wow that would freak me out. Glad to hear and bout Lucie surgery going so well.
Yesterday we had a scare DH had is chemo session shortly after starting he had severe abnominal pain. They ordered an Xray but nothing showed up so they ordered an emergency cat scan but thank God everything was okay he had a reaction to chemo he doc said he thinks its time to stop the chemo. They wanted to make sure he hadn't perforated his bowel talk about scared i was just thinking to myself how am going to take care of him and our kids.
Oh my gosh!! I will be sure to pray for him! That sounds so scary! What is the plan now? I hope he is feeling better now.
Ok I gave the vit E capsule to her she drank it as I squeezed it out, such a good girl.
How often do I give it and should I give the poly-vi-sol also,,
Now on to the next problem, I have a turkey with an injured leg. It is swollen at the base of the leg at the foot. All toes are swollen as well. Were is my turkey doc..
Danz already answered, but are you sure you checked for bumble? It would be a pretty small black spot on the pad of the foot. If it's a stress injury from jumping down from somewhere high, just keep an eye on it. I was giving my bird penicillin injections for bumblefoot-- it's a staph infection and it can really get out of hand FAST. My turkey used to fly up about 12 feet onto the pergola and perch there for a while and then fly down. They are NOT graceful, so I can imagine them getting injured quite easily.
No problem sharol, just thought I would throw it out to you. They are not advertised, and I probably won't either.
Not crazy about lots of people tromping around here. Just got home, sister-in-laws house was broken into. They are not home, Ransacked the bedroom, but do not see anything missing, but I have not gone through her house taking note of what all is around either. Hopefully they can get home this week. What a mess!!!!
OMGosh!! That is terrible and scary! I had my car broken into once-- I had just bought a new camera-- the SLR with all the lenses and filters, etc, and I had over $1200 in it and they took it. It was hidden under the front seat. They bashed in my windows and stole CD's, a radar detector (that had just broke the week before--hehe!!!) and a few odds and ends. I was parked in a bad part of town, and from then on, I don't do that anymore. I hope they didn't have anything very valuable or sentimental stolen. That is the worst part-- knowing that someone else violated your space and could do it again.
Well this afternoon wasn't the best for me. I found Lily with the dead guinea, she had eaten half of it already. Then I was unloading my truck load of cattails & when I went in to put some in the Ameraucana pen the darned rooster freaked out & flew out the door as I was coming in with a pitchfork full of cattails. He is the devil when it comes to other roosters, he just wants to fight them all & kill them, so he can't be let out of the pen at all, ever. He took off up the hill & I figured well he'll be back & sure enough he came strutting back down & started a fight with first one rooster & then the other. Even the Black Copper Marans had his neck feathers all standing straight out in preparation to fight this guy & he is the most docile of them all. I followed them around behind the pen & as he was getting ready to jump on the Marans rooster I grabbed him while he was focused on fighting. He is a great breeder rooster & produced a lot of nice babies last year, but he isn't a nice boy at all. He looks really scraggly right now too because he's been moltiing. I kind of bopped him upside the head as I put him back in the pen for acting so bad. You have to let these guys know who is boss.
I got started on putting the plastic on the hoop coop for the peacocks, but ran out of plastic & staples, so I have to go get some tomorrow. I need about 3 more small tarps too to put on the pens, but I will wait until I buy groceries & sneak them in with those. I did find out where I can get some of those plastic barrels with the screw lids today, so I think I might get 3 of those Monday when I go to Wichita. Then I will be ready to buy some bulk feed. I just need to find out if I can get a smaller amount somewhere first. I will have to check around.
A friend of ours said that to keep his dogs from getting aggressive or chasing his own animals, he punishes for catching wild game-- like rabbits. He also hunts with his dogs. So his dogs are trained to go run after the game only after it's been shot and he gives the command. They retrieve it and bring it back with a light mouth and drop it at his feet. He said they are never allowed to eat anything he shoots, so they would never be tempted or know that it would ever be okay to eat it. You know-- back when you said that your dogs were catching wild rabbits, I was thinking then, that if any of your rabbits got out or your birds were running, they might chase it down for the "hunt" of it. But what do I know, so I certainly didn't say anything. Our friend has extremely well trained working dogs and he makes them lie down when he is getting ready to show off their skills to us, but he never allows them to "hunt"--- just sit there and retrieve when necessary. It's fun going over there.
Then to my horror I discovered my gate to the big pen is about 4 inches too narrow to angle the panel across to get it inside. I really don't want to remove fencing to get a panel in there. I was going to do the same thing in the turkey pen but use another 6 X 10 panel to divide the pen further so I could house the blue slate turkeys in the same big pen as the midgets. It's not going to happen! I had this so clear in my mind and DH even thought it would work well. Best laid plans!!!
I'm still trying to get laundry done. I have my bedding in various stages of washing and drying right now. I normally like to do the sheets on Monday but DH was still on night shift.
Seems like another day just wizzed by.
OH my-- that sounds so frustrating to have it not fit/work out! I did clothes washing all day yesterday. I need to do beds today. Blah.
Oh boy its going to be a late night. Back to the hay field. Got to get the alfalfa up last cut of the year.
He be ahead of me enough to get bales picked up now!
How many cuts did you get on the alfalfa?? I swear, they only got one cutting up here. Maybe they did squeeze out a second, but it's looked pretty bad here.
Good luck with all the showing Hawkeye and Cheoukan! It sounds just like getting ready for a dog show! I miss that sometimes. Reading about your preparations, down to the whitening shampoo brought back fond memories
Right now my 14 yr old is trying my nerves by spreading herself so thin in all her activities, but she will figure out how to solve some things out on her own with help and guidance, I have no doubt. It just keeps her old mom worried
Ahh.... My brain is mush. Must hit the hay. Will share a pic of our newest egg though
Its's the one on the bottom right. I think our wheaten ameracauna laid it
Hope everyone finishes the week strong!
Thank you! The shows are so exciting and already I can see they are addicting! I can't wait for the next one, and this one hasn't even arrived! LOL I got my packed in yesterday for the Kansas Fall Classic in November! Sounds like your DD has a lot going on. It has to be pretty stressful for her too. IS there any way she can cut back on some of it? I could not handle everything in school, I had to cut out sports. That was right about the same time we discovered my heart condition, anyway. But it gave me more time for barrel racing and horse events. Congrats on the eggs!
Danz, yeah I just think they're attracted to the darned guineas because of all the noise they make. You know how crazy those darned birds are & they get out & first thing they do is start yelling at the top of their lungs. As long as I was outside the dogs seemed to be ignoring them fine, but it was after I came & was cooking lunch that they got that one. HEChicken, yeah it's possible that Jasmine got the bird & then Lily took it away & ate it, but Lily is the one that got red-handed eating the bird, so she got walloped with it. I have heard people say before that they beat their dogs with the thing they killed & it is somewhat of a deterrent in a way if you're getting beaten up with a dead bird. She is going to get taught a lesson tomorrow though for eating the bird, even if she didn't catch it first she did in fact eat it, so that deserves punishment too. I'm going to have to I think start taking away all of these wild rabbits they catch because now they seem to think whatever they catch they can eat. I was feeling like the shock collar had really worked & now feel like I'm back to square one. I can't let the guineas out to range unless the dog has the shock collar on it seems. I have two of them, but one needs to have the screw drilled out because I could never get that one out to put the batteries in & the company wouldn't stand behind their product when it was defective, so I ended up buying another one. It would be nice if I could just get a second collar for this receiver.
medawinks, you have some pretty eggs! I can't wait to see what color of eggs I get from my Wheaten & Blue Wheaten Ameraucana hens & my Cream Legbars too. The lavender Ameraucana hens lay a pretty sky blue egg & a more teal colored one & my EE hen lays either a light greenish egg or sometimes it's almost blue.
I think you did a good thing with hitting her with the dead bird. I don't know what you'll have to do, but it does sound like it's going to take some time to work out. I'm soooo sorry! I hope you can figure out a good system. Maybe go hide and let the guineas out with her collar on? Cesar Milan (Dog Whisperer) would know what to do! LOL
Hi all,
Sorry I am so far behind that I don't know how I could possibly catch up with all of you! Very chatty bunch today! Lucie is doing well. She was sling walked several times today and was able to urinate on her own. She is also eating well and able to take oral antibiotics and pain medication so if all goes well overnight she will be able to come home tomorrow! I am so excited but also kind of nervous to have a bouncing Lucie home with two plated broken legs. Hopefully she won't get to stir crazy. It is amazing to me that she is already up on her feet and able to bear weight. I think I would still be in bed!
Stared my new job today and it about killed me. I was so tired I could have laid down on the floor and gone to sleep! It is amazing how quickly your body exhausts when it is busy putting a baby together. But I made it through and got home and took care of everyone. Hope all is well with everyone!
The sheer exhaustion doesn't last forever. But in the beginning, it can sure put you on your butt. I remember working and falling asleep at my desk in the middle of working a program and not even realizing it until I heard laughter. I would find myself face planted on the keyboard. But it does get better! I hope you do enjoy your new job! It is all day every day? Or is it certain days of the week? My groomers that I take my dogs to-- they don't work on Mondays, and they work from 8am-2pm and that's it. There are 3 of them in the little shop. It's all by appt, so everyone drops off their dogs in the am and then as they get dogs done, they call you to let you know yours is done. By 2pm, they usually are able to shut it down when the last dog leaves. Those girls have a good time in there, they are always laughing.
Sapphire Blue--- for some reason, it didn't get your post, but wanted to say-- WOW that was a crazy story about your bird getting caught up in the wire and being cold and actually living through that. I'm so glad you did go out and check on them. Poor girl, but I'm glad she's okay. I bet she was so scared.
I probably forgot others... sorry!
I have a list of things to do today, but no idea if it will all get done. I need to muck the barn, I pitch it all in the breeze way and then take the tractor with the front loader (scoop) and just "bulldoze" it out of the barn. It goes pretty fast that way. I wish I had a mini tractor or bobcat to muck out the stalls themselves! Ugh. And I really, really need to get a roof on my brother's coop. I've just put it to the back of my mind and sort of pretend it's not there anymore!
What a baaaad sister I am!!
