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[PetRock]

DO YOU GUYS "ACTIVATE" THE OXINE WITH CITRIC ACID? WONDERING IF i SHOULD GET HE SET OR JUST THE OXINE?
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No! NO CITRIC ACID! It is bad for the birds! I don't remember exactly why but just get the oxine!

 

[liz9910]

Okay, Liz! I better get a notebook going to keep track! You will love Langshans. They are very mellow and so stately looking! My first one was an impulse buy at the feed store! I fell in love with her quirky personality!

They are beautiful I just wish I could move to the country so I could have a rooster too.

 

[PetRock]

Sure, no problem. I'm in Shingle Springs, about halfway between Folsom & Placerville. So I'm very close to you.


The bobwhite eggs are little bit smaller and the proportion of yolk seems to be a little higher. I find cot eggs easier to open when eating the egg fresh and I find bobwhite eggs easier to peel boiled. It's because the membrane in the bobwhite egg is tougher. Scissors make it easier when they are raw, but the membrane holds together and acts like a zipper when they are boiled. Bobwhites are nuts! They never tame down. It takes them longer to hatch than chicken eggs and it takes them just as long to mature and start laying as a chicken. I do keep a few pens of the bobwhites because I like their eggs boiled and I love the sound of their call. But most of my quail pens are cots.

I bought mine from Revival through Amazon. I think with shipping it was around $30-35. It will last nearly forever.

Thanks, Deb! Between you and Shantih, I now NEED cots as well as bobwhites! I remember hearing bobwhites call when I was a little girl in Iowa so I do need to keep a few of them.

I'm on my second gallon of Oxine in a year. But I use it in the humidifier & direct spray any bird who gurgles, I sterilize chicken equipment, brooders, etc., add a little to the water in the incubator, spray sprouting trays/containers, and put it in the first soak when I sprout grains for the birds. I also use it on flat surfaces in the kitchen, bathroom, etc. where I want to make sure nothing is growing. I know that they say you can use it for mouthwash but I haven't tried that yet!

 

[PetRock]

They are beautiful I just wish I could move to the country so I could have a rooster too.

One good thing is that the boys are very late crowers! They are slow to mature and none of mine crowed until they were around 30 weeks. So I got to enjoy having them around without worrying about the neighbors. I have some little Marans mix cockerels who have started crowing at 7-8 weeks. In one weeks time, they have perfected their crows and are loud! They are sleeping in a dog kennel in the house and headed to the farm this weekend! Almost every Marans and Marans mix cockerel that I have had has begun crowing before 14 weeks old. Is this typical?

 

[debs_flock]

DO YOU GUYS "ACTIVATE" THE OXINE WITH CITRIC ACID? WONDERING IF i SHOULD GET HE SET OR JUST THE OXINE?
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WONT MISS THIS POST....

NO, makes it VERY toxic to work with................like you'd have to wear a respirator. That would be more of a commercial application.

I also use it on flat surfaces in the kitchen, bathroom, etc. where I want to make sure nothing is growing. I know that they say you can use it for mouthwash but I haven't tried that yet!

My newest use, I'm trying to cure a nail fungus. Doctors don't even try to do anything with them anymore. They say wait until it gets REALLY bad and we'll remove the nail. So I've been wetting the nail with diluted oxine a couple of times per day. It seems to be helping.

 

[Deerling]

All this talk of the magic of Oxine makes me thing of my other favorite thing: Coconut oil! Are there any uses for coconut oil with chickens? I know it has antibacterial properties and it's good for you to have a tablespoon when you're sick or something. I use it in homemade deodorant, face cream, lotion and on my hair sometimes. I also use it straight on really dry skin or rashes.

Chiquta, I need to order some Oxine... we may be able to combine shipping and save money if you want.

 

[Deerling]

I have found some articles on putting together Chicken first aid kits, but they have so much in them... I see a few things routinely mentioned on here and was thinking if I'm going to order Oxine, maybe I could order some of them too. Would someone mind making a list of the few most vital things to have on hand? Especially things you might need immediately (like to put on bad wounds) or the feed store might not have.

Thanks!

ETA I'm anticipating worming the chickens soon (how old do they have to be?). What's the favorite wormer?

 

[Ali707]

OK It will have to wait a bit because I am worming all the birds next week but by mid May I should be able to get it together. How many do you want? ETA let me know if you want to toss in some of my Red Star eggs too. I can cross them with the RIR roo or I can leave them in with Ray the wonder roo of unknown pedigree

That is good for me. I am setting some eggs and won't be ready for a little while anyway. I don't need a pile, just maybe 6 or so. What do you get when you hatch out the Red Star eggs? Ray the wonder roo! Ha Ha!!! That is funny. I have limited space so I don't want to hatch out a pile and then try to find homes or freezers for them all. I just want enough to hopefully get one or two hens out of the hatch.

 

[debs_flock]

I have found some articles on putting together Chicken first aid kits, but they have so much in them... I see a few things routinely mentioned on here and was thinking if I'm going to order Oxine, maybe I could order some of them too. Would someone mind making a list of the few most vital things to have on hand? Especially things you might need immediately (like to put on bad wounds) or the feed store might not have.

Thanks!

ETA I'm anticipating worming the chickens soon (how old do they have to be?). What's the favorite wormer?

This will get you started.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...dy-and-essential-supplies-and-how-to-use-them

I would also add Vetericyn (I prefer the gel spray) and Poly-vi-Sol liquid baby vitamins without Iron. The first you can get at most feed/pet stores, the second any pharmacy.

 

[ronott1]

I have found some articles on putting together Chicken first aid kits, but they have so much in them... I see a few things routinely mentioned on here and was thinking if I'm going to order Oxine, maybe I could order some of them too. Would someone mind making a list of the few most vital things to have on hand? Especially things you might need immediately (like to put on bad wounds) or the feed store might not have.

Thanks!

I really do not have a huge first aid kit. There are things I use all the time:

Big Ole Bird(prevention)
Liquid Baby vitamins without iron(added at the last hatch)
corid
Vetricyn Gel
Food Grade DE
Ivermetin(Testing now)
Electrolyte vitamins
Probiotic

I should probably get some type of anti biotic to have on had but I have never had a sniffle. Of course "No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition" to quote Monty Python.