California - Northern

[chickee]

That was the most gently worded spank and toung stuck out back I have ever seen. Such sweet people!
The m stuff in scatt is advantage right?
It is the one without heartworm meds that is for dogs.

Speaking of dogs. . Frontlines not working on my pooch. Anyone know if I can give him ivermectin? He is scrathching and I ment to try advantage but have not gotten any yet.

I have been reading a lot lately to never give dogs Ivormectin because many are allergic to it and it can cause death

 

[chiqita]

Ok just rechecked. It is multi for heartworm. Its used as a heartworm preventive.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Thanks for the file! FWIW, all of the ducklings in this last batch were malpositioned which tells me I'm doing something wrong or have a serious problem in my flock.

-Kathy

 

[sewandgrow]

I seem to have become one of the local feed store's resource person. They refer chicken lovers to me all the time. The latest one is looking for a pair of Silkies. She will take any color, mentioned black but not insisting at all...............she just wants a pair of soft feathered Silkies. She would take chicks but I was worried about how early they can be sexed.......................Any one that can help find some local enough for her to go get please let me know.
Thanks
Karen in Turlock

 

[Audio51]

Quote: Ok...here are chick pictures. But I don't know how to post the eggtopsy pictures so they don't show up unless people want to look at them.
I also lost the little one that was not doing well last night. One of them was stepped on by the broody the day I removed the 7 smallest anf brought them in. I think it was this one so there may have been organ damage done at that time. It was one of the Marans.

 

[tommysgirl]

Both of course.

Humidity could have been a factor if it was high enough to lower the Oxygen level. Sadly they were shipped so it was more likely from shipping damage. There just is not enough energy in the embryo to make it all the way to hatch. A hatching egg has a limited amount of energy(not the perfect word but understandable for this discussion) to both recover from damage and hatch.

I am reminded of a Lecturer here that crashed on a Cycle race. He had broken bones and eventually had a knee and hip replacement. A Nurse from Stanford told him that he needed to eat to heal. Healing takes a lot of energy and he did eat a lot of calories and did not gain any weight.

A chick embryo only has the resources that are in the shell.

Oh Goody! I am in Lake County. Where are you? @Audio51 If you don't end up having have two mottled girls I will also happily take a blue or black or splash girl if you have any.

Do you live close to Pet Rock?

 

[Audio51]

I'm pretty new to incubating and still trying to get mine dialed in. @Audio51 , when you did your eggtopsies, did you happen to notice what position the fully formed chicks were in? I ask because I've been having lots of issues with malpositions like foot over head. beak over wing wrong end pips and pips not in air cell.

-Kathy

Mine all seemed to be in a head tucked down to the belly position. I do not remember seeing any with a foot over the head or beak over wings. All were head up to the big end.

 

[tommysgirl]

Ok...here are chick pictures. But I don't know how to post the eggtopsy pictures so they don't show up unless people want to look at them.
I also lost the little one that was not doing well last night. One of them was stepped on by the broody the day I removed the 7 smallest anf brought them in. I think it was this one so there may have been organ damage done at that time. It was one of the Marans.

Darling! I can't count how many are here total but it looks like a bunch of beautiful healthy babies.

 

[ronott1]

Mine all seemed to be in a head tucked down to the belly position. I do not remember seeing any with a foot over the head or beak over wings. All were head up to the big end.

Did any have beaks inside the air cell? If so I would lower the hatching temp to 98 and run a bot lower in humidity. Those were getting close to day 20 and almost hatched.

 

[UrbanFarming]

I love the Aptos/Corralitos area! Love Nisan Marks and the farm land in the Corralitos area! DH just wants to stay away from the Watsonville area. A large number of his union workers live there and they aren't too happy with him most of the time. When they strike, they even have picket signs with his name on them. All he wants them to do is their job! If everyone would just do the work that they are paid to do, life would be so much easier, at least for my DH!

Well, people are lazy. They want to get paid, but often don't want to work hard… Frustrating for sure.

Nisene Marks is gorgeous but I hate that they don't allow dogs on their trails. My husband and I usually take the dog up to De Laveaga and walk the trail from the softball park up to the disc gold course. Its beautiful!

Are you out in the country now or living in town? How many chickens do you have? This is my first year raising chickens. I have two 2-week old Barred Rocks, a 5 day old Ameraucana, and a 5 day old Gold Laced Wyandotte. I'm so excited, I've wanted chickens for years! Now that we finally have our own house and a large backyard we figured we should go for it. I hope the neighbors don't complain…