Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[Redhead Rae]

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Nope looked like pom poms with long floppy strings.

 

[apryl29]

Good morning! Sorry I've not been around much the last 2 days..... and I kind of skimmed through posts. A lack of focus on my part. Putting the finishing touches to the brooder, moving the lockdown eggs into the bedroom, moving the chickens feed from the detached garage to the house garage to start fermenting feed inside again (too cold to ferment outside).

I want to mention, that @rjohns39 posted that he keeps bees... BEES my friends... and not a single person batted an eye... it's like , *Oh, rj keeps bees too... well, that's rj!*.

I will already place my order for at least 5 jars. Kiddo eats raw, local honey daily to help with his allergies.

How are the babies doing? Have you heard any peeps? The suspense is killing me. I can't read any of the hatch along posts b/c I get too emotionally involved w/ whole process.

Your child who eats the honey... do you think it helps? I got 'bee bread' (honey mixed w/ bee pollen) a while back, but my daughter never tried it. Supposedly it helps w/ people who have allergies.

 

[Redhead Rae]

How are the babies doing? Have you heard any peeps? The suspense is killing me. I can't read any of the hatch along posts b/c I get too emotionally involved w/ whole process.

Your child who eats the honey... do you think it helps? I got 'bee bread' (honey mixed w/ bee pollen) a while back, but my daughter never tried it. Supposedly it helps w/ people who have allergies.

It helped me a lot when I would get seasonal allergy attacks. In the Spring and Fall, I would tend to wake up with watery eyes, runny nose and I would go to bed all stuffed up. A spoonful of honey whenever the symptoms got bad helped ease up the symptoms and over a week or so, they would get dramatically better.

Honestly, the BIGGEST thing that helped my allergies was going gluten-free. My inflammatory reactions have gone WAY down. For example, when I would get bitten by a mosquito, I used to get a welt the size of a quarter. Since going gluten free, the welts have generally been pea sized or smaller. The same goes for my allergies and sinus infections. Since going gluten free, my nasal passages drain better and I RARELY get so stuffed up I can't breathe. My asthma is almost non-existent. I've only had to use an inhaler for 2-3 periods in the 7 years since I've gone gluten free and those were when I got a bad chest cold.

I'm not saying everyone should go gluten free, but it is might be worth seeing if there is anything in your daughter's diet that she is allergic to that could be enhancing her inflammatory and histamine reactions (I'm thinking about your previous post about her having extreme histamine reactions). My reaction to gluten isn't an allergy, but a sensitivity and it doesn't really show up on allergy tests, so I had to go on a gluten free diet to see improvement.

 

[apryl29]

It helped me a lot when I would get seasonal allergy attacks. In the Spring and Fall, I would tend to wake up with watery eyes, runny nose and I would go to bed all stuffed up. A spoonful of honey whenever the symptoms got bad helped ease up the symptoms and over a week or so, they would get dramatically better.

Honestly, the BIGGEST thing that helped my allergies was going gluten-free. My inflammatory reactions have gone WAY down. For example, when I would get bitten by a mosquito, I used to get a welt the size of a quarter. Since going gluten free, the welts have generally been pea sized or smaller. The same goes for my allergies and sinus infections. Since going gluten free, my nasal passages drain better and I RARELY get so stuffed up I can't breathe. My asthma is almost non-existent. I've only had to use an inhaler for 2-3 periods in the 7 years since I've gone gluten free and those were when I got a bad chest cold.

I'm not saying everyone should go gluten free, but it is might be worth seeing if there is anything in your daughter's diet that she is allergic to that could be enhancing her inflammatory and histamine reactions (I'm thinking about your previous post about her having extreme histamine reactions). My reaction to gluten isn't an allergy, but a sensitivity and it doesn't really show up on allergy tests, so I had to go on a gluten free diet to see improvement.

Interesting. She was tested for food allergies and wheat didn't react, & she was tested for celiac disease a while ago. We just had a visit w/ a neurologist about migraines yesterday so we're going to be looking into our food situation. Crossing out caffeine, msg, chocolate to start and see what happens from there. They want her to reduce salt intake, but the heart specialist said she needed high salt diet to help w her syncope. It's so much fun when diagnosis & treatments contradict each other. I'll keep gluten in mind going forward. I'm wondering if her allergy issues might be what's causing the headaches since she decided she didn't want to be taking meds anymore. The increase in headaches kind of does line up w/ her seasonal allergy issues.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Nope looked like pom poms with long floppy strings.

???

 

[Redhead Rae]

Interesting. She was tested for food allergies and wheat didn't react, & she was tested for celiac disease a while ago. We just had a visit w/ a neurologist about migraines yesterday so we're going to be looking into our food situation. Crossing out caffeine, msg, chocolate to start and see what happens from there. They want her to reduce salt intake, but the heart specialist said she needed high salt diet to help w her syncope. It's so much fun when diagnosis & treatments contradict each other. I'll keep gluten in mind going forward. I'm wondering if her allergy issues might be what's causing the headaches since she decided she didn't want to be taking meds anymore. The increase in headaches kind of does line up w/ her seasonal allergy issues.

My migraines are triggered by nuts, artificial sweeteners and shellfish. I get migraines less often than I did before going gluten free. I was tested for celiac, came up negative, but had a lot of the same symptoms my dad used to have (he tested positive) I went on the diet an felt worlds better in a week. Even though going gluten free helped my headaches/migraines a LOT, they were still a problem and I took painkillers (generally Aleve was the only thing that worked for them 2-3 times a week. Also, one thing I did find out is that the more painkillers and meds I took. The more I seemed to need to keep on an even keel. When I found that the primary painkiller I took for headaches and migraines (NSAIDS) can interfere with fertility (about 6 months before DH and I were going to start trying for kids) I went off them cold turkey. The first 2-3 months were horrible, but after that I settled down and I get maybe 1-2 headaches a month and 3-4 migraines a year (usually centered around illnesses) and the duration and impact of the migraines is MUCH shorter than it used to be. I use homeopathy and other natural treatments for my headaches now they definitely help me. Since stopping painkillers for headaches, the only time I used any painkillers since was in the 3 weeks post c-section.

 

[Redhead Rae]

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No, not it. It is like a tight pom in the center with straggly strings coming off of it.

 

[Rubysword]

We'll have to see how they do next year. This year, no joy.

My dad keeps bees. We had one die last weekend from a bear attack, so only got a few pounds this year. Last year, though, we got over a hundred.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

How are the babies doing? Have you heard any peeps? The suspense is killing me. I can't read any of the hatch along posts b/c I get too emotionally involved w/ whole process.

Your child who eats the honey... do you think it helps? I got 'bee bread' (honey mixed w/ bee pollen) a while back, but my daughter never tried it. Supposedly it helps w/ people who have allergies.

Xenas Nuggets are doing SUPER. I really REALLY gotta get some pics of those little things. So cute! They've been outside since day 1, and no issues whatsoever.

No peeps from the eggs yet, at noon it makes it day 19. Trying to keep the incubator with high humidity is proving to be a challenge. I have soaked sponges inside, but the humidity keeps dipping back down into the 50s.

It helped me a lot when I would get seasonal allergy attacks. In the Spring and Fall, I would tend to wake up with watery eyes, runny nose and I would go to bed all stuffed up. A spoonful of honey whenever the symptoms got bad helped ease up the symptoms and over a week or so, they would get dramatically better.

Honestly, the BIGGEST thing that helped my allergies was going gluten-free. My inflammatory reactions have gone WAY down. For example, when I would get bitten by a mosquito, I used to get a welt the size of a quarter. Since going gluten free, the welts have generally been pea sized or smaller. The same goes for my allergies and sinus infections. Since going gluten free, my nasal passages drain better and I RARELY get so stuffed up I can't breathe. My asthma is almost non-existent. I've only had to use an inhaler for 2-3 periods in the 7 years since I've gone gluten free and those were when I got a bad chest cold.

I'm not saying everyone should go gluten free, but it is might be worth seeing if there is anything in your daughter's diet that she is allergic to that could be enhancing her inflammatory and histamine reactions (I'm thinking about your previous post about her having extreme histamine reactions). My reaction to gluten isn't an allergy, but a sensitivity and it doesn't really show up on allergy tests, so I had to go on a gluten free diet to see improvement.

Interesting. She was tested for food allergies and wheat didn't react, & she was tested for celiac disease a while ago. We just had a visit w/ a neurologist about migraines yesterday so we're going to be looking into our food situation. Crossing out caffeine, msg, chocolate to start and see what happens from there. They want her to reduce salt intake, but the heart specialist said she needed high salt diet to help w her syncope. It's so much fun when diagnosis & treatments contradict each other. I'll keep gluten in mind going forward. I'm wondering if her allergy issues might be what's causing the headaches since she decided she didn't want to be taking meds anymore. The increase in headaches kind of does line up w/ her seasonal allergy issues.

LOCAL, RAW honey helps the kiddo bunches and bunches... it really does..... and we try to eat low carb/keto/AIPish here...... I have no food *allergies* per se, however I am sensitive to wheat (I get wheat belly), nightshades, the casein in dairy, and a LOT of fruits (and honey damn it) I react to with heart racing and palpitations.... so I am very aware of what I put into my pie hole.....

My dad keeps bees. We had one die last weekend from a bear attack, so only got a few pounds this year. Last year, though, we got over a hundred.

Helping kiddo with his allergies is probably one of the main reasons I'd keep bees. I'd like to find a local beekeeper who has a hive that split.

What do you guys do with your honey Ruby? Sell it?

 

[Redhead Rae]

No, not it. It is like a tight pom in the center with straggly strings coming off of it.

@FlyingNunFarm If it helps, I think it is an herb.