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[chickee]

How adorable!!! I can hardly wait for mine to hatch! Hatch day is Sat but my Bresse have been hatching a day early. I am watching for pips already!

That's what keeps us hatching! It is SO exciting!

I hatched some Bresse chicks for a friend and those chicks were SUPER cute and had great personalities!

Be sure to post pictures!

Hope you have a good hatch!

 

[PetRock]

when i was using it sailing (i've run out, might need to buy more), i'd reapply once during the race, and never had any sunburn at all -- and i'm the kind of person who starts burning in about 10 minutes if i'm out without sunscreen. so even that 30SPF is pretty powerful stuff. and it smells nice. (not perfume-y, but not stinky either -- just like a nice soap.)

I might have to try it.

The website that Kim recommended is excellent! I was able to check out all the different brands of sunscreen that were sitting in my amazon shopping cart. I actually deleted them all but was able to find a couple that had the highest rating on that website and I'm going to order them. My daughter found some zinc oxide sunblock at the grocery outlet for a great price. That was a while ago but I should really look there. A friend of mine says that they carry all kinds of organic products, too.

 

[PetRock]

That's what keeps us hatching! It is SO exciting!

I hatched some Bresse chicks for a friend and those chicks were SUPER cute and had great personalities!

Be sure to post pictures!

Hope you have a good hatch!

I have seven 17 week old Bresse in my aviary pen with four 19 week old Langshans. On the Langshan thread yesterday we were discussing cushions on the back in front of the tail. I was out in the pen trying to get pics of the Langshans and the Bresse would not leave me alone. They were right in my face and in almost every photo. They are funny!

 

[capayvalleychick]

http://smartgirlswhosurf.com/

Thanks for that link, Laura. I'm going to have to try these.

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Ditto! I would like that info, too! It is nice to be able to share all things chicken plus the life stuff that happens around the chickens!

My formulas/recipe(s) are on about 5 pages of scribbled notes that would not make sense to anyone but me. I can give you a long list of my favorite links where you can find the means to DIY.

Here is a basic recipe for bronzing lotion that is similar to my sunscreen. I do not use preservative because that is the most toxic ingredient. It's necessary if you are going to sell it, because you need it to have a long shelf life. For my own use, I have added a drop of Vitamin E & grapefruit seed extract as a final step in making lotion, as a preservative and that has worked fine for me.
http://teachsoap.com/body-bronzing-lotion/
An article that explains lotion making basics: http://teachsoap.com/lotion-making-basics/
My favorite source for bulk base & essential oils: http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/index2.php
A good place to get zinc oxide, color oxides & micas for mineral makeup or tinting mineral sunscreen. You only need very small amounts of these. Mineral makeup is so expensive yet the ingredients to make it are cheap!: http://www.coastalscents.com/make-your-own/makeup.html You can use these to make eye shadow, lip gloss etc. also.
I like these pigment blends as an initial base, since skin color can be so difficult to formulate. I add more brown or zinc, depending on my natural skin tone plus some mica like Opal Tan from the link above, to get the color that looks the best.: http://www.makingcosmetics.com/Colors-amp-Color-Blends/Pigment-Blends-c21/
Another very toxic ingredient is emulsifier. I ordered AS102 because it seemed to be the most natural, but I can't find the link to buy it in the US anymore:
http://www.aquasapone.com.au/AS102-emulsifying-compound.html
Warning - This can be as addictive as chickens. I'm not even into makeup and all the girly stuff most normal women do, but I had a lot of fun experimenting and trying different ingredients to make lotion and sunscreen.

 

[PetRock]

My formulas/recipe(s) are on about 5 pages of scribbled notes that would not make sense to anyone but me. I can give you a long list of my favorite links where you can find the means to DIY.

Here is a basic recipe for bronzing lotion that is similar to my sunscreen. I do not use preservative because that is the most toxic ingredient. It's necessary if you are going to sell it, because you need it to have a long shelf life. For my own use, I have added a drop of Vitamin E & grapefruit seed extract as a final step in making lotion, as a preservative and that has worked fine for me.
http://teachsoap.com/body-bronzing-lotion/
An article that explains lotion making basics: http://teachsoap.com/lotion-making-basics/
My favorite source for bulk base & essential oils: http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/index2.php
A good place to get zinc oxide, color oxides & micas for mineral makeup or tinting mineral sunscreen. You only need very small amounts of these. Mineral makeup is so expensive yet the ingredients to make it are cheap!: http://www.coastalscents.com/make-your-own/makeup.html You can use these to make eye shadow, lip gloss etc. also.
I like these pigment blends as an initial base, since skin color can be so difficult to formulate. I add more brown or zinc, depending on my natural skin tone plus some mica like Opal Tan from the link above, to get the color that looks the best.: http://www.makingcosmetics.com/Colors-amp-Color-Blends/Pigment-Blends-c21/
Another very toxic ingredient is emulsifier. I ordered AS102 because it seemed to be the most natural, but I can't find the link to buy it in the US anymore:
http://www.aquasapone.com.au/AS102-emulsifying-compound.html
Warning - This can be as addictive as chickens. I'm not even into makeup and all the girly stuff most normal women do, but I had a lot of fun experimenting and trying different ingredients to make lotion and sunscreen.

Thank you, Kim! This might give me a new indoor hobby!

 

[MossyoakLane]

Our BA seems to have a vent prolapse. I don't *believe* she is egg bound, but don't they go hand and hand? I pulled her and put her in the house in the dog kennel What is the best treatment for this? It doesn't seem to need cleaning...it does not look picked at or anything.......should I still clean it? Maybe a warm bath?

It sounds like I can possibly tuck it back in (well lubed of course) and apply some Preparation H, is this the common way to deal with it?

 

[debs_flock]

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LOL, I always say I'm "glow in the dark" white (Finnish/Scottish heritage). When my son was born and I took him in for his first well baby visit, the nurse examined him. When the pediatrician walked into the room, she said "you need to check him over, I think he might be anemic". The doctor looked at me, then looked at my son, then said.........."nope, it's just his color, look at the mother, they are the same color".

I always say I burn and peel, I'm fanatical about applying sunscreen.

 

[ronott1]

Our BA seems to have a vent prolapse. I don't *believe* she is egg bound, but don't they go hand and hand? I pulled her and put her in the house in the dog kennel What is the best treatment for this? It doesn't seem to need cleaning...it does not look picked at or anything.......should I still clean it? Maybe a warm bath?

It sounds like I can possibly tuck it back in (well lubed of course) and apply some Preparation H, is this the common way to deal with it?

One @armorfirelady got a credit for a picture here: http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2013/04/prolapsed-vent-cloaca-and-laying.html

There were some comments about prolapse happening when chickens were forced to lay, but there was no reference to a study or paper supporting this.

Regardless, one thing to add to your treatment is to not feed her for a day and then feed her grower and not layer to interrupt the laying cycle. That lets the vent recover.

Best!

 

[MossyoakLane]

One @armorfirelady got a credit for a picture here: http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2013/04/prolapsed-vent-cloaca-and-laying.html

There were some comments about prolapse happening when chickens were forced to lay, but there was no reference to a study or paper supporting this.

Regardless, one thing to add to your treatment is to not feed her for a day and then feed her grower and not layer to interrupt the laying cycle. That lets the vent recover.

Best!

Ha! Thats the article I read before I came here to ask.

Thank you. I will pull her food. I am crossing my fingers..... We don't use any artificial light in our coop.

 

[ronott1]

Ha! Thats the article I read before I came here to ask.

Thank you. I will pull her food. I am crossing my fingers..... We don't use any artificial light in our coop.

I did not think so.

If too much light was terrible for chickens, there would be no chickens at the equator. They lay eggs all year long, except to molt and go broody.