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Quote: Try just giving your chickens plain water. They will likely stop turning up dead. Plain water wont prevent myco. Plain water wont stop cocci. (Rudeness/name-calling edited by Staff-review rule #1 of BYC, please) This topic isn't about if I should drug my birds or not drug them I didnt...

Quote: Interesting. How would that work with drugs that say I have to add them to a gallon of water? How do I know how much to give them individually if I use a syringe?

Its not just denagard its anything I add to the water. Like when I was treating for cocci I gave them amprol in the water. I see the water levels going down so some birds are drinking but some aren't. And a bird turns up dead from dehydration. I cant tell who is and who isn't drinking until its...

As far as I know none of my birds have myco. Every time one dies I get them checked and its always negative. I give them denagard to prevent mycoplasma from wild birds or just from someone coming over with contamination. Myco is far too common for me to take a chance with it. But every time...

Thats what the pathology report keeps saying. Whenever I add denagard to the water , I see them drinking but there is always one chicken or two that die during the monthly prevention cycle. Same happens with pretty much anything I add to the water. The odd bird wont drink it and then I find them...

Quote: The sand part, I would not do. One reason-bumblefoot. You're setting yourself up for that. In my very earliest chicken keeping years, I covered a pvc pipe with non-skid tape you put on steps. It started up a cycle of bumblefoot in my original flock. Not a good thing at all, trust me...

the bottle doesnt have an egg withdrawal time only a notice that dont slaughter the cow a day before ending the dosage. Are eggs ok to eat?

I asked the feedery and they said its a combination of spruce and pine. Is that safe for my chickens?

nevermind, I just found it sept 14 means september 2014. lol.

I have some amprol here I was about to use it. I saw a little hint of blood in one of the poops. The bottle says it expired sept 14. Is it still safe to use? Its a gallon of Amprol.

Quote: your chickens climb trees? what kind of chickens are they? @7L Farm great pic!

thanks everyone!!

I was at my local feedery and saw a great deal on wood shavings for the chickens. However, I remember reading in this forum that pine or cedar or something was bad and other types of wood shavings are ok? Something about hard on their lungs? Which one should I avoid and which one is ok to get?

Quote: I have bantam silkie chickens. And the bamboo is pretty thick. Looks just right. I also have some 2x4 but its square, I figured round bamboo would be nicer.

Quote: maybe sand the gloss off? ok Ill try that.

Does anyone know how to make my bamboo pirch less slippery? Right now its so shiny and slippery.

Quote: One way to make mine do it is pickup a hen and when she flaps her wings that flapping noise makes all the roosters go ROOOOAR. Or GROOOOWWWL.

More specifically why do my silkie roosters roar like a dinosaur?

Beth G. : Awww, if he has a nice personality and you are not going to show I think he's a keeper Then again I have a tough time getting rid of any of my silkies Quote: ooh god. I should get rid of him. Thats my problem too. But none of the other birds like him. He is last to eat. And...

Quote: I give him a 3. His type is lacking, as is his color. Is he molting? He seems to be missing some tail feathers. ooh god. I should get rid of him.