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[chickenjane82]

Just wanted to share my growing babies!!

 

[itsren]

Just wanted to share my growing babies!!

They're cute! Keep an eye on those guys - with that white fluff they stand out against the ground. They'd be an easy target for a hawk or owl.

 

[itsren]

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[justbugged]

Im so sorry... your having to deal with all that. Its tough dealing with ongoing pain. Im sorry about your rabbits too.. Ill keep you in my thoughts and hope for the best..

Justbugged.... I hope you feel better soon. You amaze me with all you have to take care of and how well you do it. Your yard and pens are wonderful. I don't know how you do it. I hope some day I'll be able to pull off a yard and garden half as beautiful as yours. You certainly gave me inspiration to do improve my barren, dried out looking yard. Sorry you had to get rid of the bunnies.

JNB.... that story was cute! Might I make a suggestion? Stop vacuuming your chickens! LOL!

Now, I'll go and stop hogging the thread.

So very sorry. I don't think a responsible physician would expect you to go seven months unmedicated, but all of them are once again under the cyclical pressure to make sure nobody is on any drug with abuse potential if they don't really, really need it. Pain warps everythig around it. I'm sorry your rabbit died (which used to be a joke, didn't it, back in the long-ago?) and that somebody who thought they were getting a squeaky toy got a Terrier instead. Anyone who thinks these are small things hasn't tried to bear them when already loaded to the breaking point.

My life is being warped by my own pain and mobility problems, but I think I could manage them if my husband was not in much worse shape; the small jobs he used to do now fall on my shoulders (putting dishes away, taking compost out, et'c) and the bigger jobs that were the young'uns before they moved out (taking garbage out, carrying heavy groceries, moving feed bags) fall to both of us, and we are not exactly in shape to benefit by the increased work-load. All I've lost lately is a flat of plants that got put under a tree that was infested with scale crawlers and doused with sugar-water, though.

It's a lot of why I haven't been online much, all I've felt like doing this summer is griping, and since reality was eager to give me reason (the water system and the refrigerator both died within two weeks of each other in August, for small example; the young woman who so ably helped me once a week cut back to once every two weeks and now says she's only available for five hours of that).

Fall always seems to be to be a time when the demands of summer back off a little and it's possible to get a handle on other stuff, but this year not so much.

Thank you all for the thoughtful, kind, and supportive words. I really think that the doctor thought that the specialist would be able to see me right away. Now I am hoping that the doctor in Federal Way can see me sooner than 7 months. I am very aware that some of the medications that I have been taking have the possible side effect of addiction. I would love to not take any drugs, but having tried most of the alternatives. There are way fewer side effects with what I have been taking. On the other hand the State of Washington has put limits on how much I can take. So I managed the best I can, and for the most part become rather able at living with a lot of discomfort. I am accustom to managing to keep things under control just enough to be able to function. If I had known that the prescription wasn't going to be renewed, I would have been able to tapper off of the drugs. I think that the hard part was dealing with stopping the drug abruptly. At least today has been better.

Ren thank you for the compliments on the garden. It's funny that most of the time all I see is what's not done, and what I still want to do with it. I have been working on the garden beds for nearly twenty years. I think that I have come to realize that the yard will always be a work in progress. I did break down and bought seeds for a winter ground cover. I really hope that it won't make the garden hard to till next spring.

Fall always seems to be to be a time when the demands of summer back off a little and it's possible to get a handle on other stuff, but this year not so much.

I am so sorry that you are both having to deal with such debilitating pain.

JB, this week is bad but next week I may be able to come over and can help you around the house if you like. I will PM you.
Stumpfarmer, I wish I were closer, I would love to help you out too!

I would love for you to come over when you can. I am sure that we find something to do while you're here. Maybe some of the rest of the group can join us.

 

[justbugged]

JNB I got a very good giggle out of your story. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Farmin Momma]

This gal is off to bed. I hope everyone is feeling good tomorrow and out of pain as well as everyones chickens that are hurt or sick I hope they are better tomorrow also. TTYL Night night!

 

[chickenjane82]

They're cute! Keep an eye on those guys - with that white fluff they stand out against the ground. They'd be an easy target for a hawk or owl.

If you look close, you can see a lttle human toe

They were never more than arms length away.

 

[hallerlake]

We just had a mini-crisis about an hour ago. I was in the house doing random thing x when I heard a commotion going outside. It was sudden and furious, some predator was out there. I raced out as fast as possible and roared as I charged down the hill. Didn't see anything leaving the general area. I found two of my favorite young ones pressed up against the back of the chicken house. Another was hiding in the garden.

My Pudge was nowhere.

We looked everywhere for her. We looked in every garden, all around our house, and around the fruit trees. We called everyone in for scratch, but at that point the two at the back of the house were hiding under the house and wouldn't come out. We found a bunch of black fluffy feathers right around there. I was sobbing and feeling absolutely horrible and mom was trying to comfort me. We passed by the chicken yard a few minutes later after some more searching and I saw what looked exactly like Pudge pecking at the scratch in the yard. IT WAS MY PUDGY GIRL!!

I grabbed her and gave her hugs despite her displeasure. We think it might have been a hawk. Either it tried to get someone just outside of the garden area behind the house or it went for someone actually in the garden. I have no idea how it actually played out since I didn't actually see anything. I don't know if the rooster did anything to discourage it or if he turned tail and ran. I'd like to think that he warned them and gave them a chance to run before it happened. Whatever the exact situation was, it ended with all of my girls being alive. This is a harsh lesson, but we're going to make the best of it!

As quiet as you are, I can't imagine you roaring!

I'm happy Pudge escaped with her life.

 

[Shyla-C]

Today was my first 2 egg day!

I got 1 brown and 1 blue!