Posts by 007medic

Quote: Originally Posted by AZchickymomma  Over the past few weeks, we have lost 4 hens and a rooster.  The first one we thought just died - there wasn't hardly a mark on her, but then a week later, we found one...

Chris, I didn't see the baby chick under (behind?) the broody until I clicked on the picture you posted and blew it up. O M G that is so friggin' cute

At our place we usually don't candle until after day 10. Waiting usually means that being able to see what is likely to hatch vs what is likely not to hatch is very plain. 'Course it's warmed up enough that the broodies are doing all...

FAF   Try this sometime: get a good sized spade, go to one mound and in one pass of the spade get as much of the active mound as you can and go dump it on its neighboring mound, do likewise to the dump-ee taking a spade full...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tailfeathers  I read last year somewhere that Sulmet was found to be problematic as a Coccidiostat.  I think it causes liver damage but I can't remember for sure. Google it and...

Quote: raw honey and cinnamon kill both bacteria and viruses. If you have it or can make it, ionic silver(??) also would be worth a try. I suppose one could make up a mix and force feed a chicken with it. They say no bacteria...

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VM,       I've noticed that when our hens raise chicks out of doors and on free range, they don't look as tho they're keeping up with those in the brooder at first. But, only at first. Around week 4-6 they...

    Quote: Yes, Urch birds are good. I've noticed that Urch birds have several admirable qualities. 1) Their combs tend to be uniform and classically pea-type. 2) Urch birds tend to the red spectrum of...

VOILA!   I found out what the heck was going wrong with my hatches... dern hygrometer is wonky. Cleaned out from the last attempted hatch and ran it dry for a few days and it actually read "0%" in a basement that hasn't seen...