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[RustyHen]

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does he have you on his GPS?

I believe he does!!

My DH's Mom had a pacemaker put in 15 years ago that could dial the surgeon on cell phone no matter where he was, if 'it' detected a low battery or any arithmia...very cool.
Then they replaced it with a new model last year, and she died a week later of massive staph infection, very uncool.
They should have made the unit 'detect' infection, heat from an infection..in some way?

 

[ReiMiraa]

well it got cold at home last night.

boyfriend told me we have a dead chicken.

he sent me a photo. its intact. its one of my hybrid roosters i made. its a brahma x barred rock.

i am waiting for him to tell me more about it. to check if its neck is broken or if there are any punctures....

In the off chance that it got in a fight with another rooster what injuries should i look for?? (never had roosters kill before)

there are not very many lose feathers around it... its feathers are a bit ruffled.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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First eggs are always funn. I have had several lay on the ground and even some outside. But it seems like over time they figure it out.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Totally and can REALLY mess things up. Remember you are making decisions for two right now and one can't tell ya thier opinion.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Aint much better here 38 and heavy nasty cold foggy. I really need to get out side but am having a bit of trouble convincing myself that it is worth leaving the side of the wood stove. Hey somebody gotta keep the stove comfy right????

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Japanese maple do come in both smooth and lace leaf.

 

[KMHunter]

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X2!

 

[RustyHen]

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I think that every case of Fiobro is different just like every person is so I can only tell you about mine. I was diagnosed in 1994. After many kinds of treatment from different Dr's I turned to alternative med. they told me that if I was allergic to certain foods it would cause inflammation internaly like hay fever makes your eyes itch and you sneeze. I did allergy testing with them, found I was allergic to alot of foods, went on a diet that used only foods that I did not normally eat,and was not allergic to. Did this for about 6 months. then I could start to add back but only very rarely one ,at a time,those that I showed reaction to. I worked for me! Now I can tell the next day if I have eaten someting I should not, painful stiff joints, fever, poor vision, mind fog and (poor spelling) I have fallen and broken both ankles at the same time-don't ever do that- and now both wrists. I have been having a terrible time since I broke my left wrist in July and had to have a SSteel plate put in, I am begining to wonder if the plate is causeing some kind of "inflamation itself".I also have RA and secondary sjogrens syndrome. Autoimune

My ex-SiL had it bad.
Following a severe car accident where she was T-boned & crushed some leg bones, fractured neck, and into the hospital in some sort of traction for a week, then in the home in bed for weeks.
We discussed it, as I had recently come down with it also.
I just fell & tore all ligaments in my knee, and a few weeks later had my hysterctomy.
I was hurting!!
She had researched it & belonged to "groups" and she told me it is likely caused by 2 things..
1) A total shock to the system
and 2) instant hospitalization was found to produce extremely low D levels, preventing Calcium/phosporous uptake and that can greatly effect joints.
It was at that time all in research, about 5 years ago.
Since then, I have recovered.
But if I get any wheat gluten in me, og boy!!
I have a hard painful time just trying to bend my fingers.
Nausea, Vomiting the "trots"

..Abdominal bloating & CHILLS, shaking wracking chills..and I can do nothing but lay down.
Right where I am.
Every joint is screaming & swollen.
My hyper active auto immune system goes crazy & attacks the entire gastro system from mouth to the other end.
Burning itching like strept throat from mouth (even nasal systems) to the other end.
Asthma, and heaviness!
I can barely breath, it is an effort & I have NO energy whatsoever & usually sleep 20 hrs round the clock from day 1 to day 4 or 5.
During the following first week, the intestinal lining, now fired by the immunal system, is expelled.
I cannot digest much of anything so can only eat gatorade & jello.
The second week I start feeling better and can introduce some foods without much fiber..rather like introducing foods to an infant.
I can almost do a few chores now, and welts/derma grafica & itching/mouth sores (cold sores) and dermititis herpetiformis are crusting over & healing.
Week three, joints stop swelling & I can bend fingers again..start feeling better and have some energy.
Week four, I am back to "normal" and feeling "dynamic" with energy again.
Lately, every bout with wheat exposure has been increasingly violent to the point where I may go straight away to the hospital next time for a prednesone treatment to calm the immunal attack down, before it does so much damage that I will not recover.
Already I bleed too much, too long when simply scratched.
My simple country doc has suggested I go get A,K, B & iron shots..maybe even up to 1 X a week.
(NO WAY!!!!!

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It seems the lining in my colon has been scarred so many times that absorption is getting difficult no matter how well I eat...***Sigh!***
I hate prednisone, can induce both Manic behavior and drug induced diabetes in me.
Has happened before.
But it may be better than the auto immune attack.

Thank you CL for describing the inflamation I was refering to, mine is simular but not as sever as yours, I am going to get a appointment with a Fibro Clinic in Tri-cities soon, see what new treatment has come up. I hate to go to Dr's that laugh when you say Fibro.

I want to trade places with them for a few weeks, see what they think then. When I think back I wonder if this was about the time they started to geniticly engineer wheat and corn. (sp)

 

[NightsInWhiteSilkies]

Hello Washingtonians!
I work in Portland but actually recently moved and now live in Vancouver,Washington so am so used to saying Portland. lol...
My question is can someone steer me in a direction of someone who builds coops for 3 chochins. They are 4 weeks old now but Ive been looking online for coops and did find this one nice and thought to buy it to get them in it when the time comes and maybe have a more sturdier one built of just build one now before their ready to go outside.
Would you say this would be a good coop for them to live in permanently? I found the link on the coop section of here when I was looking yesterday.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056GYP4K...e=asn&creative=395105&creativeASIN=B0056GYP4K

Also can one of you pleaaaaaaaaaase be my chicken mentor in helping me with questions.
Im lost and a bit overwhelmed with this and didnt realize how much knowledge there is to knowing to raising healthy chickens.
I would very much appreciate someone I could pm to ask a question or 5.....

Thankyou so much

 

[AriLovesChickens]

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What is it called? I see there's a "fibro and fatigue" clinic in Seattle - haven't been there though.