Cheryl, family drama is something I don't miss. No one calls or comes to visit other than my two sons if they can get away, which is rarely. In a way, my husband prefers it that way-he had enough family drama growing up and bad experiences being shunned by family that he's over it. I hope you...
I am aware that cigarettes are not the same animal today that they were 100 years ago because of the chemicals in them. And I also know that tobacco has many medicinal uses, especially topically or even in nest boxes to be a bug deterrent. Today's manufacturers have adulterated literally...
Haha, wasn't sure which ailing animal you meant! I don't believe my human husband is contagious, not sure what it would do at this point. We have the paste ivermectin, guess he could take it in peanut butter to offset the taste. Bash is my barn husband, LOL.
You mean to treat Bash's ears? No, I haven't. They were wormed a few months back
with Valbazen, I think, then Ivermectin pour on because they weren't dustbathing much.
Interesting about the nicotine, never heard much beyond it's addictive qualities.
I get what you're saying, but I don't want nicotine in my body for any reason, no more than most prescription drugs. I'll tell Tom about it, but I can almost guarantee his answer.
I heard that early on, but never believed it. Makes no logical sense that someone with compromised lungs would better manage a respiratory virus. I remain skeptical. I mean, we've been lied to so much under the guise of helping when they really wanted us "useless eaters" and independent thinkers...
That's a new one on me, nicotine patch for lingering cough? Never heard that one, Julie. Nope, he hasn't tried that, but I'm sure he would never do it. It's too reminiscent of his smoker family who mostly died or have serious health issues due to smoking they never got under control. He does...
All the chickens are still alive so far. Bash still has ear issues, treated again yesterday after he was scratching and shaking his head, but so do I after being sick briefly in December. My ears still feel underwater part of the day in spite of treating to dry them out using drops and...
Finn was over a year and a half old, according to the vet's guess, when he arrived so he was already mature and set in his ways. I'd get a kitten to raise up around the chickens, but Finn is very territorial and with him being blind, it might not be so good for the new one. Maybe when he's gone...
No, I'm not adding to these flocks. I wish I could convince the broodies of that. Wren, Iris, Dove, Cricket, are all the broody type. When some of my older birds are gone and I can free up another pen and we need more eggs, maybe we'll hatch some nice Barred Rocks, but I can't say for sure at...
Well, Mina is still alive, having multiple seizures every day, but she comes out of it and carries on. Bonnie, Ms. Separated Wing, has had no more fainting spells that I have seen, but her poop is very green and she is definitely not eating much. Axel sticks to her like glue, not understanding...
They all survived, even Mina. Then, we got spring weather, then more normal for this time of year. For the first time in 19 years of keeping chickens, a rat has tunneled into the barn. And this barn is surrounded by a concrete gutter that dips low for water drainage away from the building, if...
I was thinking that very thing a couple of days ago, how I wish I could ask them what hurts, how they feel. She is definitely different than her usual self. Makes me wonder if having Axel in there is more of a stress for her than just being alone most of the time. He did make a pretty good...
Yeah, was probably just a big mouse-the tail was confusing me with the blur.
I do believe that is a phoebe on the fence. They nest on my porch every year, always around.
I wanted to add that Bonnie is still not herself after her fainting spell. Today, she let me pet her while she was standing inside the barn door, didn't even flinch. Then, she let me pick her up. That is so not Bonnie Blue. She is one of the "touch me not" types, always has been. Considering...
Been awhile since I posted. I have pics from two cameras, one facing our car near the front steps of the house and one at the pasture fence that divides our main property from our extra lots so you'll know which is which. It was years before we got one picture of a buck on our property and since...