Well I am bummed. I have shingles. Its rather horrible. I'm stuck at home wishing I could rip part of my face off. Yes it's that bad. I'm only 36 and a nursing mother so it took a while before they diagnosed (too young for shingles) and then I can't have the antiviral (nursing) so I'm stuck miserable.
What kills me is that I'm bored and my incubator doesn't work. I can't even shop for eggs. Shopping for eggs is so much fun! There you have it. I have shingles and I'm mad that I can't shop for eggs.
Rebecca.......I am so sorry. I have always dreaded getting them but so far have been too cheap to get the $210 shot.
I live close. Is there anything I can do to help you? My incubators are full until the 18th but you could borrow one after that if you want. Can I shop for you or do errands for you. I am not as physically strong as I used to be but it's just my legs I can drive & have a reliable car.
Let me know
Thank you for the oil tips. I do use them (oils). In fact, I think that is why it was so slow coming on. I thought I had a big spider bite and was treating it topically with Melaleuca alternated with immupower. When the lymph glands started to swell, I treated them. They are still not as big as typically seen on a full-fledged shingles outbreak. Yes, I'll admit it. I was under too much stress lately - for the last 6 months solid - from outside sources. Severely ill/dying grandparents, in house company (both sides of the family) for over a month solid, starting a new business, you name it - we've had it! Stress hasn't abated yet. Hoping for a break soon! My husband has been out of town working every week for several weeks. No other family help so I'm on my own (I simply can NOT imagine how wives of service-men cope). He did come home last night for a few hours and left again this morning. We are hoping that this Friday is his last out of town day for a couple weeks. Having him around will reduce my work load significantly! That alone will help me rest and heal.
In 38 years I have never been without my husband for very long & I missed him even then. I can't imagine being trapped without your best helper there.
This post is aimed at Modesto Area people. (Stockton to Turlock = both easy driving to my house)
I'm getting together a chick order coop for birds from Duane Urch. I'd like Dark Brahma's and don't need 25.
Chicks end up being $8.40 each after shipping.
Let me know if there is something you want. PM me for the list.
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Thank you
I will look at the list Jules sent me. I was looking for LaFleche or Crevs but decided to do California Grays for my white eggs instead.
The plastic bins work well. I use them indoors and have also moved them outside into the floor area of one of my outside aviaries. You could also set them up on something insulating (like wood or newspaper) so the cold from the concrete floor in the garage isn't a factor.
I have used peach bins. They are raised off the floor by a pallet type structure attached to the bottom & are solid wood sides all around. My neighbor sells old ones to me for $20 & they are 4' by 4" and about 2 & 1/2 ' high. I make a hardware cloth & wood framed hinged 2 piece top for them that I can drop a light down from. It has worked well for me when my regular brooders got full.
I've given up trying to be good. I don't do very well at it. Fortunately my hubby is mostly an enabler. I was good last fall and pretty much cut my flocks down to just the birds I would be breeding this year (plus a few pets like my little charity case rooster). So now the cycle will be in full swing again with two incubators full and two brooders reaching capacity. Oh hubby??? I need some more growout pens please
(I usually build them myself, but I have to pretend to ask..)
Jules, you can borrow some of my peach bin grow out pens. I had Aaron store the extras out back along the side of the chicken coops. I think I still have some of the 4 nipple "lick it" 5 gallon water buckets out there too. It made watering pretty simple in them before I added the hanging bell founts.
Anyone coming to the party in May that wants peach bin I can make arrangements for them to be available that day. The neighbor I get them from lives right around the corner on West Main. Most people coming will drive right past her house to get here.
Well I am bummed. I have shingles. Its rather horrible. I'm stuck at home wishing I could rip part of my face off. Yes it's that bad. I'm only 36 and a nursing mother so it took a while before they diagnosed (too young for shingles) and then I can't have the antiviral (nursing) so I'm stuck miserable.
What kills me is that I'm bored and my incubator doesn't work. I can't even shop for eggs. Shopping for eggs is so much fun! There you have it. I have shingles and I'm mad that I can't shop for eggs.
My new incubator isn't scheduled to arrive from
Brinsea until the 20th, but the Genesis will be empty before that. That is the one you can borrow or I can look in the shed I think I have a Little Giant stored out there that I used to use before I got the others.
