Devonviolet Acres

[Devonviolet]

The pic looks more or less like what my gout looks like when it flairs up. It swells right at the first joint of the big toe. Mostly out to the side but some underneath as well. It is VERY painful... even just to touch it, and working the joint is like stabbing with a hot knife. Whatever it is, I hope it goes away quick for you. I know what it's like to be immobilized to a degree and it aint fun.

You are so right LS! That is exactly what gout looks like! I had gout when I was 28. You never forget that awful pain. It woke me up in the middle of the night. Just the weight of the sheet was excruciating! It turned out I was low on thyroid and that caused the gout.

Good news! My foot is a lot better! I guess I will never know what caused it. I sure hope it never happens again!

 

[Bruce]

 

[Baymule]

Glad your foot is better! I had to go outside to look, the pictures you posted are trumpet flower vines. They grow wild, go up in the tree tops, make those little berries and come up every where. My sheep wont eat them and they eat practically everything. Hummingbirds like the flowers, so you might want to leave some, but they get invasive in cleared ground.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Same here....^^..what she said....they are horrendous here.

 

[Devonviolet]

Glad your foot is better! I had to go outside to look, the pictures you posted are trumpet flower vines. They grow wild, go up in the tree tops, make those little berries and come up every where. My sheep wont eat them and they eat practically everything. Hummingbirds like the flowers, so you might want to leave some, but they get invasive in cleared ground.

No, that's okay. I don't want invasive plants on our property! These are growing along a fence on a Farm Market Rd, where we picked some Elderberries.

Speaking of which . . . we finished drying our 1st batch, in our dehydrator. They ended up weighing 1 lb, 1.8oz!

We still have two other batches, which we spread out on screen frames we made.

The next batch is partially loaded in the dehydrator.

 

[Baymule]

Wow! What a haul!

 

[Devonviolet]

This morning I got a phone call from our local post office, telling me my Khaki Campbell ducklings were here. So, I dropped everything and went to pick them up.

They are so dang CUTE!

USPS tracking info said they would arrive tomorrow, and we didn't have their stall, in the barn, cleaned out yet. So, once the animals were fed & goats milked (with milk filtered & in the fridge), DH and I went to the barn to clean out the stall for the ducklings.

When we were finished, we moved Edith to the clean stall. She had lost interest in the remaining two eggs. So, I picked them up. We had taken the box with the ducklings to the stall, but not taken them out yet. I put 4 of them on the wood chips, to run around, so Edith could see them. Her head came up and she watched them very closely, making chirping noises.

Next she inched herself into the corner and put her head in the corner, like she was hiding.

It seemed like she didn't trust the ducklings and didn't want anything to do with them. So, we took her outside, and will raise the ducklings ourselves.

We have a heat lamp, with an indoor/outdoor thermometer, and food and water. I took each duckling and dipped its beak in the water and feed. When we left the stall they swarmed the feed/water tray to eat and drink, so I am confident they will be fine.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Boy does that bring back memories.....they are so Cute!! They do grow extremely fast so enjoy them while ya can. We added niacin to their food for bone strength....but, ya have already raised the Pekins....so, no need to tell ya. Just think in 17-20 short wks they'll be laying eggs....

 

[Devonviolet]

Just think in 17-20 short wks they'll be laying eggs....

 

[CntryBoy777]

If ya don't mind me asking....where did ya order them from and did ya get any drakes?