***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[RetiredArmyWife]

It just depends on what the actual disease is, literally. And there's no way of knowing that unless you have a necropsy done (if I spelled that right). I'd venture to say there's a lot more diseases they're NOT carriers of afterwards than ones they are. But the only ones people know about and talk about are the serious ones. If you ever buy chicks from the feed store, from a friend, from a swap or auction.....you're going to run into birds that have been sick at one time or another in their life and you have no idea what that disease was and if they're carriers. So I wouldn't put that bird down on a bet if it were me. Our birds all become immune to so many things by the time they're adults, it's babies who are at risk. We can take care of that by separating our babies from the adults until they

Well unless she gets sicker we are keeping her I think.

 

[RetiredArmyWife]

Oh this is not going to be a good day today. My lungs are not happy at all.

Aww sorry you're feeling bad.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Hi Okies,

I'm taking a sit-down break to recover from carrying things up from the basement. On Monday we woke to find about an inch of water in the basement. We couldn't tell where it was coming from, other than we'd had five inches outside, and now some of it was now inside.

A crew arrived late Monday to pump the water out, They managed to remove about a thousand gallons before five o'clock. They are back today to remove the carpet from DH's office and pump out the water that's come in (still can't find the source) since last night. It's been raining all morning, so I have a feeling we'll have water in our basement for a long time. We've contacted a plumber to have a sump pump installed. Best guess by me, and corroborated by the restoration staff, is that the earthquakes this year have cracked our basement, allowing ground water to seep in. One of the earthquakes cracked a water line that's on our property, about a quarter of a mile from the house, and we were without water for a couple of days. I bet that's the one that killed our basement.

It will take a week to dry the walls and baseboards downstairs, so DH and I carried my Sportsman upstairs, and now I've got chicks hatching in the living room. This is a first. DH didn't make any funny faces when I suggested we set the incubator on the old dining table (now used as a craft table) instead of carrying the cinder block feet up the stairs. I don't know how to estimate the damage. I think, instead, I'm going to be thankful that it's only a basement, and the water-damaged items will just go away. If there were necessary, then we'd have had them in use anyway. I may not even open some of the soaked boxes. They may go straight into the trash.

Okay. I'm rested. I'm headed back into the 100% humidity zone.

 

[RetiredArmyWife]

Hi Okies,

I'm taking a sit-down break to recover from carrying things up from the basement. On Monday we woke to find about an inch of water in the basement. We couldn't tell where it was coming from, other than we'd had five inches outside, and now some of it was now inside.

A crew arrived late Monday to pump the water out, They managed to remove about a thousand gallons before five o'clock. They are back today to remove the carpet from DH's office and pump out the water that's come in (still can't find the source) since last night. It's been raining all morning, so I have a feeling we'll have water in our basement for a long time. We've contacted a plumber to have a sump pump installed. Best guess by me, and corroborated by the restoration staff, is that the earthquakes this year have cracked our basement, allowing ground water to seep in. One of the earthquakes cracked a water line that's on our property, about a quarter of a mile from the house, and we were without water for a couple of days. I bet that's the one that killed our basement.

It will take a week to dry the walls and baseboards downstairs, so DH and I carried my Sportsman upstairs, and now I've got chicks hatching in the living room. This is a first. DH didn't make any funny faces when I suggested we set the incubator on the old dining table (now used as a craft table) instead of carrying the cinder block feet up the stairs. I don't know how to estimate the damage. I think, instead, I'm going to be thankful that it's only a basement, and the water-damaged items will just go away. If there were necessary, then we'd have had them in use anyway. I may not even open some of the soaked boxes. They may go straight into the trash.

Okay. I'm rested. I'm headed back into the 100% humidity zone.

Oh man that sucks. They really don't have basements around here very often. With all the practice bombing on Fort Sill they're too much of a problem. Some days the noise from Fort Sill can shake your windows. It's mostly concrete slabs.

 

[Oakieridge]

Oh no Poco!!! That is my worst nightmare with our basement. I am scared someday I will wake up and it be flooded. Of coure the people who built the house put drains in the floors in case the bathroom or the washer over flows so we do have that but still worry about leaks with it. Hope things dry out quickly for you.

 

[Oceanseve]

oh no! So sorry Poco! My parents have a basement it floods every couple years, either during a storm and the electricity to the sump pump would go out or the sump pump flat breaks. Anytime there is a storm coming my mom runs downstairs to turn it on so the well will be empty when the storm comes just in case. Good news is, once it's dried out you'll have more space than you did before from all the stuff you threw out right?

Hi Okies,

I'm taking a sit-down break to recover from carrying things up from the basement. On Monday we woke to find about an inch of water in the basement. We couldn't tell where it was coming from, other than we'd had five inches outside, and now some of it was now inside.

A crew arrived late Monday to pump the water out, They managed to remove about a thousand gallons before five o'clock. They are back today to remove the carpet from DH's office and pump out the water that's come in (still can't find the source) since last night. It's been raining all morning, so I have a feeling we'll have water in our basement for a long time. We've contacted a plumber to have a sump pump installed. Best guess by me, and corroborated by the restoration staff, is that the earthquakes this year have cracked our basement, allowing ground water to seep in. One of the earthquakes cracked a water line that's on our property, about a quarter of a mile from the house, and we were without water for a couple of days. I bet that's the one that killed our basement.

It will take a week to dry the walls and baseboards downstairs, so DH and I carried my Sportsman upstairs, and now I've got chicks hatching in the living room. This is a first. DH didn't make any funny faces when I suggested we set the incubator on the old dining table (now used as a craft table) instead of carrying the cinder block feet up the stairs. I don't know how to estimate the damage. I think, instead, I'm going to be thankful that it's only a basement, and the water-damaged items will just go away. If there were necessary, then we'd have had them in use anyway. I may not even open some of the soaked boxes. They may go straight into the trash.

Okay. I'm rested. I'm headed back into the 100% humidity zone.

 

[Kassaundra]

Oh no Poco that is horrible!!!

 

[Ksane]

Jeez, Poco, that's just awful. Might be better NOT to look into the boxes just in case it's going to make you feel worse.

Alright, we placed our miniature horse (mare) and miniature donkey (gelding) just 4 months ago or so and are taking them back because the couple are getting divorced. Both are registered but I never did put the paperwork in my name. Both are super gentle and super sweet and love each other. The little mare used to do pony shows and kids would ride on her. They're incredibly good natured and have never bitten or kicked no matter what you do to them.
Would anyone be interested in them? I paid $1000 for the 2 of them together but would take $300 easy at this point if they could just go together.

 

[Poco Pollo]

I think I've reached my limit for carrying boxes. My back is sore, and my ankles are worse. I think climbing stairs with book boxes ought to be illegal. DH is still bringing up boxes, boxes, and more boxes. We were going to put all the books on bookcases, once we had bookcases. Turns out we didn't get the book cases, so the books are still in boxes, and boxes, and boxes.

The last box I carried upstairs is marked PHOTO COLLAGE, and when I opened it I came across a few bits and pieces that make this mess endurable. These are pieces of snapshots taken at the San Diego Zoo, about a million years ago. I'm holding our youngest daughter in the photo on the left, and our oldest daughter is sitting with my mom on the right. Were we every that young?

 

[Oceanseve]

Jeez, Poco, that's just awful. Might be better NOT to look into the boxes just in case it's going to make you feel worse.

Alright, we placed our miniature horse (mare) and miniature donkey (gelding) just 4 months ago or so and are taking them back because the couple are getting divorced. Both are registered but I never did put the paperwork in my name. Both are super gentle and super sweet and love each other. The little mare used to do pony shows and kids would ride on her. They're incredibly good natured and have never bitten or kicked no matter what you do to them.
Would anyone be interested in them? I paid $1000 for the 2 of them together but would take $300 easy at this point if they could just go together.

lol if our fence was fixed I would

I think I've reached my limit for carrying boxes. My back is sore, and my ankles are worse. I think climbing stairs with book boxes ought to be illegal. DH is still bringing up boxes, boxes, and more boxes. We were going to put all the books on bookcases, once we had bookcases. Turns out we didn't get the book cases, so the books are still in boxes, and boxes, and boxes.

The last box I carried upstairs is marked PHOTO COLLAGE, and when I opened it I came across a few bits and pieces that make this mess endurable. These are pieces of snapshots taken at the San Diego Zoo, about a million years ago. I'm holding our youngest daughter in the photo on the left, and our oldest daughter is sitting with my mom on the right. Were we every that young?

awww gotta love 80s pics