The EE braggers thread!!!

[mymilliefleur]

i had 4 ees, but sadly they all got out of the coop and died.

they were all such sweeties.

Did you lose them to predators?

 

[Jenna14Chicken]

i had 4 ees, but sadly they all got out of the coop and died. they were all such sweeties.

I. So sorry that happen to two of my girls and got ate by a coon and I think another got injured and I didn't notice. Sadly I found her dead in the coop and one of my RIRs died before all of them I think she had a egg stuck. We brought her in the house and tried to relax her and put baby oil on her butt to try to ease the egg out but it didn't work and she wouldn't eat or drink. :cry

 

[hasdaa]

yes we did lose most to predators, but we think one or two died of hypothermia because their bodies remand untouched (it was very cold that night)

 

[abbevilleoz]

Medicated is best . Prevents cocci . Cocci will cause a brown or bloody stool . Many people think medicated feed is bad until they have a die off from cocci .

Jerryse, do you, as a standard practice start you newborns on medicated feed? When do you switch to non-medicated?

 

[jerryse]

Jerryse, do you, as a standard practice start you newborns on medicated feed? When do you switch to non-medicated?

Yes I always use medicated . I really have no set age when I switch . Usually when they get moved to grow out pens .

 

[abbevilleoz]

Yes I always use medicated . I really have no set age when I switch . Usually when they get moved to grow out pens . 

Okay thanks!

 

[FVRM]

Jerryse, do you, as a standard practice start you newborns on medicated feed? When do you switch to non-medicated?

I learned my lesson about not using medicated feed. I hatched some expensive chicks and it was a bad hatch to begin with but they came down with coccidiosis. Only 3 survived.

 

[abbevilleoz]

I learned my lesson about not using medicated feed. I hatched some expensive chicks and it was a bad hatch to begin with but they came down with coccidiosis. Only 3 survived. 

I've never used it before but I don't raise large numbers of chicks. I try to refrain from meds but if there are no adverse effects I will surely start using it. Why take a chance.

 

[VickisChickis]

"Godiva" my chocolate EE 8 weeks old

 

[VickisChickis]

"Miss America" my blue EE, about 8 weeks old and she thinks she's a princess.