California - Northern

[casportpony]

No clue, really, but if I had to guess I would say 1 is a boy and 2 is a girl, but that really is just a guess, lol. Cute chicks!

-Kathy

 

[caychris]

What are your guys thoughts on gender for these two?
Bird 1, almost fully feathered at 5 weeks




Bird 1 on the right, Bird 2 on the left



Bird 2;

By no means authoritative at all but I wouldnt even think they are the same age at all. Easily a week or more apart is what I would say. The only give away at all would be the eyes both seem developed the same.

 

[juststruttin]

I suspect the crop will go down tonight. You could massage and empty it but that is gross!

The weight loss would be from the mites. Give her a teaspoon of plain Greek yogurt and some scrambled eggs. Wet starter is good too.

It has been a bad year for buggies.

I had a sick chicken a couple of years ago with a huge squishy crop so I chose to empty it. I hung her upside down and massaged it until everything came out, including about 20 bugs that looked like millepedes. I guess she found a colony of bugs and went wild on them. They next morning she was fine so I think what ever species she ate made her sick. She is now 3 and has been fine ever since.

You are right about emptying the crop. It is really gross, and stinky.

Edited to add:
From the experience above, I have learned that it is a good idea to empty the crop when it is extended because you never know what you will find. In my case, I think I may have saved the hen since some millepedes are toxic. I have found screws and "crop glass" in chickens we have processed. You just never know what they will pick up.

 

[ronott1]

I had a sick chicken a couple of years ago with a huge squishy crop so I chose to empty it. I hung her upside down and massaged it until everything came out, including about 20 bugs that looked like millepedes. I guess she found a colony of bugs and went wild on them. They next morning she was fine so I think what ever species she ate made her sick. She is now 3 and has been fine ever since.

You are right about emptying the crop. It is really gross, and stinky.

Edited to add:
From the experience above, I have learned that it is a good idea to empty the crop when it is extended because you never know what you will find. In my case, I think I may have saved the hen since some millepedes are toxic. I have found screws and "crop glass" in chickens we have processed. You just never know what they will pick up.

That is amazing!

Chickens will eat some bad things sometimes.

 

[chrissyr]

Can anyone give me some input on oxine?
I looked and seem to only find the dosage for drinking water. I need the dosage for disinfecting stuff
Also, in activated kills germs, viruses and bacteria correct?
I have a pen with no chickens in it right now and was going to activate it . Got most of the shavings out. If I spray with activated oxine, would any shavings left contain hazardous materials? I know unactivated is no problem, just want to be sure about if I activate it.
And I did read about using a respirator

 

[chiqita]

Can anyone give me some input on oxine?
I looked and seem to only find the dosage for drinking water. I need the dosage for disinfecting stuff
Also, in activated kills germs, viruses and bacteria correct?
I have a pen with no chickens in it right now and was going to activate it . Got most of the shavings out. If I spray with activated oxine, would any shavings left contain hazardous materials? I know unactivated is no problem, just want to be sure about if I activate it.
And I did read about using a respirator

Look on revivals page. Activating oxine revival should pop it to the top.

 

[ronott1]

Can anyone give me some input on oxine?
I looked and seem to only find the dosage for drinking water. I need the dosage for disinfecting stuff
Also, in activated kills germs, viruses and bacteria correct?
I have a pen with no chickens in it right now and was going to activate it . Got most of the shavings out. If I spray with activated oxine, would any shavings left contain hazardous materials? I know unactivated is no problem, just want to be sure about if I activate it.
And I did read about using a respirator

It sounds like it is safe after it dries.

http://www.revivalanimal.com/articles/how-to-use-oxine-ah.html

 

[chickee]

What are your guys thoughts on gender for these two?
Bird 1, almost fully feathered at 5 weeks




Bird 1 on the right, Bird 2 on the left



Bird 2;

#1 looks like a pullet and #2 a cockerel.

 

[BCollie]

Caychris - I'm positive these two are the same age. They were both just little fluff balls without a single feather when I got them.

 

[juststruttin]

Love this photo.