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[Alaskan]

I made them.

Very impressive!!

 

[chickadoodles]

Very impressive!!

Thank you.

 

[ronott1]

OK Caught up. The chickens have settled in and we got two eggs already one from each hen. The Roo is under a year and spends his time hiding from the hens. Not from the same flock.
Hes going to be pretty though when he grows up. nine weeks old and nary a crow.

From left to right; a Cream Legbar, a Black Laced Wyandot & a Delaware Roo. It was 105 degrees that day and they were almost to The heat stress point. The hens are just about two years old and the roo is 10 weeks old. when he stands up hes a bit taller than the hens.
THey arre on the back patio under full shade and a smaller shade cloth up across the back where the afternoon sun gets in there directly.
Got a pretty blue green egg Day before yesterday and a light brown egg yesterday. About the size of a medium pullet egg. So my guess is they are younger than two years old.

After installing the shade in the back
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here i s a picture of me... with the temporary coop set up

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and here is a Selfie that @room onthebroom took of us.. She is the one that gave me the chickens I was amazed at all that she brought. Nest box perches made by her husband just for us as well as feed and Chicken Candy... a mixture of black oil sunflower seeds and other seeds and freeze dried meal worms.

Roomie lives a couple of towns north of me here and closer to the coast. By the time they left we were all drooping our wing feathers.

The chickens have already adapted. My son put down the card board to protect chicken feet for when they hop off the perches. I intentend on packing them up in a couple of weeks for the move to the house. Wont be much of a change for them climate wise. its about the same temperature there as it is here. The only difference is the humidity.

I also have heavier tarps for mycoops. for Full shade The kind that are silver on top and black or green underneath.

My chickens dont get out unless I am there to supervise. at least till I can secure a good run for them with Aviary netting.

deb

congratulations on the new chickens!

 

[ronott1]

Perchie/Deb! You are looking marvelous! I am so happy for you, and yes, I agree with everyone, you LOOK happy, and HEALTHY! You have come so far and I know it's been a hard won battle for you but it was so much worth your while. Keep it up.

I'm also sooooo happy that you got the chickens you have been wanting for so long. The uphill climb is leveling out for you! Life is getting back to what is the new normal for you.

My husband surprised me yesterday. Once upon a time long before we met, I had an art studio. I was forced to give it up because of a move and all of my furniture, the desk, the easel, the drafting table all had to be re-homed. I mentioned to him that I would like to set up another little studio in our hobby room and told him about my tilt table that I had and really missed. Later yesterday, he called me in to the radio room and directed my attention to his computer monitor where there was this state of the art drafting table with drawers, equipment holders, the works. Happy Birthday next month, he said to me. All I could do was wipe the tears from my eyes and hug him.

He has been so wonderful, urging me to get back to my art and not put it on the back burner any longer. We are also rearranging the hobby room to accommodate the drafting table and whatever other equipment I might need.

It sounds like a nice setup for you!

 

[chickadoodles]

There was an unexplainable mixup when DD1 had the doctor call in a prescription. She's still in Canada but will be here in about a week. I went to Hannaford to pick it up, they never heard of her. I called her so she could get that cleared up. We had been getting robocalls from Walgreens saying a prescription was ready to be picked up. I figured it was just a wrong number since we have NEVER had a prescription filled at any Walgreens, in fact I doubt I've been in one more than a few times.

Got another robocall today so I called them, it was for us, for DD1's Candesartan. She said she had no insurance info, I told her DD1 has no insurance here. Price: $351. She could bring it down some with their generic coupon but suggested I look for something better so I did.

Now the reason for this post: If you are getting prescriptions at Walgreens, check around because they are WAY high cost. We all know that in the USA we are getting royally screwed with the price of prescription drugs (it would be $20 in Canada) but Walgreens seems to be taking it as a challenge to screw us even more.

According to GoodRx:
Hannaford would get $271 for the same prescription. With a GoodRx coupon Hannaford is $64.57, Walgreens $86.82. Only Krogers was cheaper ($39.96, though $286 retail) and the closest one to me is in New Jersey. I also checked her Aimovig - retail at Hannaford $734, with coupon $603.38; Walgreens is $725/$653.91. Krogers with coupon was $20 higher than Hannaford. The Aimovig in Canada is $370 US.

She's been getting her prescriptions up there but with the Covid thing shutting down the school she has no access to the school doctor for prescriptions. And it turns out the foreign student prescription cap is $4,000 (CAD) which she has hit, it will reset when school starts in Sept.

That is horrible!

When I was first prescribed plavix here in the US it was going to cost me 300. per month.
And the Dr. wanted me to take it for 6 months. I told him I could not afford it.
A friend of mine said her sister was getting it from Canada Drugs. They were online.
I got my Dr. to send them the script and it cost me 100. for 3 months.
But since the Feds got into the Meds wars they made Canada Drugs take down their website that all of us in the USA were using. And posted a warning that anyone buying from another country and getting meds in the mail would go to jail!
Canada has a drug manufacturing company that makes all the generics. And they are a lot cheaper. Since your DD is there anyways.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Think many of the drug companies hold us hostage they are criminals in my book
all need to be jailed

 

[ronott1]

There was an unexplainable mixup when DD1 had the doctor call in a prescription. She's still in Canada but will be here in about a week. I went to Hannaford to pick it up, they never heard of her. I called her so she could get that cleared up. We had been getting robocalls from Walgreens saying a prescription was ready to be picked up. I figured it was just a wrong number since we have NEVER had a prescription filled at any Walgreens, in fact I doubt I've been in one more than a few times.

Got another robocall today so I called them, it was for us, for DD1's Candesartan. She said she had no insurance info, I told her DD1 has no insurance here. Price: $351. She could bring it down some with their generic coupon but suggested I look for something better so I did.

Now the reason for this post: If you are getting prescriptions at Walgreens, check around because they are WAY high cost. We all know that in the USA we are getting royally screwed with the price of prescription drugs (it would be $20 in Canada) but Walgreens seems to be taking it as a challenge to screw us even more.

According to GoodRx:
Hannaford would get $271 for the same prescription. With a GoodRx coupon Hannaford is $64.57, Walgreens $86.82. Only Krogers was cheaper ($39.96, though $286 retail) and the closest one to me is in New Jersey. I also checked her Aimovig - retail at Hannaford $734, with coupon $603.38; Walgreens is $725/$653.91. Krogers with coupon was $20 higher than Hannaford. The Aimovig in Canada is $370 US.

She's been getting her prescriptions up there but with the Covid thing shutting down the school she has no access to the school doctor for prescriptions. And it turns out the foreign student prescription cap is $4,000 (CAD) which she has hit, it will reset when school starts in Sept.

That is a large difference in cost. It is good though that you can do comparison shopping.

 

[drumstick diva]

I get my generic prescriptions for $ 1.25 each (very old generic versions) but they still seem to work. Two of them come as 90 day refills, and one has to be filled monthly.

 

[chickadoodles]

My dd3 get some chicks from tsc In Fl.
I have no idea what this one is. It's a bantum with feathered feet. Can any of ya'll tell?

It's the only one that's not black. Lol

 

[pennyJo1960]

Maybe a Cochin? there are bantum ones and giant