North Carolina

[scottcaddy]

Tonight I go without sleep, and I'm so bored! Thank goodness for my phone! I'm at the hospital and these doctors are taking forever to run tests and xrays! O and the nurse had to try 5 times to get the IV in me, OWW! I usually don't mind needles but that doesn't mean I want to be stabbed repeatedly. And why do I need an IV for broken bones anyways?! O maybe I should tell yall what happened…might make me sound less like a bumbling idiot

so I have an old tree house, high up in a huge tree, and just above it is an old hollow, that a very cranky racoon has made a nest in. Yesterday I set a live trap, and at about 10pm today we caught her(she's pregnant) I let her calm down before attempting to climb up and move the cage. Well at about 11:30pm I went up to get her, to put her in the car and drive her down to the lake to let her go, I got up on the tree house platform and a board snapped, I caught myself and went to stand back up and the support beam snapped and me and half the platform fell about 20ft. So here I lay in the ER with possible, a broken collarbone, broken ribs and a concussion. Bluh! O well could be worse.

Hope all is going well for you! How is the live trap and coon?

Scott

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

Hello Everyone!! Wild - I am so sorry to hear about your accident!! I do hope you are doing better!! Matt - so sorry for your losses. We've lost 2 chicks this year because of predators and that was devistating, I can't imagine how you would feel!!

to you both!!

Hope everyone who went to WCA had a good time. I will anxiously await the results of what everyone came home with!! Today is a rotten day for me. Was up all night with a stomach bug or something...I would say it was because I ate my FIRST steak in over 15 years, but since DH had no effects, I think food poisoning is out...not sure what is wrong, but DD2 and I stayed home and have stayed in bed most of this morning. DH pampered me (he did confess he was hoping the sickness was "morning sickness") - brought me saltines, my laptop and of course our DD2 - everything set up in our guest bedroom because it has a nice view and a TV to kill time. LOL, even when I am sick, I am spoiled!!

For those of you who don't know...HAPPY NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY!!

 

[marlowmanor]

Well we went on vacation for 3 days for the 4th and came back to 3 more eggs missing from Maria's clutch leaving 1 egg for her. We left it with her and hoped she would make it to today. We had to stay at my inlaws house this past week because when we came back from our 3 day vacation we discovered the water heater was busted.

DH and FIL got a new one put in yesterday and we just got back home last night. So I've had no internet time for a week and a half. Lots to catch up on now. Well Wednesday when DH went out to feed the chickens he saw that Maria had broken the last egg so he let her back into general population. So no chicks from this broody for us.

I don't know if we did something wrong ourselves or if Maria was just not cut out to be a good hatcher. We will definately think twice about using her again. It's a good thing we got these eggs for free because I'd be realy ticked if I had put money into these and she destroyed them all.

Hazel has started laying again and her chick is on it's own in the flock now. The chick appears to still be a pullet at 5 weeks old.

Hoping I'm right on that.

 

[BHep]

Home from the WCA.... 4 ducklings, to keep my lone duckling company and a bunch of hatching eggs....

 

[scottcaddy]

Home from the WCA.... 4 ducklings, to keep my lone duckling company and a bunch of hatching eggs....

How Nice,

and just what kind of eggs are you hatching now, if I may ask?
RF has some real nice looking young stock here, I did't know chickens came in some of those outfits!

Scott ( I think I'm getting the differant chicken bug again)

 

[BHep]

How Nice,

and just what kind of eggs are you hatching now, if I may ask?
RF has some real nice looking young stock here, I did't know chickens came in some of those outfits!

Scott ( I think I'm getting the differant chicken bug again)

Guinea and Turkey eggs. Best part is they ALL go home with someone else.

p.s. There are PLENTY of pretty chickens to choose from......not that I am enabling or anything.

 

[scottcaddy]

Quote: Sounds like a real good plan for somebody thats downsizing!

Scott
p.s. I don't know if you are enabling or just helping folks that need a little help

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Hiya folks

It's been another eventful day in the travels.
All day we dodged the rain.....seemed like everytime
we got to what we wanted to see the rain would stop.
We started off with a wonderful pueblo indian ruins
that just happen to have the archiologist there on site to
give us a personal history and tour of the place. We had
stumbled upon the place the day before when we were
returning from the canyon and decided to go back today
to check it out.

Next we visited the meteor crater that is one of the largest......
it was very interesting to learn about it and how it has been
used to train astronauts and test space vehicles as well as
the history of the crater.

Then we were off to the petrified forest and painted desert.
They are called rainbow trees and i must say I do see why.
The colors of the trees is astounding. The kids also got to
see a gecko and a tarantula in the wild......I think that spider
was the high point for them.........

.

We finally made it to Gallup, NM for the night........not sure what
we will find tomorrow



Hope you are well and have a good day.....
sorry for your losses Matt.

Scottcaddy.....you can't blame me for your chicken math.......
I'm not even there to encourage you........

 

[ramirezframing]

Wild, hope your ok and can safely remove the coon.

Bhep, what you run to WCA, what kind of turkey eggs?

Scottcaddy, aint nothing wrong with an odd looking chicken

Sorry for the losses everyones had, hope no one loses nothing else.

have fun and be safe

 

[Moores6]

So far today I have
1. put processed chickens into freezer
2. blanched green beans for a salad
3. blanched and put up 6 batches of squash in the freezer
4. cut up extra cucumber for a salad
5. cut up some extra tomatoes for a salad
6. did the dishes
7. cleaned the dish washer
8. posted a bracelet on craigslist

next I am making zucchini bread