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  1. weaversfarm

    Desperate for some answers, chicks dying.

    Yes, the only incubator I am having problems with is the Farm Innovator. I will try testing the hygrometer as you suggested, I have never heard of checking it that way. Not ever having this problem before, didn't know what I was doing wrong. I was ready to give up on hatching this year. I...
  2. weaversfarm

    Desperate for some answers, chicks dying.

    I will try to be as thorough as I can. I have been hatching eggs now for years with an excellent hatch rate, 85-90%. I have always used the Little Giant incubators without fans and never used a hygrometer. This year I bought a Farm Innovator incubator and also have 2 Little Giant incubators...
  3. weaversfarm

    Tylan 50, SubQ or IM??

    I grew up on a farm and always used Penn G. on any sick animals, always as a series of shots. I read on another site where they give the first dose as a sq shot, the rest are given orally. I have been doing it orally now for years and never had any animal not get the full benefit of the penn...
  4. weaversfarm

    Please help save these chickens

    I have 3 more sick ones and another dead one today. I guess because I have lost over half of the 30 birds, I should tell you that these birds came from a member on here who is still selling birds. I notified her the night we got them home they were sick and she then said, oh, after I got your...
  5. weaversfarm

    Tylan 50, SubQ or IM??

    I am currently using the Tylan50 on sick Black Copper Marans. Because I have never given shots to birds, I gave it orally. Seemed to work well and have not lost any of the ones I am treating or have treated.
  6. weaversfarm

    Please help save these chickens

    Had to bring 2 more sick ones in this morning, now we are up to 4, with a total of 8 altogether for me. Got the Tylan50 this morning and treated sick birds with it. One of the birds is really raspy when he breathes, so will do VetRx in a vaporizer. The girl that bought some of these birds...
  7. weaversfarm

    Please help save these chickens

    WestminsterHens, these birds have been outside now for almost 2 weeks. I am just pulling the sick ones in and putting them in the house. Realsis, thank you for the info. Will go to the store tomorrow morning and get Tylan50. I will also look up Corzya and see what that is.
  8. weaversfarm

    Please help save these chickens

    On April 1st, I made the 4 hour trip up to buy some Black Copper Maran chicks, about 8 weeks old. Because it was 4 hours back home, it was late and while we were unloading, I heard one of them with raspy breathing. They were in a room where the temp was 60 degrees. The birds were transported...
  9. weaversfarm

    Cackle Hatchery?

    I ordered 25 rare breed chicks from Cackle Hatchery a week ago and when they called I was told my order couldn't be shipped until June 3rd due to the unavailability of the Salmon Faverorelles. I have never had to wait that long for chicks. I am hoping they are worth the wait!!
  10. weaversfarm

    best priced hatchery

    I totally recommend Meyer Hatchery. I don't know if they are still doing it, but you can order the Meyer Meal Maker and donate the eggs or the meat from the bird. It it a free bird. I ordered one and will donate the eggs to several families we have in the neighborhood that are less fortunate...
  11. weaversfarm

    Mystery "Silkie" chicks

    I just got the exact same birds from TSC last night in NY. The first one was labeled Dark Buff Brahma, the other pen was labeled white silkies....why would TSC sell D'Uccle's for silkies? I already have Brahmas, and that first one is a Brahma. I have never had silkies, that is why I bought...
  12. weaversfarm

    Mystery "Silkie" chicks

    The first one looks to be a Dark Buff Brahma, the other three are silkies.
  13. weaversfarm

    NW PA Chicks - Ancona, GL Wyandotte and Black Copper Marans

    Pm'd you.
  14. weaversfarm

    72 eggs and not 1 hatched!!

    I emailed her today and sent pictures of the eggs and she said she would send me a check, that she didn't want me unhappy. She was supposed to send me the Welsummer eggs 3 weeks ago today and I never got them, wonder if the check will come as slowly, or at all.... It's just very frustrating to...
  15. weaversfarm

    72 eggs and not 1 hatched!!

    This lady supposedly knows better because she told me she sells fertile eggs on ebay all the time. I don't think she is a member here.
  16. weaversfarm

    72 eggs and not 1 hatched!!

    The first 3 dozen she gave me I am sure were floor eggs because they were filthy and it was well below zero the day and night before we went to get them. She told me she had just gone out to get them and it may have been too cold too long, but to try them. Not one hatched. The pictures here...
  17. weaversfarm

    72 eggs and not 1 hatched!!

    These were Maran, Barred Rock, and Wyandotte eggs. Being brown eggs it's hard to candle and see what's going on. All I could make out were dark shadows. I left them in the incubator until day 20 when I started noticing an odor. I broke one open, then another and another, not one single egg...
  18. weaversfarm

    My experience with McMurray

    My understanding from our USPS is they won't insure chicks or fertile eggs. Too many accidents happening and the Post Office would be making refunds hand over fist if they had to pay out for damaged eggs or dead chicks that died as a result of being kept in the back of a cold truck. That is...
  19. weaversfarm

    Don't know what to do about these chicks

    This little chick is getting better, she will open her eye now. I am putting antibiotic eye ointment in it 2 X a day. Now the problem seems to be the other chicks are pecking her eye. She was in a crate from this morning until late this afternoon before I put her in with them. There was no...
  20. weaversfarm

    Anyone order from Meyer Hatchery before?

    I just got my order of the brown egg layer assortment 2 weeks ago from Meyer. All arrived healthy and hungry! I did lose one but had nothing to do with the hatchery. Our electric went out for 6 hours and it was -3 degrees F here, so with no heat lamp on them one died. I have ordered from...
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