Recent content by Lydia Huizenga

I ended up losing 4/7 and I thought i was going to lose another but she made a very nice turn around, hopefully she continues to improve.

That makes sense. The chicks are direct descendants and I think younger than 6-8 weeks. Thank you.

also, what is the maximum dose? I’ve been putting 1 1/2 tsp of corid in their water.

I have them in with the adults and also smaller babies. The adults have their own coop and babies have their own coop but they all share a large run. There are multiple water stations and inside each coop is an age related food, chick starter in the baby coop, adult feed in the adult coop. There...

86 F with a breeze and their pen is in the shade.

They were about a day old. Less than a week. Everything was smooth until lately. Could it be heat exhaustion? None of my other chickens are exhibiting any signs of coccidiosis. Just the favs. They’re a cold hardy breed and it’s been high 80s lately. They aren’t panting. Their combs are pale but...

I already had some corid on hand so I already dosed them. They seem to all be drinking on their own but I will give them a little orally too just to be safe

Then I will check these. Thank you

I keep everything dry. They seem to have all the symptoms of coccidia but no bloody stool.

Back in April, I got 7 salmon faverolles. 2 days ago, I went outside to check on them, feed and water them. I noticed one of them laying down, which in general is normal, but her neck was fluffed up. She was so weak she could barely stand and wouldn’t eat anything. She would drink. All she...

I think i’m going to euthanize the egg. i candled it and there’s another crack in it. i had it removed from the hen because she wasn’t entirely devoted to it. so i put it in my incubator. i had been candling it and tonight there’s a huge web of cracks that wasn’t there before. the color of the...

9/10 for me. Perfect babies. I can’t wait to get more pictures of them all dry. It’s crazy. I got 8 black/black and white and only 1 yellow chick. Both dads were black when they were born so I have no clue who the father is. I love seeing their true colors pop up once all their gunk is dried.

11:32 and I’ve got a whole bunch pipped and Early Bird is unzipping. I have finals tomorrow but I can’t find sleep.

I guess somebody told this guy about early birds.