The Quack Shack

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It just seized up out of nowhere. Did this a few years ago too in the middle of the night and I thought I might actually be dying or have appendicitis or something so I went to the ER and they did a ton of tests including a CAT Scan and came up with nada.

So, just a really aggressive muscle spasm out of nowhere that locks up my whole lower back for three weeks. Last time they didn't even offer physical therapy, at least this time they have.

Oh, and she still hasn't replied. Is making posts on Facebook just fine but won't acknowledge my message.

Oh well. If the pig comes over again, it's gonna be bacon sooner than they planned.

I had cramps/spasms in my legs a while ago. Doc found out that my Calcium and Potassium levels were too low and gave me a prescription. - Didn't help! Later i figured out that Niacin helps with cramps and spasms too. - I mean it also helps little ducklings grow into feisty ducks…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I guess I am getting petty, but if they don't even acknowledge the damage, I would send a bill. The mannual labour alone for repairs would be over $700 aus, so over $1000us. Okay if an animal gets out by accident once and reeks havoc its fine if the owners are truely apoligetic about it and do everything to prevent it happening again, but if it gets out, they know and don't stop it and just let it run wild, it's unlikely it just goes to your place (if you have other neighbours around), its probably raided the whole neighbourhood. Maybe follow up with pictures if you haven't sent any yet?

Some people are very resistant to learning…
Been there with two neighbors who let their dogs run free. One neighbor got into trouble with the DNR (dog killed wild birds) the others are working for the police and i don't want to be in trouble, but the thorny shrubs in this part of my property have miraculously multiplied. As if somebody had bent down branches and dug them in…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Ok things are really getting strange with Lizzy. She was in the upside down all night last night. It took three tries to get her up this morning and she was just crawling around. Then I found an egg, an adult egg. And she's now running around. She's 10 weeks old. I know she's abnormal but an egg? She started quacking at two weeks but this is beyond strange.

Do you have a lamp in your coup? - I read somewhere that total darkness can cause disorientation or spasms in birbs.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Hillbilly I need some instruction on spoiler

Sorry, got pulled into a severity one ticket yesterday…
Very simple:
You type (replace the round parenthesis with square ones:
(SPOILER="Buttontext")This is the text you want to hide(/SPOILER\)

And it looks like this:

Spoiler: Buttontext

This is the text you want to hide

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Hello
Forgot to post this yesterday:
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What a yellow orangeish bill! - What do they get to eat? My ducks get this color in their bills and legs when i feed them cabbage or kale - or they break into the veggie garden and…

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

She's had a heat lamp since she never feathered out and there is a shop lamp which I'm not allowed by the other ducks to turn off subject to duck riot. She's doing great today. Up running around has preened herself. This is most puzzling. If my hubby is telling the truth, she started laying at 8 1/2 weeks which corresponds with her decline. so she gets really bad, lays A big egg and is good for a few days. I am still 50% that I'm being pranked.

 

[Summer_]

What a yellow orangeish bill! - What do they get to eat? My ducks get this color in their bills and legs when i feed them cabbage or kale - or they break into the veggie garden and…

Mostly their feed, which they actually eat Now. I give celery or peas as treats, and we recently got some mustard greens for them (although they don’t really seem to like them).

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Good Morning and Evening Everyone.

I take magnesium every night it also helps with leg cramps.

During the hot weather, when i sweat a lot working outside, i usually take salt-sticks to replenish my mineral losses. Those contain all kinds of minerals from Sodium over Potassium to Calcium and Magnesium.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

She's had a heat lamp since she never feathered out and there is a shop lamp which I'm not allowed by the other ducks to turn off subject to duck riot. She's doing great today. Up running around has preened herself. This is most puzzling. If my hubby is telling the truth, she started laying at 8 1/2 weeks which corresponds with her decline. so she gets really bad, lays A big egg and is good for a few days. I am still 50% that I'm being pranked.

Yeah, there is a faint led light in the duck house here too. Whenever the power goes out here, the ducks are quacking down the seconds before the generator kicks in. I assume i will have to build a new duck house if the generator fails…
Maybe another duck is pranking you? - On second thought, don't try to hatch that egg, maybe a raptor will hatch and start to take over the planet again…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Happy Thursday to everybody!​

Miserable here! - It is raining so hard, that water is running down the hill.
And i have migraines…