The vaccine cost us $50 each shot, and you have to get a 1 month booster after the first shot and then yearly after that.
I think it's too bad they don't have rattlesnake vaccines for people!
WOW-- this is totally new to me! I've never heard of a rattlesnake vaccine!!
Danz, you're so lucky to have so many kennels to use for birds. I'm always scrambling to try to figure out where to put something. It seems like the used dog runs lately on CL have been really high priced. There is somebody in Winfield wanting $500 for 10-6x10 panels & one with a gate. I don't care how old it is, they want a new price for a used pen. I hope nobody is stupid enough to pay that for it.
Oh, I've seen that kennel listed for over a couple months now. I don't think anyone is that stupid.... or has that kind of cash to toss on a used pen. There is another pen that is the welded wire and I think they were wanting around the same for it-- and it's just ridiculous. Do they actually want to sell it or show it off? When I'm serious about getting rid of something, I honestly don't care what kind of money I get for it.
If you built a wood frame for the front you could install individual gates pretty easy. Most of our gates on our permanent pens are made of 1 X 3" lumber. You build a rectangular frame.
Yes-- this is what I did to my pen under the deck! I built a wood frame for the door and then stapled the hardware cloth to it. LOVE it!! So easy to open the door and it's pretty sturdy. My DH was telling me that I should change out the hinges for the spring kind. Then it will shut on it's own. I'm thinking I need to do that, because when I walk in, the door hangs open and the silkies like to escape. They are FAST when they want to be! Which is funny, because mine usually just lumber around and you'd never guess they could have that kind of speed to them. hehe!!
My upside down bird is really doing fantastic now. Now I just have to get some weight back on her.
When I was at the feed mill to get feed, I asked how the crops are doing. He said there is none. The soy beans that are so bright green are not setting pods and are being baled for hay. I bring this up, because if anyone happens to NOT be aware of how critical the growing conditions are, it would be good to check out conditions in your area. Plan your winter feed and bedding needs and get all you can safely store as soon as possible.
Now if I can learn to use this new computer and keyboad, life will be a little bit better.
Prices are already going up. I bought horse grain a couple days ago and my jaw dropped! I bet it only goes higher! eek! I totally understand why. My dad's crops fared a little better down in SE Kansas, but still, not great. He does not have any irrigation. I wish I could store more horse grain and stock up now, but it will just mold in my barn. I can safely store right about 1,000 pounds and no more. Sigh.
You know it makes sense that it would start raining now that the town of Winfield is gearing up for the biggest music event of the year, the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival. It seems like it's either scorching hot during that festival or cold & rainy.
I heard from my son this afternoon & they have been doing some more testing on Dana & some more biopsies. They found Thyroid cancer & she has multiple tumors & it's in her lymph nodes, it doesn't sound good at all. She wouldn't have even known anything was wrong if her lymph nodes in her neck hadn't been swollen & her voice got kind of scratchy sounding. She said she had a history of throid goiters, so I don't know if that made her more prone to this or not. I guess they'll know more as they get the results back on the tests. I sure hope they can treat her, she seems like such a nice girl.
I've never heard of that festival! How crazy is that?? I've lived here for a while, too. Not my whole life or anything, but you'd think I'd have seen it on the news or something. We've been to the Tulip Festival in Belle Plaine, but I think because that one Dixie Chick lady owns the arboretum, that she helps advertise and promote it. I've also been to a few of her concerts there, she plays a mean violin. Gosh, it doesn't sound all that great about poor Dana. I hope they can decide on some kind of plan of attack for her and get her started right away.
I'm sorry I haven't been on in the last few weeks. I was sicker than a dog all last week and in the hospital all this past week, just got out this morning. They have finally determined what is wrong with me and it's one of my worse nightmares. I have gastroparesis, which is basically a paralysed stomach. I can't eat anything without getting super bloated and in major pain because my stomach doesn't push the food out. It just sits there and ferments. I am on a liquid diet for now and in a month or so am allowed to graduate to pureed food. I love food, so this really freaking sucks. I might not be posting as much until I can get this under control and get my meds regulated. I just wanted to check in with everyone and tell ya'll that I've been thinking about you.
P.S. Chickens and ducks are doing fine - looks like i'll be selling more eggs than eating them though.. sigh...
Oh wow-- I was wondering where you were! I was thinking about you this last week. Yikes, that stomach problem doesn't sound good at all. Seems like you have had a rough year with being sick lately. I hope it straightens out and you can get back to real food. Glad your birds are laying and doing well.
Do muscovies reject newcomers out of hand, accept them after some bullying (like chickens), or just welcome them with open wings?
Soooo... for those of you down this way, it rained ALL DAY LONG!! (yay!!!!!) We are wet and we had rain! The only downside is that the lady that was going to come get my silkie never showed up. She never emailed or texted me about it, either. How rude is that!??!?! SO I re-listed him back on CraigsList again. Hope someone a little more responsible comes to get him.
My silkies are under the deck, so I threw a tarp on top up here on the deck upstairs. For the most part, it kept them all dry while it rained. But THEN we had a big storm come thru in the evening and it came in at an angle and it just doused them with water. They were soaked to their bones. They all looked like wet cats. I brought them in to the garage and they dried off pretty quickly, but they don't look near as fluffy as they did. Sigh. I hope they can preen themselves and fluff back up again.
