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[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

I got a bad feeling that one of the BCM I got may be egg bound. She was not in the coop tonight, so I went and picked her up and put her inside. She was in the little girl's run. She has a swelling around her hind end, about what would feel like an egg size. I do not yet know all the correct verbage for poultry anatomy, so I apologize. I will check her again in the morning. Could she just not have layed an egg and it is still there. Unfortunately, she is the one that is being a bit picked on longer by my BR bitties. But they were all free ranging, she could have gone anywhere and layed the egg. Her craw (sp?) was full, so she has been eating. I will check her again in the morning. I have been reading up on what I need to do, so if you think she is egg bound, I won't be able to help her until tomorrow evening. bathe her, etc. Mineral oil . Any thoughts? I don't know how really to explain what it is that I felt.

 

[blueducklings]

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I would storm down to the school district office with your hubby and make a lot of noise...and contact your school counsel member as well. This is outrageous. They are responsible for the safety of the child first & foremost. No excuses, scooter or no scooter.

Not Yet - the school office closes at 4:30 and it was nearly 5 when we got home. DH and I will go to the district office firt thing in the AM. I am writing a letter now that I will e-mail and bring in in case I am still so mad that I can't speak. My blood is still boiling, so I am reading happy posts to try and keep from shaking.

I don't have a photo from today, but this is from earlier in the year, and the street looked much the same: Thank God she never made it that far! her bus usually arrives at 10 after 4, she called at 3:58. If she were late, I would have assumed that it was because the bus took the back route due to the floods. She comes home quite late then, as she is dropped off at a different school to take their bus, they drop all those kids off, and then take her in the back way, and she gets hom at 4:40 when the road is flooded. I don't like thinking of what could have happened in the mean time had she not stopped at the gas station.
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I asked her for more details before she went to bed and it gets worse. She told the duty in charge that she was going to ride her scooter home (new duty who we don't know - she does not know where we live. Usually the principal is out overseeing the lines, but he was out this afternoon). Duty told her to go slow since the weather was terrible. She decided to go by my work in case I was still there (she forgot it is Wednesday and she had her harp lessons ... I leave early on Wednesdays to tune the beast). The man she saw was NOT my boss. He was some guy smoking a cigarette outside of a bar between the school and my office! (the smoking area is the sidewalk that she would have to pass on). He asked her what she was doing out in such terrible weather and told her that little girls should not be riding scooters in such weather. Then he told her he thinks he knows who she is. She said she did not talk to him, but kept going. She assumed he was my boss becasue I told her he is tall, old, has grey hair and reeks of cigarettes but he is very nice and he likes to talk.

After you get all this cleared up...consider getting her a cell phone. It has bailed my son out a few times. When in doubt, call mom. He has had a phone since K. I make him bring it to school. It is turned off. Juast there if he needs to call mom. Just cost me $5 a month via T-mobile family plan. With that rate, my MIL & mom has them too. Life saver...especially when mom is running late & he needs to stay clam.

Good investment.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Thank you....and you are 5 ahead of me...You are a pro compared to me.

 

[blueducklings]

Did I mention nothing hatched on my first try?

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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That may be where I am at too....I just don'e know. I candled them tonight with what I had and found the ones that were definitely not fertile....the others...we will just wait and see.

 

[RedReiner]

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oooooooh I would be livid! that is not right and no way would the school and bus driver get off lightly!! glad she made it home ok.

RR, how are things your way? My tv program was interrupted by one of those warnings about the river flooding in Monroe. Are you guys doing okay? Are you high enough so your property isn't threatened?

oh I am waay up on a hill! I can get cut off from town but thats rare. I am fighting flooding in my barns from run off though.... I really like where I live, no big rivers up here. appreciate that you asked! I really hope everyone is ok too, WA4h mom might come home to being cut off from her driveway!

 

[ReiMiraa]

-sigh- i need to go shower and try to unwind... i am too hyper from everything i have learned... and i am staring at this plant wanting it to grow faster so i can start propagating it. scientists see this a lab rat. i see it as the perfect ornamental grape. i am one of the few people outside of research with this plant... now if only i can get my hands on a new breed of chicken..... i don't think WSU has a chicken breeding program... they do have an apple one but that is a closely guarded secret.

too excited... don't think i have ever been this excited about a plant....

 

[blueducklings]

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RR, how are things your way? My tv program was interrupted by one of those warnings about the river flooding in Monroe. Are you guys doing okay? Are you high enough so your property isn't threatened?

oh I am waay up on a hill! I can get cut off from town but thats rare. I am fighting flooding in my barns from run off though.... I really like where I live, no big rivers up here. appreciate that you asked! I really hope everyone is ok too, WA4h mom might come home to being cut off from her driveway!

Is it safe to go to Monroe feed tomorrow? I promised my DS the reptile zoo after mommy gets a bag of feed.
I don't have a boat...not yet. Just a car.

 

[RedReiner]

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oooooooh I would be livid! that is not right and no way would the school and bus driver get off lightly!! glad she made it home ok.

The school bus does not even drive over the floodwaters, they take them in around the back side up Cedar Falls Road when it floods. I'm going to write a letter this evening and bring it to the principal, the superintendant and whoever is in charge of the busses. There was a communication breakdown somewhere. I can't image anyone would say it is okay for her to go home by herself! If I have a letter, they will have it in writing and can't brush it off.

I hope tomorrow is better for you, they can not ever let that happen again. They better consider themselves lucky you had time to compose yourself before you let loose on them. man thats scarey!!

 

[RedReiner]

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oh I am waay up on a hill! I can get cut off from town but thats rare. I am fighting flooding in my barns from run off though.... I really like where I live, no big rivers up here. appreciate that you asked! I really hope everyone is ok too, WA4h mom might come home to being cut off from her driveway!

Is it safe to go to Monroe feed tomorrow? I promised my DS the reptile zoo after mommy gets a bag of feed.
I don't have a boat...not yet. Just a car.

coming from ?? woodinville? yeah take 522 it should be ok. I expect duvall to flood here shortly and roads to close, the news says by friday MAJOR flooding from carnation to snohomish.