Posts by ivan3

Quote:Chucklecluck wrote: After reading this puts chills in my bones I'm hatching out a bunch of Turkey chicks here in a couple days guess I need to hound my husband to build a new pen to keep them septate from the chicken chicks Many...

Post shots of their progress, they'll be flying before you know it.

Oxine, though a bit pricey, is as effective as bleach and can be used without potential for problems. Runs should be as well drained/dry as possible - amending soil with sand and ag. lime (crushed limestone - not the hydrated lime)...

Some of these hens are so intent on the remaining eggs that it is easier to just pen the poults with the hen and make sure the food and water is available. When the hen jumps the `fence' and we see her in the run, then we let the poults...

Thanks for the additional info. I'd probably switch to something like Rooster Booster: http://www.abetterchicken.com/product/50701 or any other poultry supplement that contains the trace mineral Manganese (also implicated but usually...

Quote:coop coop wrote: I've been logged in for the last day waiting for an answer, and have had no ads. I pony up the $20 to support the site, so I can kill ALL the ads in Preferences, if I like. However, I always run the ads as there...

If using Chrome, try this: Settings/Advanced Settings/Privacy/Content Settings/Plug-ins/(change from default setting to `Click To Play' (if you need to re enable Flash - for Youtube, for instance, just click on icon to run - or make...

I assume they are on the 28-30% protein starter. I'd guess genetic (inability to process/use specific nutrients). Try Polyvisol Enfamil (without iron) liquid vitamins - three drops a day for a week and taper off. I can't find the...

2 parts clean wood ashes, 4 parts local dry dirt or fine sand, 1 part amorphous diatomaceous earth, to be completed at their leisure. Bathing in water? Wait for a good rain. You might perform an Advanced Search on something like...

When you pick her up does her breath stink? Or, if you try to pick her up does she struggle as if pressure on abdomen causes pain? Anything from sour crop to e.coli from something foreign `trapped' in intestines, etc. Use something...