This gives me the same feeling as being carded at the grocery store

They’re a great find, I hope you like them!

In my opinion, yes. They’re like really garlicky spinach. I spotted them in the woods behind my house when I was taking a second tour trying to decide between this and another place… They were the tipping point.

Yes, those are ramps! Mine are popping up too.

They are wonderful sauteed, or creamed like you would do with spinach. They freeze well if you blanche then first, too. I also like to make ramp butter, chop them really fine and just mix them in raw with heavy cream, a pinch of salt and a little bit of lemon juice. Mix and mix and mix until all the fat and liquid is separated and you have delicious green butter and buttermilk. The buttermilk is great in biscuits… Damn, I love ramp season.

I have to admit, I only posted because I was cracking myself up over that yolk.

Sweet sleepy babies! Thanks for sharing ❤️

That sounds like it would tickle!

The heater is necessary until they’re properly feathered, they need to stay around 95°F right now. That will be adjusted down around 5° a week until they are comfortable at room temperature. I don’t actually know how long they would last without it, but it’s obvious when they are miserable and cold. They all snuggle up together in a little clump and when they first came home they were very lethargic until they warmed up. It was about a 4 hour journey for them from the hatchery to home without heat.

Did you keep him? I had 4/6 of a straight run be roosters a couple years ago, but they killed one of my hens and had to be culled.

Those aren’t ads, Coca-Cola™ is just so crisp and refreshing that we can’t help talking about it naturally!

The most absurd thing I’ve seen a man refuse to do because of toxic masculinity is just scroll past an innocuous comment without replying a bunch of misogynistic bullshit.

I did cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia years ago, and at the time had the same issue with waking up and then laying in bed for hours trying to get back to sleep. It led to a horrible cycle of anxiety about whether I’d be able to sleep, which of course made it harder to sleep. The most important rules are to try to go to bed and get up at the same time every day. If you’re awake in the middle of the night and can’t fall back asleep after ten minutes, get out of bed and do something quiet with no screens. I recommend hand washing dishes, dusting, or folding laundry. This is productive, calm and quiet, and boring enough that you will be happy to go back to bed when your body says you’re ready. When you start doing this, you’re going to be even more tired during the day. Just suffer through it, don’t take a nap and don’t try to counteract it with caffeine or other stimulants! That will only exacerbate the cycle of insomnia. I also recommend keeping a journal of when you go to bed, every time you wake up, and when you’re finally up for the day. You might find that you naturally wake up less if you give yourself a different bed time window.

I had thought it might be at first glance too, but it’s neck is much longer and the crest it’s very peacock like… Like little circles on sticks. It’s a gorgeous bird.

Oh, I hadn’t thought that peafowl could be white but of course that makes sense. She wouldn’t be wild then, someone must be missing their pet! I wish I had tried harder to get close to her, these seem to be expensive birds and I don’t think she’ll fare well here. Our woods are riddled with predators…

I’ll ask around with the neighbors and take a walk to look for her before it gets too dark.