I am wondering about which antibiotic to put my hen on (she has a large neck wound after being attacked by a bobcat yesterday). Here's a link to my thread in the emergencies section if anyone has advice for me.
I was afraid to see what condition she was going to be in this morning, but to my surprise she is active in her little cage and took treats when I offered them. Her poops are a little loose so I put ACV in her water. Any other advice is much appreciated!
I am wondering about which antibiotic to put my hen on (she has a large neck wound after being attacked by a bobcat yesterday). Here's a link to my thread in the emergencies section if anyone has advice for me.
I was afraid to see what condition she was going to be in this morning, but to my surprise she is active in her little cage and took treats when I offered them. Her poops are a little loose so I put ACV in her water. Any other advice is much appreciated!
Quote: Ron thanks so much! I will get both Tylan and Vetricyn now. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for little Cutie!
My poor Partridge Penedesenca, Calamity Jane, was scalped by some mean hens. She lost the back part of her comb and hat a 2x1 inch patch of skin missing. I did not giver her anti bitotics--just used Vetricyn Gel(lots cheaper from amazon) and she is nearly healed now.
So we had a intense thunder storm yesterday with a bit of accumulating hail. Lots of lightning and thunder I guess.
Our 2 labs somehow hoped the fence and ran off
They are old dogs (10)
and One is terrified of Thunder. I feel so bad for them. It was nice when we left to Roseville yesterday. She was probably really scared. The other one just follows her. We live by Eldorado National forest so I am hoping they are around here somewhere and did not head east.
I hope your dogs are back safe and sound. My dog is terrified of thunder - but fortunately she is on a cable run so all I get is a torn apart welcome mat by the back door and shelves - she doesn't run off.
Hi all!
I'm relatively new to the forums so thought I'd take a minute to introduce myself. I've had chickens on/off for a few years and heavily relied on advice given here but have hid in the shadows.
I live about a half hour south of San Francisco on the coast. I literally have 'backyard chickens'. We had 4 for a couple of years that went to a neighbor when we last moved. After months of getting organized, unpacked and trying to find the right spot to build a new coop...I desperately missed the fresh eggs and the hours of chicken entertainment...I took the plunge and bought a pre-fabbed coop and hatched out a couple of eggs in a homemade incubator. Of the 8 eggs that I received (from back east so fertility may have been bad after shipping) three developed. All 3 hatched into healthy happy chicks...a splash orpington, a black orpinton and an americauna. The black ended up being a boy - the local feed store took him and 'sold him to a nice family' - I think I could have culled him if I needed to...just not sure I could have eaten any of it.
This saved me having to make that decision. We picked up 2 more started pullets at that time - a blue laced red wyndotte and a California white leghorn.
We had some integration issues initially but all 4 have worked out their issues. It is interesting seeing the different dynamics at play...but I digress....
The girls have a 3.5'x3.5' coop with 3 nesting boxes and a 3.5' x 9.25' run. They are let out each day...typically mid-morning to 'free range' through the backyard and return to the coop each night. I'm building another 6 foot extension for the run for the occasions where we need to leave them for a weekend. We spent a LOT of time working with our lab when they were chicks - putting them on her when she was in a submissive calm state. The chickens still climb on her and 'groom' her but she completely ignores them.
We don't show our chickens - although that's how we talked my husband into getting them originally - 4H...but he likes the eggs and entertainment enough that we now just enjoy them. Our chickens are totally our pets. We get so much entertainment value from them. And I can't wait for this new batch to start laying to have fresh eggs in the house again. And what a pretty basket it's going to be. Eventually I want to add a welsummer or maran to get a chocolate colored egg and a cream legbar or true araucana for a blue egg to complete my rainbow. I'm just not sure I could convince hubby to let me have a brooder inside again right now...so would either need started pullets or wait until next year.
Kids went with a "P" naming scheme this time....
Pio - Americauna
Pippy - Splash Orpington
Pumpkin - Blue Laces Red Wyndotte
Penny - California White Leghorn
Anyway, thank you all for being such a great resource through the years! And I hope to 'get to know' you all a bit better and be more actively involved on here.
Kim
thanks everyone! yes, i am extremely lucky to have quite a few ENORMOUS oaks on my property -- the chicklets love foraging underneath them, looking for bugs...
and wow, has it turned into a rainy afternoon! glad i got the photos this morning, while it was still vaguely dry!
It seems so much more difficult to hatch quail than chickens. I had the one little one hatch yesterday and lots of pips yesterday but no obvious action since then. We made a quick trip to the feedstore for more pine shavings and some game starter for the quail. We came home to find the little one wedged under the wire screen under the paper egg tray at the edge of the incubator. I slipped a warm, wet sponge into the incubator, lifted the egg tray & screen, and rescued him. I don't have the brooder ready so I put him in a Costco tomato container lined with the flat section of a paper egg carton and one layer of paper towel. I have him sitting on top of the screen cover (100 degrees) on my smaller chick brooder which has my 7 chicks that hatched a few days ago. At first I put the container down into the brooder but the 7 chicks went crazy and mass huddled in the farthest, coldest corner. Quail chicks are supposed to be kept a little warmer than chicken chicks, correct? I feel like I am ill prepared to be a quail mommy!
