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[gardendufus]

Quote: LOL, no, no egg from her today. She laid her first on the floor, nice sized, but the shape of a bullet. First misshapen egg I've had. I think it was an experience she's not in a hurry to repeat. SIGH, and my Wellies are still in the holdout bin.

On another note, about 13-15 weeks ago I rehomed an Astralorp that I was convinced was a Roo with my Dental Hygenist. Saw her today. This 'roo' hasn't crowed YET. However, altho 'he' is now 25 weeks old and all his litter mates are laying, 'he' has not laid an egg either. All in all, I'm not sorry I re-homed 'him' 'her' 'it'. LOL

 

[pichuris]

Well, my GLW wheezed up until I went to bed at midnight. Had steeled myself to the fact that I would probably lose at least 1 bird, maybe more if I hadn't gotten her quarantined in time. Went out this morning and she's breathing normally, seems fine. I guess if she's still ok tomorrow I'll put her back in with the others and call it a reaction to laying her first egg. She doesn't like quarantine much and neither do I.

Oh, no. I hope she gets well soon. Ugh, I hate quarantine too. No fun. Hugs.

 

[mynamesjenelle]

LOL, no, no egg from her today.  She laid her first on the floor, nice sized, but the shape of a bullet.  First misshapen egg I've had.  I think it was an experience she's not in a hurry to repeat.  SIGH, and my Wellies are still in the holdout bin.  

On another note, about 13-15 weeks ago I rehomed an Astralorp that I was convinced was a Roo with my Dental Hygenist.  Saw her today.  This 'roo' hasn't crowed YET.  However, altho 'he' is now 25 weeks old and all his litter mates are laying, 'he' has not laid an egg either.  All in all, I'm not sorry I re-homed 'him' 'her' 'it'.  LOL

25 weeks! That is a long time to wait for a crow or an egg! I'm glad your pretty lady pulled through alright

Now that our long grass is dying I finally bought a bale of straw for the girls' nest boxes since the feed store was next door to where I picked up my car from repair today. We put it under the deck where it can be protected from rain, and conveniently located next to the coop/run.

Convenient for us but not the girls. They all flew up to the top of the 6' tall run multiple times, made a HUGE fuss, and spent the rest of the evening huddled in the furthest corner from the big scary rectangular chicken-murdering straw bale. They wouldn't even go to bed when it got dark because it meant crossing the path of that thing so I had to grab each one individually and put them in the coop. If our neighbors didn't know we had chickens before, they do now. Even our brave and quiet light brahma made loud alarm calls. I don't know what they will do when they wake up and find out that thing has been lying in wait for them all night. The horror!

 

[gardendufus]

Wait til they discover that it's edible. I bought a straw bale to put straw in the nest boxes. Didn't have anywhere dry to store it other than in the coop. Has been working as their step up to the nest boxes since I've been too lazy to build a little landing area in front of them. Now, 2 or 3 months later I only have about 3/4 of it left as they suck that straw down like it's some kind of special treat. The rest of it is supposed to be used to top out my garden over the winter, but I may have to buy another to make up for what's been eaten. Boy are those things heavy and hard for an old woman to move around. UGH

 

[pichuris]

25 weeks! That is a long time to wait for a crow or an egg! I'm glad your pretty lady pulled through alright
Now that our long grass is dying I finally bought a bale of straw for the girls' nest boxes since the feed store was next door to where I picked up my car from repair today. We put it under the deck where it can be protected from rain, and conveniently located next to the coop/run.
Convenient for us but not the girls. They all flew up to the top of the 6' tall run multiple times, made a HUGE fuss, and spent the rest of the evening huddled in the furthest corner from the big scary rectangular chicken-murdering straw bale. They wouldn't even go to bed when it got dark because it meant crossing the path of that thing so I had to grab each one individually and put them in the coop. If our neighbors didn't know we had chickens before, they do now. Even our brave and quiet light brahma made loud alarm calls. I don't know what they will do when they wake up and find out that thing has been lying in wait for them all night. The horror!

Hopefully your girls didnt wake you too early this morning seeing as "chicken-murdering straw bale" is still there.

 

[wsmith]

So I heard some crowing this morning, so I think I still have chickens........

Took Beth to Penrose ER on Tuesday afternoon. Long story short, she has continual fluid buildup in her chest due to the tumors. Working out a new game plan with the pulmonologists and the Oncologist. Looks like probably a permanent drain catheter for the chest fluid and more intense chemo. Hang on, here we go again!

Hopefully she will come home in the next couple of days. (Maybe this afternoon!) Got to get rid of a phantom infection as well.

She can breathe better and is in good spirits. The boys have been taking care of the chickens.

 

[Minchi]

Sorry to hear about Beth, I know chest tubes can be anoying, my father hated hIs. Sadly she is probably use to it for the chemo treatment. I hope she comes home soon.

 

[wsmith]

Sorry to hear about Beth, I know chest tubes can be anoying, my father hated hIs. Sadly she is probably use to it for the chemo treatment. I hope she comes home soon.

She's had a port now for several years, this is just another one. She takes it all in stride. Looks like Beth may get to go home tomorrow.

 

[pichuris]

So I heard some crowing this morning, so I think I still have chickens........

Took Beth to Penrose ER on Tuesday afternoon. Long story short, she has continual fluid buildup in her chest due to the tumors. Working out a new game plan with the pulmonologists and the Oncologist. Looks like probably a permanent drain catheter for the chest fluid and more intense chemo. Hang on, here we go again!

Hopefully she will come home in the next couple of days. (Maybe this afternoon!) Got to get rid of a phantom infection as well.

She can breathe better and is in good spirits. The boys have been taking care of the chickens.

Positive thoughts and prayers your way. Hugs.

 

[kmatt87]

She's had a port now for several years, this is just another one. She takes it all in stride. Looks like Beth may get to go home tomorrow.

glad she might be able to go home.
Adding another port sucks, but hopefully it will help.