Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[smkchick]

Now I'm wondering when Aggie will start laying! Never satisfied.

I wish I could keep roos here. They are so gorgeous. Roberta's boys are phenomenal.

 

[ChickenAl]

George,

That is a cool looking coop. Our Agway has coops, but all of them are the larger varieties. Yours is definitely a well made coop. Lots of luck with it. I really like the run you did outside of it too.

 

[smkchick]

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I'm with Al. I like the run area. It looks like it's easy to access. May I ask where you got it? Was it also from Agway in Riverhead? I love that place.

 

[gfletch]

Thanks, gang. The run was easy ... that's just some sectional garden fencing from Lowe's. It wasn't too pricey ... comes in a two-panel set, which each piece roughly 3'x3'. That fencing has come in *very* handy a number of times -- keeping the dog out of things, protecting some of my trees and the garden when I first started them, and now, keeping the chickens in. Money well spent!

The run is basically 6' long x 3' wide and 3' high. The lid I made with chicken wire and some wood I had out in the garage. I can lift off the lid and pop out the end panel really easily to get in there for cleaning or changing out the water and food.

No eggs today ... I guess the 2nd straight day of darkness, rain and gloom didn't promote egg laying!

 

[stoopid]

Morning, all.
Al, I have finally graduated to chemo drugs. Methotrexate, something like that. Yippee.
I can't wait to go to Massachusetts Jan 14-15
BIG show there, I hope there isn't a blizzard. The Northeast Poultry Congress.
I have already admitted in that thread about the brooder setup in the motel room, and possible FD visit.
What we won't do for good chicks!

 

[ChickenAl]

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Roberta, you are on the same drug they put me on. I take 15mg per week. I now do the injectable version so as not to get the heartburn it causes in the pill form. Soon I will be graduating to a biologic like Enbrel.

Take all the precautions with the MTX seriously. You don't need to have a liver problem added on top of everything else. It can take 3 months for the med to work, so don't get disappointed if the relief is not immediate.

Good luck, and I hope it does the trick for you.

 

[stoopid]

Yay. My Dr said something about folic acid for the heartburn?
Can't start till next week, when I am off the antibiotics for my bronchitis.
I am used to things happening slowly, no problem there.

 

[ChickenAl]

Folic acid is what you have to take when the MTX. I started out with 1mg tablet per day, now I'm up to three. You can get mouth sores if you do not take the folic acid. I had started to get one and the rheumatologist upped my FA to 3mg.

 

[stoopid]

Shoot me now.

 

[ChickenAl]

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Nah, you've got a lot of chickens that depend on you.