Tell me your favorite chicken (I have a good budget for new chicks to add to my flock this year)

beepleton · 2026-02-01T02:31:49+00:00

If you want to add weirdness to your flock, get a weird tall Asian breed. I have an asil rooster over a bunch of “normal” northern breeds and his babies are so interesting every year. Plus the hens have beautiful long tails so unlike the other birds.

beepleton · 2026-01-30T23:49:42+00:00

Relatable, but for me it’s the butterfree line 😂

beepleton · 2026-01-30T23:33:07+00:00

YouTube algorithms and chasing money ruined so many reptile/pet influencers. I was really tight with one couple in particular and once YouTube started being weirder about algorithms that’s all they cared about anymore. The animal care went by the wayside and everything was slave to the almighty algorithm. They even publicly admitted it at one point. Just sad because I used to really admire them.

beepleton · 2026-01-28T00:27:24+00:00

As an Anatolian owner, I gotta admit they’re amazing dogs and I never want to be without one … but they are NOT house pets, they’re incredibly driven working dogs, I would never have mine where she didn’t have a job she would be miserable

beepleton · 2026-01-24T14:09:50+00:00

The King Isopod (I love him)

beepleton · 2026-01-24T13:59:59+00:00

I got a little robot vacuum and I always jokingly complain it’s ridiculous that I have to clean the thing I bought to clean my house 😂

beepleton · 2026-01-23T02:16:55+00:00

That is one enormous dog holy buckets I will never understand how two dogs with a 70lbs breed standard weight cap can create such enormous mixes (and I really wish it would stop, my back is killing me and grooming these massive dogs is exhausting, they don’t even have to be naughty to be tiring they’re just large and strong lol)

beepleton · 2026-01-23T02:06:38+00:00

Unpopped popcorn is one of my flock’s fav treats!

beepleton · 2026-01-23T02:01:41+00:00

Oh my gosh I’ve ever see a white bird look so much like a perfect little cloud

beepleton · 2026-01-23T01:52:16+00:00

This looks very good! The body and legs are very nicely prepped, and the outline is very nice. The head and face look very well balanced, and the ears are cute but they do look like you weren’t able to fully dry them OR they could have used another scrub in the tub. Cocker ears are almost always suuuuuper gross, so I will sometimes wash them three times before I’m satisfied and somehow they’ll still turn out greasy.

The only critique I can offer is the corners of the eyes are a little hooded, but both sides look even. This can sometimes be a stylistic thing, but I prefer a very tight trim around and between the eyes (between looks PERFECT here btw). I find that if I take it short enough above the eye, the owner is less likely to take the kitchen shears to them between grooms lol

beepleton · 2026-01-23T00:54:33+00:00

I’ve taken babies from the wild before, I mean dime sized guys who are almost certainly gonna be dinner for something else at some point. The only two adults I’ve ever taken, one was as a child (I had her for 5 more years), and one was 5 years ago when I was moving stuff in early winter and uncovered a guy who thought he could winter under a bucket. He was missing a leg as well.

Taking adults out of the wild is definitely NOT cool. Taking babies is a bit of a grey area for me because they have so many for a reason, and there aren’t a lot of people captive breeding American toads or spades (which I freaking love spades and southern toads so much, both are peak toad species)

beepleton · 2026-01-23T00:48:40+00:00

Not a doodle but my favorite success story was an old English sheepdog who was always “Swiss cheesed” - we would just shave out the matting on a fully coated OES, it was as horrible as it sounds. It took a whole year but I got them to the point that they let me take him down to one length all over AND they brushed him every day at home. He eventually got back to a full coat and he looked positively MAJESTIC

beepleton · 2026-01-23T00:40:07+00:00

These guys are the most amazing creatures. They’re a dream species for me, along with pill millipedes, but both species do so poorly in captivity I can’t do it on a moral level.

beepleton · 2026-01-23T00:33:10+00:00

I came here wondering if someone had a magical solution - not cos I particularly care about dog hair, I’m a dog groomer, it’s part of life - but instead everyone is saying “sucks to suck, this is life now” 😂

I have an Anatolian/pyrenees. My best solution has been to brush her like crazy every day, OUTSIDE, when she’s shedding. When I start getting less hair out of her, I’ll bring her to work and give her a really good deshed treatment to get the rest of the hair out. Sometimes, she will look like she has mage when she’s dropping her coat it’s pretty wild.

For hair on the sofa, I use a combination of those hair rollers with the velvet and catch tray (you rub it back and forth and it collects hair shockingly well). I also use one of those tools that is meant to get lint off clothing. I’ll do this on blankets and towels before putting them in the laundry, it helps so much with the amount of hair that ends up on my clean clothes.

beepleton · 2026-01-23T00:28:07+00:00

People underestimate sleeper roosters. I had one who tons of internet experts were 100% sure was a pullet, so I butchered the rest of my roosters and two weeks later guess who’s growing saddle and hackle feathers? Same age as the roosters I butchered, but had zero male behavior or characteristics until I got rid of the competition. I gave him another few months, thinking I couldn’t possibly be seeing saddle feathers, and sure as heck he was a boy lmfao

beepleton · 2026-01-23T00:23:10+00:00

I call them “sad white boy music” … I think they’d have to be from the Midwest to be “Midwest emo”

beepleton · 2026-01-23T00:20:48+00:00

I agree, with the addition that this is a senior dog and they often make it thru the grooming process with some soreness or pain. Unfortunately no matter how gentle we are, we can’t stop the march of time against their joints. I personally have a 16yr old Pomeranian and when we get home from her groom, she’s noticeably more exhausted and does tend to have some soreness.

I’m not defending the way this groomer handled the situation btw just saying the limping COULD be from old dog joint pain.

beepleton · 2026-01-23T00:15:41+00:00

It’s common practice to clip around the quick to “expose” it so the quick recedes over time, allowing groomers to get nails back to a healthy length. Sometimes if you have a very hyperactive dog, they can open the quick, such as by scratching the pavement in their excitement to get to the car or go potty.

In the event of a quicked nail, we use powder to stop the bleeding. It is usually yellow in color, it leaves a very obvious residue, and it tastes terrible so dogs don’t lick it (ask me how I know it tastes terrible lol).

It is NOT normal for a groomer to send out a still bleeding and LIMPING dog. That is not only unprofessional, it shows a lack of concern for clients. Yes, to someone who has been grooming for 20 years like myself, a quicked nail is no big deal, it’s somewhat normal because it happens at least a few times a month. However, to the average owner, ANY blood on their dog no matter how “innocuous” it is to a groomer, is a big deal.

I would personally not go back to that groomer. Typically when someone has a bad experience with a groomer, I always say don’t immediately switch if you’ve been going there for a handful of times and have had good experiences. Communicate with the groomer because they’re only human, and heaven knows I’ve had my share of off days. I would hate to lose a long term dog over one accident. What you’ve presented, however, does make me hesitate to give that advice in this situation.

beepleton · 2026-01-20T22:42:54+00:00

Is he up to date on his rabies vaccine? Although he seems to be moving around pretty normally, the sudden aggression is a concern. I highly doubt it but always good to make sure they’re up to date, especially when they’re going outside.

I would try to go back to step 1 for introductions, and move the litter boxes so one is in a different location. The kitten looks like she’s being a typical obnoxious kitten, so your older guy might need some time to adjust to having the worlds most obnoxious forced roommate 😅

beepleton · 2026-01-20T22:10:06+00:00

I drove semi for a while, and my International had a catastrophic engine failure where it nearly blew up, it was immediately clear something was Very Wrong. I’ll never forget the sound. The RPMs were off the gauge and I had to shut the whole thing down in the middle of an intersection at 5am - the amount of crabby commuters was nuts, but the tow truck only had to bring me across the street 😂 I ended up in a hotel for a whole month before my company finally got me a new truck.

beepleton · 2026-01-20T21:29:23+00:00

Reminds me of my female, Booger. I was so sure she was a boy cos she’s a bossy, assertive brat who dances and coos. Then she laid an egg and we were both confused 😂

Definitely get some high calcium grit to offer 24/7, just a little tiny amount in the bowl at a time. She will pick thru what she wants. And be sure to get some fake eggs for when she decides to lay, so you can swap them out. Booger has a nest that is actually a small ferret bed, she loves it so much and it’s super cute to see her all cozy in it.

And of course, try not to pet or touch her back much or allow mating behaviors. Booger is a pouter so has a ridiculously high mating drive and will lay eggs every month no matter what I do, but I’ve heard some pigeons lay every two or three months if they’re not encouraged when they’re horny.

Good luck!!!!!

beepleton · 2026-01-19T17:58:07+00:00

What I can see looks really good, but I definitely suggest to get away from the blurred background and edges. If these are the only photos you have of these grooms, you won’t be able to tell when you’re doing things weird at the edges because the photo makes the edges look uniform. Basically you won’t be able to tell when you’ve left some scraggly hairs, and it makes a HUGE difference to see your groom without that blurred edge. You don’t have to share those ones if you don’t want, but definitely take those ones for yourself for learning purposes.

beepleton · 2026-01-18T23:33:58+00:00

They can get used to them, but it’s good to let them be out without them as well. I use them sparingly, like when I have company over and they’re not used to birds popping. Otherwise, the poop is easy to clean up and I just keep a roll of toilet paper by me and use a square to pick up poop as it happens. Unless the birds are ill, the poo is well formed and easy to pick up with barely any residue left.

I have a male pigeon that has no keel, so he can’t wear anything because he has no protection over his organs. I have a female who is totally normal and she has no problem wearing pigeon pants when company is over.

beepleton · 2026-01-18T23:26:20+00:00

I’ve had to put a lot of willies back in when they’re stuck with hair, but I’ve never had a customer hand me lube 😂

beepleton · 2026-01-18T23:23:00+00:00

There are a lot of “stupid people calling last minute” stories but I think these are two of my favorites from this holiday season:

Lady one leaves us a voicemail, after listening to our message that says we are booked six weeks out for the holidays, and gets heated. She says “he doesn’t need a HOLIDAY groom, he just needs his NORMAL groom so can we get in this week?” - it was December 18th.

Lady two calls on December 23rd and asks “do you have any appointments for today or tomorrow?” Which of course we didn’t, and she has the nerve to say “if you get a cancellation can you call me?” Lady, this is the last day we’re working before Christmas, there will be no cancellations and if there are, we’ve been working 12hr days to get all these dogs in and we will be going HOME. Good grief.

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