Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[WhoDatChick]

Hey everybody! Sorry I haven’t been around.. my tablet is still not fixed... just wanted to let yall know that I lost my Lilly today from ascites.
This month marks three years that I’ve been keeping chickens and this month (today) I have lost my first chicken...

 

[MaryJanet]

Hey everybody! Sorry I haven’t been around.. my tablet is still not fixed... just wanted to let yall know that I lost my Lilly today from ascites.
This month marks three years that I’ve been keeping chickens and this month (today) I have lost my first chicken... View attachment 2565972

Sorry for your loss

 

[Scrambles83]

Hey everybody! Sorry I haven’t been around.. my tablet is still not fixed... just wanted to let yall know that I lost my Lilly today from ascites.
This month marks three years that I’ve been keeping chickens and this month (today) I have lost my first chicken... View attachment 2565972

Sorry to hear She was beautiful

 

[micstrachan]

OMG...

This was not exactly a "wild" rooster, but still a cute story!

 

[micstrachan]

Hey everybody! Sorry I haven’t been around.. my tablet is still not fixed... just wanted to let yall know that I lost my Lilly today from ascites.
This month marks three years that I’ve been keeping chickens and this month (today) I have lost my first chicken... View attachment 2565972

Awww... I'm so sorry. It hurts to lose them. She had a wonderful life with you.

 

[micstrachan]

It's 10:36pm PST and I am waiting for the closed session part of the board meeting to end. We started at 4:00pm. This could be a record. Is it time to go home yet? My poor chickens are not locked up. The run is secure, but it still makes me very nervous. I did not anticipate this going so late.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I was right!

Me too! But I wasn't quite sure if it was someone else's bum.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Well things have been straightened out sorta. Finally got my prescription changed over, only pharmacy has to have 1 of the new insulins overnighted. I was able to get one of them, the quick acting R. Levels are slowly stabalizing, but will take a bit of back and forth communicating with my doctor on the exact dose as its been almost 13 years since I've had to take shots. I will get a new pump, but it will probably take 2 months. The one that died was 6 years old and they only have a 5 year warranty. When me and my DR realized this back in January went to get started on the process of replacing it. One hiccup, the hospital he's associated with was bought and under their new management they were requesting that his diabetes patients were to be seen under the new endocrinologist they brought in. Ok fine, get me a appointment. I finally have one after jumping through hoops with my insurance and referrals and crap. It's April 6. So when the pump died on me, I was between a rock and a hard place. The new receptionist was snotty, trying to argue with me under new policy the endo had to make that change. Yeah, haven't seen her yet so they wont do anything and you know this as you made the appointment. I do know that from past experience that after I see her and start the process for a new pump it will take about a month to get it. So i'm looking at staying on shots until around the first of May. Being back on the shots is really no big deal. It's what i did for years until I got the pump, its just a stricter routine and back to set eating schedules. It was just getting the prescription changed over that was a headache, as the insulin for the pump is not made to work as injectable only. And without the continuous bolos the pump provided my levels were ping-ponging, too low then too high and i've felt like crap.

I'm glad you are ok and have it sorted, but oh my what a lot of hoops you had to jump through!
You'd think that essential, life saving medication would be simpler to get hold of.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm glad you are ok and have it sorted, but oh my what a lot of hoops you had to jump through!
You'd think that essential, life saving medication would be simpler to get hold of.

Yes! So much effort

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

It’s better than “it’s a small world after all “!!!

Nooooo! How could you? Now that's stuck in my head!