@Leahs Mom I know you have told me this before but what is the nutrient that is depleted when feeding medicated started feed? I can't remember and want to tell my chicken raising class! Thanks!
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@Leahs Mom I know you have told me this before but what is the nutrient that is depleted when feeding medicated started feed? I can't remember and want to tell my chicken raising class! Thanks!
Polyneuritis may be seen in mature birds ~3 wk after they are fed a thiamine-deficient diet. As the deficiency progresses, birds may sit on flexed legs and draw back their heads in a star-gazing position. Retraction of the head is due to paralysis of the anterior neck muscles. Soon after this stage, chickens lose the ability to stand or sit upright and topple to the floor, where they may lie with heads still retracted. Thiamine deficiency may also lead to a decrease in body temperature and respiratory rate. Testicular degeneration may be noted, and the heart may show slight atrophy. Birds consuming a thiamine-deficient diet soon show severe anorexia. They lose all interest in feed and will not resume eating unless given thiamine. If a severe deficiency has developed, thiamine must be force-fed or injected to induce the chickens to resume eating.
Anyone know why this chick has the lump/mass and none of the others that hatched so far do?
it seems to be going down a little i think it just hatched early but that's okay so i left her in the Bator with the rest of the eggs that are hatching hopefully she will be okay by around 12 to come out. It's definitely not as bad as it was in that pic.Looks like the chick didn't absorb all the yolk sac or a exposed naval. The best thing to do is leave it alone and watch closely to make sure the others don't pick at it. If you can keep it separate and in less than a week it should dry up and shrink. Keep it on a wire floor to keep feces and food from sticking to it until it starts to heal. Keep us posted and if you're not sure about something ask. One of us will try to help.
Feeling pretty impressed with myself, though I'm sure I'm not the first one here to have done it.
I have a large wooden box that used to be a shipping container that works well as a brooder for large batches. The problem is the internal framing makes it tough to clean out and the weight makes it tough to move around. With the plan to do meat birds after the baby arrives, in going to need the larger brooder worked out.
Enter my solution.
Line the interior with a tarp. The bedding all stays on the tarp, and with the removal of a few screws, the tarp lifts out, along with all the bedding, to be placed anywhere I need it. Hose the tarp down. Done.
Pretty impressed with myself...