Recent content by IamRainey

Thanks to each of you. They're bigger now and it's really getting out of hand so they'll go on the patio to come in at night for the next couple weeks and then they'll transition to the chicken run to assimilate. I will miss all their lovely sounds. It was like having a flock of canaries...

Forgot to say how pretty your SFH is! Crossing my fingers that I get some of that interesting coloration over time.

Thanks! That's reassuring. That's a very dramatic difference in appearance! Where did all that white breast go?

This is Spot my, supposedly, 3wo Swedish Flower Hen. I'm aware that SFH can come in any color including black but I thought white tips on their feathers were a defining characteristic. Spot only has a single white feather on each wing. And, so far as I can tell, those 2 feathers are...

I'm brooding chicks in my kitchen. They're 3 weeks old and I like listening to them. I like being around them so they're acculturating to people. Basically, they feel like pets. Everyone stops by their kennel up on the counter and spends time with them. Everybody in the extended family...

Oh. It's good to know it's just a random thing someone posted.

I know! When they first talked about using and being exempted from mask wearing and exempted people with restricted breathing I was going "who is that and in what circumstances" because I'm asthmatic and I can wear my triple-layer mask and operate just fine. If someone is so compromised that...

I'm just getting to the morning's NYT that included the story Karyn quoted. This chart comparing flu and Covid deaths per 100,000 may also be instructive for the Covid deniers here.

Sorry for the miseries but glad to hear you're protected now! My doctor here tells me they are w-a-y down on ordinary flu and bronchitis infections since people heave been masking up. Stay well! And I'm sure your confidence will be way up too!

PRECISELY! Which is why the people who make a case based on one outlier incident or rail at medical authorities and researchers for what they are honest enough to say they don't know are behaving like unreasonable brats instead of intelligent responsible adults, in my opinion.

I'm with you, Ruthster! It's nothing short of stunning that any healthcare worker hasn't been vaccinated. Here in LA they took care of all the healthcare workers, all the hospital staff, all the first responders before anyone else got a shot. I think it was a month or more before anyone...

No kidding! My friend in the Bay Area got her appointment because she teamed up with a friend with some gaming skills who got into the site for her. Somebody should list what those gaming skills are for the rest of us.

I had an illuminating observation today and learned an interesting thing. One of the major testing spots in the LA area is very close to my house. I drive by it on a fairly regular basis. A month ago cars were lined up on 3 sides of the block staging to enter the testing area. And then, of...

I've done the same when I'm going from one business to another nearby one. I've also forgotten to take it off from time to time, I suppose because wearing it isn't a particularly big deal. In any case, how does someone driving with a mask on create a problem for anyone else? Is it really...

My thought, feather, is that everyone who is vaccinated is one less person in the way of those forced to wait and one less source of potential infection while they're still vulnerable. It flat out sucks that so many will have to continue to wait but it's its own silver lining, if you will...