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[liz9910]

Wow, I can't keep up with you guys! I am lucky if I get the time to offer a little advice and post chick pictures. So much action going on in this thread

All 23 of my eggs hatched in this last hatch

I did have to help the last chick out. Both feet were terribly curled and her left leg was rigid and stretched out behind her so she couldn't walk

I couldn't put her down on Easter so I bent the leg and taped it up and then against her body like they do at the vets when an animal has a dislocated hip. I really didn't expect it to work, but the next day I took the tape off and the leg was back in place!

Her toes were still completely turned under, but she could get around by crawling along. Once again I thought I was going to have to put her down, but this morning when I checked on her, her toes are uncurling!!

I am so glad I didn't give up on her

Here are some pictures I took of chicks in this hatch. The two lighter ones are pure W/BW Ameraucanas. I have 7 more EE chicks available

6 of these chicks went to liz9910 on Saturday

I just love my chicks! It is so hard not to sit and hold them all day

 

[PetRock]

I've had a new chick owner emailing me about a health problem with her chicks. The symptoms sounded like cocci. Tests at the lab determined that it was e coli infection. So keep that in mind if sick chicks don't respond to the cocci meds.

Kim, what do you use to treat for e coli?

 

[capayvalleychick]

Here are some pictures I took of chicks in this hatch.

Is that colored tape as id band? How long does that last? Any problems using that?

 

[capayvalleychick]

Kim, what do you use to treat for e coli?

They weren't my chicks, so I don't know. She's getting advice from a vet, who recommended she cull all of her new young chicks. There are meds to treat it, I don't know what. She has a child with a immunity condition, so that might be why the vet told her to cull them all.

 

[PetRock]

They weren't my chicks, so I don't know. She's getting advice from a vet, who recommended she cull all of her new young chicks. There are meds to treat it, I don't know what. She has a child with a immunity condition, so that might be why the vet told her to cull them all.

I wonder if any of the common chicken meds work on it. I'll have to add that question to my research list. I have a houseful of grandkids (2, 4, & 6 yrs.) this morning so no time for for it today. This is what they are doing and I'm just trying to survive the morning!

Pretty smart of their mommies to let grandma handle the day after sugar craze!

 

[debs_flock]

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Ah thanks.

And you're probably talking about the pitbull puppy. It was the sweetest darn thing. They had it out on the grass and I was playing with it (7.5 weeks, named Olive). After I walked away, it followed me. I think it should have gone home with me

Did anyone out there bring the cocopop frizzle serama? That was another bird that got Mariah's attention for a breed she usually doesn't care for. Must say he got my attention also I have no idea how many pictures she took of the RP turkey, evvery time she went by he was displaying and booming.

I didn't bring any seramas, but I have LOTS of them, including frizzles. I had one in the sale cage, but he sold pretty early. A little boy bought him and I never saw him put him down again. He toted that bird around cradled in his arms the whole day.

 

[liz9910]

Does anyone on here know anyone that has lived in/around Fowler? (Fresno county). My sister in law wants chickens but I think according to her municode they are considered farm animals and it's a no go

 

[Ali707]

love the cat/chick pic Ron

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.

Let us know when you get them home........It always stressed me out when my dogs got out of the yard. Thankfully I got them back within hours, but still...... There is always that thought that they might not make it home.

Congrats on the chick! I had one little quail hatch yesterday and quite a few have pipped but no other ones out this morning. The poor little one is hiding underneath the paper quail egg carton thing. I cut the tops of all the bumps and she has just been tunneling underneath all the other eggs. I hope more hatch out today so she has company!

From what I was reading on the quail posts no one really had a consensus on how long they have access to the yolk nutrition. I took all mine out around the 24 hour mark, BUT, you have a lot of pips in there..... so I am not sure, but I do know that the Genesis 1588 recovers the humidity pretty fast. Mine did. I just lifted the side of the lid to get my hand in there to grab them and closed it really fast. It barely lost 5% and it was back up within 10 minutes..... just my experience.

He is a sweety! That is Jasper and the chick is one of the HRIRs. Jasper is some part Main Coon Cat and weighs over 20 pounds. He is very long and has a very different personality.

I thought he looked pretty large! I really want one of those HRIR's!

Bobcats are tough. I have lost someone to them every year. The 8 foot fence is nothing to them. Tractor supply sells a spray on pain reliever for chickens. It might help. I hope she gets better!

We finally had a 100% hatch! I'm hoping we finally ave the smoker bator down now that my teams are correct. I'm running it between 99.5 and 100.0 since it seems more stable there then 99.0 and 99.5.
So my 2 broody marans have chicks. After all the exploding eggs and almost 1.5 months of waiting they are very grateful. Silkie chicks look so tiny next to floppy comb!

Wow! 100% hatch! Which incubator do you use?

Deerling: Cute chickens!

PetRock: Before I made my second Urban Predator brooder I had one I made from a card board box. That big old cat likes to sleep on the brooder and weighing in at over 20 pounds, he fell in one night.

Luckily no chicks were smashed and he did not eat any of them either....I do shoo him off of the brooder when I see him though.....The Rubbermaid plastic holds up much better than card board.

Maybe you should give your kitty a heating pad or something to sleep on......?

I've had a new chick owner emailing me about a health problem with her chicks. The symptoms sounded like cocci. Tests at the lab determined that it was e coli infection. So keep that in mind if sick chicks don't respond to the cocci meds.

E COLI!!!! I never would have thought of that! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ali707]

I wonder if any of the common chicken meds work on it. I'll have to add that question to my research list. I have a houseful of grandkids (2, 4, & 6 yrs.) this morning so no time for for it today. This is what they are doing and I'm just trying to survive the morning!

Pretty smart of their mommies to let grandma handle the day after sugar craze!

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Dawg says:

Dee, I read your other post in your link you provided. Albon treats 2 types of cocci, fowl cholera, and coryza. Seven days treating with albon is enough, dont use it anymore.
It is normal to have a few cocci on a microscopic slide, but when the slide is filled with the protozoa, the health of the chicken is in jeopardy. Corid treats all 9 types of cocci that chickens can get.
Since you only saw a few cocci on the slide, green diarrhea could indicate a possible bacterial infection...ecoli. Like cocci, ecoli bacteria are in chickens as well. Good bacteria keeps it in check. It's when some type of stress (anything really) can send the ecoli out of control causing your Mary to get sick.
Treatment for ecoli is probiotics, nutri drench, and baytril. Normally IF you catch it soon enough, the good bacteria will beat back the bad bacteria (ecoli.) You want to be aggressive treating ecoli; aureomycin will treat it, but baytril is more potent. Tube feeding with the probiotics (buttermilk or store bought probiotics for birds,) nutri drench and baytril mixed together as a slurry is recommended. You can also continue with the corid treatment as well, it wont hurt and you should see improvement in 3 days IF in fact it is a different type of cocci that the albon couldnt treat.
I've dealt with ecoli, the end result wasnt good. I wish you the best.

Best!