California - Northern

[Nikon]

No, it's actually teal colored.

You should take one more picture of that rooster, and enter him in the Most Stunning Fowl contest. (in the hatchalong area)

Thanks! Just did that.

 

[Nikon]

Hey guys, so I have a year old (this month) EE pullet that has yet to lay an egg. Actually, she may have laid one egg, a very tiny wind egg the size of those easter chocolate eggs (no not the cadbury variety, the pastel M&M kind).

Are some hens just duds?

 

[ronott1]

Hey guys, so I have a year old (this month) EE pullet that has yet to lay an egg. Actually, she may have laid one egg, a very tiny wind egg the size of those easter chocolate eggs (no not the cadbury variety, the pastel M&M kind).

Are some hens just duds?

Sadly yes, sometimes they are.

You can make sure she is parasite free, has calcium and good vitamins and pro biotics.

Some claim that red pepper flakes will start them laying. Just a teaspoon a day in her feed.

Does she look like she is ready to lay an egg?

 

[OR4-hmom]

Hey guys, so I have a year old (this month) EE pullet that has yet to lay an egg. Actually, she may have laid one egg, a very tiny wind egg the size of those easter chocolate eggs (no not the cadbury variety, the pastel M&M kind). 

Are some hens just duds? 

Our lone EE laid fairly well the first year although she was very slow to start. She has been giving us an egg about every 3 days now, but she took 8 months off.

 

[casportpony]

Hey guys, so I have a year old (this month) EE pullet that has yet to lay an egg. Actually, she may have laid one egg, a very tiny wind egg the size of those easter chocolate eggs (no not the cadbury variety, the pastel M&M kind).

Are some hens just duds?

Was there a yolk in it or was it just egg white?

-Kathy

 

[Nikon]

Egg ehote

Was there a yolk in it or was it just egg white?

-Kathy

Egg white. That was about three weeks ago. Found it on the run floor in the gravel. About two weeks ago I caught her sitting on two eggs from the other hens. It's like she want to but can't.

 

[tommysgirl]

I think I have lost my touch. I could not get my d'Anver chicks to line up. Not the best pictures, but they show the chicks cute little owlish faces

Cute Cute Cute but I would love for you to tell us if that little dark one up high in the back turns out to be a cockerel...little brat

Egg ehote
Egg white. That was about three weeks ago. Found it on the run floor in the gravel. About two weeks ago I caught her sitting on two eggs from the other hens. It's like she want to but can't.

Nikkon I have a girl who started out laying normally and did so for about 6 weeks. Then she laid an enormous egg in an egg and has never laid more than a handful of normal eggs since. She lays membrane only eggs at night on the poo tray, has laid really thin shelled eggs on the ground many times and has gone for months without laying anything. She will sit in the nest box for hours and produce nothing. It makes me sad for her. I hope your EE girl lays normally soon.

 

[CackleJoy]

@casportpony Kathy, thank you for all the work you went to in creating the proper dosage documents in your tag line. I sat down to do the math and partially through creating a formula, I remembered your documents! Thank you so much!

I'm a little unclear on one subject. Should Corrid and Amporlium (okay I butchered that word) be applied together?

A side note:

My broody house showed multiple bloody poos on Saturday PM. There was no way to identify which chicks because it looked like they all had it.

My FIL treats Cocci his organic grass-fed cattle with Fastrack brand probiotics. I'm a distributor and used it successfully (with a special gel) in working with dogs and puppies. When the chicks showed up with Cocci, I had less than a teaspoon left (1/3 tsp treats 1 gallon). I went to 2 places Saturday night looking for Corrid and came up empty.

@Coopcommander kept telling me that it worked for Grandpa. SO, I decided to give it a try and trust the product to work. After all, I'd seen it work multiple times in puppies.

Sunday, the bloody stool was nearly all gone.

I'm treating the chicks because it looks like 2 are still affected. I'm impressed. I much prefer a probiotic as an immune builder to medication because I believe that it creates stronger chickens in the long run.

I found bloody stool in the SFH pen so the Cocci is everywhere.

Since I ran out of the Fastrack probiotics, I'm treating everything with Corrid.

The quick results lead me to believe that we could have avoided this outbreak had the chickens been given their Fastrack like I know they are supposed to. I think since my Grandpa died and I got sick that they didn't have a single dose (roughly 6 weeks). That'll teach me! Going to have to create a checklist for when the kids are doing chores. I was just happy the chickens were being fed and watered but they really need more care than that.

 

[ronott1]

@casportpony Kathy, thank you for all the work you went to in creating the proper dosage documents in your tag line. I sat down to do the math and partially through creating a formula, I remembered your documents! Thank you so much!

I'm a little unclear on one subject. Should Corrid and Amporlium (okay I butchered that word) be applied together?

A side note:

My broody house showed multiple bloody poos on Saturday PM. There was no way to identify which chicks because it looked like they all had it.

My FIL treats Cocci his organic grass-fed cattle with Fastrack brand probiotics. I'm a distributor and used it successfully (with a special gel) in working with dogs and puppies. When the chicks showed up with Cocci, I had less than a teaspoon left (1/3 tsp treats 1 gallon). I went to 2 places Saturday night looking for Corrid and came up empty.

@Coopcommander kept telling me that it worked for Grandpa. SO, I decided to give it a try and trust the product to work. After all, I'd seen it work multiple times in puppies.

Sunday, the bloody stool was nearly all gone.

I'm treating the chicks because it looks like 2 are still affected. I'm impressed. I much prefer a probiotic as an immune builder to medication because I believe that it creates stronger chickens in the long run.

I found bloody stool in the SFH pen so the Cocci is everywhere.

Since I ran out of the Fastrack probiotics, I'm treating everything with Corrid.

The quick results lead me to believe that we could have avoided this outbreak had the chickens been given their Fastrack like I know they are supposed to. I think since my Grandpa died and I got sick that they didn't have a single dose (roughly 6 weeks). That'll teach me! Going to have to create a checklist for when the kids are doing chores. I was just happy the chickens were being fed and watered but they really need more care than that.

corid is Amporlium

It can be given up to 7 times the normal dose with no problems.

 

[casportpony]

Egg ehote

Was there a yolk in it or was it just egg white?

-Kathy

Egg white. That was about three weeks ago. Found it on the run floor in the gravel. About two weeks ago I caught her sitting on two eggs from the other hens. It's like she want to but can't.

I don't want to scare you, but I would watch her carefully as that egg *might* be a sign of internal laying.

-Kathy