Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Posted this before I saw Bob say to ignore the naming rule. And I will show my “work”.

No roosters, so nothing to pull out there.

ISA Browns = Goldy, Sassy, Crystal, Buffy, Hazel. That gives a starting number of 5. I remove Goldy as first of breed /first brown egg layer. So that is 4

EE/OE (counting these together as one, since I don’t know for sure if any are a different breed) = Dottie, Scarlett, Ruby, Coco, Jasmine. That gives a starting number of 5. I remove Dottie as first of breed /first green egg layer. Then remove Scarlett as first cream/pearl egg layer. Then remove Jasmine as first pale bluish/green egg layer. That leaves 2.

Welsummer = Speedy. Remove her ad first of breed, so don’t add her in.

Total flock of 11, minus 5 = 6.

And if any of that is incorrect. I blame the events I will disclose in my next post.

SHRA tax for Bob’s revision of the chicken math rules:
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Can’t wait to read your next post in this case!

 

[TX Chick Noob]

Warming, graphic injury post.

So, it seems 2023 is off to a pretty bad start for me. This morning we were outside getting all the critters taken care of, and then were going to go out for breakfast and to run a few errands. When I left my office building after taking in the eggs laid today, I was walking on the plastic pallets we have out to have an area to walk when it is muddy. It was a little slick from morming dew. As I tried to step from one pallet to the next, my back foot slipped and went between the pallets, and I fell backwards. Which snapped both bones in my right leg, just above the ankle. My foot was dangling and facing the wrong direction.

We managed to get me into the car and to the minor emergence clinic. They had me snort some Fentanyl as the fastest way to start getting some pain relief. (That was a new experience, I am a good girl who has never snorted drugs.) Then they put me under “mild” general anesthesia to be able to remove my clothes, take better X-rays, reduce/manipulate the fractures, and put on a temporary splint. Not sure if it was the Ketamine, or the combination of that with the Fentanyl and then Morphine they gave me to control the pain, but I had a hard time waking up and had horrible nausea and vomiting. When I first started to wake I felt like I was in a science fiction movie, everything looked digital/aliased, and I was having double/triple vision. I felt like Max Headroom (for those old enough to get the reference). And was still in pretty bad pain from them repositioning things.

Finally I stabilized enough to go home. I have been communicating with our family doctor who will get a referral placed first thing tomorrow to a good orthopedic surgeon, because it will definitely require surgery. I can feel things grinding and moving every time I move my leg even just a small amount, even with the splint on. So now I am in my recliner, where I will stay until I can get in to see the doctor. Can’t manage the three steps up to the bathroom/bedroom. Not even with crutches. I am not strong enough and too wobbly. And the Norco (Hydrocodone) I am taking doesn’t help steady me either.

Spoiler: Injury photos

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My foot should be pointed almost straight up in this next one:

Picture of one of the X-rays (kind of hard to see)

 

[featherhead007]

"totally"??

Did you intend to do that when responding to a math comment?

That about sums it up!

 

[featherhead007]

Warming, graphic injury post.

So, it seems 2023 is off to a pretty bad start for me. This morning we were outside getting all the critters taken care of, and then were going to go out for breakfast and to run a few errands. When I left my office building after taking in the eggs laid today, I was walking on the plastic pallets we have out to have an area to walk when it is muddy. It was a little slick from morming dew. As I tried to step from one pallet to the next, my back foot slipped and went between the pallets, and I fell backwards. Which snapped both bones in my right leg, just above the ankle. My foot was dangling and facing the wrong direction.

We managed to get me into the car and to the minor emergence clinic. They had me snort some Fentanyl as the fastest way to start getting some pain relief. (That was a new experience, I am a good girl who has never snorted drugs.) Then they put me under “mild” general anesthesia to be able to remove my clothes, take better X-rays, reduce/manipulate the fractures, and put on a temporary splint. Not sure if it was the Ketamine, or the combination of that with the Fentanyl and then Morphine they gave me to control the pain, but I had a hard time waking up and had horrible nausea and vomiting. When I first started to wake I felt like I was in a science fiction movie, everything looked digital/aliased, and I was having double/triple vision. I felt like Max Headroom (for those old enough to get the reference). And was still in pretty bad pain from them repositioning things.

Finally I stabilized enough to go home. I have been communicating with our family doctor who will get a referral placed first thing tomorrow to a good orthopedic surgeon, because it will definitely require surgery. I can feel things grinding and moving every time I move my leg even just a small amount, even with the splint on. So now I am in my recliner, where I will stay until I can get in to see the doctor. Can’t manage the three steps up to the bathroom/bedroom. Not even with crutches. I am not strong enough and too wobbly. And the Norco (Hydrocodone) I am taking doesn’t help steady me either.

Spoiler: Injury photos

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My foot should be pointed almost straight up in this next one:
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Picture of one of the X-rays (kind of hard to see)
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Those are some dangerous drugs, be careful with them.

 

[TX Chick Noob]

Those are some dangerous drugs, be careful with them.

I try to avoid heavy painkillers. But due to interactions wi to my other medications I can’t take NSAIDS or most OTC painkillers.

 

[Ponypoor]

Warming, graphic injury post.

So, it seems 2023 is off to a pretty bad start for me. This morning we were outside getting all the critters taken care of, and then were going to go out for breakfast and to run a few errands. When I left my office building after taking in the eggs laid today, I was walking on the plastic pallets we have out to have an area to walk when it is muddy. It was a little slick from morming dew. As I tried to step from one pallet to the next, my back foot slipped and went between the pallets, and I fell backwards. Which snapped both bones in my right leg, just above the ankle. My foot was dangling and facing the wrong direction.

We managed to get me into the car and to the minor emergence clinic. They had me snort some Fentanyl as the fastest way to start getting some pain relief. (That was a new experience, I am a good girl who has never snorted drugs.) Then they put me under “mild” general anesthesia to be able to remove my clothes, take better X-rays, reduce/manipulate the fractures, and put on a temporary splint. Not sure if it was the Ketamine, or the combination of that with the Fentanyl and then Morphine they gave me to control the pain, but I had a hard time waking up and had horrible nausea and vomiting. When I first started to wake I felt like I was in a science fiction movie, everything looked digital/aliased, and I was having double/triple vision. I felt like Max Headroom (for those old enough to get the reference). And was still in pretty bad pain from them repositioning things.

Finally I stabilized enough to go home. I have been communicating with our family doctor who will get a referral placed first thing tomorrow to a good orthopedic surgeon, because it will definitely require surgery. I can feel things grinding and moving every time I move my leg even just a small amount, even with the splint on. So now I am in my recliner, where I will stay until I can get in to see the doctor. Can’t manage the three steps up to the bathroom/bedroom. Not even with crutches. I am not strong enough and too wobbly. And the Norco (Hydrocodone) I am taking doesn’t help steady me either.

Spoiler: Injury photos

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View attachment 3383482

My foot should be pointed almost straight up in this next one:
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Picture of one of the X-rays (kind of hard to see)
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First off I am sending you HUGS (hugs hugs hugs) (I know exactly the displaced fracture feeling - kick from a horse for me ) I was expecting you to say you were getting chicks - I am flabbergasted - just shocked - more hugs (hugs hugs hugs).

Secondly - I cannot believe they sent you home - OMG - you should be having that reduced and set with plate and screws and bolts (maybe some duct tape...) ASAP. You should have been sent to an Orthopedic surgeon right away, not to make you worried or anything but very serious things can occur from these sort of fractures, if they are not set correctly - fast. Do you have a shortage of Nurses, Doctors, etc there like up here? Oh I feel terrible for you - I wish I could run down there an just hug you and take you to an Orthopedic Surgeon (the one that fixed my arm is a renowned surgeon world wide and is the one who deals with our military - come on up he is awesome and eye candy too, even now as an old gent haha) (ok enough with the man talk).

Pain meds - I know what you mean - I cannot take Demerol at all (not sure if it is even in used), best way to take any of those meds is to take it with an anti-nausea med. I was able to manage my pain level with just Tylenol 3 post surgery, I had a few days of extreme misery with my arm in the cast swelling - I went to Emerg one night and the Dr on duty cut the cast and cracked it open - INSTANT relief. And after that I was down to just using the meds at night to sleep.

And lastly for everyone out there - please DO NOT walk on pallets/skids - this is the reason why they should not be used - unless you put a solid plywood deck on them so your feet do not slip through the cracks. Injury with those skids is very common here in Ontario, as people use them in the winter as walkways over grassy areas, etc. The wet and snow makes they really icy and dangerous.

Here at work they have what they call Access Mats, used for moving equipment on muddy sections - they are 8' x 12' wooden 'skids' we use them as walkways but they put plywood on top AND to make the plywood not slippery they put down a roll of that asphalt roofing material - you know that stuff with the tar paper and gravel/grit on it. I suggest if anyone is using wooden pallets they need to do this - top the skids with 1/4" plywood and then the gravel asphalt roofing for non-slip material.

OK that leg looks terrible - I haven't seen such a bad fracture on a person since I was a Nurse. I really hope you can get a referral tomorrow and get it stabilized.

Oh I could just hug you and take away your pain

 

[Ponypoor]

Warming, graphic injury post.

So, it seems 2023 is off to a pretty bad start for me. This morning we were outside getting all the critters taken care of, and then were going to go out for breakfast and to run a few errands. When I left my office building after taking in the eggs laid today, I was walking on the plastic pallets we have out to have an area to walk when it is muddy. It was a little slick from morming dew. As I tried to step from one pallet to the next, my back foot slipped and went between the pallets, and I fell backwards. Which snapped both bones in my right leg, just above the ankle. My foot was dangling and facing the wrong direction.

We managed to get me into the car and to the minor emergence clinic. They had me snort some Fentanyl as the fastest way to start getting some pain relief. (That was a new experience, I am a good girl who has never snorted drugs.) Then they put me under “mild” general anesthesia to be able to remove my clothes, take better X-rays, reduce/manipulate the fractures, and put on a temporary splint. Not sure if it was the Ketamine, or the combination of that with the Fentanyl and then Morphine they gave me to control the pain, but I had a hard time waking up and had horrible nausea and vomiting. When I first started to wake I felt like I was in a science fiction movie, everything looked digital/aliased, and I was having double/triple vision. I felt like Max Headroom (for those old enough to get the reference). And was still in pretty bad pain from them repositioning things.

Finally I stabilized enough to go home. I have been communicating with our family doctor who will get a referral placed first thing tomorrow to a good orthopedic surgeon, because it will definitely require surgery. I can feel things grinding and moving every time I move my leg even just a small amount, even with the splint on. So now I am in my recliner, where I will stay until I can get in to see the doctor. Can’t manage the three steps up to the bathroom/bedroom. Not even with crutches. I am not strong enough and too wobbly. And the Norco (Hydrocodone) I am taking doesn’t help steady me either.

Spoiler: Injury photos

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View attachment 3383482

My foot should be pointed almost straight up in this next one:
View attachment 3383483

Picture of one of the X-rays (kind of hard to see)
View attachment 3383484

 

[TX Chick Noob]

First off I am sending you HUGS (hugs hugs hugs) (I know exactly the displaced fracture feeling - kick from a horse for me ) I was expecting you to say you were getting chicks - I am flabbergasted - just shocked - more hugs (hugs hugs hugs).

Secondly - I cannot believe they sent you home - OMG - you should be having that reduced and set with plate and screws and bolts (maybe some duct tape...) ASAP. You should have been sent to an Orthopedic surgeon right away, not to make you worried or anything but very serious things can occur from these sort of fractures, if they are not set correctly - fast. Do you have a shortage of Nurses, Doctors, etc there like up here? Oh I feel terrible for you - I wish I could run down there an just hug you and take you to an Orthopedic Surgeon (the one that fixed my arm is a renowned surgeon world wide and is the one who deals with our military - come on up he is awesome and eye candy too, even now as an old gent haha) (ok enough with the man talk).

Pain meds - I know what you mean - I cannot take Demerol at all (not sure if it is even in used), best way to take any of those meds is to take it with an anti-nausea med. I was able to manage my pain level with just Tylenol 3 post surgery, I had a few days of extreme misery with my arm in the cast swelling - I went to Emerg one night and the Dr on duty cut the cast and cracked it open - INSTANT relief. And after that I was down to just using the meds at night to sleep.

And lastly for everyone out there - please DO NOT walk on pallets/skids - this is the reason why they should not be used - unless you put a solid plywood deck on them so your feet do not slip through the cracks. Injury with those skids is very common here in Ontario, as people use them in the winter as walkways over grassy areas, etc. The wet and snow makes they really icy and dangerous.

Here at work they have what they call Access Mats, used for moving equipment on muddy sections - they are 8' x 12' wooden 'skids' we use them as walkways but they put plywood on top AND to make the plywood not slippery they put down a roll of that asphalt roofing material - you know that stuff with the tar paper and gravel/grit on it. I suggest if anyone is using wooden pallets they need to do this - top the skids with 1/4" plywood and then the gravel asphalt roofing for non-slip material.

OK that leg looks terrible - I haven't seen such a bad fracture on a person since I was a Nurse. I really hope you can get a referral tomorrow and get it stabilized.

Oh I could just hug you and take away your pain

They said the fracture was bad enough to need surgery within a few days, but not immediately. I think part of the reason is they will pribabaly have me stop my blood thinners the day before they do it. I probabaly could have gone to BS&W hospital and gotten it done today, but my husband and his family have had extremely bad experiences there. So we wanted to give our primary doctor a chance to send me to a specialist she trusts.

The pallets I am talking about are the plastic type, some work small holes for drainage and some solid top. We have them placed about 8” apart to allow water to drain better. I slipped on a solid top one. Once I get healed up we are going to buy a cement mixer and pour sidewalks instead.

Edit:

Here’s a photo from one of our security cameras that shows a doffeeent section of them. Most are a little rough on top but not the yellow ones, and that is what I slipped on.

Injury tax
At least the girls are sleeping peacefully tonight

 

[rural mouse]

Warming, graphic injury post.

So, it seems 2023 is off to a pretty bad start for me. This morning we were outside getting all the critters taken care of, and then were going to go out for breakfast and to run a few errands. When I left my office building after taking in the eggs laid today, I was walking on the plastic pallets we have out to have an area to walk when it is muddy. It was a little slick from morming dew. As I tried to step from one pallet to the next, my back foot slipped and went between the pallets, and I fell backwards. Which snapped both bones in my right leg, just above the ankle. My foot was dangling and facing the wrong direction.

We managed to get me into the car and to the minor emergence clinic. They had me snort some Fentanyl as the fastest way to start getting some pain relief. (That was a new experience, I am a good girl who has never snorted drugs.) Then they put me under “mild” general anesthesia to be able to remove my clothes, take better X-rays, reduce/manipulate the fractures, and put on a temporary splint. Not sure if it was the Ketamine, or the combination of that with the Fentanyl and then Morphine they gave me to control the pain, but I had a hard time waking up and had horrible nausea and vomiting. When I first started to wake I felt like I was in a science fiction movie, everything looked digital/aliased, and I was having double/triple vision. I felt like Max Headroom (for those old enough to get the reference). And was still in pretty bad pain from them repositioning things.

Finally I stabilized enough to go home. I have been communicating with our family doctor who will get a referral placed first thing tomorrow to a good orthopedic surgeon, because it will definitely require surgery. I can feel things grinding and moving every time I move my leg even just a small amount, even with the splint on. So now I am in my recliner, where I will stay until I can get in to see the doctor. Can’t manage the three steps up to the bathroom/bedroom. Not even with crutches. I am not strong enough and too wobbly. And the Norco (Hydrocodone) I am taking doesn’t help steady me either.

Spoiler: Injury photos

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View attachment 3383482

My foot should be pointed almost straight up in this next one:
View attachment 3383483

Picture of one of the X-rays (kind of hard to see)
View attachment 3383484

at least these hugs don't hurt!

 

[RoyalChick]

Posted this before I saw Bob say to ignore the naming rule. And I will show my “work”.

No roosters, so nothing to pull out there.

ISA Browns = Goldy, Sassy, Crystal, Buffy, Hazel. That gives a starting number of 5. I remove Goldy as first of breed /first brown egg layer. So that is 4

EE/OE (counting these together as one, since I don’t know for sure if any are a different breed) = Dottie, Scarlett, Ruby, Coco, Jasmine. That gives a starting number of 5. I remove Dottie as first of breed /first green egg layer. Then remove Scarlett as first cream/pearl egg layer. Then remove Jasmine as first pale bluish/green egg layer. That leaves 2.

Welsummer = Speedy. Remove her ad first of breed, so don’t add her in.

Total flock of 11, minus 5 = 6.

And if any of that is incorrect. I blame the events I will disclose in my next post.

SHRA tax for Bob’s revision of the chicken math rules:
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Great picture. Love the wattles.