Yes I was talking to someone else about it and it just prevents cocci, but doesnt treat it. I'm not a fan of giving meds unless absolutely neccessary. I thought maybe it worked like a vaccine, but I'm not sure anymore.:confused:
I too was wondering about the medicated feed thing. I chose get the non medicated feed, since reading that confused me.
It sounds like you've got it covered. Might want to have vet wrap and duct tape on hand. My last hatch had a little splay legged chick in it. Ended up having to wrap his legs...
That was the plan!! I figured it's not hurting anyone if I try, and I'm potentially loosing a chick if I dont. Plus, I had read other success stories on here about partially developed eggs successfully hatching after an interruption early in the process. Fingers crossed!!:fl
How often do yall...
I just set them yesterday. My guess is this one got forgotten in the coop a couple days before it was found and given to me with the others. I candled them all and marked their air sacs, dated and labeled them all, so I could have better records. Some had really large air sacs, a couple had tiny...
This is the one that looks developed. The pics aren't so good cuz it wasnt quite dark, but it is now, so I will get a couple better ones in a bit before bed.
So here's a couple questionable eggs in my batch right now. I cant see the air cell in 3 of them, and one of them looks partially developed. I put it in there just because I've read about other partially developed eggs being successfully incubated. What do yall think?
These are the ones I...
My friend breeds snowbirds and she gave me some bantam old English. The rooster on those hens just won 3 awards at the fair, including best of show, so I'm hoping for some pretty good looking birds. Then she gave me either buff brahma or silver laced wyandotte, I cant remember. Then I've got...