Had a rough day ... thanks for the verbal hugs!!

[Mrs MIA]

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Not quite the North Pole... that would be Leslie in North Pole, or luvmygirlsinAK.

I swear, the rest of the year makes the extreme cold worth while. But DH and I did bring up retirement in St. Thomas, USVI, this morning...

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

As is typical of NYE, I woke up with a sore throat. bleh.

I can't remember the last time I got to enjoy NYE... last year I was flat on the couch with the flu. A few years back, it was pneumonia. Good thing Hubby and I are pretty laid back for NYE.

Then I look at the thermometer... -30°F at 7am ...holy cow.

It's only 8°F in the breeder coop, so I'm sure all the water is frozen. Including any eggs the quail laid last night. Hubby's off to Anchorage for the day to pick up feed and deliver quail to someone in the Valley, so it's just me doing the morning rounds for the bunnies, ducks, chickens and gamebirds. Hubby made a comment before he left that Thumper (one of our older rabbits) should have been named something a little more masculine, because at -30F he's the only one out and about in his pen. Right... the reason he's out and about is because he expired from the cold.

So I call hubby to let him know that there is a pen available for the 20# flemish giant that we're getting in exchange for the quail. That was fun...

Then I head out to the breeders coop, and there's Chip, my extra little mille fleur d'Uccle cockerel, just sitting on the floor in the middle of the pen. He's a momma's boy, so as soon as I come in he's trying to get out of the pen and into my arms. I said "Hi Chippers!" and nothing. He's cold. He's been nudged out of the warmth of the other bodies, and he's cold. He is now sitting in a warm box soaking up warmth from the furnace. He's not looking good. It's been almost 2 hours and he still won't move without encouragement.

While Chip is warming up, I bundle back up like the Michelin Man and head out to the duck runs with warm water for them, only to discover that one of the Rouens must have tried to take a bath last night and is now dripping with icicles. Again...

She's in the bathtub, drying off after a luke-warm shower and bath.

I'm afraid to ask "What's next?"

I know the feeling! Luckily, I got my new pop bottle waterers last friday and got them hooked up! And the temps reached 37 here today with BRIGHT blue sky & sunshine! It was like "t-shirt" weather, LOL Sorry to brag...but I was totally bummed. I hope your little mille man pulls through. I've had my ONE & ONLY salmon faverolle bantam roo in our master bathroom for two weeks now!​

 

[kodiakchicken]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

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Not quite the North Pole... that would be Leslie in North Pole, or luvmygirlsinAK.

I swear, the rest of the year makes the extreme cold worth while. But DH and I did bring up retirement in St. Thomas, USVI, this morning...

Haha - I grew up in North Pole. The weather there makes Tori's -35 seem tame. But I do remember people raising chickens up there!

Ahh, Tori - that sounds like the same retirement conversation we have on a regular basis. Only I talk about St. John or even Cabo, Mexico!​

 

[Mrs MIA]

I didn't like Cabo as much as St. Thomas/St. John. We spent a day on St. John, just lounging on the beach... ahhhhh... ooh! I feel warmer already! LOL!

Chip is still sleeping, but when I wake him to give him water he seems a little more alert each time. Still not out of the woods yet, poor baby.

 

[SpottedCrow]

I'm so sorry about Thumper, what a bummer.
How's Chip?
I think he needs a warm robe, fuzzy slippers, a fez, a bubble pipe and some mulled cider...

Hugs from the other frostbitten state...

 

[Mrs MIA]

Oh SC, I heard the northeast was getting pummeled this NYE... you doing OK? Hang in there!

I just posted an update on Chip, probably the same time you posted. Still here, but still a hurtin' puppy. I think he'll pull out of it, though.

 

[Mrs MIA]

6:15 pm... 9 hours after I found him, Chip is finally drinking on his own. I'm worried he's going to drink TOO much all at once, so I keep taking the bowl out. I'm trying to get him to eat some heated up mash right now, but he only seems to be interested in the vit/sugar water.

I'm happy, though... seems he'll pull through.

 

[BeardedChick]

It's nice when one of these really bad sounding episodes turns out for the better.

Now if you'll get well, too...

 

[speckledhen]

How did I miss this post till it was five pages long?? What a day you've had! Hon, I sure hope you get a good night's sleep and wake up feeling better. And Chipper, too.

 

[EweSheep]