Hoard of Shinies

Absorb is probably not the right word for it.

Dust bathing does 3 main things. a) provides gritty material to aid in removing feather sheaths b) aids in mechanical (mechanical here meaning physical forces acting upon mass, not technological mechanical) removal of stale lipids, and c) aids in the mechanical removal of ectoparasites.

Feathers grow in ensconced in a flaky sheath of keratin. This is soft and pliable as it comes out of the skin, but will dry and become flaky, for easy removal. If left too long, or if made with bad nutrition, these sheaths can become very hard/stiff and may even become impossible for the bird to remove without assistance. Dust bathing is a mechanical method of removing sheaths, by rubbing at them and speeding up the flaking process.

Birds apply preen gland oil to their feathers, and it becomes stale over time the same way your hair can. Rather than soap, they are able to again mechanically rub off stale oils in a dust bath, effectively cleaning the feathers and allowing for proper feather alignment again.

I ended Lies of P Overture and died

turns out i can report the account from my followers list, but at this point, i have no means of verifying for certain whether the account is spam or not because tumblr won't let me view it. so i'm stuck in this purgatory of being pretty sure the account is spam, but not wanting to report it in case i'm wrong, but also not being able to view the account in order to verify either way. this is stupid and bad and i hate it.

I don't have a lot of outside evidence for sibling interactions, so everything is based on my own animals.

Right now, Mantis is still learning what babies ARE. The last babies she saw was her brother when she was a baby. She is a bit overly curious, and she would like to put them in her mouth, I think. BUT on the other hand, she didn't hurt them when one of them got away from Bug this afternoon, she just followed it around, and when I called one of the babies over to me away from Bug and showed it to her, she was mostly just trying to figure out what it was (and if it was a treat, maybe?)

For the most part, yearlings tend to just be confused and a little annoyed at fresh babies. The moms will chase yearlings away from treats to let the babies have them, and the yearlings are not usually thrilled about that. They also are confused because it's often Their Moms not letting them have treats anymore, and that's hard for them.

I usually try to make it a bit easier, by giving them separate treats where the hens won't come (close to me), which serves to make them a little nicer to the babies, and make them friendly to me, as the one giving them treats.

There are no "exact color" of pride flags.

I see more and more sites and posts talking about the exact hex codes for the lesbian flag, or the right purple for the ace one, and how it should be more or less saturated and I just want to say: pride flags were meant to be sewn in your kitchen. To be spraypainted and to be recognised.

That's a great question. Consider:

We'll be running a 25% off sale on our pride crows throughout the month of June, so if you want a queer crow in your life, now's the perfect time.

We've got more flags available in the listing, but if you don't see yours there, let us know! We're happy to add a crow with your flag.

Stellaria media

Native to Eurasia, but can be found all over the world

Plant is edible and has been used in traditional medicine.

Leaves have an opposite arrangement, broadly elliptic shape, and pinnate venation.