Fuzzy's Farm

[NovaAman]

Night guys, i hope that didn't come off as harsh. Was shooting for positive. ?

Nah, don't think so. I think the more people discuss it, the better actually. It doesn't make it so... secretive. Like "Am I the only one" type of thing...

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Perhaps.
I have had the extreme downs too, and i feel the same way about my chickens. It's nuts, but it made a huge difference for me. My sister had her first baby, that was her "reason" for life. Best advice she ever gave me was to find a "reason", she said i'd feel better. I don't have a real baby, but i have a bunch of feathered ones!

Funny thing is, once the depression is over you feel so good it seems strange to have ever felt that way. But while you are in it's grip, it's consuming, you feel like you've never been happy. The biggest thing is to stay away from alchohol, when i met my DH i was starting down that road because of the depression and one day he just snatched it away and poured it down the sink. Wouldn't let me touch it for a long time. Now i can have a good time once in a while, but i am forever thankful to have escaped that fate.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

check out this crazy coloring

The rooster is all stripey
http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/cream-legbar/

 

[NovaAman]

OH! Cream Legbars! Very very pretty.

I just realised the time. I was looking through pictures of the boys and watching baby vidoes with them. LOL.

Heres a great picture of the evil pitbull, the rotten cat, and the snot rocket boy...

Jace was only 2 here. That dog would not let anyone chase him. LOL, Jace was his, and when his dad would chase him around, I'd have to tell Babi it was ok. He'd growl otherwise and start stalking John. HEHE

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Nova- I am sorry about your dad. I am glad your son gave him something to live for!
And I love that picture!!!

There are a lot of secrets in my family... I know that my great grandfather had a stroke and didn't want to live like that so he shot himself. My great grandma found him in his car, parked somewhere. She never remarried and became an alcoholic. Someone has a twisted sense of humor because my great grandma- his wife- had a stroke a few years ago. She refused to eat for a long time. Finally, she was able to function slightly and get some words out- mostly cuss words- they were the clearest

I love old ladies with dirty mouthes!!! Maybe she is the reason why... Anyway, she passed away last week from kidney failure... I am sure it was from broken heart- her daughter put her in a home miles away from her family that loves her... I regret never learning her story of her life.

 

[silver1313]

Oh cool. A blue Marans. She's not necessarily mixed with something. Take a good face and body shot for me please. Nice feathered shanks too.

When I get a chance to will get better pics of her .. shes been in quarantine and none to happy about it and wont sit still for pictures ... maybe I can talk DS or DD to hold her for me to get decent pics tommorow !!! eventually I will get her a good maran roo ...but for now she is gonna be pitas woman for a bit

 

[silver1313]

Hi Kim. My mottled cochin roo is missing. They got out of their pen today and I'm guessing Roger and Rockstar beat him up. I have spent 2 hours looking for him. He is either hiding or a hawk or something got him. I hope he isn't hiding and hurt. I'm hoping he will be out there in the morning. I locked Roger and Rockstar up in case he is there.

Hope you find him !!!

 

[silver1313]

Hi all-

I will first talk about chickens so that this is an on-topic post:

I moved the Uggos out of the brooder today and into a rabbit hutch with ramp, and an x-pen yard.

First thing that happened was this- one of those bossy d'uccles flew right in!!! And started attackin the babies.
SO,, I ran out there- was watching from my bathroom window- and then I chased that d'uccle around so much trying to catch her- I wore myself out.
I hung a heat lamp in the rabbit hutch- then when I got home from work, I plucked each goofy baby who was sleeping UNDER the hutch, and put them inside and locked them up.
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Now the real reason I am posting.
My daughter is epileptic and everyone knows it. She was put on new meds three weeks ago because her other meds werent working any longer- her seizures had progressed from stare-off kind to grand mal to grand mal that needed valium to stop. She also has been very mood swingy very similar to my son who is bipolar. Well, the new meds three weeks in, no more seizures but she is SO different. Super anger, then crying- changes in swings so much within MINUTES- however, mainly crying and sitting on her bed. Ask her whats wrong, and she doesnt know.
She had her EEG today,, and the tech doing her eeg at one point got up and ran out of the room. It was the longest eeg ever- way over an hour and it never lasts that long. The neuro talked to me afterward and his statement was the eeg was "bad abnormal". He said the meds are stopping her body from seizing but her brain is continually seizing. He quadrupled her medication dose and added another pill. I really am still absorbing all of it,but he also confirmed the bipolar diagnosis. I know God doesnt give us more than we can handle, but sometimes I think he overestimates me. My son is hard HARD to handle and just moved back home, and now this with her- well, its rough.
I am really worried about my girl. I feel pretty helpless, actually.

Okay- end on a chicken note. UMMMMMMMM, Im giving Robin my mean duccles. lol.

I live with it every day - myself and my son ... if ya ever need ideas suggestions or just want to talk im just an IM away

 

[silver1313]

SGs have been sleeping with the littles in the coop last night and tonight. They pick on Nugget so bad that I worry for him. I think they would kill him if I gave them the chance. I got up and let the littles out early before letting the SGs out... that way I hope they don't make the nieghbors crazy with their crazy crow fest.

I had hope that the one white SG that I have left is a girl... but it does everything a boy does so off to Silver's house the pair go!!!

Wooh hooh chickens and sam i am and ferrets ...shhh dont mention the word ferretts to hub just yet ... he is warming up to the idea lol

 

[silver1313]

Mom, Nova

Idk if it's not chicken related.
.It's gonna be hard because of everything else she's going through, but if you both stay strong

bipolar can be managed. Too many bipolars let themselves act out because of what they are. Just because a mood can change on a dime don't mean you should express it! it's not much different from "the aunt" visiting; yes you get angsty but yes you also have a choice! I was diagnosed bipolar, and i have some pretty extreme ups and downs sometimes, but because i know what's going on i can usually stop myself from acting out.

I will say that during the depressed parts it feels so real, but focusing on something positive is a good way to remember the good. The "up" cycle can be channeled to accomplish great things! (Just not with any money in hand, that's dangerous) Getting the right sleep, and staying away from junk food is also a huge help. Idk why eating healthy helps, but it does. Gotta eat the same as a diabetic, avoid a lot of carbs and too much sugar, caffeine, watch eating wheat and drinking too much milk, sometimes a food allergy can trigger it.

I am big on walking and being active, too. If you are getting in a funk taking a long walk really can snap you out! Or at the least get you out of everyone's hair..................

When you avoid processed foods, you are really eliminating those mood altering chemicals that they put into the food. MSG's are very very bad for persons with BP. Fast foods are as well. But the MSGs, HFCS, synthesized sugars... All of those chemicals alter the receptors in the brain and its ability to function properly. FDA and USDA say no, but there is plenty of proof. There is also plenty of proof linking vaccines to increase brain abnormalities. I did not get my kids vacs at all. I do not see why you'd introduce that crap at two months old when birth to 5 is the most critical time for brain development. I chose to not have them for the boys to give their brains a chance to develop normally and hope to avoid the BP. I can hope.

I don't buy foods with MSG. I find I get very cranky and snap very quickly when I don't get enough sleep, have to much "junk" drinks, or if I eat to many fast foods... Being in the car alot, I admit I do. When I notice it, I lay off. BUT I am addicted too, to it, so then it is even worse when I want to go so badly to get McDs and I know I shouldn't. I literally vibrate with a want for it for days until it is out of the system. I have a butt to prove it too. And All I get is a hamburger and fry, cuz I am cheap. BUT I JUST GOTTA HAVE IT! LOL.

The worse moment my I had with my dad was when I went to fetch him from his long walk. I caught up with him a mile before he got to the lake. He was going to go and drown himself. He couldn't shoot himself, we had already gotten rid of the guns. I know he was thankful weeks afterwards... But at the time, it was a real struggle. Aiden, my youngest, when he came along, my dad had some one to live for. Not kidding. He loved Aiden with a passion. Aiden just about died being born. My dad was in the delivery room with me, yeah, and he was in the corner praying. Aiden was the reason my dad admitted himself so many times to the psych ward. So he'd get better, adjust his meds when needed. Keep himself under control. If the heart attack hadn't taken him from us 2 years ago this month, I think he may have been a much happier person because of Aiden. But the nearly two years that he had with my baby really made a difference. He was able to find happiness, and when he got very depressed he was able to bounce back easier because he had something of importance to him to bounce back for.

I think that's what I have with my chickens. They make me giggle everyday. No matter what kind of mood I am in, I know when I go out there, they are all going to come up. Some to get picked up, all for treats, all to see what the heck I am going to do now.

I hope your girl has something like this. Something that she has that will help to keep her grounded, here. It'll take a bit, but she can learn to live with it. She can learn to grow and function with it. And I know she's got great support. She's got you, the greatest love in her life. It'll be OK. Some how it will be ok.

No wonder we all get along so well .. and relate so well .. and maybe there a bp chicken addict connection .. i call tiny my therapy animal lol



She has been fussing at us for 3 hours straight now even though she is out and free to raom ..shes been cooped up more than usual as we have been busier so now that she has free reins she is just chicken cussing at all of us ...