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[Chickielady]

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Thankyou all for the stories.
I have not heard so much as a hurka hurka out of any of mine yet.
Another weird story:
You remember the 18 Plymouth Barred Rocks I got 4 or 5 months ago, to brood up for my brother...then his wife talked him out of it so I sold them about 2 weeks ago ?
Anyway, right off there was 2 roos...these were straight pullets from Del's...(yeah right)
Anyway, 2 beautiful roos, one with a more prominite comb development, and was shyer, I named Anthony, and the other smaller comb was Milton who was the more aggresive of the 2.
I named them after a gay couple I know and love...and so these two big boys went with the pullets to their new home.
Butt (there is that but again..)
I kept 2 for eggs...2 pullets, 4 1/2 months old, most definetly both little pullets, dwarfed by Milton and Anthony.
Straight tail feathers, erect...small pink wattles and combs...you know...PULLETS!!!
And I have had them with my big Cuckoos for several weeks now and yesterday noticed one really has a long, flowing curling down kind of a tail...feathers pointed, not blunt as a pullets', comb is bigger than the other too...and picking on the others a little...Dang !
How could a roo waite 5 months to start developement ?????
Everyday I look at her, him...he/she and wonder ?
Side by side with Milton and Anthony, this he/she pulletroo wanna be is way smaller, stick legs compared to the roos...way smaller.
Is it possibly a runtroo ???

Next time out there I will take a picture of the 2 barred rock pullets, and see what all of you think.

 

[Chickielady]

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Hope you are not allergic to chickens !
I have a hyper-active immunal system, called auto-immune disorder..and my immunal system is forever flipping out from what ever it feels like, stress, heat, moving, worry, WHEAT, cold, and living here greatly reduces my discomforts, love Washington !

Hope you are better soon.

Fantastic article Greg !!!!
I think everyone, even the valley princesses in California (everyone a Paris wannabe)should have to do chicken camp, and beef camp too !
If nothing else, it teaches us compassion, and respect for these wonderful creatures that walk the earth with us.

And lilrabbit ! What on earth happened ?!?!
So sorry for your loss !

I am allergic to either all day church meetings or the heat.

I would have to really

if I was allergic to my girls. I don't think I could go on with life...........

I had a dermetologist insist that I was allergic to my hens about 18 years ago...explaining all my blisters, exhaustion and rashes.
HA!
I finally was diagnosed with celiac disease 2 years ago..imagine, 54 years of intestinal abuse and no one knew...but everyone including my family still insist I am a hypocondiact and "make up" diagnosis of things I have.
I have been diagnosed by some of the best Drs in the west...for Raynaud's syndrom, Hashimotos Thyroiditis, Celiac Disease and may have Atkinson's working even as we speak.
You never know what to expect when the immunal system gets ticked off...
Still watching me for Lupus, and watching me for Crohn's as a wheat free diet is still not enough to calm down the system...so cortisone is not enough, have to prednisone every so often just to suppress the attack cells.
I am forever thankful my immunal system has not attacked anything really traumatic, like with MS or lymphoma...thank God !!!

I would not live without my critters either.

 

[Chickielady]

Tamara, Monicas, and LaSombra:
It looks like it will be the 23rd for picking up eggs/chicks and the roo for Zgoat lady.
Then the 24th I drive to Monroe, dropping off the roo in Enumclaw, and eggs/chicks in Duvall and picking up my cuckooroo !
OK ?
That said, you need to call backyardfarms and order eggs/chicks to be picked up by myself on the 23rd, OK ?

 

[justbugged]

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I am allergic to either all day church meetings or the heat.

I would have to really

if I was allergic to my girls. I don't think I could go on with life...........

I had a dermetologist insist that I was allergic to my hens about 18 years ago...explaining all my blisters, exhaustion and rashes.
HA!
I finally was diagnosed with celiac disease 2 years ago..imagine, 54 years of intestinal abuse and no one knew...but everyone including my family still insist I am a hypocondiact and "make up" diagnosis of things I have.
I have been diagnosed by some of the best Drs in the west...for Raynaud's syndrom, Hashimotos Thyroiditis, Celiac Disease and may have Atkinson's working even as we speak.
You never know what to expect when the immunal system gets ticked off...
Still watching me for Lupus, and watching me for Crohn's as a wheat free diet is still not enough to calm down the system...so cortisone is not enough, have to prednisone every so often just to suppress the attack cells.
I am forever thankful my immunal system has not attacked anything really traumatic, like with MS or lymphoma...thank God !!!

I would not live without my critters either.

I often wonder how doctors manage to diagnose anything.
I think sometimes I would almost rather have something like MS or lymphoma, because then people would not look at you like you are faking for the attention.
My daughter in Law has MS and I don't envy her at all. But she is a very tough girl that is not about to give up. I am proud of her, but the days when I am not up to doing things, and she is somewhat bullying me into things that I don't feel up, can just be plain hard to take. I end up feeling like I have to do things whether or not I am up to it or not. After all she is really sick and I am not. I am just in pain, and it doesn't seem to count because it's just "Fibromyalgia". That always translates to faker, or attention seeker. I would so rather have a quite life with my critters, than attention like that. I have so many interesting thing I could be doing if I had the energy and wasn't in so much pain. At least I know that this won't kill me, but there are days when I
think about wishing that it would kill me.
So I spent 3 days, at all day church meetings this weekend, because the very faithful, and the real very sick DiL was going to go come hell or high water. So just because I am crying from the pain doesn't mean that I count as being disabled. I had to drive her there and back. I got even sort of. I took my little dog with me, and used him as a service dog. Some of the friends still thought I was faking, and were sure that their allergies flared up because of my dog. The 5lbs dog has hair not fur, so he is considered hypo-allergenic.
Gosh I just need to buck and quit whining. I had a doctor that told me years ago that he wasn't interested in treating me unless I had a cold or a broken arm. I know it could be worse, but I am at a point where if it was worse, I sure wouldn't get very excited and seek treatment for it. I have learned that pain will not kill you unless you let it.

In the mean time I keep busy with the chickens and puppies. I also garden some. I am very self entertaining. So I try not to worry, and I am very good at making the best of things. I have been told that I am depressed and I should be taking drugs so many times. I know that the drugs are really bad for me. I seem to be allergic to them and have really gotten depressed on them. I also remember trying to be a very good depressed patient, and it was so depressing that I gave it up after three weeks, for more entertaining ideas like chickens. It's hard to be sad for very long while you watch the girls puttering around the yard.

 

[NWChicks]

Justubgged, that's a bummer that your family and friends aren't very supportive of you. I've got FM too but don't get the harassment as my mom and sister both have it as well. There are a couple of FM support sites on the web, you may want to join one of those for some support. I hate how you can be feeling rather human when out of the blue you just can't seem to manage getting off the couch.

Hang in there and go hug a chicken! (That's what I do. )

 

[Chickielady]

FM is it?
Or RA ?
You did not say, but either, it is awful !
And I completely understand how you can be treated !
I went to visit my Dad a week ago after a dental visit where I had a complete crown build up from a HUGE amalgam that broke and fell out...all me teeth are root canaled and crowned but that one.
He made a horrid remark in front of alot of people "That kid has had rotten teeth since she was little, she even had fillings and crowns on her baby teeth" And glared at me as if it were my fault..a child with rotten teeth all points to 1) disease or 2) poor parenting, so which was it I so wanted to ask him, but not in front of all those people.
Heck, I would not want to hurt him.
My mother still embarrasses me, a few weeks ago my sister came to visit and mentioned she too has had some tendon problems, and began to tell me when my mother burst in and said very loudly: "Don't tell her or she will get it too!" As if I invent all my "many" diseases
Oh you just have everything wrong with you !
She laughs, all in front of everyone.
"No Mom," I told her, "I only have 1 disease, auto-immune disease, which has many symptoms"
That threw her off, it was not very funny so she quit picking on me again.
I too get FM from time to time, and have to take alot of vitamins due to severly poor absorption, the vitamins are not absorbed either, so gotta get shots.
If I do not, I get muscle cramps and 'bone' pain and heart palpitations...so bad, and due to celiac disease, I cannot take any anti-inflammatories and very few pain meds or they cause the celiac symptoms...I can only take Propoxyphe (Darvocet)
So, I too entertain myself and and happy to be busy...but I sure want a tuna sandwich on squishy white wonderbread and a big pile of toll house cookies, right now.

And if I can't do something am in pain or too exhausted, I do not do it, still get a bit guilty, but hey, you can only do so much.
It is hard to say no sometimes, and I can stay locked away up on this mountain for weeks and be just fine

Hope you feel better, pushing yourself only makes it worse.

Rest !
Enough with the health issues.

I looked at the wannabe roo and still not convinced..can't be a roo~

 

[NWChicks]

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Sounds like a photo should be posted!

 

[TurtleChick]

i only have time to be a partial lurker today - busy busy busy.... grrrrr.... BUT i just wanted to say: i also have some sort of as-yet-undiagnosed auto-immune disorder. has been called "fibromyalgia" but fibromyalgia drugs didn't help the pain, go figure. i think fibromyalgia is a legit disease but since there is no definitive "test" alot of "we dunno what's wrong with you" folks like me get lumped in there too. stupid doctors.

just wanted to tell you guys i really appreciate you sharing your stories and difficulties because i am in the same boat. it's nice to be reminded i'm not alone!!! i am very fortunate to have a stupendously wonderful husband who is supportive but that doesn't help the guilt factor one iota... i'm also fortunate to have a next door neighbor who's daughter has juvenile ra - she's a great venting place (my poor husband feels so helpless when i cry and vent, sometimes i just can't burden him with my junk). i sincerely hope you all find some better support.... living with chronic pain, i say there is a new rule: we are excused from having to bite our tongues!!! parents say snotty things in mixed company???? say snotty things back!!! and some days - if the dirty dishes pile up and you're tired, well, they'll still be there tomorrow.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

Chickielady,

I emailed Backyard Farm yesterday and she responded briefly this morning as she was running out the door for work. I will ask her (beg!!!) if the 23rd will work for her. Now, are you planning on meeting her in Longview at the hospital? Because her work schedule is all over the place and if she is not scheduled to work that day it may not work.

I'll let you know when I hear back from her.

 

[Chickielady]

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yes siree !!!!