Insomniacs unite!

[Bawkbok]

Anyone tried a diet change to fix sleeping problems?

I’ve had problems falling asleep for about a year. Just over a year ago I started sleeping normally again.

I’ve got Crohn’s disease and a couple years ago I went low carb. At the same time, I basically went vegetarian, with very little meat in my diet (sometimes on weekends). My Crohns did well on the diet but…

One day I could not sleep and things went down hill really quickly. Ended up on amitryptaline. Worked okay but in the end wanted to find an actual solution to my problem.

I went on a carnivore diet for about a month which fixed my problem. So, still low carb but quite different from what I’ve been used to.

Worked wonders. I added some fruits into the diet, and on weekends I’ll sometimes go wild and have some cake. But otherwise it’s just meat, dairy and, of course, eggs!

Happy to hear something worked for you. Thanks for sharing your story - perhaps it will help someone else.
All our ancestors from long ago survived on meat, milk and eggs and whatever they were able to grow. They were healthy, farming the land and lived good, but hard working lives. No processed food!!
Good luck with your Crohn's - horrible disease.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Back at ya Shrek. I was just outside again checking on the girls. All is quiet in the coop. DANG IT'S HOT!!! Fans on full blast and I feel like all I'm doing is forcing hot air to blow around. I guess hot air moving is better than no air moving. I don't know.

Did you try hanging wet towels and then using fans, that helps cool down the chicken, also, a flat kind of bowl ( but large diameter) put in bricks and then ice cubes and water, this also cools down the coop and also the chickens, if they stand in it

 

[krogen]

Not to derail the thread but what is too hot for chickens?

We got our first chickens last year and we didn’t have a proper enclosed chicken coop until winter.

 

[Bawkbok]

Did you try hanging wet towels and then using fans, that helps cool down the chicken, also, a flat kind of bowl ( but large diameter) put in bricks and then ice cubes and water, this also cools down the coop and also the chickens, if they stand in it

We've tried the shallow dish of water on numerous occasions, they end up scratching dirt in it and then drinking out of it!! Never standing in it, even after I've picked them up and placed them in it, they run out like they're being chased. So, we've given up on that. I had not thought about the wet towels on fans, that's a great idea. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Bawkbok]

Not to derail the thread but what is too hot for chickens?

I have no idea. I recall reading in a book somewhere their optimal temperature is 45-65. We are WAY above that. I watch for panting, open mouth breathing, and wings out. If we can prevent that stage, I consider our efforts a success. I can tell you 90+ temps and triple digit heat indexes are too hot!!