Sally's GF3 thread

[pertnear09]

Good luck to Pippy.

 

[cavemanrich]

Everything I've read, here on BYC and other places online, tell me that salpingitis is not curable, and the average lifespan is about 6 months after it's diagnosed.

Is it transmittable to rest of flock???

 

[NanaK]

Is it transmittable to rest of flock???

I don't think so. Normally it's caused by internal laying which in turns causes infection.

@Sally PB Sorry she is still having problems.

 

[Sally PB]

Is it transmittable to rest of flock???

Not that I've read.

 

[fuzzi]

I've posted this in a couple different threads, but I wanted to post it here too.

This story does a bit to restore my faith in my fellow human beings.

My neighbor, Jamie, is dying of heart failure. They called a small company to come clean their windows. The price had gone up, of course, since everything is more expensive. They told the guys to do what they could do in the time allowed for the $200 fee. One of the workers saw Jamie sitting in her chair, bundled up in blankets, and asked her husband if she was ok.

No, no she's not.

He gave them the check for $200, and one of the guys wanted to give him $100 bill in change. Charlie said, no, but thank you. So the guy said that they had noticed that the gutters were clogged full of leaves, and they would come back another day to clean them, for free.

Which they did, today.

There are good people, everywhere, we mostly just see the not-so-nice ones. I think that's partly because good, caring people don't brag about what they do.

My coworker's dh came over and did some handyman work for me, stuff I'm not physically capable of doing. He won't take money. I give him eggs.

 

[fuzzi]

Pip, one of my 10 month old Bielefelder pullets, is fighting salpingitis, an infection of the oviduct. ("Lash eggs" are the sign of this dreaded disease.) I treated her with amoxicillin, 250mg pills, twice a day, for 10 days. She seems to be doing much better. I'm giving her calcium citrate + D now.

She has laid this, a 93 gram monster:
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I know it was hers, as the green mark on the round end is from the green food coloring I put on her butt.

She also laid another membrane egg, along with an egg yolk, a few days after.

Everything I've read, here on BYC and other places online, tell me that salpingitis is not curable, and the average lifespan is about 6 months after it's diagnosed. The amoxicllin can treat the infection, but not cure it. It's also only available by vet prescription now. The bottle I have is all I can get, unless I take her to a vet and get a scrip. (I posted about a scam site that has it for sale.)

So, I looked up "natural cures," since there is some evidence that these do work. A lot of the evidence is anecdotal; the plural of "anecdote" is not "data."

But I did find this.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10413199/#:~:text=Notably, LLE administration inhibited apoptosis,immune function in laying hens.

I'll be ordering lotus leaf to see if I can help my poor little Pippy. I will report back any findings.

Sample size: 1
No control group

It'll just be another anecdote. But it will be my anecdote. For what that is worth.

I'm sorry to hear about Pippy, and hope she does well with your treatment.

 

[Sally PB]

The lotus leaf pills won't be here until Tuesday. (Yes, even this will NOT make me sign up for Prime, Amazon. )

I've also heard some things about oregano, which I have growing in the herb garden by the door, as well as the usual stuff in the cupboard. I can probably get oregano oil somewhere locally.

I'm going to do some more digging on that.

 

[NanaK]

The lotus leaf pills won't be here until Tuesday. (Yes, even this will NOT make me sign up for Prime, Amazon. )

I've also heard some things about oregano, which I have growing in the herb garden by the door, as well as the usual stuff in the cupboard. I can probably get oregano oil somewhere locally.

I'm going to do some more digging on that.

Please keep us informed on anything you find.
This is an issue many of us have faced unfortunately.

 

[Sally PB]

Please keep us informed on anything you find.
This is an issue many of us have faced unfortunately.

I certainly will. I'll probably make a thread about it, when I have more information.

 

[Sally PB]

I've been looking up various health topics, for both me and the chickens. For me, it's about lowering my LDL cholesterol. I DO NOT want to be on drugs for this. My HDL is excellent, my triglicerides are fine.

My first step was to cut out (most of) the cheese I ate. I still have parmesan on my not-spaghetti on spaghetti night, and some grated cheese on my tacos on taco night.

Last December, I started searching for "Foods to lower cholesterol," and got a bazillion hits on various sites. I read a few articles, looking for some common threads. Oatmeal was in the top 5, or 8 or 10 foods listed. Good; I like oatmeal.

Took that idea and asked, "How does eating oatmeal lower cholesterol," and got into studies that might actually mean something. The way the oats are processed makes a difference. This caught my eye:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5885279/

Now I have oatmeal for breakfast 3X a week, and steel cut oats 2X, and sometimes for dinner on Saturday (when hubby decides to have pizza).

I pay the extra money to buy organic oats that are NOT desicated with glyphosate during processing, and organic steel cut oats. One month of generic Lipitor could be $25-30 (quick online search, not something I've asked at the pharmacy; don't know what my insurance would cover). I spend less than that on the oats.

Like my study with lotus leaf for Pip, sample size is 1, and no control group.

The results of this study will be out in July, after I have my next physical.