Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[IamSamSam]

I thought Aussies were supposed to be tough? Bunch of little sissies it seems... I bet even a Kiwi could stand 0C without complaining...

Roflmao we are just all accustomed to our own temperature variances LOL

 

[appps]

No chickens don't get colds . They suffer with upper respiratory issues though. There are the obvious contagious diseases that will present with these symptoms but there can be other contributing factors, worms, egg binding , coccocidiosis , DE, ammonia rising from their unrates when they are the perch at night. Any of these can cause upper respiratory symptoms. I generally start by treating for worms but I wouldn't rule out cocci if I were you. What's her poop look like?

we seem to go through little phases where they get sneezy but they pass and everything is fine. She is out wandering now so will be keeping an eye on her.

I was only thinking on the weekend it was time to nag DS (who gets extra pocket money for chook jobs) to clean under their perch as it looks like its been a bit forgotten, that might be might first thing to do today. It got wet in there in the rain last week so I'll pull it all out and replace in case it didnt dry I think. That might be where our problem lies. Trust it to be on a school day so I have to do it not DS

I wormed them about 3 weeks ago and Ive not seen any poop out of the ordinary though Ive not seen her in particular go.

 

[appps]

Roflmao we are just all accustomed to our own temperature variances LOL

absolutely, I remember when my DH moved to the coast from Canberra, he used to call us sissy's when we would think it was cold if it went under 15 deg LOL "Cold? this isnt cold he would say, you should try getting up on a -3 morning in Canberra.

Now he is the first to put the heater on LOL

 

[AussieChics]

Are you sure my hubby doesn't work at that produce store. He just rang me before to say did i want to apologise as i was wrong.. I'm like what he tells me he asked pete and he says shell grit and calcium carbonate are the same thing... so I say how long has pete had chooks for ? He doesn't have any but he has worked for mitre 10 for 10 years. I say well he has been giving out wrong info for ten years then... He said i need to ring the vets to check as pete would know more than me... So i hung up on him... Men seriiously..

haha yep men ;-)

 

[Fancychooklady]

Are you sure my hubby doesn't work at that produce store. He just rang me before to say did i want to apologise as i was wrong.. I'm like what he tells me he asked pete and he says shell grit and calcium carbonate are the same thing... so I say how long has pete had chooks for ? He doesn't have any but he has worked for mitre 10 for 10 years. I say well he has been giving out wrong info for ten years then... He said i need to ring the vets to check as pete would know more than me... So i hung up on him... Men seriiously..

Ground oyster shell is calcium carbonate. Your average hen uses up 20 times more calcium than she has in her bones in her laying days. Calcium carbonate is more readily absorbed by the hen than any other product. Shell grit is a mixture of different shells and sand and yes the hen would be able to derive some calcium from it but it's much easier and more effective to buy a $3 bag of calcium carbonate /ground oyster shell and offer it as free take.
Over use of ACV can also lead to calcium deficiency as it can lower the calcium absorption rate.
Being as Pete doesn't have any chickens im kind of wondering why people would even ask for his advice.

 

[satay]

Ground oyster shell is calcium carbonate. Your average hen uses up 20 times more calcium than she has in her bones in her laying days. Calcium carbonate is more readily absorbed by the hen than any other product. Shell grit is a mixture of different shells and sand and yes the hen would be able to derive some calcium from it but it's much easier and more effective to buy a $3 bag of calcium carbonate /ground oyster shell and offer it as free take.
Over use of ACV can also lead to calcium deficiency as it can lower the calcium absorption rate.
Being as Pete doesn't have any chickens im kind of wondering why people would even ask for his advice.

Who knows he's a man and just thinks that because you have worked some where for 10 years means he must know everything. .. Epic fail on this one.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Who knows he's a man and just thinks that because you have worked some where for 10 years means he must know everything. .. Epic fail on this one.

So in the hardware they should sell calcium carbonate CaCo3 in the form of limestone.

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._poultry/mineral_deficiencies_in_poultry.html

 

[satay]

So in the hardware they should sell calcium carbonate CaCo3 in the form of limestone.

Actually it's a hardware and a produce store. Hubby works in the produce. I knew they sold it but he was disputing the need for it. Got my cousin to ring him who's a vet ... I got a text reply from him fair enough

 

[Fancychooklady]

Actually it's a hardware and a produce store. Hubby works in the produce. I knew they sold it but he was disputing the need for it. Got my cousin to ring him who's a vet ... I got a text reply from him fair enough

Lol, when you want to win an argument you bring out the ' big guns ' . I like your style.

 

[satay]

Epic fail number 2 for the day is the weather people
temp at 11 am in the shade.

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