Larsen Poultry Ranch - homesteading journey

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Feeling sick this morning, so I'm probably going to take a rapid Covid test. Supposed to go into work today for taco potluck because it's a super twos-day, 2/22/22. I had a sore throat starting Sunday evening and now I have a headache too. Hubby hasn't said he felt sick and the munchkin seems normal. I should be able to work from home if I am positive, but I will miss out on the tacos and someone else will have to bring in the beans. Grr.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Negative test. So just a cold. Still sucks.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah but better than having Covid! That is the new normal? Get sick with a cold or the flu and: "Well at least it isn't Covid".

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Stayed home to work remotely today because I am still feeling sick. It started hailing, then snowing!!

I ran outside and put the chicken feed in a bin, then found an old tarp and managed to get it over part of the aviary. Hard to do with only one person. My hands were frozen numb by the time I went back inside. The chickens of course, were still standing in an uncovered corner even after I tried to shoo them towards the covered area.

It changed to rain, now back to snow. I didn't expect this at our altitude!!

 

[Bruce]

Snowman time!!!!

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Snow is mostly gone, whatever is left in the deep shadows is mostly melted to ice and refrozen. Getting the snow/ice off the bunny cover was fun on Wednesday. I should have worn a rain jacket.

It's going to be difficult to incubate the eggs from the leghorns as we have an egg eater. I have gathered a grand total of 4 eggs since the chickens arrived, and that was the first two days so unlikely to be fertile. Two additional eggs were broken. I should be getting 3-4 per day from the 5 hens. No eggs today. I need to build or buy a roll away nest box.

I still feel sick. Took care of munchkin and worked remotely today, I'm exhausted. I no longer have a headache but the sickness has moved into my throat and I'm coughing up yellow green grossness. I'm also losing my voice, so that's awesome. I also have difficulty breathing in if I swallow or move wrong. Being sick is awesome.

 

[Mini Horses]

I like your chicken run!!

 

[Bruce]

I'm coughing up yellow green grossness

That doesn't sound good, time for a trip to the doctor?

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

That doesn't sound good, time for a trip to the doctor?

No, just normal cold stage. I'm now at the drippy nose and no voice stage. I am thinking it will be completely gone in a couple days.

So far hubby and munchkin haven't shown any signs of getting it. My brother apparently got sick at a similar time, so I'm thinking we got infected from the same source somehow. Parents and SIL didn't get sick either.

 

[Baymule]

Sorry that you are sick, it’s no fun when you have so much to do.

I like the chicken run, it looks nice. Egg eater! Chicken and dumplings time, if you can catch the witch!