Consolidated Kansas

[Trish44]

Thanks @Trish44! It hasn't been any fun so far and with being so sick I'm hardly able to go out at all. I do try to step out a bit in the evenings to help maintain my sanity! Anyone here have any ideas on dealing with hypoglycemia during pregnancy? I've had it my whole life pretty much but it's been Bad since I started second trimester. Have to get up several times a night to bring it back up.

Be sure to eat protein snacks to keep your blood sugar more even & maybe a protein snack at bedtime would help. I know I read about eating carbs & sugary snacks to bring the blood sugar up quickly & that is in an emergency. But the carbs turn into sugar pretty quickly & that only lasts a short time. Your blood sugar rises quickly & then spirals downward. Eating frequent snacks with some protein should help stabilize it more.

 

[Prairie Fleur]

Be sure to eat protein snacks to keep your blood sugar more even & maybe a protein snack at bedtime would help. I know I read about eating carbs & sugary snacks to bring the blood sugar up quickly & that is in an emergency. But the carbs turn into sugar pretty quickly & that only lasts a short time. Your blood sugar rises quickly & then spirals downward. Eating frequent snacks with some protein should help stabilize it more.

Ya that's what I've been trying to do. It helps definitely but hasn't eliminated it by any means. I'm going to be SO GLAD when I can finally be done with being pregnant and get my health back to what it was! Or try to anyway!! With a baby I don't expect that will be easy..

 

[chicken danz]

@Prairie Fleur I've had hypoglycemia my entire life and so has all the females in my family. My mother was the worst and had actually nearly died from it dropping too low. In my case, I do much better without eating much becausey starchy or sugary foods will make my blood sugar peak really fast, and then it dumps and it gets so low it becomes life threatening. There's been more than once when I had to eat breakfast for a blood sugar test and it peaked then dumped just about the time they drew blood. I've had a doctor call asking if I was alright and where was I so her could send an ambulance after they tested my blood and it was critically low.
If my blood sugar dumps too low I don't feel good for a couple days. It has a hard time stabilizing.
I found that eating something like fruit or even some veggies keeps it the most level. Also eating meat or other protein sources help a lot. The doctors have recommended orange juice in an emergency to me. But orange juice is too acid for my stomach. I have those little Cuties (Mandarin oranges) skinned and divided and in my freezer so I can grab a couple of them in a hurry. I also keep frozen grapes which are delicious for the same reason.
I apologize to all of you for not being on here and posting. My sister had a terrible accident and I have been trying to take trips to KU med for her surgeries and also trying to get my own work done. I've been trying to sell a good deal of my flock and tons of chicks. I have to have lumbar spinal surgery and I won't be able to care for the birds for a few months. My sister who got injured was going to help do that for me. But she has a lot more to deal with than I for sure.
I stopped hatching chicks except for Jubilee and Breda chicks cause I still have people wanting those. I have been hatching a ton of geese and shipping them to their new homes, and now I've started hatching the peafowl.
@Plinky could you take a picture of your hen's bottom as it is and also of her missing feathers. Maybe even a picture of her poop.
I suspect she is suffering from mites or lice. They make them very anemic and the pale comb could be a sign of that. As far as worms go the only time you see worms in the poop is if they are dead or the lining of their intestine is sloughing off. With the exception of things like tape worms that have segments in their poop. But tape worm is said to be rare. Free range chickens are more likely to get infected by them.
When I am treating an unknown problem I work from the outside in. The skin and feathers are clues to what is going on.

 

[Prairie Fleur]

@chicken danz that's exactly what happens. I'm not sure if I'm dealing with carb withdrawal symptoms now or what but I crave carbs and sweets something fierce even tho I know I'll feel NASTY if I eat much of any of that. Helps to know others who've dealt with it.
Are you getting rid of your partridge Brahmas? I only had 1 pair survive the winter and have really been wanting some more.

 

[chicken danz]

@Prairie Fleur , I hatched hundreds of the partridge brahmas this year. Best year ever for them. I sold some of my breeders from them, some black brahmas, all of the blue/splash brahmas, and a couple of my blue laced gold hens. I also sold every brahma chick on the place. This was a special price I gave one customer for all of them and he took them without a whim. He probably got 2 to 300 birds for a prayer. I just had to reduce the mouths to feed. Now I have a few hundred Icelandics and orpingtons to get sold. I also am cutting down my turkey flock and trying to sell some of my peacock breeders. It's gone slow because my camera broken and the phone takes huge pictures that have to be photo shopped just to use them. I've reset it but it still takes them that size.
The only thing I'm not reducing is my Sabastopols. Pretty crazy cause they cost the most to feed of all the birds but they also make me more money than the others.
I don't plan to hatch any more chicks but later I could sure hatch some for you. Or maybe if you want to mess with it gather hatching eggs. Every bird out there was laying like crazy except the ones who insisted on being broody. But since it got hot this week, it's like they all just decided it's time to quit. Kind of a relief actually cause I was tired of messing with all the broodies and trying to keep up with the eggs.
I wish you were closer too. I had buyers back out on the pups and I'm too busy to post adds and of course there's the problem with pictures again. I need to get them sold. They are out with the chickens running around today. And the past full week a mother duck moved her newly hatched babies in the puppy pen and they've all be coexisting together. It's so cute to see baby ducks swimming around a water bowl while the pups are drinking at the same time.

 

[lizzyGSR]

@lizzyGSR if I were you I would try the non invasive option first before going through the major surgery. It seems like the sinus surgery is going to be enough at once & then get recovered from that & see what your options are on the jaw. Have you gotten a 2nd opinion? If not, I definitely would do that as well. I'm sorry you had to get rid of your ducks, I would sure miss mine if I had to give them up. At least you still have your chickens though. They are much less messy than ducks for sure.[/QUOTE]


I am most definitely getting a second opinion and am looking into non-invasive stuff first. Apparently, there may not be much in the way of non-invasive options. I had high hopes for one doctor to help with non-invasive treatments, and I got turned away after asking a few more questions (just talking with the deks help). I might make an appt anyway just to talk with the doctor, but am somewhat discouraged after getting that news today. The surgeon is convinced that the joint replacement will help, but I am concerned about the surgery CAUSING more pain, since I have very little facial pain now, nd what I do have has been there since the first surgery 16 years ago. Anyone else on here had jaw joint surgery or know of anyone that's had a jaw joint replacement?

 

[SidChick]

Anybody want to take a guess at this baby? English Lavender Orpington from Trish. I think most are pullets, unless it's just too soon to guess. I think about 8 weeks.

 

[SidChick]

A few more.

 

[SidChick]

Any show quality polish cockerels out there? Brahmas?

 

[Trish44]

A few more.

That one pic looks like one of them is getting saddle feathers. It's still pretty early to tell for sure but if it is getting saddle feathers it's a cockerel.