Whistling wind.
By mid afternoon yesterday the whistle in the lungs of Number Three Plonker had begun to recede. The Gatorade tip went down very well. (Thank you Marla) His favourite is mango. Orange came a close second. He was not interested in his grain so I made a huge pot of vegetable soup and every few hours he woofed down a serving of that. And his milk and eggs of course. Little bits at a time. With 6 drops of oil of oregano twice a day. His lungs are still noisy but a lot better. 
The other plonkers looked at their oats and eggs and milk, eyed the gatorade and contemplated pathetic coughs.
It was a dark, drizzly windy kind of day so all the animals had to stay off the soft fields. 
Today will be a better day for the farm animals. Yesterday their quality of life went into a chilly pause.
All the chooks are well on the grass. Tima is learning to sit up and beg (I am not kidding, if I had another person I would take a photo for you) and Sheila is trying to convince me that I don’t need to clean out the chook house before putting her and Poppy in there. She will do it, she says. 
Today would be a good day she thinks. But it is like a charnel house in there. Feathers everywhere. Horrible. I left it as is in the hope that we might trap the predators who drove us out. But no sign of bastard Mink to date. He is out there though. I know he is. I will start cleaning the chook house out this weekend just as soon as I can get the tractor over the field. Sheila will wait. The chooks are on the grass within sight of the verandah where the dogs sleep at night. So far so good.
Here is my witches cauldron. It has been brought down out of the hay loft at the old farm. We will use it when we clean all the fattening chickens for the freezer. After I give the pot a good clean that is. Here in America this is called a kettle.
It is a wonderful old piece of iron. So much history.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Today will be better I am sure. Soon it will begin to warm up. I hope so, if only for Number Three’s sake. He needs warmth.
Your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
56 responses to “Whistling lungs.”
Sounds like improvements all round chez toi today. That new plonker is a handsome animal – but all your farmy fellers are handsome. I hope the promised warmth arrives soon for you.
We all need to hold hands round the globe and think heat!
There’s some warmth on its way its leaving OZ tomorrow……..hope you enjoy!
Maybe I must get the recipe for the med food for the lungs and see if it will fix mine… suffering badly and looking for any thing that will help…
my favourite is eucalyptus oil in a pot of boiling water, towel over head BREATHE.. or in the shower.. poor you.. hope you feel better soon..
With the emergency operation I have managed to get collapsed lungs… and all I can say is its hell… trying to re-inflate them ain’t easy…
I’m with the plonkers: I’M contemplating a pathetic cough myself!
I wonder how many of us will ever be able to hear the word “mink” without thinking “bastard”?
Glad ‘Plonker #3’ is feeling better. Another herb that is good for the lungs is Thyme
Thyme: A natural way to lessen chest congestion is to use thyme. This herb has the capacity to remove the junk that is filled up in the lungs. It accelerates the movement of mucus and eventually removes it out of the lungs. To make thyme tea, take a cup of boiling water and then include 2 tablespoons of dried herb (thyme powder). Let the mixture boil for about 10 minutes and then filter it. Have this tea for at least 3 times a day. Continue drinking thyme until the chest congestion is completely eliminated.
Not sure if making tea for the plonker is a viable thing LOL
I did drink this back in the winter when I caught a chest infection and it certainly worked for me.
Hugs, Lyn
well i am making him another batch of vegetable soup, so maybe I will just throw the thyme in there to steep, when it is done. Something has to start working, he is still wheezy, better though, but not clear yet.. c
That photo of the pig nose is just priceless…please use in your (our) calendars! I love me a nice wiggling piggy nose!
✿♥ღLinda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
I am glad he is doing so much better! I love garlic’s antibiotic properties, too. I haven’t tried oregano. I’ll spend next winter smelling like a pizza!
Good news about Number 3! Glad the Gatorade is doing the trick. I guess it could be the Pedialite for Pigs? ha Hopefully, Plonkers 1 and 2 will get over their envy soon.
Sheila and Poppy are in training? You are raising Poppy for breeding, right? Are you planning to try AI with Sheila again as well or just feeding them the same as they are pals and Sheila could lose a few anyway.
You MUST figure out a way to photograph Tima’s new trick for us! 🙂
Have a wonderful Friday!
If Sheila did come into heat I would probably breed her, so they are both on the breeders low fat diet. (Learnt THAT lesson). c
So glad Plonker # 3 is perking up! With all that tlc, he was bound to recover! I’m curious too as to why he has antler ears…I think he should be named Moose! 🙂 Well at least let’s hope he gets to be as big as one! C’mon Sunshine for the Farmy!
Can #3 wear a jacket? Thank you for sharing all the photos. I look forward to them every morning. Have a great weekend.
Great post Celi .. So pleased little plonker is on the mend. Super pics ..
#3 is a handsome boy. The veg soup cure sounds wonderful. Sydney is dull, drizzly and cool, so hopefully the nice weather we’ve had for ages has arrived safely on your door step, with our very best wishes 🙂
anytime now i think.. I am so looking forward to it!.. c
As and aside for natural remedies: I’ve discovered coconut oil is wonderful for cuts and abrasions and I was able to rid my brother’s french brittany of black, smelly stuff in her ears with it. A hot spoon to melt the oil if it is solidified, a few drops in the ear at night and swab them out in the morning Apparently it is antifungal and antiseptic. My daughter had a nasty burn she used it on, healed quickly with no scar. If it ever warms up here I plan to use it on Percy’s dry skin too. It has been cool and drizzly and dreary here all week, at least the high winds have subsided and they’re predicting actual springtime weather by midweek. I’ll believe that when I see it! I can believe Tima is learning tricks, these kunekunes are amazingly bright and quick. Percy picked up feeding times real fast and is very vocal until he gets his meal! Makes us laugh every time.
So Boo taught Tima to beg: hmm 🙂 ! With the last of our warmth departing with gale force winds towards you in a couple of hours I better do some more study on oil of oregano – sounds just like the kind of thing my constitution would appreciate. I have been more a ‘huge amounts of garlic’ and Chinese herbals kind of gal. And tho’ I have never been interested in the Gatorade/Lucozade family of liquids, I AM willing to learn. Thanks to the Fellowship 😀 !! All the best to #3 . . . .