Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[ladyrsanti]

I ask my 17yr old cat everyday if he's stiff yet.

"You stiff yet?"

*pokes cat, cat moves*

"Nope, guess not."

 

[Farmerboy16]

I ask my 17yr old cat everyday if he's stiff yet. 

"You stiff yet?"

*pokes cat, cat moves* 

"Nope, guess not."

That was funny.

We got more rain today. Yay!

 

[Amastacia]

i'm rather glad that my oldest pet is the mutt bunny i found in my barn last summer. no idea how old he is, but he is going strong right now. i've lost a few babies this year, both rabbits and chicks, but i am able at this point to accept that as part of life. animals that have had a chance to show personality are harder to deal with.

 

[Trefoil]

Idk off hand, but that is one of the forms for chickens. I hope you didn't just bring it home to your girls with those boxes. It's one of those ones that's carried in dander, and blows for miles! I would NOT use those boxes if you haven't already. Perhaps overkill, but that's one of the few of the chicken diseases that actually scare me.

Same here Fuzz! I bleached the uknowhat out of it (got all the nooks and crannies) and I'm replacing some of the wood. Then the whole thing will be painted before going into the coop. I've dealt with Mareks and lost 2 lots of 2 - 3 month olds that were (thank goodness) quarantined when it started presenting. 8 marans from a guy up in Montrose spread it to the healthy bunch that was also in the quarantine coop.[/QUOTE]
The boxes can (and should) be disinfected before use. Just wash throughly with a bleach solution and let completely air dry.

My jj is keeping her left eye closed. No smell, no bubbles, just acting like it hurts. Been that way since this afternoon. Not sure what to do. Maybe she got something in it or something? Thinking of taking a warm damp cloth out in the morning to see if that helps. Any other thoughts or suggestions?

Maybe she has something in her eye. If so, try flushing it out with warm salt water. If you don't see anything, try soaking a cotton ball with warm salt water and holding it on her eye for a little while.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote:Originally Posted by Trefoil Maybe she has something in her eye. If so, try flushing it out with warm salt water. If you don't see anything, try soaking a cotton ball with warm salt water and holding it on her eye for a little while.
I think you meant saline, LOL?

 

[Lisa and girls]

I think you meant saline, LOL?

I started her on tylan. She's coughing/sneezing. That with the eye is enough for me. I did take a warm damp cloth and tried to keep it on there as long as possible. Even when they don't feel good they sure are wiggly!

 

[BobBry]

I'm sorry to have taken so long to respond to the responses to my last post. Thank you for your concern and good wishes. I really do appreciate them. None of the suggestions to solve the ground hog problem have been followed yet. the critter may have solved our problem all alone as most of the crops, only beans and Brussels sprouts, have been consumed.

Bry finally put the SS in the run, containing the hen house / roosts for the adult hens, last night. I didn't get out early enough to see then roosted, but imagine it was on Rufus's cage. { little chicken news for the chicken people}

H H, I hope to post a pict of the HBC. Sorta a preview for you of things to come. Saw a flock of Cedar Waxwings Sunday, Beautiful birds.

Thank you friends, bob

See, I've been reading some recent posts........

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

I don't think I have ever seen a Cedar Waxwing but I keep hoping. They were a favorite of my mama's.

 

[Opa]

I think Granny and I have done enough for one day. I have two dehydrators that each have nine 16x16 screened trays. We peeled and sliced enough apples today to fill both of them. I know I am tired and my back feels tight from standing at the counter peeling, and since Granny is older than I, I'm sure she is very tired. Yesterday with Hope's help we peeled and sliced enough apple to fill 18 quart freezer bags for pies. The apple crops is abundant so we intend to put up quite a lot.

This past Xmas I was racking my brain trying to decide what to get my granddaughter. When she was a little kid it was much easier. Trying to buy something for a young woman that you see only once a year is very difficult. Just about the time I thought my brain would melt inspiration struck. A prepaid Visa card with her picture on it. When she called to thank me I told that when she used it and they asked for identification she could just look at them and exclaim "Dude, really"?

For her birthday, two weeks ago, I sent her another Visa with one of her latest pictures on it. She sent me a text thanking me and I replied with "You're welcome and isn't the girl on it beautiful"? To that I got no response.

When talking to her father last night he told me that the card containing the gift card hadn't arrived on her birthday so he substituted a gift card that he had and told her it was from me figuring that he would just take the card from me with it came. She commented to her father about my query referring to a picture of her and wondered if perhaps I was confusing it with my Christmas gift.

So after our conversation he searched their house and found that the card had arrived before her birthday but been stuck with some unopened bills. Morgan called me later last night to again thank me for her birthday gift. I asked if she was giving back the gift card her dad had substituted and she said no. That it was his penance for leading her to wonder if perhaps her Opa was starting to become senile.

 

[RaZ]

So after our conversation he searched their house and found that the card had arrived before her birthday but been stuck with some unopened bills. Morgan called me later last night to again thank me for her birthday gift. I asked if she was giving back the gift card her dad had substituted and she said no. That it was his penance for leading her to wonder if perhaps her Opa was starting to become senile.

Clever girl. Wonder where she got that from.