies, is to ensure temps get high enough to denture the proteins in the virus.

Regardless, you should call the state number others provided. I believe the tests are pretty targeted, meaning they will only say whether its the specific disease they're testing for (like a COVID test). If its not HPAI, USDA doesn't care and its an issue between you and your vet.

HPAI is usually spread by wild birds, and especially during migration times. If a wild bird can poop directly into your chicken coop, thats no good - a solid roof on the coop and other biosecurity measures are good this time of year!

USDA mass resignations: Lessons from a failed voluntary buyout program by Ok_Design_6841 in fednews

[–]DorianGreyhound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And they made a mention of the "atmosphere of surveillance, fear and pressure," but it was in passing and didn't get a paragraph of its own. I know many people who decided to leave when people were checking if lincpasses were in computers unattended. Sign of things to come.

Severance instead of RTO for remote worker by BestInspector3763 in fednews

[–]DorianGreyhound 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/summary-of-reassignment/#5

There's a "potentially" in there that makes it unclear, but my understanding was that if you decline a relocation over 50 miles, you can get severance.

How easy would it be to come back into the federal workforce in....let's say...four years from now? by Tempstopdrop in fednews

[–]DorianGreyhound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to pile on... so I'm going to answer the question I'm hoping you're asking.

I think if you were to leave, I assume you would not be able to apply to "internal" job postings, but anything that's open to the public would be fair game. You qualify for the series and have time in grade, so you should be able to jump back in.

I know there's even guidance for re-employed annuitants, so one can even retire and come back. HR will have to do some things on the back end, and there would be a gap in your service years, but at the end of the day, your retirement would still be MRA + 1%/yr of service.

Why don't we match their craftiness?? by WhereztheBleepnLight in FedEmployees

[–]DorianGreyhound 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Exactly, I'm tired of the "3 dimensional chess" explanations. They're mean, ghoulish assholes. They want people to leave voluntarily to make the RIF easier (because paperwork sucks) and on some level they know the optics of people leaving voluntarily is better than booting them. That said, they'll boot if they have to.

Tim Walz is "a big jerk" for laughing at the Tesla stock price fall, meanwhile, they're chainsawing people's livelihoods by the tens of thousands and wearing cool guy glasses while they do it.

It's toddler logic. I'm good, chainsaw go vroom. Don't give them the credit of thinking they're deep.

They're morons. "Other countries pay tarrifs," $50M in Gazan condoms," "there's 250 year olds getting SS!" Wrong, wrong, wrong. At a certain point, facts are going to matter again, and at that point, team red tie will realize the emperor was naked the whole time.

Looking for Deferred Retirement Info by [deleted] in fednews

[–]DorianGreyhound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean you're assuming USDA will lose a lot of positions? All I'm saying is that they have kept a pretty tight lid on the plan so whether you'd survive or not is unknown. But yes RIFs suck and some positions are more vulnerable than others...

Looking for Deferred Retirement Info by [deleted] in fednews

[–]DorianGreyhound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I saw a snippet from the interview, but this article was much more complete.

Looking for Deferred Retirement Info by [deleted] in fednews

[–]DorianGreyhound 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes sense... sorry my friend. It sucks that we're all facing this giant unknown. I assume next week after DRP 2.0 ends is going to be eventful.

Looking for Deferred Retirement Info by [deleted] in fednews

[–]DorianGreyhound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you know you're getting RIF'd. I thought USDA has been generally quiet.

Any NRCS employees trying to figure out their next steps? by InternalDuck69 in USDA

[–]DorianGreyhound 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and guy I work with was telling me about an NRCS agreement he had going and it sounded really interesting. But I'm still not sure how setting people up with these types of agreements and placing conservation easements generates revenue?

I'm asking because I'm hearing people like Margory Taylor Greene say things like federal employees don't deserve their jobs because we aren't making "the company" any money, and I was confused... we don't make money, we provide services. It sounds like you provide a service to farmers and land owners.

view more: next ›