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[blueducklings]

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Wow...guess my 2 oz of milk just wasn't enough to create the blowouts.

I'm only getting 1 to 1.5oz per pumping right now.

I am eating a lot of salads, whole wheat bread, cheese.

I kind of graze throughout the day when I get a chance.

1.5 oz is enough to feed Audrey? Girl, you need some green papaya and peanut soup.

Get the milk flowing with more PSI.

Mine was too late cause my kid was on the solar lights for 2 days ans I did not know to pump. Duh. 2 oz for 6 months and teh well dried up....plus there was the teeth thing too. haha

 

[anniesmom]

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I got them from Greenfire Farms. They are the people who imported them just a year ago. The price has come way down in the past few months, fortunately for me!

That is where I saw them! And that was the current price. They sound like they are very hardy and have great personalities. Did you hatch these or buy them? BTW, I am on the North side of the lake too, just past the middle school, by the fire station.

I bought the chicks. I ordered 8 and they sent 9. All arrived very strong and healthy. I am very pleased.

 

[Kaneke]

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IFF-- big IF -- we are in the main house when we go back to Maui in late December/early January -- any and all are invited to come visit

three bedroom rambler, plus a studio-apt sized fully enclosed spa room that used to be a lanai


will depend on whether our current tenants have found alternative lodgings, otherwise we will be only in that spa room ourselves

don't have airline reservations yet, waiting to see what the deal is with DS ... and whether he can hold down the fort here while we go there

(supposedly decisions will be made in a couple of weeks)

I would love to go. Eat the lovely island fruits and soak up the warm sun.
Do your chickens "bite"?

the Maui chickens free range through the quarter acre back yard (full of fruit and nut trees)
and tuck themselves into the coop down at the cottage, at night

actually, long-term tenant Mary takes care of them .... I bought them and raised them for six weeks, then we had to leave so I routed them down to her

about the only things they bite, are roaches and centipedes ... the rest of the time they are stirring up leaves and minding their own business ... I think all the little roos went to another friend who likes to cook huli-huli chicken (rotisserie style)

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

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That is a gorgeous coop!!!! I love it!

Thanks! I get teased about it all the time - especially when I decorated it with holiday lights! - but it really is built out of junk wood!
New shingles and new hardware, the rest all salvaged.

 

[Ogress]

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I'm only getting 1 to 1.5oz per pumping right now.

I am eating a lot of salads, whole wheat bread, cheese.

I kind of graze throughout the day when I get a chance.

1.5 oz is enough to feed Audrey? Girl, you need some green papaya and peanut soup.

Get the milk flowing with more PSI.

Mine was too late cause my kid was on the solar lights for 2 days ans I did not know to pump. Duh. 2 oz for 6 months and teh well dried up....plus there was the teeth thing too. haha

What you can pump does not mean that is all she gets. I could fill bottles my first time, but with DS, I never got more than an ounce. (hmmmm .......... maybe that is why she was always hungry and cranky and took so long to grow)

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

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1.5 oz is enough to feed Audrey? Girl, you need some green papaya and peanut soup.

Get the milk flowing with more PSI.

Mine was too late cause my kid was on the solar lights for 2 days ans I did not know to pump. Duh. 2 oz for 6 months and teh well dried up....plus there was the teeth thing too. haha

What you can pump does not mean that is all she gets. I could fill bottles my first time, but with DS, I never got more than an ounce. (hmmmm .......... maybe that is why she was always hungry and cranky and took so long to grow)

I just couldn't agree more! Pumping didn't work for me but I breastfed successfully. Measuring would have driven me crazy and made me feel inadequate. If you don't have a good breastfeeding coach, find one. Heck, I've got 8 years of experience, you can ask me anything!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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1.5 oz is enough to feed Audrey? Girl, you need some green papaya and peanut soup.

Get the milk flowing with more PSI.

Mine was too late cause my kid was on the solar lights for 2 days ans I did not know to pump. Duh. 2 oz for 6 months and teh well dried up....plus there was the teeth thing too. haha

What you can pump does not mean that is all she gets. I could fill bottles my first time, but with DS, I never got more than an ounce. (hmmmm .......... maybe that is why she was always hungry and cranky and took so long to grow)

Yup. Pumping is a whole different thing than nursing, especially when you're first doing it.

I nursed mine for longer than average, but was at home the whole time- more at home than usual, even after the second one, because they "improved" the road by widening it without actually buying more right of way, and there was no shoulder at all, so it wasn't safe to push a stroller to the bus stop. The only time I pumped was when I was getting the elder started on solids and we mixed the food with breast milk- of course we started with carrots and it turns out he's terribly allergic to all Apicae, so he puked anyway...

 

[Ogress]

I bet CR is cringing with all this talk of pumps and breast milk - he couldn't handle the dirty diaper! He's probably hiding in his man cave now.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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I'm only getting 1 to 1.5oz per pumping right now.

I am eating a lot of salads, whole wheat bread, cheese.

I kind of graze throughout the day when I get a chance.

1.5 oz is enough to feed Audrey? Girl, you need some green papaya and peanut soup.

Get the milk flowing with more PSI.

Mine was too late cause my kid was on the solar lights for 2 days ans I did not know to pump. Duh. 2 oz for 6 months and teh well dried up....plus there was the teeth thing too. haha

Oh no. She eats 3 or 4oz per feeding, every 2-3 hours.

I supplement with formula. I have been drinking a ton of water but that doesn't seem to help. I just got done pumping and only got 1/2 oz.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

I never got much from pumping, but I BF mine with no problem (still am, and my 17 month old doesn't eat a lot of solids). I recommend Mother's Milk tea and oatmeal.