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[superchemicalgirl]

Think about how much fabric and chicken stuff I could buy with 30k.

I'm off to to clean all 3 coops out. Today is not the day to consider more animals.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Diva normal turkey hens can hatch in 28 days. It takes mine at least 3 months apparently.

 

[chickadoodles]

I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.
I do not need any more fabric or poultry. I do not need any more fabric or poultry.

 

[chickadoodles]

Diva normal turkey hens can hatch in 28 days. It takes mine at least 3 months apparently.

That is exactly what my hens did. They never did get any to hatch. I tried giving them some babies after they hatched and they did not want anything to do with them. Idk maybe I should have tried to replace the eggs for poults during the night.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote:

1-800-NOCLUCKSGIVEN...

hahhahahaaaa

 

[chickadoodles]

I know all of us are well versed in poop management. Nasa needs help and is offering 30k. I'm going to suggest the deep litter method.

http://www.universityherald.com/art...enge-offers-30-000-solve-astronauts-major.htm

 

[miss heny]

As long as she doesnt try to play trampoline on one of the cars...... 

deb

dear god no, a 700+ pound cow,would destroy mom focus!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I could TOTALLY see that displayed in cartoon form.

Some city slicker "might" actually believe that could happen and try to banish all the cows though.

Didn't I just hear about having to reduce the methane in dairy farms somewhere down there?

 

[microchick]

dear god no, a 700+ pound cow,would destroy mom focus!

Several years ago we pulled into the local grocery store parking lot and parked next to a little SUV. To our surprise, when we looked over at it, there was a calf in the 'cargo' area, peering out from between the two front seats. This was during festival season so we figured somebody won it and needed a way to get it home.

We were impressed.

Not to so drastically change the subject but have any of you ever dealt with a diabetic kitty? Our half Siamese was diagnosed last month. We took him into the vets when we noticed that he was loosing weight and sure enough, blood sugar in the mid to high 400s. We have been giving him 3 units of insulin twice a day and his blood sugar was only down about 100 points so the vet put him on a Science diet for diabetes and upped the insulin to 4 units twice a day. That is when the problems have started. On 4 units he appears to be controlled but bonks. Stares out into space, won't eat, won't respond to you. I wind up squirting thinned out honey into his mouth and in 45 minutes he is pretty much his old self. Nibbles food and within 2 hours is back staring out into space again. Sure enough, when we took him to the vet, his blood sugar was just coming back up and was around 200 which meant he probably went well under 100 when he was hypoglycemic. We expected our vet to lower his dose back to 3 but he didn't and insisted that we keep it at 4. Didn't work. We were having to feed him honey water pretty regularly just to keep him alert enough to eat. So what do we do? We know at 3 he isn't really controlled but at 4 he is over controlled and has a really crappy quality of life.

We are pretty frustrated at this point and hate going against the vet. Our kitty is a sweet boy, just old and worn out. We think he is somewhere around 15-16 years old. Vet keeps hinting that he suspects maybe he has a pancreatic cancer but he has gained some of his lost weight back so we really don't know what has triggered this diabetes in him.

Sorry for the rant. We are just trying to figure out what to do with our boy.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

What type of insulin (regular, nph, glargine, aspart) and when are you giving it in regard to meals?

In humans if the blood sugar is lowered too much too quick the person will feel hypoglycemic when they're not because they're used to high levels. They get lowered slowly.

I don't work on animals but I know a lot about drugs in humans.