Recent content by bohok

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve used these natural remedies many times before for other things, and saved a bird’s life who likely had Coccinosis with them. Curious why you say that natural remedies can harm the birds? What remedies are you referring to?

I opted to try the holistic/non-chemical way first and do fecal testing after a week to see if was working, particularly since I have baby chicks who have already started integrating with the flock. So I’m using three things: diatomaceous in their food, an herbal dewormer blend in their food...

🤢🤢 oh so gross. But yay for dead ones I guess??

I had a hen poop out worms once (posted about it the other day) - I started treating the whole flock and today we saw this in several fecal samples. Coincidence? Or eggs/dead worm pieces?

WWYD? I had a bantam Cochin go broody. A few days later, one of her sisters decided to join her. They sat on their eggs for 3+ weeks and hatched them all out together, living in a small broody box I made for them inside the coop. They got along beautifully and shared chicks no problem. Well a...

Thanks. Is there an egg withdrawal time for that?

So, I’m fairly certain some newer hens I bought a few months ago were infected with worms. 🤬 I didn’t realize it til now when we saw some in one’s poop. But it explains a few things I’ve noticed about them and how they differ health-wise from the rest of my flock. Ugh. I know this is normal...

That makes sense. So…why would she suddenly go from unzipping to dead? She looked absolutely perfect.

Trying to compensate for a truly terrible incubator. I’ve babysat these eggs religiously the entire time, as they are from a rooster and several hens who we no longer have or lost to a predator. 💔 We are on day 20 and we lost one chick today, and I’m paranoid now. She had even gotten her beak...

They are all standard size breeds, no bantams! 🤔 I don’t know for sure if it was calibrated, it’s a temp/hydrometer combo. But I did also buy a medical laser thermometer and anytime I measured the surface temp of the eggs they were within the 98-99.9 range Thank you for the advice! I will...

I had one egg pip this morning and two more this evening (of 12) and it’s Day 19. I’ve read that early hatching is a sign of too high of heat. Even though my temperature gauge inside has consistently shown a little UNDER 99.5…should I lower the temps at this point to keep the rest from hatching...

Which number would you trust? This is during lockdown, so allowing it to be quite a bit higher than during the early incubation. The digital humidity matches the incubator number but those fluctuate quickly. Is the analog one more likely to be accurate?

Thank you so much, this is helpful! What medical grade calibrated thermometer do you use? I’ve searched but it’s hard to tell what’s actually calibrated and what’s not

Hey there. First time hatch here. I have a secondary thermometer and humidity gauge to check consistency of the incubators built in gauges and they are quite off from each other. What do I do?? Which one do I rely on? I’m borrowing a neighbor’s new incubator as mine is on back order - it’s a...

What are your thoughts at 12 weeks?? Keep in mind this was right after a rain and they had all been out in it, so they were all wet and droopy. She/he has been with the big girls for several weeks now because of her size and is definitely bottom of the pecking order, and honestly looks to me...