California - Northern

[Nikon]

The babies are so cute! Wow four! Is that rare?

 

[Ali707]

Anybody have an opinion on this "emergency kit"? Is this a good deal or maybe not?

http://www.firststatevetsupply.com/store2/emergency-care/emergency-medication.html

 

[ronott1]

Anybody have an opinion on this "emergency kit"? Is this a good deal or maybe not?

http://www.firststatevetsupply.com/store2/emergency-care/emergency-medication.html

Thank you for sharing!

That is a good start and would treat most things.

 

[juststruttin]

The article was on Coci. It showed pictures and was very informative.

capayvallechick posted it. http://mikethechickenvet.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/spring-is-coming-so-is-coccidiosis/

thanks ron, great article

 

[Happy Chooks]

Why I haven't been on BYC today... a gift from my favorite ewe:


St. Paddy's Day Quads!

Awww, so adorable! Congrats!

 

[redriver]

Welcome to the world baby chicks! Six are Blue Laced Barnevelders, and ten are regular Barnies (don't ask me which is which, they move too fast for me to compare

). 100% hatch of Trisha's (TLS Ranch) eggs!

I think these three are boys. (Blue, regular, regular?)

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Welcome to the world baby chicks! Six are Blue Laced Barnevelders, and ten are regular Barnies (don't ask me which is which, they move too fast for me to compare ). 100% hatch of Trisha's (TLS Ranch) eggs! I think these three are boys. (Blue, regular, regular?)

Omg! They look like little chipmunks! I want to order some eggs from her as soon as I get my other egg in line for the same hatch. very cute babies!

 

[chicksnthestiks]

Welcome to the world baby chicks! Six are Blue Laced Barnevelders, and ten are regular Barnies (don't ask me which is which, they move too fast for me to compare

). 100% hatch of Trisha's (TLS Ranch) eggs!

I think these three are boys. (Blue, regular, regular?)

Wow, congrats! They are so cute.

 

[Deerling]

I was worried the big group of chickens we got wouldn't be as friendly, since there are 27 of them they don't get held as much as I would like. But yesterday when I got home from errands some of them ran over to me and "talked" to me, and a few of them perched on my arm for a while. Today when I went to the brooder to take them outside over half ran -to- me and let me lift them into the tote I use to carry them outside (some are still scared and run away). Later one of the little roosters sat and looked at me for a few minutes and walked onto my arm and hung out. Then a little Australorp hen jumped on my shoulder and sat there for a while. They like me! They really like me!

The baby lambs and Barnevelders are so sweet!

 

[PetRock]

And the drama continues...There are some days that I am so discouraged that I think about rehoming all of my chickens. Sigh... One of my little 4 wk old OE chicks is sick again. The 6 days of treatment with Sulmet for Coccidiosis ended last Thursday. Since then, they have been getting probiotics and electrolytes in their water. All have been healthy and thriving. Then this morning, when I checked on them, I heard a big sneeze. It was one of the biggest OE chicks. I'm pretty sure he is a he! When I picked him up, he was gurgling/crackling so I immediately separated him from the rest of the chicks. He is kicking back in his own private cat kennel with food and Denagard in his water. He doesn't have any nasal discharge or any signs of eye problems. He just sneezes occasionally and sound horrible when he breathes. I haven't seen him eat at all and I have twice given him medicated water by syringe being careful to drip it on the end of his beak so he wouldn't aspirate it. I just checked on him and found a large bloody poo. Coccidiosis, again? I have been feeding them King natural starter crumbles dry and also fermented. They do make a mess with the fermented feed and I waited an extra day to clean out their brooder so it was day 3 on the same pine shavings. Does it sound like a respiratory infection or maybe mold? The other chicks seem fine but I am dosing them with a preventative dosage of Denagard. Any advice for me?