The Great Eggstraction

Sometimes when I get home late I forget to take the ONE egg out of the nest box (I say one egg because, as you all know, Butterscotch has not laid an egg in months).  Anyway, tonight I forgot again.

So what we do when I forget is: go out, shine a light in the coop, and then get the egg from underneath Oreo.  Yes, she likes to sit on her own egg.  The chickens normally are terrified to be touched, but as it gets darker in the evening, they get stupid-er, and so it gets easier to touch them.

So here's a picture of us going in the nesting box, to get the egg.

Bumps on Your Arms?

Do you have bumps on your arms?  For years I had these bumps on my arms (like the shoulder/bicep area) -- felt like goosebumps -- every hair follicle had a little hard nodule growing out of it.  No amount of scrubbing would get rid of those bumps.

Well, awhile back I started taking Sprouts brand cod liver oil that contains vitamin D and vitamin A and it went away!

The day I noticed it was gone, I happened to also be reading a section in one of my health books about how vitamin A deficiency causes hyperkeratosis -- goosebump-like flesh on your arms!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperkeratosis

So it turns out that it was the vitamin A in the cod liver oil that caused the problem to go away.  But since then I've heard a few women complain about these bumps and I've told them my solution!

I don't use the Sprouts brand cod liver oil anymore -- I take my vit A and vit D separately now -- so I can't tell you how much A it had in it.  But if I remember right, it had about 1200 IU of A in it.  I didn't need much A to get the benefits of it, and I saw results in a short time (couple of weeks).

If you have bumps on your arms, try taking some A, or some cod liver oil....  just be sure to get a good brand...  And there are two types of A -- retinol (from animal products) and betacarotene (from veggie).  I'm not sure if both types work, but I was using the retinol kind (cod liver oil).

I'm Gonna Stew That Damn Chicken

Butterscotch still hasn't laid an egg...  ok, so she laid those two funky eggs a long time ago....  but nothing since!!!  How long will it be???  I think she's about 9 mos old now.

On a side note:  my coworker approached me today and asked if I would eat one of his chickens that he's since learned is a rooster.  His wife is ok with him killing it, but doesn't want him to eat it.  I said sure.

I just hope I don't get any ideas from this about Butterscotch!!!!!!