The Old Folks Home

[Highcotton]

We're headed down south this morning, going to go pick up an old treadle sewing machine.

 
3 buckeyes just went into the Styrobator hatcher. They should hatch Tuesday. BF isn't pleased. I forgot I'm traveling for work Tuesday and Wednesday.
4 turkeys left with another week to go, and 2 duck eggs also in the Brinsea with 3 weeks left to go.

I ended up buying the treadle machine. It was made in March 1905 and needs a bit of cleaning up but everything moves freely.

I love old stuff like that... and they are so well built that they can almost sew through iron!  (well, OK, that is a bit of an exaggeration... but they can go through layers of denim much more easily than modern machines)

Fingers too.

 

[chickadoodles]

veneer damage

Some of the trim on a couple drawers is missing also.

 

[perchie.girl]

@casportpony

Could the goose be injured? Like shot or caught up with some fishing line?

There was a heron or a Pelican flying around here a few years back with an arrow right through one of his breast muscles. The Fish and Game people caught him got the arrow out and doctored him up...

deb

 

[Highcotton]

There's certain things you can fix from a hatch and certain things you can't. I've learned the hard way that if you try on certain things the outcome is almost never good and then you get attached.
I will now cull immediately upon notice:
wry necks
cross beak
slipped tendon

Sure to add more to my list as I continue to hatch. Seems like the more I hatch the more weird things come up.

As the population grows so does the probability of unusual events.

 

[bamadude]

Confusious...is that u?

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony

Could the goose be injured? Like shot or caught up with some fishing line?

There was a heron or a Pelican flying around here a few years back with an arrow right through one of his breast muscles. The Fish and Game people caught him got the arrow out and doctored him up...

deb

You know, that thought crossed my mind. The open mouth breathing does look like it might be relate to pain. Another possibility is maybe it's eggbound. In peafowl we often see this strange ataxia and breathing, so who knows? It's sitting in the shade now, breathing though it's mouth.

 

[drumstick diva]

Kathy, hope the sick goose goes off somewhere and doesn't come back. Mostly hope it doesn't contaminate your flock.

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I too, believe in trying to save any if there is the slightest chance they can recover. Whether they pull through or not, you still learn something and can use "it" the next time.

 

[chickadoodles]

Kathy I am so sorry you are going thru this.

Is there any way you could call the state ag dept to deal with the sick goose so your flock does not get sick?

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

That would be worrisome and troubling if a sick bird landed on the property here. We do occasionally have strangers fly in and stay for a while. In '12, it was 3 ducks, and the same time, a Peacock came in and decided to stay. But if they were sick, I would think cull and quarantine to be cautious. IDK hard to say till it actually happens.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

veneer damage

Some of the trim on a couple drawers is missing also.

That can likely be fixed up. I read up a lot about how to restore the cabinets and machines last night (when I couldn't sleep), and I'm going to try tonight to remove the machine from the hinges and bring it downstairs so I can start the process of cleaning and oiling it up.

We've been lucky this past week to also finally find something that helps our terminally ill cat with her diarrhea. She's had it since November (it's part of her lymphoma) and her butt was so raw and red she couldn't sit with any pressure near it and it was often bleeding. We had tried so many different things that didn't work even the vet didn't know what to do. We thought we were going to have to euthanize. By the third day of treatment we could tell there was an improvement. It hasn't even been a week and her butt is mostly healed. She still has loose stool but much less frequently. This is something I'm glad I didn't give up on, although it just prolonged her life a little.