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dee's avatar

Thanks for your newsletter. I enjoy it every week. One note - I assumed the Autostraddle letter was written by a fat-shaming lesbian, not a man, since it primarily serves LGBTQIA folx.

AC Shilton's avatar

you are totally right! My mistake! I have corrected the web version! Thank you letting me know!

Meredith Munro's avatar

Such a heart-warming post today — I love your stance for kindness to others (feathered and otherwise).

Mike's avatar

Your work is so kind and inspirational. Thank you!

Tracy Green's avatar

We have the yard flag version!!!

Todd Nelson's avatar

We raised chickens when I was little. That's how a learned the phrase "pecking order". Mom bought baby chickens by mail order. They arrived at the post office, one day old. We put them in the basement under a heat lamp until they were big enough to move outside (but not big enough to live with the adult hens).

Susan Gibbons's avatar

True. I was assuming most of these eggs were fertilized, since roosters are about!

Susan Gibbons's avatar

Thank you again for a great Friday Affirmation. I’m baffled that chickens will eat eggs, though!

AC Shilton's avatar

So it actually makes sense if you think about the fact that the chick uses the yolk as nutrition as it grows! The yolk is not actually the chick (as I think a lot of us thought or were told?) The chick is a tiny little spot that grows and consumes the yolk in that process!