Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

Good evening everyone

Jeannie, hope your feeling better

I'll let you know how my walk goes

Good I'm excited you are getting the walk. Are you using just the cane now?

 

[rjohns39]

Bob, My favorite new phrase is: "Where's your cane?"

 

[Grammy60]

Good I'm excited you are getting the walk. Are you using just the cane now?

Good morning Bob
my walk will most likely be out to the birds or something similar - but I guess I'll take anything at this point and yes I'm using the same now

 

[RoyalChick]

When the tyre hits the Gravel & Everything flies Apart.

I took Medh to the vet.
The vet gave us medications: a liquid to be syringed & a packet of horse tablets.

Easier than medicating a cat, she assured me demonstrating tossing a horse tablet down a chicken throat was easy~peasy. Hmmmm... I have cats...

So home we came with some trepidation because the truth is I have never medicated a chicken before. Very, very rarely have I ever had to do a cat. Their chicken wormer goes in their water. I am strictly hands off when it comes to medications ~ but, hey, it looked doable.

Do you have any idea how far a chicken can spit a horse tablet?

I looked for it for a good 5 minutes!
The 1st time it took me 1/2 an hour to get that tablet down a chicken throat. This afternoon we managed to get it all swallowed in 2!

Oh, & then we had to do the liquid stuff.

Apart from being terrified of aspirating the poor bird, she was completely terrified & I was in mortal terror of breaking her neck trying to get her to hold still. Yes, I had her wrapped in a towel. Yep, well tucked under my arm. No Idea how she could still turn into a squirming snake & do double somersaults in my arms.

She's obviously feeling a bit better. She is harder to catch & making her displeasure more known. I'm a nervous wreck but it has higlighted one thing: I need to get my glasses prescription changed.



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I know it isn't funny and it is stressing you out - but your description is so vivid I laughed out loud. I literally cannot imagine how I would handle that! Goodluck!!!!

 

[RoyalChick]

You're a braver woman than me, Gunga Din!

I will post a picture with my hair standing on end because I have electrocuted myself. Don't worry, I haven't, the thing is still out in the sun charging up - but it feels like the inevitable outcome of this particular venture!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I will post a picture with my hair standing on end because I have electrocuted myself. Don't worry, I haven't, the thing is still out in the sun charging up - but it feels like the inevitable outcome of this particular venture!

The good thing with solar fencer versus electric, is when you get zapped it just tingles. I've been zapped by many fences and solar is by far the least painful.

 

[RoyalChick]

The good thing with solar fencer versus electric, is when you get zapped it just tingles. I've been zapped by many fences and solar is by far the least painful.

Oh thank you, that is making me feel more confident (though I hope it is enough to deter Ricky Raccoon and his friends). I am watching predator behavior on the coop cams so I can see where best to place the wire. But I still think I will do a temporary one first in any case.

 

[BY Bob]

The good thing with solar fencer versus electric, is when you get zapped it just tingles. I've been zapped by many fences and solar is by far the least painful.

I think we may need a little about how you have been zapped by a lot of fences. How does that happen? Did you not learn the first time?

 

[RoyalChick]

I think we may need a little about how you have been zapped by a lot of fences. How does that happen? Did you not learn the first time?

Oh I didn't think of that! And if @CrazyChookChookLady didn't learn the first time, what hope is there for Ricky and Mr.Fox?!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I think we may need a little about how you have been zapped by a lot of fences. How does that happen? Did you not learn the first time?

Well...I owned horses for 20 years, currently horse less, no matter how careful you are you're bound to get zapped by the fence.

I had one horse who would always try to knock me off by rubbing up against the fence. I thought I'd out smart her and put a strand of electric wire on the inside, so when she got to close she'd be zapped. Well she knew what was up, a horse can sense electrical current with their whiskers, she side stepped right over to the fence and shoved my knee right against it! I had jeans on and it still felt like I'd been shot. I had a few choice words with her and surprisingly we never had a problem with fences again.

As a kid there were horses behind where my brother and I grew up, the pasture had an electricfence. He's 4 years older then me and when something would go in the horse pasture I was the one to go and get it. I learned at a very early age that my brother was not to be trusted! He'd get me zapped every time.