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asakiyumeI arrived at the post office today as a postal worker was bringing a wide, low rectangular box out to a car. The box had holes, and I could hear peeping. As we both walked into the building, I asked, "Were those chicks?" And indeed they were.
The post office was very quiet at that time of day--except for cheeping and peeping! From the back room.
"I know I can't go back there," I said, "But can you take my phone back and take pictures?"
Well, he did better than that. He brought out a box of ducklings...
and then came a box of chicks!
"I guess these are all spoken for," I said wistfully.
"No, they're mainly going to tractor supply stores," he said.
But even though B'town is a right-to-farm community, I live in a neighborhood with a homeowner's association, and sadly, poultry is not allowed. We talked about backyard chickens, the price of eggs and the cost of feed, and homeowners associations.
I love my post office and the USPS generally. [That is your veiled political commentary for the day]
The post office was very quiet at that time of day--except for cheeping and peeping! From the back room.
"I know I can't go back there," I said, "But can you take my phone back and take pictures?"
Well, he did better than that. He brought out a box of ducklings...
and then came a box of chicks!
"I guess these are all spoken for," I said wistfully.
"No, they're mainly going to tractor supply stores," he said.
But even though B'town is a right-to-farm community, I live in a neighborhood with a homeowner's association, and sadly, poultry is not allowed. We talked about backyard chickens, the price of eggs and the cost of feed, and homeowners associations.
I love my post office and the USPS generally. [That is your veiled political commentary for the day]
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Date: 2025-04-16 06:52 pm (UTC)I regularly read a couple of tumblr blogs written by women who either own or help out with livestock. They also post about a lot of other things, but tags can help with finding the livestock-specific posts. If you'd care to have a look, they are:
bomberqueen17 (who helps out on her sister's chicken, turkey, and pig farm, notably including doing chicken and turkey processing after slaughter), and
kedreeva (who raises and breeds peafowl and coturnix quail and fancy mice, mostly for pets, but I think also somewhat for meat and eggs?)
I've found them both very interesting to read. Let me know if you'd like tips for reading while getting around at least some of tumblr's attempts to make people create an account and log in.
bomberqueen17's #farm life tag
archive of kedreeva's #peafowl tag
archive of kedreeva's #quails tag
archive of kedreeva's #mice tag
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