I guess it is no surprise, I wore myself down too much and developed a sore throat. It started yesterday. Hurts worse today, so I am drinking hot green tea with turmeric, ginger, lemon, cinnamon and honey in it. It feels almost like I swallowed a popcorn hull or something...mainly hurts when I swallow and my ear is starting to hurt too. I have been trying to stop taking Aleve PM...but, after doing a bunch of digging last week and raking, I took some last night. I slept until almost 8:00 this morning after waking up at around 4:30am for several days in a row.
I have one more batch of chicks on my back porch, I moved out all the adults and the older juveniles out to the yard, but then I found a few with injuries and possibly fowl pox that I brought back onto the porch for medical treatment...lol, I say that...I rubbed a mixture of 99.8% food grade Sulphur and Vaseline, Tea Tree Oil and Oregano Oil on all the combs and waddles, and put Teramycin in the chickens that had eye problems, one was pecked on the ear lobe and he got sprayed with Scarlet Oil too. After January 2017, they are pulling a lot of things off the shelves in the way of antibiotics, treatment for Coccidiosis and possibly wormers for farm animals...you will have to get them from a vet. I have a feeling a lot of animals will be dying because people will not be able to afford a vet visit and the medications needed to treat them. I am hoping that with the knowledge I have regarding essential oils and tidbits I have picked up over the past few years, that I can keep my flock healthy. I ferment my feed and that seems to keep them pretty healthy, my main problem is injuries and this year, Fowl Pox.
I am trying to do as little as possible today, I know I need rest. The weather is cooler today, so I really would like to take the opportunity to work on my breeding pens. I got all the poop cleaned out of the coop part yesterday and raked up the pine cones, rocks and sticks from the area. Filled holes too. I have a long way to go filling holes though, the poultry loves to dust bathe...they make deep holes sometimes and because all the grass is gone in a large area the rain washes the sandy soil down the hill...it stops at the fence line, but builds up. I shoveled it from the built up area and moved it to the holes, covered some roots too. I have a long way to go, it is a constant battle.
We went for a short walk this morning, up to the shooting range. It is amazing how fast trees grow around our pond. Last summer we cleared a lot of trees out from the edge of the pond, weeds too...they are all back and some as high as ten feet already. With the ten inches of rain we got week before last, the pond is pretty full. I guess this year during the cooler months I will be busy clearing again. I have not walked the path around the lake either, I am sure it is probably severely overgrown. Maybe one of these days we can creat a rock path around the lake...and try and keep it clear. Fall is a beautiful time of year out here, we are already seeing some of the Sumac leaves changing color. The Farmers Almanac says that this is going to be a cold wet winter this year for us. I have to get ready for it. Lots to do on the farm...always.
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