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[21hens-incharge]

Ok the puppies have done it now!

They knocked my kindle off the end table and shattered the screen.



My desktop is in a box in a closet!



Looking into kindle repairs now.

I wont be on much until it's fixed. I don't want a nasty cut from all the fractures.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Cappy that sounds like a great day for some more knitting and a movie on tv!

Yes, i have been doing a lot of that lately. I wanted to work on the rabbit cage if i got energy.

 

[Parront]

Ok the puppies have done it now!

They knocked my kindle off the end table and shattered the screen.



My desktop is in a box in a closet!



Looking into kindle repairs now.

I wont be on much until it's fixed. I don't want a nasty cut from all the fractures.

I see a new Kindle in your future!

 

[CapricornFarm]

If you’ve been taking ibuprofen for your neck, there’s the culprit for the IBS.

I have had IBS for over 30 years. I figure the pain pills didn't help things at all. Taking laxatives and stool softeners, plus lots of fiber with water. It is helping.

 

[drumstick diva]

I've been finding out two loaves of pumpkin bread have lots of fiber plus taste good. Plus have a million calories. On the box it shows tiny slivers as a serving. HAH! I think I cut it to have 6 slices - one left. Okay maybe 5 slices?

 

[Suzi18]

Good morning, Squatchers!

I have been a little absent, but I'm back. Been working hard at my new job (and loving it! Yay!) and taking a little quiet time...yesterday was the first anniversary of my mom's death, and I've just been mourning her and haven't had a lot to say.

I'm glad that day is over. I cried and lit a bunch of candles, and did a few shots of Fireball in her memory. I think the anticipation of dealing with that day was worse than the actual day. I know it gets easier with time, I've had a lot of deaths, unfortunately.

Anyway, on to happier stuff. Suzi healed up really well with her broken beak and bloodied self. After a few days of ICU and TLC she went back in the coop, and she is fine. Her beak is growing back slowly, and she looks funny but she is eating well and is totally back to her normal self.

No more predator attacks. Hubby has been beefing up the security even more ever since, as my coops/runs situation wasn't quite the Fort Knox I thought it was.

I miss my sweet Willow and my big green egg layer Maya. I've been giving the other birds lots of love and extra treats. I think Deila misses her twin sister Willow.

Tomorrow is supposed to be 51, then drop down to 6!!! Is that crazy or what?! I'm thinking I should put my Seramas, Serama mixes, and Flower in the garage. Suzi, what are you doing with your tiny birds? I'm sure your weather has to be freaking cold.

It's good to be back! Love you guys!

Cindi

I have a sweeter heater in the big coop/run that they all share during the day. That's where their food and water is. It's all wrapped with ventilation at the top on 2 sides. It stays draft free and they can get under the heater if they want. Truthfully though they rarely do. Of course we haven't had the teens and single digits yet so well see once that hits tomorrow. I also have a Cozy Coop flat panell heater in the Serama coop . They only use that at night to roost and some of the girls lay eggs in the nest box. The Serama coop is small so with that flat panel heater it stays above freezing.

 

[pitbullmomma]

I have had IBS for over 30 years. I figure the pain pills didn't help things at all. Taking laxatives and stool softeners, plus lots of fiber with water. It is helping.

IBS is so messed up. And, there's so many different kinds; the diarrhea kind, the constipation kind, and the mixed kind.

Then you throw on top of it that it is SO individualized to each person, IRT triggers, treatments, you name it...some people's are affected by stress, others by food, others by both.

In my experience, meds (ie anticholinergics like Levsin, Bentyl, etc.) have never worked well at all. They have come up with new drugs but I haven't tried any of them, because diet modifications have worked really well for me. And oddly, the past few years it spontaneously got better and I didn't have an attack in like three years or so, until I went to the ashram and ate all that super-healthy, super-high-fiber veggie food!

It's so weird. I couldn't eat corn, popcorn, beans for many years. Then, all of a sudden, the last few years, I've been able to. It's such a freaky condition.

I've had it for so long, when I was a little girl they called it "Nervous Stomach." Then the name changed to "Spastic Colon." Then it became IBS. Now it's IBS-C, IBS-D, what have you.

And after all these decades, they still haven't come up with a good med for it!

 

[Suzi18]

I have some exciting news. As you all remember, our Standard poodle Sawyer passed away in Sept. My DH took it really hard and hasn't even wanted to discuss a puppy. I on the other hand found a breeder in southern Ohio that breeds red Standards. After researching lots of breeders I decided on this one. Retired school teachers, raise the puppies in their house. Have been breeding for 15 years. Website is wonderful with lots of pics of previous litters, pics of the puppies parents along with their health testing. They even have a poodle puppy every year and invite all previous puppies and their owners. Liked everything about them. So I had her put me on a waiting list. This was last Oct. Never told my DH as he didn't want to talk about a new puppy. I figured I'd cross the bridge when I came to it. Well I came to the bridge....the lady emailed me and said she has a litter due March 11th. The very next day out of the blue DH said. I think I'm ready to start thinking about a new puppy . Is that kismet or what? Needless to say we will be getting a puppy sometime in early May. Yippee!!!!

 

[pitbullmomma]

I have a sweeter heater in the big coop/run that they all share during the day. That's where their food and water is. It's all wrapped with ventilation at the top on 2 sides. It stays draft free and they can get under the heater if they want. Truthfully though they rarely do. Of course we haven't had the teens and single digits yet so well see once that hits tomorrow. I also have a Cozy Coop flat panell heater in the Serama coop . They only use that at night to roost and some of the girls lay eggs in the nest box. The Serama coop is small so with that flat panel heater it stays above freezing.

I have a small Sweeter Heater in the Serama coop too. I keep it on when it's below freezing. When it has been really cold and they won't go outside, I put their food in the coop (they will go out for water then run back in). My coops are suerp-insulated too. I think the lowest it has gone down to so far is like 20, but it's supposed to be like 6 or 8 tomorrow night which freaks me out! I'm so afraid if I just leave them out there I will come back to a bunch of little frozen dead tiny chickens.

What is a Cozy Coop heater? I'm gonna have to Google it. How much was yours and where did you get it? Is it as good as the Sweeter Heater? I was thinking of getting a bigger one of those. I originally used that little one for my brooder but then started using it for the relly cold winter days when I started keeping Seramas. I' glad I moved Flower to that coop too. It doesn't seem that d 'Uccles are that cold hardy--she likes to sit right under the heater!

 

[pitbullmomma]

I have had IBS for over 30 years. I figure the pain pills didn't help things at all. Taking laxatives and stool softeners, plus lots of fiber with water. It is helping.

Hi Cappy. It's good to see you back!

I don't know if your IBS is triggered by food. But if it is, I bought a nice little cookbook off of Amazon a few years ago that you may like. It's called "Eating For IBS: 175 Delicious, Nutritious, Low-Fat, Low-Residue Recipes to Stabilize the Touchiest Tummy" by Heather Van Vorous.