The 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!

[bauerdog]

Thanks, I have this! I just didn't pay close enough attention, apparently. What's done is done, it's Day 7 now. I'll candle tonight and see what we've got cookin'!

I wouldn't stress too much about it. I did the same thing with my first hatch in my Brinsea. Broodies take breaks every day, the eggs cool down with Mother Nature in charge.

 

[ShrekDawg]

This thing even lit up my blue, green, and darker brown eggs like a Christmas tree! I definitely need to hatch now! LOL

 

[duckmeister]

I put 15 call duck eggs in the incubator on the 16th, didn't even know that was the day for call eggs to hatch the day before Easter!

Edited:
Oops, 16th not the right day, but also several on the 10th, the 20th and again today put a bunch in, so the ones on tbe 20th are the day before Easter ones.

 

[chickendreams24]

Hi guys. I don't have time to catch up right now.

Things are crazy here. I would appreciate it if everyone could please read this post I know it's long but the lowest half is what's most important to me. The upper half will give you a laugh.

We set chicken eggs for the Easter hatchalong on Monday at noon.

Yesterday we discovered something had damaged our kitchen cupboard under the sink. And later learned it's a groundhog. It would seem it hibernated in the crawl space under our kitchen floor and became stuck.

Everyone remember those holes last fall under our porch? I believe we know the cause. Well apparently the thing can't find its way out and of course has no access to water. Yesterday it chewed through the water line to our sprayer knozzle on the kitchen sink as well as chewing at the cupboard itself. There is a flap of wood that goes around the pipes that lifts out that is it's entrance point.

We were up until past 4 am last night trying to get the thing out. It's large for a groundhog and although I'm not frightened of it I do respect it and feel for it's plight. We are trying to shoo it out through the kitchen and out the back door. Unfortunately this has not proved easy.

Hopefully tonight we can manage to get it out. It is very fearful but not aggressive although if it felt cornered I'm sure it could be. In fact after it got out of the cupboard(pushed the cupboard door open) last night the wood fell and it wasn't able to get back down the hole for some time.

We weren't able to get the door open and get it out before it got the flap up again.

It was quite the fiasco with me trying to soothe the frightened panicked creature. And eventually it turned and walked right up to me in between the kitchen and the dining room. No fear what so ever and sniffed the tote lid that I held as a barricade before looking up at me. I told it gently it didn't want to go that way and turn around and it did. Lol

Quite the night. Hopefully tonight we will be more successful.



Now my friends please I need your thoughts and prayers for my Grandpa. I was informed today that he was rushed from his Alzheimer's care assisted living via ambulance a couple of days ago. His doctor had changed his meds and taken him off his pills for his mood. From what I understand. It was a short conversation. I will know more later. My Grandpa, who is the kindest most respectful man you'd ever meet, except for his Alzheimer's acted up without his pills. Any change at all is hard for Alzheimer's or dementia patients and he began to act out to the staff. From there they sent him to a hospital with a psych ward.

However upon admission tests were run and he has bacteria in his urine which we knew about but his elderly doctor chose to ignore when he saw him Friday. They also did a CAT scan and discovered he has pneumonia and a sinus infection as well as a urinary tract infection. He was not running a fever.

For those that don't know illness in patients who are elderly or have dementia or Alzheimer's often confuses and worsens their mental state. In the last three weeks he has not been recognizing family at all which has been spotty. He has good days and bad days but lately there all been bad.

We are hoping that treating these illnesses will improve his mental state and lesson his mood swings. If he remains violent or threatening of violence the place will not take him back.

Everyone please keep my Grandpa in your thoughts and prayers and keep my family in them as well.

My Grandpa is being monitored and treated with IV antibiotics. He did recognize my Grandma for the first time in three weeks yesterday when he looked at her and said her name.

I will keep you all up to date on Grandpa and on the groundhog when I know more. Thank you guys

Oh wow, I'll pray for you and your grandpa and everyone chickendreams. And did the doctor know about all the stuff he has? If so, I'm not sure I'd be going to that doctor anymore :/

But anyway, I hope the hospital can help him and that he improves enough to be allowed back to the place!

Thank you

Also unfortunately the decision to get a new doctor or not is not mine to make. Their Dr is an 80+ year old man and I think he needs to retire but he's been my grandparents' and mother's doctor for years and they've always taken his word as law. Sadly. I'm hoping my mother has seen the light with this.

We knew only about the bacteria in his urine as we've been fighting that I'm and off for years. They were in fact planing on doing tests to see exactly what I did or bacteria it is.

Thanks again.

Good luck!


First of all, I'm very sorry to hear about your grandpa.  I have been dealing with my grandmother with dementia (and Parkinsons) for 5 years, so I know how hard it is.  I bet his mood will improve with getting back on the medications.  Most Assisted Living places are not equipped to handle Alzheimers and Dementia.  Look for a place with a Memory Care facility.  It sounds like a new doctor might be a good thing too.  After they adjust to it, the routine of the memory care really helps them.  They have activities and my grandmother's place even has "happy hour". (yes, alcohol, but they get a really really small glass)  Please know that him not recognizing you is not his fault, and it's nothing against you.  I've had to tell my brother the same thing, as he took it personally when our grandmother didn't recognize him.

We had trouble with my grandmother when she was in Assisted Living.  They were not making sure she had eaten before giving her her meds, so she would say she had eaten and they would give her meds on her *empty* stomach.  Then the meds would make her feel sick, so she wouldn't eat lunch or dinner.  She was spiraling downward and was 92 pounds (at 5'7" tall) when we moved her to a memory care facility.  They make sure she eats and even make sure she swallows her pills. (yes, we found pills in plants around her apartment at the prior place)  The new place put weight back on her and she was really stable until 3 weeks ago.

I hope you get your groundhog situation taken care of.  I know it's not funny for you, but it sure sounds funny from here!

Thank you for your sympathy and kind words.

Sorry there seem to have been some things unclear. He is in a memory care facility that is attached to an assisted living place. The memory wing is very small with only 7-10 beds and the staff are wonderful with my Grandpa. In fact one of the staff last week mentioned she felt he might have something going on as throughout his Alzheimer's he has almost never been violent or hard to handle.

Also I am completely aware and understanding of my Grandpa not knowing me and us. This doesn't bother me. See I lived with my grandparents for over four years and was one of their major care givers. I am also decently well versed in the medical side of it. My comments were only about if ridding him of the infections may help his cognitive state minimally.

The regular staff at the facility is really very wonderful and patient with all of the residents. They make sure they eat and take their pills. My Grandpa was placed on a diet there as he is diabetic but he is not horribly overweight and has remained quite healthy. He is still a rather large and strong man which of course the little boy he has become doesn't understand. He doesn't recognize my Grandma often because he believes she ought to be younger. This lately has been something different and very sudden.

I responded above to another post regarding the doctor. I wish I could make that choice for Grandpa he deserves a better doctor.

My Grandpa is really more of a father to me so this is something that is near and dear to my heart. My Grandpa has had Alzheimer's for most of my life now. Something like 14-15 years. When he was first diagnosed we were told not to expect to have him much more than 7. Thanks to advances in treatment and catching it early I have had many wonderful memories with Grandpa. Some people would say he isn't really my Grandpa, that he's someone different now. Yes he is but he's the same man too. Richard my Grandpa is in there I never forget that.

Thank you again

If the doctor is slacking, I'd shop for a new one. They provide a service, one you pay a lot for: their knowledge. Don't hesitate to do it, if you find a good one, you will be so glad you did!

I responded to this in the two above posts.


Thank you all again for your continued thoughts and prayers my family really needs them and I appreciate it.

As for the groundhog no signs of it so far this evening we have a live trap set up in the kitchen hopefully it comes out and into the trap soon

 

[katsdar]

Pics like these are tempting me to have a look at my eggs!

me too, I always candle at day 10, when do you usually take a peek?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Good luck!

Glad the goose egg is doing well!

First of all, I'm very sorry to hear about your grandpa.  I have been dealing with my grandmother with dementia (and Parkinsons) for 5 years, so I know how hard it is.  I bet his mood will improve with getting back on the medications.  Most Assisted Living places are not equipped to handle Alzheimers and Dementia.  Look for a place with a Memory Care facility.  It sounds like a new doctor might be a good thing too.  After they adjust to it, the routine of the memory care really helps them.  They have activities and my grandmother's place even has "happy hour". (yes, alcohol, but they get a really really small glass)  Please know that him not recognizing you is not his fault, and it's nothing against you.  I've had to tell my brother the same thing, as he took it personally when our grandmother didn't recognize him.

We had trouble with my grandmother when she was in Assisted Living.  They were not making sure she had eaten before giving her her meds, so she would say she had eaten and they would give her meds on her *empty* stomach.  Then the meds would make her feel sick, so she wouldn't eat lunch or dinner.  She was spiraling downward and was 92 pounds (at 5'7" tall) when we moved her to a memory care facility.  They make sure she eats and even make sure she swallows her pills. (yes, we found pills in plants around her apartment at the prior place)  The new place put weight back on her and she was really stable until 3 weeks ago.

I hope you get your groundhog situation taken care of.  I know it's not funny for you, but it sure sounds funny from here!

Thank you

Also unfortunately the decision to get a new doctor or not is not mine to make. Their Dr is an 80+ year old man and I think he needs to retire but he's been my grandparents' and mother's doctor for years and they've always taken his word as law. Sadly. I'm hoping my mother has seen the light with this.

We knew only about the bacteria in his urine as we've been fighting that I'm and off for years. They were in fact planing on doing tests to see exactly what I did or bacteria it is.

Thanks again.
Thank you for your sympathy and kind words.

Sorry there seem to have been some things unclear. He is in a memory care facility that is attached to an assisted living place. The memory wing is very small with only 7-10 beds and the staff are wonderful with my Grandpa. In fact one of the staff last week mentioned she felt he might have something going on as throughout his Alzheimer's he has almost never been violent or hard to handle.

Also I am completely aware and understanding of my Grandpa not knowing me and us. This doesn't bother me. See I lived with my grandparents for over four years and was one of their major care givers. I am also decently well versed in the medical side of it. My comments were only about if ridding him of the infections may help his cognitive state minimally.

The regular staff at the facility is really very wonderful and patient with all of the residents. They make sure they eat and take their pills. My Grandpa was placed on a diet there as he is diabetic but he is not horribly overweight and has remained quite healthy. He is still a rather large and strong man which of course the little boy he has become doesn't understand. He doesn't recognize my Grandma often because he believes she ought to be younger. This lately has been something different and very sudden.

I responded above to another post regarding the doctor. I wish I could make that choice for Grandpa he deserves a better doctor.

My Grandpa is really more of a father to me so this is something that is near and dear to my heart. My Grandpa has had Alzheimer's for most of my life now. Something like 14-15 years. When he was first diagnosed we were told not to expect to have him much more than 7. Thanks to advances in treatment and catching it early I have had many wonderful memories with Grandpa. Some people would say he isn't really my Grandpa, that he's someone different now. Yes he is but he's the same man too. Richard my Grandpa is in there I never forget that.

Thank you again
I responded to this in the two above posts.


Thank you all again for your continued thoughts and prayers my family really needs them and I appreciate it.

As for the groundhog no signs of it so far this evening we have a live trap set up in the kitchen hopefully it comes out and into the trap soon

I really hope this convinces them to switch doctors as he deserves it!

And I hope everything goes well.

 

[CuzChickens]

I guess take me off the list please. My coop is too full
Maybe next year

I just bought a new coop today. this is not a good thing.

 

[prizepete]

I did my day 7 candle for most of my eggs. All of them where fertile and developing! There where 2 or 3 I couldnt see into very well but I think I might have seen something there. i will be going back to this breeder in the future!!

 

[CuzChickens]

What eggs are you incubating, Pete?

 

[cree57i]

Broody Girl #1 of 2017 for me. She persevered and I gave in March 20. I have another one threatening to go broody, but she hasn't stuck yet.