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Quote: Agreed! Look a few posts up for my post about my dog eating the 4 month old unhatched egg. I will never be able to forget the smell of it when he yakked it up. Best thing is I'm fairly sure the only reason he puked is because of the car ride, not the egg!! I have no problem giving...

Quote: Thanks for the info, I will definitely take all the quitters out then. I didn't realize blood rings were caused by bacteria, never put much thought into where they came from. Now I know.

Quote: I really can't see there being any kind of risk. My dog has eaten a 4 month old unhatched egg that was thrown down the hill by my fiance. He didn't quite make the swamp and come spring the dog found it. We were already going to the vet for his shots coincedentally and he threw it all up...

The thing with my dogs are that they eat the absolute grossest things when I am not watching them. Everytime we are on a walk you can hear me yelling GET THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH OMG!!! I can't imagine these eggs making them sick. I will pass on giving them to the chickens though, that is what I...

Oh yes VERY early quitters. Blood rings and tiny little black spots. No chicks in there. Blech!! Just imagining it gives me the heeby jeebies. Mostly infertiles though. They were all pullet eggs so I'm wondering if maybe there is some truth in pullet eggs being less fertile. I had read that...

I just pulled almost two dozen infertile or early quitters out of the incubator. They are about one week from hatch day. I've never been one to reuse the incubated eggs but have read that some people feed them to their dogs. Two dozen is a lot to just waste so I'm thinking I want to use them...

I don't let people into my property anymore, I've had some issues with people being pushy and alltogether creepy and will not do it again after reading of people losing their entire flocks from disease. Just safer to meet elsewhere, IMO. But- I make sure to have pictures of the birds available...

How does shipping chicks work then because last year I got chicks shipped to me from Saskatchewan and they all made it safe and sound? I think I'll just keep them for now, but why would it be bad to bring them to a sale, it's less stressful then shipping? no?

Anyone? Should I stop overthinking things? lol

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Okay here is the situation, I have chicks hatching a day early and I was thinking of bringing them to a swap tomorrow but I've never brought young chicks to a sale and I'm not sure what to do. Specifically I 'm having a hard time deciding if I should feed them or not tonight? The earliest chick...

I've hatched many batches of babies and my common practice was to feed them unmedicated and they stayed in the porch until they were fully feathered at which point they were put out in a grow out pen in the coop (with the other chickens). When they were in the brooder indoors I would take a...

Quote: aah I was under the impression the medicated feed worked by giving them small amounts of the cocci and thus build immunity to it. I just checked and it does indeed have Amprolium in it. My bad! i just remembered something- About a week ago two of the little guys got out for a couple...

Quote: They are going on three months and were from my own flocks eggs. Never interacted with other birds, I have only birds younger than them here and they are all housed separately. Really surprised they got sick, never ever had this problem. Needless to say I am never feeding medicated...

I've been raising chicks since January 2010. I've not once had a cocci outbreak. For this batch of chicks I decided to use medicated chick starter. Discovered 6 dead today and absolutely disgusting bloody poops all over the brooder. I've done a lot of reading on the subject and I know I've...