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[kwhites634]

Ha! Wasn't it you that pointed out my use of "alot"??





Dawww

I found those deer you were talking about the other day. Sitting here at the laptop about an hour ago watching a pair of fawns nibble their way up the edge of the woods, 20' from the back door.

 

[Debs Flock]

FWIW.... Mercury was used in the felting process.... and yes mercury poisioning was the cause for Hatters to be mad....

I know many eschew the use of Wikipedia but here is the description

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erethism

Bless you!

Lookit what I just bought

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Nice! Love it!!

View attachment 1134172 Okay, so the speckled sussex with the rock solid crop...she's still with us, miraculously. I still think there is a blockage somewhere, but we brought her in to put her on a very soft food diet (yogurt, runny scrambled egg, olive oil, almond milk/oatmeal, Nutri Drench) thinking we might be able to get something to go through. She did one regular looking poop last night and her comb and wattles are still red, which are good. The odd thing is how her crop, that is now more soft than it was, really feels full of little rocks (chicken food would have long ago decomposed). I am wondering if her blockage began as a small problem, so she just kept ingesting little rocks like normal, but over time they just couldn't pass through any more.
Without some sort of surgical intervention, I don't forsee much hope for her - unless whatever is causing the blockage is something that will gradually decompose.
I guess I am wondering if we should keep limping her along - the poor thing is very thin - or when/if we should put her down. I know it's ultimately my decision, just give me an "If I were you" thought or two.

Gee, sorry, I know nothing about chickens. Sorry she's not well.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

View attachment 1134172 Okay, so the speckled sussex with the rock solid crop...she's still with us, miraculously. I still think there is a blockage somewhere, but we brought her in to put her on a very soft food diet (yogurt, runny scrambled egg, olive oil, almond milk/oatmeal, Nutri Drench) thinking we might be able to get something to go through. She did one regular looking poop last night and her comb and wattles are still red, which are good. The odd thing is how her crop, that is now more soft than it was, really feels full of little rocks (chicken food would have long ago decomposed). I am wondering if her blockage began as a small problem, so she just kept ingesting little rocks like normal, but over time they just couldn't pass through any more.
Without some sort of surgical intervention, I don't forsee much hope for her - unless whatever is causing the blockage is something that will gradually decompose.
I guess I am wondering if we should keep limping her along - the poor thing is very thin - or when/if we should put her down. I know it's ultimately my decision, just give me an "If I were you" thought or two.

Sorry she having problems. I've never delt with any crop issues so I have no advice on that. But if quality of life has become a worry, and your gut is telling you it's not good, follow your gut, it's your best friend! Hope someone else has some doable advice and she pulls through....

 

[Debs Flock]

Sorry she having problems. I've never delt with any crop issues so I have no advice on that. But if quality of life has become a worry, and your gut is telling you it's not good, follow your gut, it's your best friend! Hope someone else has some doable advice and she pulls through....

Look at my pretty girl, Willow, trying to be a mama.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Look at my pretty girl, Willow, trying to be a mama.

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Oh wow!!!! I can't wait till my calls start laying, hope they'll hatch some littles!
Keep us posted!!!!

 

[Debs Flock]

Oh wow!!!! I can't wait till my calls start laying, hope they'll hatch some littles!
Keep us posted!!!!

Ha. No, ma'am. Ain't planning to let her be a mama just yet. Maybe...if she tries again in the Spring.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Ha. No, ma'am. Ain't planning to let her be a mama just yet. Maybe...if she tries again in the Spring.

Don't blame ya....If mine do start laying this fall, probably won't tho, I'll pull eggs. Don't want babies in the winter.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Man it's getting nasty here...I wonder if @Ravynscroft is getting any of this...Hope she's OK!
Anyone else in TN getting any of this mess?

 

[Debs Flock]

Don't blame ya....If mine do start laying this fall, probably won't tho, I'll pull eggs. Don't want babies in the winter.

Yeah, I've never let my ducks hatch babies so won't let them now it's so late in the season.

 

[Debs Flock]

Man it's getting nasty here...I wonder if @Ravynscroft is getting any of this...Hope she's OK!
Anyone else in TN getting any of this mess?

Oh, I did text her this afternoon. Her internet service is out.