The poult came around his crop is a tad saggy but getting better. I switched to sand for litter and that seemed to help a lot. But this morning I lost one for unexplainable reasons. The flock was fine at 10pm then at 5am one was gasping and expired while I watched helplessly, tried to give water...
So here we go, I changed the litter in poult brooder yesterday now they are eating the shavings. Went and got some beach sand today, going to switch to that. Thoughts?
The wood is definitely treated, as for the black spots those might be a mold. The whiteish green is residue left from the treatment process. I honestly think you are worrying too much. $1800 I am moving to where you live and building chicken coops lol. Also I believe there are ways to kill mold...
I grow lemon thyme, very good on herb roasted fish. Now you have me thinking of a tea made with it. For the fish I lay flounder fillets on a baking sheet and brush them with melted butter mixed with lemon thyme, basil, and scallions with some black pepper. Then fire it on the grill at max heat...
Thank you for the response Wyorp, as I understand grit is not needed with just starter crumbles. And the crop was empty after fasting for 16 hours. But it was still large and squishy. I have acv in the water and am feeding hard boiled eggs. I started to administer Monistat 7 as seen on a...
Yes I have the poult in solitary now. No food since yesterday. At noon I will feed some egg whites. Try this for a couple days I guess. See what happens.:confused:
Is it even possible for an 8 day old poult to have sour crop? I massaged the squishy crop and some water and feed came out, but it didn't smell foul. I separated the poult yesterday for about 4 hours with no food. The crop went down. Now today swolen again. Separated without food and gave a...