Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Doug Hodges]

Hello everyone. Ive been very very sick for several weeks. I cant remember if I told it on here. I have a prostate infection that I am just finishing my 3rd round of antibiotics for. I have a bulging disc in my back that I am finishing my 2nd round of steroids for. My wife is due Friday. I finally went to work a few hours Thursday and Friday. I still have a long way to go with my back. Several months of taking it easy and not lifting. I still have to have more tests because my PSA was very high and I am going to have a biopsy to see if I have cancer. Im going to try to go back to work this week and I could use everyones prayers.

Now. Ive lost 20 of my 3 month old chickens over the last few days. I lost 10 yesterday. Of course they are my prized BLRW's It seems everytime I get them this old they start dying. Once they get older then the only way I lose one is because I have a hawk that's the size of a tom turkey. Im sure its coccid and I must have the disease in my soil or something. Im not going to raise any more chicks. Ill sell all my equipment next spring when the prices are high. I will probably sell most of the chickens that are left at that time and I have 7 or 8 chicken tractors that I will sell. I still have probably a hundred birds total but the Hawks have taken several of my best birds. A buddy watched this particular hawk dive down and take a full grown chicken. Anyway. Thanks for including me in your prayers.

Ill continue to check in from time to time. God Bless everyone.

 

[ozexpat]

Hello everyone. Ive been very very sick for several weeks. I cant remember if I told it on here. I have a prostate infection that I am just finishing my 3rd round of antibiotics for. I have a bulging disc in my back that I am finishing my 2nd round of steroids for. My wife is due Friday. I finally went to work a few hours Thursday and Friday. I still have a long way to go with my back. Several months of taking it easy and not lifting. I still have to have more tests because my PSA was very high and I am going to have a biopsy to see if I have cancer. Im going to try to go back to work this week and I could use everyones prayers.

Now. Ive lost 20 of my 3 month old chickens over the last few days. I lost 10 yesterday. Of course they are my prized BLRW's It seems everytime I get them this old they start dying. Once they get older then the only way I lose one is because I have a hawk that's the size of a tom turkey. Im sure its coccid and I must have the disease in my soil or something. Im not going to raise any more chicks. Ill sell all my equipment next spring when the prices are high. I will probably sell most of the chickens that are left at that time and I have 7 or 8 chicken tractors that I will sell. I still have probably a hundred birds total but the Hawks have taken several of my best birds. A buddy watched this particular hawk dive down and take a full grown chicken. Anyway. Thanks for including me in your prayers.

Ill continue to check in from time to time. God Bless everyone.

god bless you doug

you and your family are in my prayers.

i lost 100 quail chicks this last 2 weeks. it reminded me of your last death run.

hang in there

 

[cochins1088]

Hello everyone. Ive been very very sick for several weeks. I cant remember if I told it on here. I have a prostate infection that I am just finishing my 3rd round of antibiotics for. I have a bulging disc in my back that I am finishing my 2nd round of steroids for. My wife is due Friday. I finally went to work a few hours Thursday and Friday. I still have a long way to go with my back. Several months of taking it easy and not lifting. I still have to have more tests because my PSA was very high and I am going to have a biopsy to see if I have cancer. Im going to try to go back to work this week and I could use everyones prayers.

Now. Ive lost 20 of my 3 month old chickens over the last few days. I lost 10 yesterday. Of course they are my prized BLRW's It seems everytime I get them this old they start dying. Once they get older then the only way I lose one is because I have a hawk that's the size of a tom turkey. Im sure its coccid and I must have the disease in my soil or something. Im not going to raise any more chicks. Ill sell all my equipment next spring when the prices are high. I will probably sell most of the chickens that are left at that time and I have 7 or 8 chicken tractors that I will sell. I still have probably a hundred birds total but the Hawks have taken several of my best birds. A buddy watched this particular hawk dive down and take a full grown chicken. Anyway. Thanks for including me in your prayers.

Ill continue to check in from time to time. God Bless everyone.

I'm so sorry Doug.

I'll be praying for you and your family. I pray that your wife will have a safe delivery and a healthy baby.


I'm sorry about your chickens as well. I've never heard of coccid being so deadly before. Will you at least continue to raise a small flock of birds?

 

[cochins1088]

god bless you doug

you and your family are in my prayers.

i lost 100 quail chicks this last 2 weeks. it reminded me of your last death run.

hang in there

May I ask why you lost so many quail? Was it coccidiosis or something else?

 

[ozexpat]

May I ask why you lost so many quail? Was it coccidiosis or something else?

presuming ulcerative colitis. it responded to tetracycline once i worked it out. we lost 5-15 chicks a day for a week. i hatched 110 live chicks ended up with 10!

so much carnage

 

[sharron]

Hello everyone. Ive been very very sick for several weeks. I cant remember if I told it on here. I have a prostate infection that I am just finishing my 3rd round of antibiotics for. I have a bulging disc in my back that I am finishing my 2nd round of steroids for. My wife is due Friday. I finally went to work a few hours Thursday and Friday. I still have a long way to go with my back. Several months of taking it easy and not lifting. I still have to have more tests because my PSA was very high and I am going to have a biopsy to see if I have cancer. Im going to try to go back to work this week and I could use everyones prayers.

Now. Ive lost 20 of my 3 month old chickens over the last few days. I lost 10 yesterday. Of course they are my prized BLRW's It seems everytime I get them this old they start dying. Once they get older then the only way I lose one is because I have a hawk that's the size of a tom turkey. Im sure its coccid and I must have the disease in my soil or something. Im not going to raise any more chicks. Ill sell all my equipment next spring when the prices are high. I will probably sell most of the chickens that are left at that time and I have 7 or 8 chicken tractors that I will sell. I still have probably a hundred birds total but the Hawks have taken several of my best birds. A buddy watched this particular hawk dive down and take a full grown chicken. Anyway. Thanks for including me in your prayers.

Ill continue to check in from time to time. God Bless everyone.

doug, drink pure pomegranate juice, my husbands psa was out of sight, i read about the pomegranate juice and started making him drink it, brought the psa down to normal, course still had to do all the test but everything is good. hope you're ok.

 

[sumi]

Hello everyone. Ive been very very sick for several weeks. I cant remember if I told it on here. I have a prostate infection that I am just finishing my 3rd round of antibiotics for. I have a bulging disc in my back that I am finishing my 2nd round of steroids for. My wife is due Friday. I finally went to work a few hours Thursday and Friday. I still have a long way to go with my back. Several months of taking it easy and not lifting. I still have to have more tests because my PSA was very high and I am going to have a biopsy to see if I have cancer. Im going to try to go back to work this week and I could use everyones prayers.

Now. Ive lost 20 of my 3 month old chickens over the last few days. I lost 10 yesterday. Of course they are my prized BLRW's It seems everytime I get them this old they start dying. Once they get older then the only way I lose one is because I have a hawk that's the size of a tom turkey. Im sure its coccid and I must have the disease in my soil or something. Im not going to raise any more chicks. Ill sell all my equipment next spring when the prices are high. I will probably sell most of the chickens that are left at that time and I have 7 or 8 chicken tractors that I will sell. I still have probably a hundred birds total but the Hawks have taken several of my best birds. A buddy watched this particular hawk dive down and take a full grown chicken. Anyway. Thanks for including me in your prayers.

Ill continue to check in from time to time. God Bless everyone.

Hugs and prayers to you both

Hope everything goes well for your wife and the baby. Good luck with everything and pop in and let us know how you're doing when you feel up to it? We miss you.

 

[tlpounds]

Hello everyone. Ive been very very sick for several weeks. I cant remember if I told it on here. I have a prostate infection that I am just finishing my 3rd round of antibiotics for. I have a bulging disc in my back that I am finishing my 2nd round of steroids for. My wife is due Friday. I finally went to work a few hours Thursday and Friday. I still have a long way to go with my back. Several months of taking it easy and not lifting. I still have to have more tests because my PSA was very high and I am going to have a biopsy to see if I have cancer. Im going to try to go back to work this week and I could use everyones prayers.

Now. Ive lost 20 of my 3 month old chickens over the last few days. I lost 10 yesterday. Of course they are my prized BLRW's It seems everytime I get them this old they start dying. Once they get older then the only way I lose one is because I have a hawk that's the size of a tom turkey. Im sure its coccid and I must have the disease in my soil or something. Im not going to raise any more chicks. Ill sell all my equipment next spring when the prices are high. I will probably sell most of the chickens that are left at that time and I have 7 or 8 chicken tractors that I will sell. I still have probably a hundred birds total but the Hawks have taken several of my best birds. A buddy watched this particular hawk dive down and take a full grown chicken. Anyway. Thanks for including me in your prayers.

Ill continue to check in from time to time. God Bless everyone.

I've also had problems with hawks. I lost a silkie to one a couple of weeks ago & now it's stalking the chickens daily & terrorizing them. They're scared to death. And I have a chicken about to die from coccid right now also. This is so hard when you know there's nothing you can do. So sorry it's happening to you at this time in your life. Prayers for you and your wife.

 

[chicksooner]

Hello everyone. Ive been very very sick for several weeks. I cant remember if I told it on here. I have a prostate infection that I am just finishing my 3rd round of antibiotics for. I have a bulging disc in my back that I am finishing my 2nd round of steroids for. My wife is due Friday. I finally went to work a few hours Thursday and Friday. I still have a long way to go with my back. Several months of taking it easy and not lifting. I still have to have more tests because my PSA was very high and I am going to have a biopsy to see if I have cancer. Im going to try to go back to work this week and I could use everyones prayers.

Now. Ive lost 20 of my 3 month old chickens over the last few days. I lost 10 yesterday. Of course they are my prized BLRW's It seems everytime I get them this old they start dying. Once they get older then the only way I lose one is because I have a hawk that's the size of a tom turkey. Im sure its coccid and I must have the disease in my soil or something. Im not going to raise any more chicks. Ill sell all my equipment next spring when the prices are high. I will probably sell most of the chickens that are left at that time and I have 7 or 8 chicken tractors that I will sell. I still have probably a hundred birds total but the Hawks have taken several of my best birds. A buddy watched this particular hawk dive down and take a full grown chicken. Anyway. Thanks for including me in your prayers.

Ill continue to check in from time to time. God Bless everyone.

I will be keeping you and the wife in my prayers.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Grr... So mad at my puppy right now.
So I'm sitting in a room, putting the new cage together for the guinea pigs, and all of a sudden, I hear screaming:
QUACKKKK
QUUUUUAAAACCCCCKKKK!!
So I ran outside as soon as I heard Daffy, a little Mallard duck.
And my dog was carrying Daffy in her mouth! I immediately ran and made Annabelle let go of her. She seemed okay, but then I looked down at my arm, covered in blood... and lots of it.

That dog bit BOTH of Daffy's wings! So we were sitting there, applying pressure to her wings with some old cloth, with my little sisters all crowded around me petting her.
When the bleeding slowed down, we put her back with Donald, a Mallard drake. Fingers crossed she'll be okay tonight.

how is she?