My mother and father decided not to have kids and changed their minds when my mother was 29. If you don't want kids now and aren't considering some sort of sterilization, I wouldn't worry about it. You still have plenty of time to reconsider if necessary, but kids are not the be-all end-all our culture claims they…

Haha, she is a little strange-looking for a chicken, but yes, she is a chicken. Turkeys are big ugly ol' things.

Every time I come near her she inflates like a balloon and gives me the stink eye, as pictured. And having held a broody hen before, I can tell you she would be very hot and sweaty underneath, and not at all happy about it. I do, however, have five just like her who are not in crabby broody mode, and they are very…

Happy (Almost) Mother's Day!

I have a young hen trying to become a momma right now. She's been sitting in the same spot for 2-3 weeks, going days without getting up to eat, drink, or relieve herself. I don't want to disturb her by checking her eggs' fertility and progress, so here's hoping she has a few successes. :)

Ooh, now there is a nice word! It even calls back to the actual topic of the post.

I'll probably be able to live with myself. :)

I skipped the rest of the article to scroll down and post the same thing. Does that make me pedantic?

Wait, is that official?

Yes! Just because there are an abundance of Pit Bulls doesn't mean every family can and should take care of one. Terriers are second only to the herding breeds in intelligence and drive, and their instincts make them more prone to animal aggression (though not human aggression.) Combine that with the physique of a Pit…

There's also this inspired race between My Wife Knows Everything and The Wife Doesn't Know.

I tossed Normandy simply because of his pedigree- Tapit foals never seem very comfortable at a mile and a quarter.

Oh man, the Kentucky Derby is giving me so many ADRENALINE-PUMPED WARM FUZZIES. Orb has been my Derby horse since February and he's got such awesome people around him. I am all verklempt. ;_;

I know I'm going to get privilege-checked, here, but it does suck to see my natural coloring referred to as bland, vanilla, safe, or superficial. Jezebel is better about it than many other sites, but I still pick up on the occasional scrap of hostility.

Sure, people of color need greater representation on TV and in…

Hey Jez, I could use some advice. About three years ago, I entered into a pretty bad situation and was very depressed. Physical and emotional abuse, held at gun point, professional failure, never had enough money, the whole nine yards. A bit over a year ago things got better. Nowadays, I'm pretty fulfilled in all…

It depends on the horse. My Arab gelding always made it very clear that my light riding was a great injustice that he tolerated out of kindness. I've also been on a Thoroughbred that always wanted nothing more than to pick up the pace and stretch out his back for a while. You can see the same thing in racehorses- the…

Until the vet told me he was 12 pounds, I was calling him "little guy," so it's not just the angle that makes him look young. I actually once had a cat who looked very much like him and stayed juvenile-looking all his life, so it may just be his features. I guess I'll have to let him reach a healthy weight to find…

Aww, I'm happy you saved him. And I'm not willing to label it chronic just yet- I think it's more an issue of him getting adjusted to eating again. Judging by his skin flaps he lost a dramatic amount of weight during his great outdoor adventure, to the point that I wonder if he caught or found much of anything.

I laughed out loud at Habeas Corpus, so you must be doing something right.

Congrats from a jealous student who still has two weeks and finals. Also, I feel like that sloth should have starred in an inspirational '80s fantasy movie.

Something about those aristocratic noses compels me to give them stuffy old names. The girls, for example, are Margaery and Blanche. My chickens, meanwhile, all end up being TV characters. Myrcella Baratheon is currently sitting on eggs in the brooder, and I had to eat Lurch last week.

Yeah, I love new animals just…