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They are so cute Peep!
Specially this time of the year! Such a cutie. I love her color.
My little miracle chick is a 5 month old cockerel who is starting to notice that his brood sister is a young pullet and learning that you don't mess with the Welsummer Rooster who has fostered him along with his brood brother and sister because Daddy Doc will kick the kid's butt if he gets out of line.
I've really come to appreciate the value of a good foster father rooster when it comes to raising incubator chicks and helping juveniles transition into the flock once mom stops brooding them. My boys have done a fantastic job with the little ones and I've even started putting a gentle rooster in with the hen and her chicks once the little ones are old enough to be outside with mom. I've seen the rooster in charge standing guard over momma and babies as they cuddle together in a nest and escort them around the pen. While I've had other hens injure and even kill chicks, I've yet to have a rooster harm a baby.
My little miracle chick is a 5 month old cockerel who is starting to notice that his brood sister is a young pullet and learning that you don't mess with the Welsummer Rooster who has fostered him along with his brood brother and sister because Daddy Doc will kick the kid's butt if he gets out of line.
I've really come to appreciate the value of a good foster father rooster when it comes to raising incubator chicks and helping juveniles transition into the flock once mom stops brooding them. My boys have done a fantastic job with the little ones and I've even started putting a gentle rooster in with the hen and her chicks once the little ones are old enough to be outside with mom. I've seen the rooster in charge standing guard over momma and babies as they cuddle together in a nest and escort them around the pen. While I've had other hens injure and even kill chicks, I've yet to have a rooster harm a baby.
just so tickled entered the gingerbread contest but did not have a fowl cookie cutter so made chicken turds ala James
Took my Favorite oldest daughter to the airport this morning for her return to Maine. For the benefit of SCG, we are both pretty much over whatever illness it was that she brought down here with her. Anything she brings back didn't come from here. And I'm sure traveling this time of year (any time really) on commercial air, she's almost assured to pick up something. 
Over the past day or so the base of my thumb nail has really started hurting. On this thumb nail, there's a "crease" right down the center from the quick to the nail tip and it always cracks/splits at the end, which leaves a jagged edge that annoys the heck outta me. Anyway, the crease turned white the whole length and started spreading at the quick, so I dug holes into the nail in several places down near the quick and pus came out.
The nail was really thin, soft and punctured pretty easily down near the quick.
No idea how I got an infection down there or what it is. I tried to access down to the quick from up at the end of the nail, at the cracked edge, but couldn't. I squeezed out as much as I could and soaked the thumb in hydrogen peroxide for a bit then put triple antibiotic on it & covered with a bandaid.
Anyone here had anything like this happen to them? My other thumb nail used to have a similar crease, but it grew out and isn't there anymore.
Over the past day or so the base of my thumb nail has really started hurting. On this thumb nail, there's a "crease" right down the center from the quick to the nail tip and it always cracks/splits at the end, which leaves a jagged edge that annoys the heck outta me. Anyway, the crease turned white the whole length and started spreading at the quick, so I dug holes into the nail in several places down near the quick and pus came out.
The nail was really thin, soft and punctured pretty easily down near the quick.No idea how I got an infection down there or what it is. I tried to access down to the quick from up at the end of the nail, at the cracked edge, but couldn't. I squeezed out as much as I could and soaked the thumb in hydrogen peroxide for a bit then put triple antibiotic on it & covered with a bandaid.
Anyone here had anything like this happen to them? My other thumb nail used to have a similar crease, but it grew out and isn't there anymore.
No injury?
I can imagine how badly that was throbbing. Are you sure you got all the purulent matter out of it? I suspect you probably have a staph infection going on in it that warrants a course of antibiotics. Good job with the soak. I'd definitely keep soaking it in warm water, Epsom salts if you have it. If it keeps building up pressure and hurting you may have to have it tended to by a surgeon.
The closest I ever came to something like that was when we were doing some pre sale maintenance on our house in IL and managed to hit my thumb (the same one that is currently growing out a good sized black spot from whacking it with a hammer) while putting up a trim board in the livingroom. Thumb swelled and the base of the nail turned bright red and inflamed. It stayed that way for a couple of weeks. I keep suspecting it was going to abscess, but thankfully it didn't. I kept it bandaged up with antibiotic salve.
Hope it gets feeling better for you. Take care and keep a close watch on it. If the nail is thin I suspect some nasties got through and took up residence under the cuticle.
I can imagine how badly that was throbbing. Are you sure you got all the purulent matter out of it? I suspect you probably have a staph infection going on in it that warrants a course of antibiotics. Good job with the soak. I'd definitely keep soaking it in warm water, Epsom salts if you have it. If it keeps building up pressure and hurting you may have to have it tended to by a surgeon.
The closest I ever came to something like that was when we were doing some pre sale maintenance on our house in IL and managed to hit my thumb (the same one that is currently growing out a good sized black spot from whacking it with a hammer) while putting up a trim board in the livingroom. Thumb swelled and the base of the nail turned bright red and inflamed. It stayed that way for a couple of weeks. I keep suspecting it was going to abscess, but thankfully it didn't. I kept it bandaged up with antibiotic salve.
Hope it gets feeling better for you. Take care and keep a close watch on it. If the nail is thin I suspect some nasties got through and took up residence under the cuticle.
Took my Favorite oldest daughter to the airport this morning for her return to Maine. For the benefit of SCG, we are both pretty much over whatever illness it was that she brought down here with her. Anything she brings back didn't come from here. And I'm sure traveling this time of year (any time really) on commercial air, she's almost assured to pick up something.
Over the past day or so the base of my thumb nail has really started hurting. On this thumb nail, there's a "crease" right down the center from the quick to the nail tip and it always cracks/splits at the end, which leaves a jagged edge that annoys the heck outta me. Anyway, the crease turned white the whole length and started spreading at the quick, so I dug holes into the nail in several places down near the quick and pus came out.
No idea how I got an infection down there or what it is. I tried to access down to the quick from up at the end of the nail, at the cracked edge, but couldn't. I squeezed out as much as I could and soaked the thumb in hydrogen peroxide for a bit then put triple antibiotic on it & covered with a bandaid.
Anyone here had anything like this happen to them? My other thumb nail used to have a similar crease, but it grew out and isn't there anymore.
sound allot like what BF has he was in the mills since he was 21 one hand his right the nails grow wonky the thumb is the worst always splitting down the middle chemicals back in the day
No specific injury that I can recall... The seam in the nails has been an off and on issue for the past year or more. The seam on the left thumb finally grew out and went away but the one on the right thumb just never grows out. That's the one (obviously) that is having the issues now. Working with the goats and in their pen, I suppose I could have picked up some poop or whatnot but I DO try to wash my hands as soon as I am done and get back inside.
I'll pull the band aid in the morning and see if I can squeeze anything more out, give it another soak and just keep an eye on it for a few days. I'm on a 7 day course of antibiotics right now for a UTI that I didn't know I had but turned up in the lab results from my last Dr appt. a few days ago. I expect/hope that will help as well.
I'll pull the band aid in the morning and see if I can squeeze anything more out, give it another soak and just keep an eye on it for a few days. I'm on a 7 day course of antibiotics right now for a UTI that I didn't know I had but turned up in the lab results from my last Dr appt. a few days ago. I expect/hope that will help as well.
I just got caught up. I've been sick. I'm doing somewhat better now. I had to get up early this morning. The roofers came.
They began tearing the old roof off. They took out all the damaged sheets of wood, and replaced them (only 2). (click on the image to get a larger pic, if you'd like)
They began getting the new roof on.
They cleaned up after themselves pretty good, before they left for the day. They'll be back again at 6:30 in the morning.
They will be done tomorrow afternoon.
They began tearing the old roof off. They took out all the damaged sheets of wood, and replaced them (only 2). (click on the image to get a larger pic, if you'd like)
They began getting the new roof on.
They cleaned up after themselves pretty good, before they left for the day. They'll be back again at 6:30 in the morning.
They will be done tomorrow afternoon.
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