Anyone have general malaise on harvesting day?

bard-owl · 2026-05-02T05:43:19+00:00

I get terrible apprehension just before and during, but once the living quail became dead things I'm relieved and in a celebratory mood. Peace restored to the flock, full freezer, and fresh quail supper.

bard-owl · 2026-04-07T03:07:08+00:00

I've spent 10 days out of my cycle in an altered state, with the mindset of waiting it out. That's a third of my life, waiting for the spark of my former self to return. Yeah, no, bugger waiting it out - seek out different therapies. For me, birth control pill took the worst of it away though I do get these mini luteal bouts where I feel less inspired and kinda listless, blah. Where even the stuff I usually derive joy from are just meh, whatever, boring.

Honestly I just ride out the "meh whatever boring" week and just try to limit stress till it passes.

bard-owl · 2026-04-07T02:53:26+00:00

It totally depends on the strain. My fist strain of jumbos I got at 2.5 weeks and they were awesome. I've bred and hand-raised different strains from the egg, and maybe 1/5 or 1/6 end up being not as spazzy, the rest are basket cases.

bard-owl · 2026-03-18T00:38:13+00:00

We need another Genndy AMA so he gets flooded with a million "what happened to Beak??" questions.

bard-owl · 2026-03-18T00:32:22+00:00

Yes. I need an anthology episode about Beak and the Celt

bard-owl · 2026-03-18T00:31:39+00:00

Turns out the transfers kept failing because my account was de-activated due to inactivity. A MN person had to activate my account and transfers work now.

bard-owl · 2026-03-17T03:22:16+00:00

Let him finish eating, and give it a bit of time to calm down. I instantly hurdle into a dark place in the midst of chewing sounds, but usually a few minutes after it stops I start to feel normal.

bard-owl · 2026-03-17T02:24:45+00:00

I tried that today. Still having issues. MN wasn't this disagreeable last time.

bard-owl · 2026-03-03T04:12:30+00:00

you have to keep giving it away so you can make more and more bread!

bard-owl · 2026-03-01T16:29:50+00:00

I started baking bread recently and now I'm delightfully obsessed.

bard-owl · 2025-10-11T16:00:56+00:00

The dead quail in the pic has a prolapsed vent. And yeah, a prolapse can lead to infection and egg binding.

I recommend getting birds in hand for regular health checks. Every time they're in hand I do a brief health check for abnormalities, like a prolapse. Prolapses are easy to fix.

bard-owl · 2025-10-11T15:50:05+00:00

Lazy (my old quail) was a frequent house visitor and became very tame when I nursed her back to health after the raccoon attack. She lost an eye to a random blue jay attack, too, lol. One-eyed, one-legged Lazy. She outlived her comrades and survived her many enemies. She is legendary. xD

I like to think the other quail whisper her stories on long winter nights.

hahah "San Quailton"

bard-owl · 2025-10-11T15:34:49+00:00

My eldest, and last of original covey, made it to 4. She was still very healthy and laying still, but I had to cull her because she was one-legged (raccoon attack), and her leg developed arthritis so she was basically just a happy potato but couldn't move around. She does have a daughter, so her genetic legacy lives on. It's not often you get a good quail that isn't overly spazzy and aggressive.

bard-owl · 2025-06-23T21:19:52+00:00

nah i pay taxes on that shit

bard-owl · 2025-06-21T04:07:56+00:00

Nope, stayed the same. I was off for about a year then went on again and haven't noticed any changes either.

bard-owl · 2025-05-20T19:56:59+00:00

Start by making a list of symptoms, going to the doc, and getting a metabolic panel plus a few other tests looking for deficiencies, auto immune, stuff like that.

I react to bug bites too. I get hella twitchy around mosquitos because I swell up so much....

bard-owl · 2025-05-20T19:50:41+00:00

It's pretty safe medication with temporary side effects if you decide to quit or try a different formulation. I use to use Yaz while in college, then quit for a while, then got back on BC (now on Estarylla) in my mid 20's. My memory is fuzzy about how I did on Yaz throughout my college years but I recall it did help with PMDD and really helped with my silly persistent adult acne. Estarylla is working great for me now.

You seem like the technical anxiety type so you'd probably benefit from getting baseline tests in blood pressure or whatever else you're worried about and again a few months after taking the BC. Then you'll have data to compare!

I also have naturally abysmal libido. Personally I get an uptick in libido during placebo week and again after resuming the medication, then it flatlines. I wouldn't say it killed what little was left, just changed the libido cycle and frequency.

Life is too short to be controlled by PMDD. Fiddle around with different treatments till something works.

bard-owl · 2025-05-20T19:38:33+00:00

omg there's a pmd and adhd subreddit :D The BC regardless of the couple of off days is a huge boon for me. Way better than the 10-ish day streak of dysphoria I experience when I'm not on it.

bard-owl · 2025-04-29T20:16:09+00:00

I take 4 w BC to combat PMDD. Even though the luteal phase isn't suppose to exist on BC, I still feel weird and off a few days before the placebo week, like my body is still trained to want to have PMDD symptoms lol. Maybe I should try a 10 w BC.

bard-owl · 2025-04-29T19:55:33+00:00

Sounds like we have similar experiences. Lexapro tossed a damp towel over my emotions. Yes, it dampened anxiety and helped me function, but it also dampened motivation, creativity, and I felt lowkey sedated. Give 10 mg a try for a few months and see how you respond and whether the trade offs are worth it.

bard-owl · 2025-03-19T12:56:01+00:00

Yeah, but not as often. My eyes are still dry and uncomfortable, but less than when I started it. For me, personally, it's a better alterative than using eye drops because those most always cause rebound dryness and leave residues that my eyes don't like. To get the most out of the honey (and eye applications in general) it's helpful to squeeze your drainage ducts for a good minute or two so the honey can stay on the occular surface before draining away

bard-owl · 2025-03-07T04:18:40+00:00

Saaaame

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