Dang multiquote isn't working.
I thought I was doing bad with 2-3 eggs per day from my flock of 7! I have one down due to a mini molt, and one has not laid in over a week.
They are, however, enjoying lots of pumpkins and squash as treats!
We had the exact same problem last week,sans wet butt.
We brought her into the kennel and started to withhold food around 7 or 8pm on Thursday. By the next morning the prolapse had gone back in. We went ahead and bathed her anyway. and continued to keep her in the dark to prevent laying. She...
Tetanus doesn't even bother me, unless there has been livestock on the property and even then tetanus needs an oxygen free environment to live. So as long as it's a free bleeding wound (and not a puncture) that was made my something that has not been around livestock your good!
All these...
My daughter is a barefoot girl too. I have to admit, after growing up on a ranch as a child, nothing bothers me. However, last year our friends daughter fell and cut her knee on a goat stanchion. A few stitches, no big deal. 2 days later she is being flown to Oakland with a horrible flesh eating...
I make wood signs.....I am so going to steal this! Love it!
On the prolapsed vent front.......I went to give her a bath this morning, and the prolapse seems to have gone back to normal overnight. I am still going to keep her in the house over the weekend so I can keep an eye on her. I am...
Ha! Thats the article I read before I came here to ask.
Thank you. I will pull her food. I am crossing my fingers..... We don't use any artificial light in our coop.
Our BA seems to have a vent prolapse. I don't *believe* she is egg bound, but don't they go hand and hand? I pulled her and put her in the house in the dog kennel What is the best treatment for this? It doesn't seem to need cleaning...it does not look picked at or anything.......should I still...
Does anyone have some great ways to preserve cherry tomatoes? I have 75lbs I think I am going to make ketchup out of some since I have to process that anyway. Any favorite ketchup recipes?
If only I had room in my flock! I have my uncles incubator right now and could hatch them for you. It is styrofoam, and is a pain to get the humidity right though.
The first link says there is no withdrawal period, but I would personally worry about any antibiotic use in eggs creating resistant bacteria in humans.
Thank you all for your help and pointers during my unexpected hatch! It so did not go as planned, but everyone seems to have made it safe and sound.
Dang broody hen lured me into thinking she would be a good mama!
We still have one marans egg in the bator that is at day 23 with no pip, and...
Squishy is doing well today. The leg seems to be moving back under her. After further inspection it seems that the small outer toe is fused to the middle toe. I don't want to separate them, as she just went through quite the ordeal. I will leave that to Shantih, as they will be heading down...
Yes, she walks a bit...but not fully, so far. She was in the cup until about an hour ago. Her umbilical cord was still attached, but completely dry so I clipped it, and took her out of the cup. That leg sticks out towards the front. I was thinking of hobbling her. It looks like that toe is...
Here are pictures of Squishy's foot. She carries it forward and it looks like maybe the outer toe is fused....it is really hard to tell. What are the best early treatment options? [/IMG][/IMG]
The yolks are absorbed.
I am a bit worried about the squished chicks toes . My neighbor is coming over shortly and I am going to have her help me so I can tape her toes.
The cord fell off the Bresse, but not the squished chicks. I will spray some vetricin on it when I tape its toes.
The hen...
So should i just let them drag it off instead of keeping them in cups?
Stats so far are:
1 marans hatched
3 bresse hatched
2 pipped bresse
1 marans without a pip