Cheryl J
Chef Extraordinaire
I'm glad today is better for you, CG...and hoping tomorrow is MUCH better. 
Petty Vents
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OMG...
where are my animal friends when I need them?
I only really need them here for moral support... (and to pick up my body after)
Tomorrow I have to "vent check" my goose. Easy to separate the ganders out the gate and keep the goose in to do the "job"... not so easy to corner her, pin her, without getting beaten to a pulp by her wings (believe me- that REALLY hurts).
then after all this I have to get up off my knees - so hopefully I will be near a wall to help pull me up as I cannot get up without some sort of assistance.
Little biology lesson here for you non-farm folks. Fowl have only one 'vent'. Humans have 3. Fowl do "everything" thru one place.
I'm afraid my sweet Gracie is "stopped-up" and is blocked by an egg which she cannot expel. these eggs are usually "shell-less" making them too soft for her to push out. So she gets stopped-up and with more eggs coming on down, with poop and pee backing-up, she will become septic and die.
The egg will be right at the vent and easy to break and get out - and as much as I hate the job - I'm hoping it is the answer - because if not... there is something else wrong that I don't know about and for sure - I'm gonna loose her.
where are my animal friends when I need them?
I only really need them here for moral support... (and to pick up my body after)
Tomorrow I have to "vent check" my goose. Easy to separate the ganders out the gate and keep the goose in to do the "job"... not so easy to corner her, pin her, without getting beaten to a pulp by her wings (believe me- that REALLY hurts).
then after all this I have to get up off my knees - so hopefully I will be near a wall to help pull me up as I cannot get up without some sort of assistance.
Little biology lesson here for you non-farm folks. Fowl have only one 'vent'. Humans have 3. Fowl do "everything" thru one place.
I'm afraid my sweet Gracie is "stopped-up" and is blocked by an egg which she cannot expel. these eggs are usually "shell-less" making them too soft for her to push out. So she gets stopped-up and with more eggs coming on down, with poop and pee backing-up, she will become septic and die.
The egg will be right at the vent and easy to break and get out - and as much as I hate the job - I'm hoping it is the answer - because if not... there is something else wrong that I don't know about and for sure - I'm gonna loose her.
*hugs*
Dragnlaw, I know how horrid a blocked vent is, my summer goose Big fart ( I was kid, naming wasnt one of my strenght ) got blocked up. The vet came and they gave her sometime and suddenly it was trail of poop/pee, broken eggs and slime. She got blocked one more time, saldy it was over night and we lost her.
Dragnlaw, I know how horrid a blocked vent is, my summer goose Big fart ( I was kid, naming wasnt one of my strenght ) got blocked up. The vet came and they gave her sometime and suddenly it was trail of poop/pee, broken eggs and slime. She got blocked one more time, saldy it was over night and we lost her.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Woke up with a pain in my back that was worse than anything I experienced having my babies or recovering afterwards.I was afraid I had blown a disc out, but as I went through the checklist of things that were wrong when Himself had back issues, I realized that all I had was that one painful spot. After a couple hours of crying, yelping, letting out a primal scream that must have scared most of it out of me, and some very amusing episodes of trying to walk around (amusing for anyone that might have seem me, that is), I finally think I'm out of the woods. Still hurts when I breath deeply or cough, but I think I'm going to live.
Well, I for one am glad to hear that. I would hate to lose you.
finally stopped procrastinating and went out and did the deed.
Poor thing, other than an initial squawk to get away she didn't struggle at all. That was as sad as anything - being so docile is just not normal.
Worse - no egg jammed. Nothing, nada, zero, zilch... so... she'll either get better on her own - or I will lose her. Not looking good.
Thanks CakeP, around here Vets only do horses and cows. For fowl it is a 4 hour round trip and they won't do much more than what I did. Other than that they would have to do a necropsy - no thanks.
addendum - the name of this thread "petty vents" for these few posts could carry the name "stinky vents" (have to have some humour in a sad situation or I'll cry)
Poor thing, other than an initial squawk to get away she didn't struggle at all. That was as sad as anything - being so docile is just not normal.
Worse - no egg jammed. Nothing, nada, zero, zilch... so... she'll either get better on her own - or I will lose her. Not looking good.
Thanks CakeP, around here Vets only do horses and cows. For fowl it is a 4 hour round trip and they won't do much more than what I did. Other than that they would have to do a necropsy - no thanks.
addendum - the name of this thread "petty vents" for these few posts could carry the name "stinky vents" (have to have some humour in a sad situation or I'll cry)
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dragnlaw: Nearest vet was normally 4 hours away but we where lucky, there was bird specialist near by looking at peregrine falcons ( yes this was back when they where critically indangered in Sweden). Big fart only ever laid one egg and it was very thin shelled, like paper. There must have been something wrong with that bird.
Caslon
Executive Chef
Petty wishes for those like me who don't like caffeine. I might buy Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper if it didn't have caffeine in it. It can be had, but not easily. Drive thrus hardly have any "sodas" that are caffeine free, besides Sprite.
msmofet
Chef Extraordinaire
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I wish drive thrus had "diet" ALL soda/beverages IE diet root beer, diet ginger ale etc. NOT just cola and lemon lime products.
Caslon
Executive Chef
Caffeine Free Mountain Dew. Is there such a thing? Same with Dr.Pepper. Not sure. Not in drive thru's.
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Ginger ale
Fanta
usually Root Beer as it is not really in there - but now-a-days you gotta check the labels - they've been adding it! for what-ever-g-forsaken reason!
usually Root Beer as it is not really in there - but now-a-days you gotta check the labels - they've been adding it! for what-ever-g-forsaken reason!
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Orange Soda. Any lemon flavored drink. Any fruit flavored drink. Check out grape soda. Nehi Grape Soda (Radar!) If you have a Dunkin's out west, they have caffeine free ice coffee. At least they have it here on the East Coast.
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Caslon
Executive Chef
Root beer too, I guess. Don't know why Dr. Pepper has to have caffeine in its prune flavored soda, but it does.
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Because caffeine is addictive. That's why folks just HAVE to have that first cup of coffee in the morning to start their day.
I just called a brokerage company regarding a rollover distribution of my 401K. I was initially transferred to an automated system through no choice of my own, answered all the questions, and then was transferred to a person to complete the transaction, who proceeded to ask me every single one of the same questions again, and I had to listen to the same automated blurb again about taxes. This has happened before with multiple different companies and not just in the finance realm. Why, do companies do this? Don't they realize how annoying that is?
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Business phone systems are a pet peeve of mine. They seem to be universally counter-intuitive and redundant. I'm always trying to press "0" or asking for "representative" to cut through the crap.
That's what I do Andy. I don't answer anything to a machine. They're gonna ask you all over again anyhow.
We want to be helpful - it's just we will not be taken advantage of...
and they are by being completely inconsiderate.
We want to be helpful - it's just we will not be taken advantage of...
and they are by being completely inconsiderate.
Medtran, that's one of my pet peeves as well.
Kaneohegirlinaz
Wannabe TV Chef
Okay, Vent!
Dang it!
All of a sudden it hit the mid 80's here in the middle of the desert... we had freezes over night just a week or so ago, dang it!!!
I FINALLY gave in this afternoon and turned on the AC, DANG IT !!!
Dang it!
All of a sudden it hit the mid 80's here in the middle of the desert... we had freezes over night just a week or so ago, dang it!!!
I FINALLY gave in this afternoon and turned on the AC, DANG IT !!!
I just turned the heat off and opened some windows. I'll not start cursing the heat until it's hot all night, too
