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[itsren]

It's Fall y'all (which means most of the plants I intended to transplant should have been moved by now

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[VelvettFog]

OH!

I just went outside to get the paper and I felt a few rain drops. There does not look to be much moisture in the clouds coming from the west but even a little bit would be helpful for the fires!

 

[itsren]

OH!

I just went outside to get the paper and I felt a few rain drops. There does not look to be much moisture in the clouds coming from the west but even a little bit would be helpful for the fires!

Yay! We're misty right now, too, but we're on the "wet" side. I'm glad to hear your side has a little bit of moisture, too.

 

[FirewifeJess]

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Mr. Deeve- He's great! The next day he woke up with almost no trace of any stings at all, it was weird. Then 6 days later he got stung on the bottom of his foot after going outside barefoot when I told him to go put shoes on. Darn kid and those shoes! Do you sense a recurring them here? I think you probably told him to go put on shoes 10 times while you were here.

He seems to be quite innoculous to bee stings though!

Now that all the bees have been sufficiently murdered by DH, we're hoping for a bee-free fall.

Tilda is still the same. She can barely walk, hasn't eaten in 36 hours, and stopped drinking unless I syringe liquids into her. Stuff's still moving through her though because she's pooping yellow water and a teensy bit of solids. I'm just sick over her. How does one know if a chicken is truly suffering? If she's in a lot of pain we'll take care of her tonight; if not I think I'll wait her out. I just don't know the signs.

 

[itsren]

Jessica, are your other birds OK? Or is it just Tilda?

 

[FirewifeJess]

Jessica, are your other birds OK? Or is it just Tilda?

Just her! Everyone else is quite chipper and ****** off that I won't let them out of the run.

 

[itsren]

Does anyone have experience building a terrarium? I'm trying to find info. I'd like to put one together in my 10 gallon tank. I don't want animals in it - just plants. I'll light it with artificial light.

I'd like to add some indoor green to help me get through the winter. The winter always gets me down. I'm already feeling the blahs coming on with the lighting changes. Man, I sure hope I don't go into a molt... I'd like to keep the hair on my head.

I found this site that has a pretty good explanation on building the base layer: http://www.roughmorning.com/how-to-build-a-terrarium/

I'm trying to figure out what kind of plants to put together - that kind of info. Everything I've found so far seems to be rather simplified - quick explanations like the site above. Many of the sites state to make sure you have the right kind of plants together, but they don't get into detail about what kinds of plants actually go well together.

Somewhere I read I'd also need a fan?

Any suggestions???

 

[VelvettFog]

Mr. Deeve- He's great! The next day he woke up with almost no trace of any stings at all, it was weird. Then 6 days later he got stung on the bottom of his foot after going outside barefoot when I told him to go put shoes on. Darn kid and those shoes! Do you sense a recurring them here? I think you probably told him to go put on shoes 10 times while you were here.

He seems to be quite innoculous to bee stings though!

Now that all the bees have been sufficiently murdered by DH, we're hoping for a bee-free fall.

Tilda is still the same. She can barely walk, hasn't eaten in 36 hours, and stopped drinking unless I syringe liquids into her. Stuff's still moving through her though because she's pooping yellow water and a teensy bit of solids. I'm just sick over her. How does one know if a chicken is truly suffering? If she's in a lot of pain we'll take care of her tonight; if not I think I'll wait her out. I just don't know the signs.

That's a tough question to answer.

I mentioned a week or so back that I had a weasel attack. At least I think it was a weasel. Single wound on the head/neck. One dead hen, and one very weak hen. I really thought that I would have to put her down. But I isolated her in the 'hospital'. I provided free access to both food and water, but really did not try and force her to eat or drink. After a day or so her eyes were both swollen shut, so I had to help her find the water. The first time or two I had to dip her beak in the water cup. Then I was able to just put the lip of the cup under her chin and she would drink. A few more days pass and I can tell that she's contracted some type of URI. I do a little research, reach out to some very knowledgeable friends and put some Denagard in her water.

Two or so weeks have gone by. The eyes are open, nostrils are clearing up and she's eating. (She hadn't eaten a think for 7-10 days) Boy does she go after the dried mealworms, and she's never seen them before. I think another week or two in the hospital and she'll be ready to return to Gen-Pop.

What I took from this experence is that the bird knows what the bird needs to do (eat or drink) and it is my job to make sure she has those things available. I did not add the antibiotic until I knew for sure what I was treating her for.

I think one mistake I did make was lighting. In my shop, unless the lights are on it is dark, even in the day time. Now she's under timed lights. I think that made a difference because it is dark enough that I think all she did was sleep. Maybe that was good for her early on when her injury was still fresh, but maybe that much sleep kept her from eating/drinking.

Bottom line - if you feel the right thing to do is end her misery, I don't think that is a mistake.

Do the best you can with what you know at the time. (I try to live by that)

Good luck,

Mr. Deeve.

 

[itsren]

Just her! Everyone else is quite chipper and ****** off that I won't let them out of the run.

Can you scoop up the dead bees and run a sprinkler over the area where your husband put poison for a while?

 

[FirewifeJess]

That's a tough question to answer.

Bottom line - if you feel the right thing to do is end her misery, I don't think that is a mistake.

Do the best you can with what you know at the time. (I try to live by that)

Good luck,

Mr. Deeve.

Thanks for all of that! For now I think she's doing OK-ish so I will allow her to rest in the crate. She's in a small dog crate with a wire door, like a pet caddy. I have shavings in there and a short glass of water, and a shallow dish of food hung on the door. She knows where they are. Question is how long DH will allow me to have a chicken in the house and baby her. I am going to keep syringing water in her, but maybe I don't need to do it quite so often. Yesterday I think I gave her 5-10 syringe fulls every 1-2 hours. Maybe I will just stick to trying every 3-4 hours today and keep the water/food in there. I think I'll cull if she stops passing poo/water. That would be miserable.