Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

“Daddy won’t let me drive!”

 

[Ponypoor]

Rosie update.
When I took Rosie to the doctor Friday she was given a respiratory panel test. Her doctor was confident what we were dealing with was Rhinovirus and bronchitis. His words and I quote, "I have done a 1000 of these tests in the last 2 weeks, not 1 covid, all Rhinovirus". He told me if the hospital they sent the test to did not contact me by 3 Saturday she did NOT have covid. Rosie was sick, really sick, but I did not think covid as this mirrored the previous cases of Rhino she has had in the last 2 years. Monday rolls around, did not hear from the hospital so as instructed sent her back to school. She is not 100% over it, but had received both a antibiotic and steroid shot Friday, and started a z-pack Saturday so been on antibiotics several days. During this Sunday evening dad got sick again. Ok Rhino, highly contagious and figured it would get passed around. Monday afternoon it hits Mom like a ton of bricks and yesterday Grandma gets sick. At this point I am ready to start snorting clorox *kidding, I swear, although I am bleaching everything like crazy*. 5 yesterday evening her doctor calls me. He wanted to check to see how she was doing. I immediately thought that was odd but told him she was improving. Then he drops the bomb and wanted to confirm I had talked to the hospital. Umm....nope, nothing, why? He then goes, well my nurses called you yesterday? Again no. Well he is now angry, but goes on to tell me that Rosie in fact tested positive for both covid and rhinovirus. He was calling to let me know that he was adding on another round of antibiotics for her to take starting tomorrow when the z-pack is finished. Ok, I let a few curse words out and then informed him I had already sent her back to school, did I screw up. Nope, the new protocol for the school system is 5 days out from the onset of symptoms as long as they had been without a fever for 24 hours which she was. After I hung up with her doctor I go inform mom and she takes a at home covid test. The very same test that I had done twice with Rosie and got negative results on before she went to the doctor. Positive, strong positive. Wonderful, and now we are assuming covid is also what grandma and dad have as well. It is now just me, and my brother and his girlfriend who are not sick. They have to work as long as they do not get sick and have been essentially quarantining themselves to his room when home. I do not blame them, and thankfully picking up groceries or medicine as needed. What it really comes down to is I have 4 family members down and as the only healthy one at the moment it is all falling on me. I thought I was going to have to be up all night to listen for grandma but dad could not sleep so he told me to go to bed. If she needed something he could get it for her. He lasted until 5 this morning so I am very thankful for that. Please pray everyone that I do not come down with this as well. I am hoping my renewed obsession with bleach will help me out.

Oh no! That just sucks - oh I hope you don’t get sick, at all. Kids are germ factories, I stay away from them. But I am really worried about your gran I sure hope she is ok.

 

[Ponypoor]

So far we’re safe, the tornadoes weren’t bad. I honestly don’t know what happened. I was in the bathroom with my pups and my mom, brother, and grandmother were watching the weather channel. I figured that we were safe and walked out but kept the dogs in the bathroom. My brother ended up letting them out a few minutes later.

I didn’t get any sleep last night. If a leaf fell down, my dogs would bark. The little idiots are trying to get us kicked out. They got whacked with a pillow a good hundred times last night. They were barking at midnight and later (or earlier)

Well I sure hope everything is ok at home. Please keep us updated .

 

[Ponypoor]

Safety

I have been inundated with safety courses, hours and hours, I am going cross eyed watching courses on safety, excavations, rigging (slings and cranes), power tools, equipment…..

It’s amazing all the things I actually know! For an old lady I know a lot of sh!t!

Who knew working with horses and chickens would be so helpful with dealing with all sorts of sh!t!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

And yes I have my tax, I found them mid conversation!!!

 

[Ponypoor]

Swearing Tax

Wattle Wednesday
Red is doing wonderfully! I was so freaked out with her maggots but seems to be all gone.

I am loath to be too gleeful just in case the Fates are listening and throw a spanner in the works!

 

[Lexicon]

Awww, such a cute little face!

Which one, the bird or the human?!

 

[RoyalChick]

Safety

I have been inundated with safety courses, hours and hours, I am going cross eyed watching courses on safety, excavations, rigging (slings and cranes), power tools, equipment…..

It’s amazing all the things I actually know! For an old lady I know a lot of sh!t!

Who knew working with horses and chickens would be so helpful with dealing with all sorts of sh!t!

I am thinking this is safety training for everyone on site regardless of role.
Or are you going to be using slings and cranes?

 

[RoyalChick]

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And yes I have my tax, I found them mid conversation!!!
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But no chickens?
I am not sure you can pay tax in a foreign currency!

 

[Ponypoor]

I am thinking this is safety training for everyone on site regardless of role.
Or are you going to be using slings and cranes?

I hold a ‘supervisory’ role so I need all the safety, and it’s a lot - but no I don’t operate cranes but I need to know if slings and rigging is incorrect.