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[Audio51]

Well lots of progress but not nearly enough should be done this week

Wow, Chris! I am i,pressed. That looks great!

 

[CackleJoy]

It has to be activated for e coli salmonella and mg

Well therein lies the problem! I will get citric acid and activate it for all cleansing.

Thank you all so much! I am learning as I go here - don't know what I'd do without all of your experience and knowledge to help me get it right.

 

[Audio51]

Does anyone have experience with marking the vents of chickens with food coloring to see whose egg is whose? Or know of anyone who's done this? How well did it work?

@CackleJoy was it you who used the food coloring in the hens vents?

 

[CackleJoy]

Well lots of progress but not nearly enough should be done this week

That is most impressive Chris! You have been a busy man.

I do hope you have a most excellent hatch

We have some CLB hatching right now

 

[chiqita]

Well therein lies the problem! I will get citric acid and activate it for all cleansing.

Thank you all so much! I am learning as I go here - don't know what I'd do without all of your experience and knowledge to help me get it right.

I resisted activating for a loong time, until Kim researched the crap out of it,then I gave in.. seems to be working beter.

 

[Audio51]

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Sorry is you guys have alreasy coverd this, but what it "activating" oxine?

 

[CackleJoy]

@CackleJoy was it you who used the food coloring in the hens vents?

Not exactly - I tried tagging a chick with food gel. It was an adventure!

 

[chiqita]

Sorry is you guys have alreasy coverd this, but what it "activating" oxine?

Oxine becomes more potent when combined with citric acid. But then you dont want to breath it in (like bleach).

 

[EZFarms]

So i hage a problem. i found an egg that had been pecked opeb and eaten how do i stop this

 

[capayvalleychick]

Someone on here mention putting food coloring on the vents of the hens so the eggs are marked as they are laid. You could do that with the other 2 hens so theirs get marked.

I tried it with red, blue & yellow. It didn't work well at all. The only one that I could barely tell was the blue and it was only very faint streaks. Other people have said that it worked for them, but it did not for me.
I use separate breeding pens, instead, to tell which hens laid which eggs.