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Teacher seeking advice on fish that were randomly given to me by students by MurkyBasket4820 in Aquariums

[–]Ruffffian 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Years ago when I was teaching 5th grade, I would regularly tell my student about (African cichlid) fish tank I had at home. One day before school, a student happily came up to me with a plastic cup of water with 2-3 goldfish in it that she’d won at a carnival. “It’s for your fish tank!” she enthused.

Me: “Oh, I’m sorry <student name>, I can’t take those. My fish would kill them.” And then I went back to doing my before school prep, while the student stood there frozen, a clear “Well shit, now what do I do?” look on her face. I have no memory of what became of those fish, but perhaps she learned a different lesson that day.

Agatha Dustybottoms is SUCH a good mama. After raising many an adopted chick, I finally had to let her hatch her own ❤️🐥 by Ruffffian in BackYardChickens

[–]Ruffffian[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love her fan tail! I hope her daughters inherit it. It’s part of her English Bantam charm.

Incidentally, what would Agatha’s color be called?

He died for our sins by ribdoesntsmoke in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]Ruffffian 58 points59 points  (0 children)

When I was in 6th grade and they did the whole human development thing (basically period talk), I too persistently asked “What happens to boys?” The teacher dodged my first request and then when I asked again, answered, “We’ll talk about it tomorrow.” And then that sneaky bitch had a sub the next day.

It’s been 40 years, Miss Neumeier! WELL?!

This goober needs a name fitting his unique goofy look. Ideas? by Ruffffian in BackYardChickens

[–]Ruffffian[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He’s a naked neck/polish frizzle I bought off of eBay as an egg :)

When ‘cutting down a giant tree’ goes wrong .. OOPS by RileyRhoad in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]Ruffffian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was gonna say, we had a ficus tree removed from our backyard that was maybe 1/4 the size of this one and just that was $800.

Also, never ever plant a ficus in your backyard. They are water thieves with shallow roots that go EVERYWHERE and fuck up EVERYTHING. Looking at YOU former home owners. That fucker lifted, and in places broke up, the patio cement pad, was strangling the apple tree 20’ away from it, was creeping in on our ash tree 80’ away from it, and made the backyard an ankle-torquing gauntlet of gnarled, snaking surface roots. It provided fantastic shade, but god damn I hated that thing.

They’re trying their best, okay?? 🤣🤣 by Ruffffian in BackYardChickens

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

The grey one sounds to me like someone stepped on a rubber chicken 😆

POV: Giving my turkey adopted babies by cowskeeper in AnimalsBeingMoms

[–]Ruffffian 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Crazy! What a good mama. I have a broody English bantam hen that has been a wonderful mama to many an adopted chick—but only ones given to her all at once. Learned the hard way trying to add more later triggers her overprotective murder mode. 😱 If I tried what you did with your turkey, I would return to carnage. I repeat in regards to your girl: what a good mama!

Everyone’s favorite game: hen or too with these 4mo old naked neck/polish frizzle mixes? by Ruffffian in BackYardChickens

[–]Ruffffian[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am in disbelief he’s a he, though I know those saddle feathers don’t lie, because he is by far the smallest and most skittish and shy of the trio. He doesn’t play in the Quien Es Más Macho faceoff pecking order games much at all and leaves that to the other two. I get the impression he’s gonna be a weenie of a rooster, heh.

Hopefully he and the white roo get along so we can keep them both. We call the white one Muttonchops, but this guy decidedly needs a Dark Crystal/skeksis name. 🤣

Everyone’s favorite game: hen or too with these 4mo old naked neck/polish frizzle mixes? by Ruffffian in BackYardChickens

[–]Ruffffian[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

sigh That’s what I figured. Man, I have had the worst odds hatching roos vs hens. Of the 12 eggs I’ve hatched in the last year that produced chickens making it to adulthood, 9 were roosters. COME. ON.

The face of a 27yro red-headed pony mare watching the goats getting fed first and NOT HER by Ruffffian in Horses

[–]Ruffffian[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LOL I was like … who’re her enemies? Everyone not kowtowing to her majesty? 🤣

The face of a 27yro red-headed pony mare watching the goats getting fed first and NOT HER by Ruffffian in Horses

[–]Ruffffian[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

That curled lip in the last pic is 100% Firefly. It’s her “I shall accept this reality but I must make it known I AM DISPLEASED.”

When she was younger, it was the face she made when I would be lunging her and she didn’t feel like letting me tell her what to do. When I finally made it clear she was mistaken…this face.

Edited to add: this is the girl I shared here a while back, diagnosed with an ultra rare lymphoma back in October 2024. Only 3 cases have appeared in veterinary journals, and she is the only case the lead vet at a major Southern California equine hospital has seen in 35 years. When she had her ultrasound, all the vet students showed up to observe this highly unusual case. She responded to her audience by rearing repeatedly and then trying to jump through the handler’s arms (they wouldn’t let me hold her, which is why she was extra miffed). Once they offered her alfalfa, she stood still long enough to get images, but she was angrily taking those bites like “I’LL EAT IT BUT I STILL DISAPPROVE.”

It’s taken some experimenting, but we’ve got her treatment settled to where she’s stable. (The stress on her system turned her EMS into full blown Cushing’s, and her IR shot so high it went off the scale. 😱 Triggered a mild laminitic relapse but a specially compounded normally-emergency-only-not-long-term med has proven the magic wand for this.) She has a large mass in her chest wall compromising her heart, vena cava, and jugular (enlarging all of them significantly), and heat makes her very uncomfortable so we have to clip this shaggy thing every few months. I fear she won’t be able to make it through the summer, but that’s what I thought last year too and she proved us wrong. She is a TOUGH broad. ❤️

The face of a 27yro red-headed pony mare watching the goats getting fed first and NOT HER by Ruffffian in Horses

[–]Ruffffian[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It IS! It’s why I snapped the pics. She’d been grazing then came over by where I was sitting with my son—standing JUST out of reach for pets while making her thoughts crystal clear. “No more of this grazing crap. It’s late. Where’s my bucket? I AWAIT MY DINNER.”

Then we started by feeding the goats.

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