then they won't complain! Or blackmail them. Did I say that out loud?
We'll see how that goes if we move. Over here I asked before I got em and I'd hook em up with some eggs here and there, but we'll see how it goes.Noise is it's own ordinance usually.It won't matter if or how many are allowed if they are too loud and disturbing the peace. Then there's setbacks from houses and fence lines plus sanitation. The best thing is to make your neighbors like your animals
I think the only poultry regulation in the unincorporated sections of Santa Clara County is for roosters, and that says four is the limit.
Quote: Sorry he didn't make it. Did you mention what their poop looked looked like? IMO, for the most part their are two types of poop, regular poop and cecal poop. Regular poop is the one they do the most and it should be firm with a white cap. Cecal poops are less frequent and usually darker. I mention this because there are a couple of websites that people on BYC tell others to go to for examples of poop and quite a few of those pictures of normal poop are wrong!
This poop is *never* normal in my flock, but it's labeled as normal on "the poo page". There were six very sick peachicks at Farmers that had poop like this. Three died, so I asked for their dead bodies and shipped them off to Davis and the necropsy found severe coccidiosis on all three.
When I see a poop like that it's usually coccidiosis and once it was blackhead (not all blackhead poops are yellow). Other ones that people say are normal are the ones with "shed intestinal lining". I guess just one wouldn't bother me, but more than one and I worm and treat for coccidiosis.
Feeding tubes come in "French" sizes from 3-34. The smaller the number, the smaller the tube. The smallest one I use is an 8 and I use that on all baby chicks. I think metal crop tubes are sized in gauges, so for those the smaller the number, the larger the tube.
Here is the size 8
Here are the sizes:
French
Gauge Diameter
(mm) Diameter
(inches)
3 1 0.039
4 1.33 0.053
5 1.67 0.066
6 2 0.079
7 2.3 0.092
8 2.7 0.105
9 3 0.118
10 3.3 0.131
11 3.7 0.144
12 4 0.158
13 4.3 0.170
14 4.7 0.184
15 5 0.197
16 5.3 0.210
17 5.7 0.223
18 6 0.236
19 6.3 0.249
20 6.7 0.263
22 7.3 0.288
24 8 0.315
26 8.7 0.341
28 9.3 0.367
30 10 0.393
32 10.7 0.419
34 11.3 0.445
-Kathy
Quote: Sorry he didn't make it. Did you mention what their poop looked looked like? IMO, for the most part their are two types of poop, regular poop and cecal poop. Regular poop is the one they do the most and it should be firm with a white cap. Cecal poops are less frequent and usually darker. I mention this because there are a couple of websites that people on BYC tell others to go to for examples of poop and quite a few of those pictures of normal poop are wrong!
This poop is *never* normal in my flock, but it's labeled as normal on "the poo page". There were six very sick peachicks at Farmers that had poop like this. Three died, so I asked for their dead bodies and shipped them off to Davis and the necropsy found severe coccidiosis on all three.
When I see a poop like that it's usually coccidiosis and once it was blackhead (not all blackhead poops are yellow). Other ones that people say are normal are the ones with "shed intestinal lining". I guess just one wouldn't bother me, but more than one and I worm and treat for coccidiosis.
Feeding tubes come in "French" sizes from 3-34. The smaller the number, the smaller the tube. The smallest one I use is an 8 and I use that on all baby chicks. I think metal crop tubes are sized in gauges, so for those the smaller the number, the larger the tube.
Here is the size 8
Here are the sizes:
French
Gauge Diameter
(mm) Diameter
(inches)
3 1 0.039
4 1.33 0.053
5 1.67 0.066
6 2 0.079
7 2.3 0.092
8 2.7 0.105
9 3 0.118
10 3.3 0.131
11 3.7 0.144
12 4 0.158
13 4.3 0.170
14 4.7 0.184
15 5 0.197
16 5.3 0.210
17 5.7 0.223
18 6 0.236
19 6.3 0.249
20 6.7 0.263
22 7.3 0.288
24 8 0.315
26 8.7 0.341
28 9.3 0.367
30 10 0.393
32 10.7 0.419
34 11.3 0.445
-Kathy
I really didn't get a look at his poop. He had been out in the coop with the others up until shortly before he died. The pullet that I sent to Davis had 2 BMs while she was in the hospital cage. They were very liquidy (watery) with a bit of grainy looking solids....sort of like ash in them.
I have looked online for the feeding tubes but only seem to be able to find the smaller ones....up to about 18 or 20 on most websites. I think one had 22, but none any bigger than that. I checked the link you posted earlier but only saw the clear nasogastric and gastrotomy ones.
Here is the 30fr from the link I gave earlier:
That's do ya! You're also gonna need syringes... We found a cheap one that lasts a long time. Let me get that info for you.
