Morning all, Glad to see everyone here this AM, I'm late but I started at 5 and have been doing chores and cleaning since then to beat the heat........ even hung out 2 loads of laundry to dry seeing as how the dryer isn't yet fixed........ so Good thing to know on the goats Jim, because that's 1 I never heard b4 and will use sometime in the future, as I plan to start a small kinder goat herd when things get a bit better financially around here......I can't believe those seals are not included with that set, I think Adam will be surprised as well, well at least they are giving you a break on them, but it is sorta false advertizing in my opinion.and a buncha crap...........
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I would normally agree with Jim on the let the old dogs go thing, if I felt I knew what was going on with my Boxer, the vet has been little help in diagnostics, he is guessing, so I'm gonna try a few natural things b4 I give up. I know my doggies can not stay with me for my entire life, none of my animals can because none of them have the life expectancy of a human, and I don't want an ape or parrot as a pet, because to my knowledge them are the exceptions to the old age rules....... I have had to put down my last 3 old doggies because of Cancer at almost 16, bad unfix-able hips at 161/2, and 1 because he was in so much pain due to an old injury, he received from a car hit as a youngster, it was just the right thing to do, he was 14. . My bugsy is another story so far, he was his old puppy acting self until 3 weeks ago, when he just stopped eating his dry food, then it went to stop eating at all...... so he went to the vet, and you all the know the saga since then, since he has been home he is almost like his old self again, acting puppyish and rolling around on the floor this morning and playing with the dog toy, he has been eating, everything I put down for him, he however still has the poohs...... I think it's the antibiotic and canned food, so he has 2 days of antibiotic left and we are gonna discontinue it, and switch to the liquid silver, we are also gonna add a pro biotic to reintroduce the normal gut flora back, and add a liver cleanse and booster with milk thistle, if that does not work I will admit defeat and put him down. Because by watching him today I am quite sure he does not yet want to die anymore than I do. When I had to put Jake down he was telling me he was ready every time he looked at me, Bugsy is not yet at that stage, and he is only 10, if he starts telling me it's time I will listen, until then I will do everything I can to make him feel better. And Yes make myself better as well, because I do not like to admit defeat, nor do I like watching any animal suffer. .........I'll post a few pictures what do you all think, this is bugs this Morning after breakfast......does he look like he is ready to die yet?.
BigZ did you have a sex change since I seen you last? I thought you were just getting your eyes fixed ...................hehehehehe
Welcome Three acres Farm...........My chickies have an insulated coop inside my garage, so they get no heat, I also have straight comb birds and none have suffered frost bite, but last winter was very mild next to our normal, will see what happens this year I may need to add a light on those 50 below nights.......... but more important than the heat is ventilation, there's a good thread here .hummmmmm search for something like Think your chickens can't handle the cold......think again or something like that. It has Lots of helpful ppl on that thread, dealing with our cold months and our feathered pets. I used to do all natural, but when my hubby lost his job and feed went through the roof, just couldn't afford it anymore, you could check your local mills they usually have access to natural feed, also have found it on the net, but shipping is a killer............ so good luck in new venture, you will love the chickens, they are awesome entertainment, and make a nice breakfast for ya. .
Well hope noone roasts today, at least here we have a nice stiff breeze, that will help the chickens at least stay cooler.......... later all. Kim
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I would normally agree with Jim on the let the old dogs go thing, if I felt I knew what was going on with my Boxer, the vet has been little help in diagnostics, he is guessing, so I'm gonna try a few natural things b4 I give up. I know my doggies can not stay with me for my entire life, none of my animals can because none of them have the life expectancy of a human, and I don't want an ape or parrot as a pet, because to my knowledge them are the exceptions to the old age rules....... I have had to put down my last 3 old doggies because of Cancer at almost 16, bad unfix-able hips at 161/2, and 1 because he was in so much pain due to an old injury, he received from a car hit as a youngster, it was just the right thing to do, he was 14. . My bugsy is another story so far, he was his old puppy acting self until 3 weeks ago, when he just stopped eating his dry food, then it went to stop eating at all...... so he went to the vet, and you all the know the saga since then, since he has been home he is almost like his old self again, acting puppyish and rolling around on the floor this morning and playing with the dog toy, he has been eating, everything I put down for him, he however still has the poohs...... I think it's the antibiotic and canned food, so he has 2 days of antibiotic left and we are gonna discontinue it, and switch to the liquid silver, we are also gonna add a pro biotic to reintroduce the normal gut flora back, and add a liver cleanse and booster with milk thistle, if that does not work I will admit defeat and put him down. Because by watching him today I am quite sure he does not yet want to die anymore than I do. When I had to put Jake down he was telling me he was ready every time he looked at me, Bugsy is not yet at that stage, and he is only 10, if he starts telling me it's time I will listen, until then I will do everything I can to make him feel better. And Yes make myself better as well, because I do not like to admit defeat, nor do I like watching any animal suffer. .........I'll post a few pictures what do you all think, this is bugs this Morning after breakfast......does he look like he is ready to die yet?.
BigZ did you have a sex change since I seen you last? I thought you were just getting your eyes fixed ...................hehehehehe
Welcome Three acres Farm...........My chickies have an insulated coop inside my garage, so they get no heat, I also have straight comb birds and none have suffered frost bite, but last winter was very mild next to our normal, will see what happens this year I may need to add a light on those 50 below nights.......... but more important than the heat is ventilation, there's a good thread here .hummmmmm search for something like Think your chickens can't handle the cold......think again or something like that. It has Lots of helpful ppl on that thread, dealing with our cold months and our feathered pets. I used to do all natural, but when my hubby lost his job and feed went through the roof, just couldn't afford it anymore, you could check your local mills they usually have access to natural feed, also have found it on the net, but shipping is a killer............ so good luck in new venture, you will love the chickens, they are awesome entertainment, and make a nice breakfast for ya. .
Well hope noone roasts today, at least here we have a nice stiff breeze, that will help the chickens at least stay cooler.......... later all. Kim
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Kindred spirits in the crabby @ss department. You're just layered in it more because you're old. 
