Toddlers are Quackers

[kajira]

I wasn't going to say anything, but you kind of brought it up.
I have had migraines since I was a small child. I have never had a seizure that anyone knows of. At this very moment, I kind of wonder if fracturing my skull at 13 months didn't have something to do with it? However, I seriously doubt it.
My sister that is a year older than me, does suffer from seizures. There were a few thoughts as to when they began and why she has them. One question that the doctor asked my sister, was if anyone suffered from migraines? It turns out that had we known 30+ years ago what we know today, I would've been diagnosed for my migraines. And, my sister's seizures may not have become as severe had she gotten proper treatment sooner. Had we known that my migraines were connected to seizures, she could have been aware of the signs.
I often wonder if certain things that happened to me or actually seizures? I don't care enough to go through testing though.

I don't want to take seizure meds, so i'm content to live with symptoms and treat with tylonal and caffeine and a nap/ice packs.

We have no history of seizures in our family that we know of, but almost ALL child-bearing age women in my family get migraines and they stop after menopause for most of them.

 

[Bantambird]

Yes, acupuncture is really awesome... and expensive. When we saw the acupuncturist, he worked DH over for several weeks with a marked difference, but it was 130$ a pop, and 2-3 times a week with 1 1/2 hour sessions each time. The guy was great, but he laid it out for us, saying that DH would possibly need at least a year like this before anything was permanent, due to his totally messed up nerve pathways. And even that wasn't guaranteed, as he had never seen such nerve damage in 50 years of practice. It was out of our pay grade, and insurance won't cover.

 

[MayhemMarr]

We candle incubator eggs because we have to check for air cell growth, and unlike a broody, we don't know if an egg is a dud.
If you candle a broody's eggs, you risk her leaving the nest because of too many interruptions. Not to mention, we can; contaminate the egg with our dirty hands, drop the egg, crack it with the flashlight, or toss one we mistake as bad.
Okay!
I will chatter about them later.
As long as they are happy, and leaving you alone!

what it she doesn't push out the bad eggs? I only check her next when she is already up.
That is exactly it i put on some Netflix and call it good all I end up carrying about is the shushness of them

 

[BullChick]

Yes, acupuncture is really awesome... and expensive. When we saw the acupuncturist, he worked DH over for several weeks with a marked difference, but it was 130$ a pop, and 2-3 times a week with 1 1/2 hour sessions each time. The guy was great, but he laid it out for us, saying that DH would possibly need at least a year like this before anything was permanent, due to his totally messed up nerve pathways. And even that wasn't guaranteed, as he had never seen such nerve damage in 50 years of practice. It was out of our pay grade, and insurance won't cover.

With the things insurance covers-used to before "someone" interfered- I thought it was covered.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

If you felt like running away to Montana, my folks have a small 2 bedroom place coming up for rent next spring/ summer when the current tenant leaves for college. It has enough room for chickens outside, although there is no chicken house currently. It gets cold here though, even where we are at it will get to -30, sometimes -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

sounds cold

what it she doesn't push out the bad eggs? I only check her next when she is already up.
That is exactly it i put on some Netflix and call it good all I end up carrying about is the shushness of them

she should know, but only time will tell

 

[Bantambird]

It's a dry cold at least, we only get 12-15 inches of rain a year average. Semi arid high mountain plains.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

It's a dry cold at least, we only get 12-15 inches of rain a year average. Semi arid high mountain plains.

oh, not us LOL

 

[fisherlady]

what it she doesn't push out the bad eggs? I only check her next when she is already up.
That is exactly it i put on some Netflix and call it good all I end up carrying about is the shushness of them

I don't pull broody eggs till after day 10 if I even get a chance to candle at all. By then there is obviously darker area with developing eggs, unless they are really, really dark shelled.

 

[BullChick]

A summary of Ducks 101:
Ducks need water in their mouth to eat. Okay, not like cereal and milk. More like cookies and milk. Cookies are best dunked in milk, but you can take a bite of cookie and then drink milk. Even if you don't do it that way, you get my point.
A duck must be able to clean its nostrils with water. Throughout the day, they need to wash their eyes too. That is why nipple watering systems don't really work for ducks. Though IMO they are fine inside the coop overnight.
Sally has pictures of a milk jug cut the right way for ducks. They can get their heads in, but not their bodies. My ducklings knocked them over. So, I laid a half gallon juice container on its side, and cut a hole. The ducklings need to be tall enough to reach in. Maybe three weeks.
Take a dog dish and a gallon jug. Cut a hole in the jug about two inches below the top of the dog dish. Fill the jug through the hole, leaving the cap on. Place right side up in dog dish. Instant waterer, and the ducks can't climb in.
Use any jug and bowl to adjust to the brooder.
Ducklings can't stay in water long. They lack the water proofing oil that makes them float. Mom wipes hers on them.
Male ducks of most breeds get tail feather curls around three months.

 

[Bantambird]

I had geese as a kid. A pair of them, and we ate their goslings for Christmas dinner every winter. Did you know goose lard makes the softest, most bestest baking powder biscuits? We cooked the goose over a turkey, and that made for a self basting turkey with delicious fat infused crispy skin.