Quote: I hope your Isbar/Splash wanders up and asks - what is all this fuss? I hate it when birds disappear
Poison oak and homeopathic tablets. I have been using them since the mid '80s. I am amazed at how well they work, and how fast. They are called Poison Ivy/Oak Tablets and they are from Hyland:
http://www.amazon.com/Hylands-Poison-Ivy-Tablets-Pack/dp/B001EPQ9QY - from Amazon but you can also find them at the local drug stores. I am not an "all natural girl" and I will take regular medication if it works - but I have had bad reactions to cortisone so I was willing to try something different. They work. I keep them with me at all times because I never know when I am going to do something stupid like pull up a root that isn't what I thought it was, go in and wash my hands like regular and find out later I just spread the poison oak all over my hands and arms. Usually I find out when I am somewhere other than home - so they come with me.
I was talking to a lady at a yard sale, she had a little girl with her that looked miserable - all puffed up, red and itchy on her hands, arms and face. The girl had poison oak, badly. She was on her way down to the doctors to get a cortisone shot and just stopped in for a minute because they were waiting for an appointment time, poor kid looked so miserable. I told her mother about the tablets, and offered her two. She accepted and gave them to her daughter. She was going to leave to go to the appointment when she noticed her daughter wasn't hanging around complaining any more, she was over watching the chickens. The lady called and said it was time to go but the daughter didn't want to leave. Then the mother noticed the red was gone, the swelling was almost completely gone and her daughter wasn't itching any more. I think she called the doctors and canceled the appointment, and went up to the local drug store and bought a bottle. This was maybe 5 minutes? I can't think of any better advertisement for it, other than it works for me - if I get poison oak I scratch - look at the bump - go get my tablets and take two and no more scratching and the bump goes away.
Tecnu is a oil remover that was developed to be used to remove radiation. The creator took it home to show his wife, and she asked if it would remove oils. They tested it on poison oak on skin and it took it right off - and unlocked and removed the oils so they didn't spread. I have used the original Tecnu since they brought it out, but there is a new 2 second scrub that stops the itch and removes the oils too. Also at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Tecnu-Extreme...ie=UTF8&qid=1376261040&sr=1-2&keywords=Technu and probably available at local drug stores too.
So, I want to hatch some eggs from my chickens, and I'm trying to figure out what might be cool to hatch. I only have the Salmon Favorolle rooster, but lots of different hens. I have SLW, GLW, Barred Rock, Australorp, OE's, Buff LF Cochin, and EE's (one wheaten-ish). I don't really need a bunch more chickens (and mixed chicks are hard to sell), so I just want to set a few that could turn into something cool. Any suggestions? If I hatch the eggs from my Favorolle roo, and my wheaten"ish' pullet, would the chicks be able to be color sexed early, like the favorolles?
Your Fav boy would be really pretty over the EE, but I do not know if the color is close enough to Wheaten genetically to color sex them early. I think the Buff would be Smutty Buff - its up to you if you want solid Buff birds with smidges of Black. I think the Australorps would all be black. Not sure what it would do to any of the laced ones - mix it up for sure. Oooh - over Barred Rock WOULD give you autosexing chicks - all the chicks with the white dots on their heads would be boys! Girls would have no barring. What colors are the Cochins?
. Herman died this afternoon. he was from the cage that had the merriks chickens, so Id imagine that's it, he had been very skinny and I was worried about him. No other symptoms besides the whole dying thing, however, so it could be something else. All the 4 remaining girls are eating and frisky, so I'm praying that is it. I'm keeping all my remaining chicks just in case however, I had to call 2 people and tell them only silkies from me atm, I have one sad petting zoo, lol.
