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[Chickielady]

who calls you araucana police ?

Although that is funny...look at post # 13646 Illia !
And what does this person feed her birds to make them low cholesteral ?
And Illia how are you guys doing out on the coast ?
We are hunkerd down here !!!

 

[Chickielady]

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The "flu shot" is actually weakened virus from several strains of flu that the Center For Disease Control (CDC) THINKS we may get this winter...so they manufacture that group of vaccines, and distribute it.
There is MILLIONS of influenza strains, and if one comes along that you are NOT vaccinated for in your flu shot, you will get sick.
You cannot be vaccinated for every flu strain...there is millions and as typical character of viruses, they can 'morph' and change and every time they do, your body has to immune against it all over again.
Viruses can morph...the strains can change constantly.
That is why they not only stay 'alive', but they can morph and bridge from animal flus to human flus (ZOONOSES)
The flu shot you had last year, maybe the same as this year only the bugs signature has morphed a bit and now looks like a different bug to your immunal system, and you must be immunized against that bug again...hope this helps explain.
There is not just A flu, there are hundreds, and each has alot of strains...the flu you got was probably one that was not in your flu shot.

I wanted to remark regarding my back comment on the Flue shot....Mine was said in jest. I am aware of all the information that was pointed out....I worked 15 years in medical records in a local clinic and hospital. It was actually a friend, who is a RN, who had never got a flu shot....she got one....got the flu. Of course it was some other strain or whatever the reason...she just thought it was ironic that the one year she gets the shot...she gets the flu. Again....my comments were all in jest, fun, humor, jolly, sarcasm....etc.

and so glad you and yours are doing better

 

[pongoid]

Hello fellow Washingtonians,

Hope you Coastal people fared well. I live on Lake Tapps and it was mostly drizzle. At night there were some high winds evidenced byt the trash cans being strewn about but mostly it was mild compared to Chicago (my home town) and South DaKota (my wife's home) standards.

Both Chicago and South Dakota can get 80mph winds and -25 F temps, so with windchill its like -50.
South Dakota gets to 120 in July and Chicago gets to 100 with 110% humidity...so overall, Seattle is pretty nice.

 

[Imp]

Hi Pongoid.
Hope you are feeling better.
You are right about the weather here, mostly pretty mild. I was in Chicago(actually Downer's Grove) about 4 years ago and experienced one of those famous thunder/lightening storms. Way too cool.
You won't see winter temps get below about 0 and that would be rare. But do keep in mind that this area is all hills, and with a little bit of snow traffic comes to a screeching halt, so keep your car & home prepared.

Russ

 

[DIYSeattle]

Ive never had a flu shot and I get the flu about once every 5 years or so. I dont get the kids a flu shot either, they dont get sick very often either. Im not so sure I believe everything that big pharma tells us. I 'm sure that there are people that trust big corporation, big government, and big pharma, to look out for their own best interest, and Im sure that by them making billions of dollars off of us makes then really want to care for and help us out. I just dont get flu shots.

 

[whidbey]

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Hi Pongoid
Welcome to WA, great place to be after IL and SD. Where in South Dakota were you. Did you have chickens out there
Hope you get over the pesky bug
From North Dakota so know what the weather change is like back east 100 one hour then 32 the next with snow
Have a good one and welcome
Mark

 

[TrystInn]

I'm not sure how vaccinations have become the bogey man of the conspiracy set, but they have.

Today's flu vaccination is dead, aka non-producing virus. Not weakened, dead. The three types (2 A strains and 1 B strain) are chosen on a fairly scientific basis based upon the flu making the rounds in China during the summer. Once these flu strains are identified, the vaccinations are made. It takes several months for the viruses from China to make their way across the globe to us and in that time, companies scramble to create enough flu vaccine to protect us. That is how they are selected - we are part of a global family and what they get across the world, we get in due time.

In the 20th century, three huge flu pandemic outbreaks killed tens of millions of people. Its a serious consideration. Don't be a statistic.

 

[hallerlake]

My husband used to be an architect. Hated it. A lot of hours for very little money. He's an art and antiques appraiser now.

The funny thing is Hubby and I were both in the art history department at the UW at the same time, and never met. It took Match.com to bring us together.









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That is a COOL house!!!

Too funny, DH and I met in college, both of us have a BA of Arch. as well as a BA of Fine Arts. Neither of us ever got licensed though. I stopped working when my oldest was 2 1/2. DH went another direction with his career.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I had a Sam also ( her name was Sam). She was a rough Collie and was in my life for 13 year. She came into my life when I was 19. Her and I would cruise for chicks (not the feather chicks) in my Pontiac convertible, go to the drive-in movies, go car hopping at the junk yard and from time to time I would take her to work. People knew Sams name but not mine. Even thou she passed away in 98 like you I still cry for her.

So sad, huh ?
I like my new pup but he has a hard act to follow...and so far (we have had him 8 months now ?) he is DH's dog, not mine.

3 or 4 years before Sam passed away we had bought another rough Collie, Meshia. She was nothing like Sam. She also made it to 13 years before she passed. It was hard on the whole family, but hardest on our two boys who were born after we had bought Meshia. It was a couple of years before we bought a dog again. We bought 2 Border Collies pups. They are 1 1/2 years old now.

 

[hallerlake]

"As we age, we were not meant to drink milk, we are meant to be weaned as all other mammals are...so our gut production of the enzymes necessary to digest lactose slows or stops, and if we drink over the amount of lactose, we get gasey...and can bloat."

That depends on one's ethnic background. Some cultures have had various kinds of milk as a staple in their diet for several millenia. People in those cultures generally have the enzymes to digest milk. People who did not, tended to die without issue. I have no problems with milk. My ancestors drank it. My first husband, was Korean. Milk has never been a staple in their diet. He couldn't drink milk without getting gassy.

I gave my son, who was allergic to both cow and soy formula, goat milk once. He immediately threw it up. I never tried that again. He can eat cheese. The fermentation process seems to help break down the milk protein.









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It is not the lactose most are allergic or sensitive to, but the casein, or milk protien.
Lactose intolerant just means your body cannot manufacture enough lactase enzyme to digest the amount of milk you are consuming,,and as adults we slow in this production and consequently get gasey as the milk sugars ferment in the gut instead of being digested...so we get gasey, and we are all different.
DH here can drink milk for breakfast, have cheese for lunch, and ice cream for dessert, and has no issue, but I cannot.
My gut does not manufacture hardly any enzymes to break down and digest lactose or the milk protein casein, so I BLOAT the a whale and get so gasey I cannot believe it.
Children usually have little problem digesting milk, they are children and are meant to drink milk...it is as we age that our gut slows or stops manufacturing lactase, or otherwise known as the enzymes needed to digest lactose, which is milk sugar.
As we age, we were not meant to drink milk, we are meant to be weaned as all other mammals are...so our gut production of the enzymes necessary to digest lactose slows or stops, and if we drink over the amount of lactose, we get gasey...and can bloat.
From what Poultry Digest and several other poultry breeders have said, chickens have little enzymes to break down this same protein.
They were not designed to drink milk, they are not mammals.
And so they believe these birds will get diareah if fed dairy products.
I have not seen this article, so do not know if that is true or not.
I give my birds cottage cheese once a week or so...they love it and I have not seen any digestive upset from it.