The NEW Crazy 24hr AUCTION thread

[Arielle]

Quote: OH !!!!! Your postmaster is diligent!!!

 

[yinepu]

And the USPS strikes again

got 4 boxes today.. one had a dented corner (2 broken eggs)
the other box looked like this:





2 broken eggs in it too...

hopefully they didn't scramble the others


it doesn't matter anymore if they are marked "fragile" or not

 

[chick-among-us]

well, some hopeful news...  an update on my foley girl BLRW that was snatched by a coon the night of the 4th...  apparently she was slow going to bed. it grabbed her by the head and dragged her away, but the dog got there pretty quick and stood guard over her till I got out there...  she's got bite marks on both sides of her head and I think her neck may have been damaged too from her struggling.

anyways, she was still breathing and when you harassed her she'd shuffle her feet, but wasn't moving her head or neck at all. hubby said her pupils were reactive to light though, so we left her in the hospital cage with food and water. she hadn't eaten or drunk anything and didn't move hardly at all. even when you put her beak in the water she made no attempt to drink... 

as of yesterday I saw no improvement and had decided I was going to put her down last night. but in checking her over, I noticed a clump of poop on some vent feathers and decided to at least pull that off, since I wasn't ready to 'do the deed'...  it was dried to the feathers, so i had to remove a couple of them.  well that woke her up! her head came up and she looked at me, but quickly went back to sleep. so I bothered her some more, (she hates her wings touched). and while she was awake I put her face in the water and got her to drink some. hubby said she was more alert this morning but still not moving around much, but instead of laying on her side she was a bit more upright.

so she gets a reprieve for now...  we keep waking her up to make her drink at least. can't seem to get her to eat, but if she keeps drinking at least she won't dehydrate and maybe it'll give her time to heal.  best we can figure is she's got a severe concussion. possible brain damage too but that remains to be seen.   so for now we are keeping fingers crossed that she continues to improve.

I'm leaving the door to the hospital cage open, so if she's feeling froggy she can hop out any time. but I don't think she's anywhere near ready for that.

Chickens can and DO get head trauma and the brain will swell. If she was grabbed by the head this could be her problem. I had a polish with head trauma and 4 days of steroids and she improved hourly. It was almost a miracle. My vet fixed it up in a small bottle, 2 drops every 12 hrs for 7-10 days, then wean them off. She is a normal girl now! I have a GREAT relationship with my vet, even though he does not treat birds. He leaves it to me to do research and then give him the results.

I need this vet here!

 

[AFChick]

And the USPS strikes again

got 4 boxes today.. one had a dented corner (2 broken eggs)
the other box looked like this:





2 broken eggs in it too...

hopefully they didn't scramble the others


it doesn't matter anymore if they are marked "fragile" or not

I've noticed that marking them "fragile" sometimes MAKES them a target for disgruntled postal workers-

 

[jnjmanning]

I need this vet here!

We have red and black angus cattle. So I guess he figures he makes enough from us....lol But I do my research and I tell him what I found and why I need what meds. He says I help him learn too. Plus he is sooooooooooo easy on the eyes!!!! lol

 

[EdenCamp]

Maybe we should start a thread....USPS horror stories...
And then drop a dime to the congress oversite for PO service...
And the press....
and.......

 

[EdenCamp]

Maybe we should start a thread....USPS horror stories...
And then drop a dime to the congress oversite for PO service...
And the press....
and.......

 

[dmswiger]

Maybe we should start a thread....USPS horror stories...
And then drop a dime to the congress oversite for PO service...
And the press....
and.......

I'm still waiting on eggs shipped last Friday. I'm in Nevada and the eggs are currently in Seattle. So much for 2 day !

 

[Arielle]

And the USPS strikes again

got 4 boxes today.. one had a dented corner (2 broken eggs)
the other box looked like this:





2 broken eggs in it too...

hopefully they didn't scramble the others


it doesn't matter anymore if they are marked "fragile" or not

 

[CyndiChick]

I need quail now... My kids have decided we love quails eggs! Hubby says no but I didn't e even ask!