Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

We bought the old one for $290 over seven years ago so $320 wasn't a bad increase considering how much everything else has gone up.

 

[Ridgetop]

Is it the digital scale that plugs into the scale box?

 

[Mike CHS]

It works the same way our old one did. The digital display plugs into the side of the scale and it has a rubber mat that goes on top or it is slippery (big time),
It's the first one of the page link:

PS250 Hog/Sheep scale

 

[Ridgetop]

Good price. Do you use it with the cage? or just put it in the chute?

 

[Mike CHS]

Good price. Do you use it with the cage? or just put it in the chute?

The scale is only about an inch narrower than our chute so it just sits on a piece of plywood to keep it level on the gravel in the chute.

 

[Ridgetop]

Great and easier to store than our cage scale! LOL We unplug the scale and store it in the laundry room but the cage sits in the barn. It is handy for sorting though, since we don't have a proper chute.

 

[Mike CHS]

I got bit by a Deer Fly 2 or 3 hours ago while I was out mowing and evidently my system doesn't respond well to those guys. I got bit on my right hand and it has swollen to half again its normal size and Teresa says my face is also now swollen so I popped some Benadryl to see what that does.

 

[SageHill]

I got bit by a Deer Fly 2 or 3 hours ago while I was out mowing and evidently my system doesn't respond well to those guys. I got bit on my right hand and it has swollen to half again its normal size and Teresa says my face is also now swollen so I popped some Benadryl to see what that does.

OUCH. I hate deer flies -- they used to follow me when I rode trails back in the midwest. My horse didn't like them either.

 

[Baymule]

I hope the Benadryl works!

 

[Mike CHS]

I hope the Benadryl works!

It did mostly. This has been an interesting 36 hours and I am a person that has never had a severe allergic reaction to anything until now. That relatively small deer fly did a hit and run and I never thought anything about it. Two hours later my hands started swelling and the right hand that got bit was really distorted. My face was swelling so much that my eyes were being forced closed and Teresa said my speech was off so I guess my tongue was swelling also. Teresa said we need to go to the ER but I was feeling less tightness and my wrist was feeling less tightness so I took some more meds and ice on the hand that was swelling the most and it seemed to be better. We talked about going in this morning but the swelling was going down and I didn't have the dizziness that I had last night. I could actually see some loose skin on my hand so we decided to give it more time. It isn't back to normal yet but at least it has some movement. This morning, I couldn't use my right hand to push the lever on the shaving cream valve but it is about normal now.