***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[jcatblum]

Slept for an hour, thinking about going to get some more soup making supplies from Walmart, but it's awfully cold to go out shopping!!!!

Cathie I know you have been liver dr shopping longer than I have. My newest referral is for the transplant clinic ran by integris health in OKC. I saw on their website they did pediatric care. Did you have any exp with them?? I hope they will be able to do my liver resection. If not my next option is Dallas & I have already been assigned a dr for my fibromyalgia in Dallas. Military protocol requires a Dallas apt for me to drive one day, stay the night then drive home because of the distance. So frustrating to spend 2 whole days for a 30 min dr apt. On the positive side, hopefully I can fit in a trip to Ikea & a few of my favorite Dallas restaurants!!!

When the sun comes up I am going to go out & make sure the garden didnt get hit by the frost. Then take the birds some warm breakfast, think I am going to put some wheat berries & flaxseed in the crockpot with some water for them. May add some cayenne pepper to help warm their bodies. What a yummy chicken breakfast.

 

[Oakieridge]

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When we were looking 10 years ago Integris was just in the beginnings of pediatric transplants. They did like 3 to 4 a year so we chose The Lied Center in Omaha, NE But I have heard great things about Integris for adults. Texas was also an option but when I found that OMaha's center was #2 ranked hospital for pediatric liver transplants we went with them. Feel free to call or email if you have any questions along the way.

 

[poultryand bees]

This cold weather will have me trying some of the soup recipes in my collection and some suggested by JCatblum. Thank you!

Yesterday my best "mouser" cat went with me into some pens when I was feeding. She knows that I will lift up the igloo dog houses and 55 gallon barrel shelters to check for mice, when she is with me. The igloo in the turkey pen and the one in the young muscovie duck pen both had nests of furry mice beneath them. She wasn't sure which one to chase first, out of the dozen or so mice that were scrambling. I was able to scoop up a handful into the feed bucket, which I then took to the chicken pen. The chickens and guineas certainly knew what to do with the mice. I don't think a nest would be able to develop in a chicken pen. Those gals are fast!

 

[Elbert Garrett]

Good morning friends and neighbors! It`s a crisp 34°F here this morning, that will put a little spring in yer step!


I`ve already been down to feed and water the little rascals and I even decrapatized the pens, they seem to be happy to see me on this frosty morning or at least they were happy to see me filling their feed bowls.

I hope y`all have a great day!

 

[Kimbroe1981]

Here's our lunch/dinner for today. Nothing like a good pot of chili!









Now to just let it simmer!

 

[Ksane]

I put this Araucana boy in with 3 Aracauna girls, the 2 D'Uccle girls and the Silver Phoenix girl. His permanent girls *were going to be the 3 Araucana girls (in the 2nd pic-all from BanjoeJoe) but the little Silver Phoenix girl (in the front in the 1st pic) lost her mate awhile back and has seemed so forlorn, the 2 were always together. Well she hooked right up with this Araucana boy and is madly in love with him, it seems. I don't think I have the heart to take her away from him and the other girls she grew up with. This boy turned out so cool looking, I have no idea what the color is called but it's sure pretty.

 

[Ksane]

Here's the boys I kept asking you all to take lol! I guess you all hatched enough of your own boys, huh? 3 are rumpless Araucana (the Black is also double-tufted) and the Gold and Black one is a Brown Red Bantam Ameraucana.
Then the Orloff/Cuckoo Marans mix-he's so totally huge and cool! Way laid back, my daughter hatched him (against my wishes) but I'm glad she did, he's awesome. 4 1/2 mo and he's just huge. There's also a picture of him with his Cuckoo Marans brother. BOTH eggs hatched out boys, the same as both my Orloff/Faverolles eggs.
Then little Mattie the Bantam Cochin girl with her Stolen Egg Babies, they're so cute.

 

[Kavellion]

Those D'uccles are awesome.

 

[jcatblum]

P&B be thankful for mice, DH was moving a wood pile & said a rat ran out that is probally bigger than some of our chickens! I asked if he was sure it wasnt a opossium, he said nope a rat just like the ones that get in their field tents in Iraq. We don't see a lot of mice, think it has something to do with the abundance of snakes we have. However, still haven't caught the mouse I saw in the house a couple wks ago.

Mitzi love the boy with the tuffs!

Cathie I will be sure to touch base if I have any questions. Think you are in a different boat since Nathanel is looking at a transplant & I am only looking at getting a portion removed. I knew you had said that it was more challenging finding care on the pediatric side. When I was reading on Integris I found positive things so got me wondering if you knew something I didn't.

We avoided the frost last night, but looks like tonights temps are suppose to be lower here. Hope we can escape the frost another night.
On a frustrating note -- stupid tapatalk has stopped working on BYC again!!!

 

[jcatblum]

DH just went out and began to light some limbs that have piled up in the burn pile over the last few months. Thankfully the girls were observing. In the middle of the brush pile was one of my rose comb RIR sitting on a nest! Crazy girl had to be pushed out with a rake. DH was able to give her some eggs & build her a surroundings of brush in hopes she would stay in that spot & not run back to the fire. I have been seeing her up here the past wk, so think she just started sitting. She already hatched out a batch of guineas in July. RIR are not suppose to be so broody!!!