#talk face

[miasimia]

The irony of old white men claiming that the increasing use of Te Reo is "shoving it down their throats" after what colonialism did to this country and its people.

They aren't intentionally malicious, but they are ignorant, unwilling to listen or learn or admit fault, and harbour racist attitudes. Sure, that's just how it was here, and what they've been exposed to, but that doesn't excuse it.

Anyway I now have magnets with Te Reo greetings on the fridge at work.

[miasimia]

Aaaaaaaaah

Work for x company under z manager.

Volunteer for x company under y manager.

Have y manager offer me a different job for x company.

This is an incredibly difficult situation and decision.

[miasimia]

Do I have any chicken keepers following this blog?

I have some pretty dramatic photos of a chicken dissection to share and I'd like to know if I need to put them under a readmore for any of you? Let me know in the notes if you don't want to scroll past that please!

[miasimia]

Next clutch of eggs has gone into lock down! On day 18 I have a dozen good looking eggs. I hope I'll have better luck this time now that I have a handle on the humidity. The last lot needed a bit of stuffing around & I ended up having to move the whole incubator into a different part of the house to get the humidity to stay up, so this time the last candling & removal from the egg Turner included the move to the more humid room.

The five chicks from the last hatch are almost fully feathered, and have had a couple of days out in the sun. The weather has been super warm so they haven't really needed the heat plate for a while. I'll soon set up the mini brooder so it's ready for the new clutch and by the time they're ready for the big brooder, the bigger chicks will be living outside.

I got blue laced wyandottes so I have my fingers crossed for at least one really good looking girl from this clutch.