California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

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Funny, my dog also trained herself. It started with me taking her with me whenever I heard the alarm call from the roosters. Now she barks at me when she hears it. The other day, I saw 2 big gray foxes on my property. (not near the coops, so no alarm call from them) I brought her out, pointed in the direction and said Search. Off she went and she tracked them - they had already left at seeing me, but she was going to make sure they were gone and didn't come back. She is such a smart dog. She also chases squirrels in her spare time. Whenever the squirrels hear the door open, they are up a tree, because they know who is coming out.

My dog hasn't ever caught an opossum, but she has treed raccoons. She has chased off foxes and bobcats, and last year, she found a snake by the garage. It was a very large gopher snake and boy did she make it mad as heck! Unfortunately, she also has the knack for finding skunks, so I have to be careful about leaving her out after dark.

 

[AmyPaperlady]

There's no reason to not give the severe outbreak dosage of Corid instead of the moderate outbreak dosage, right? Well, other than the fact that I'll go through the stuff twice as fast. I seem to remember someone (Ron?) saying that it's pretty much impossible to overdose (my youngest birds hatched last Christmas, if that matters).

 

[chrissyr]

Nope, she is Monet's self appointed constant protector and sleeps on a dog bed in her room. It is interesting that we used to have lots of raccoon in the yard until we got the dog. One time, Monet and I were in the backyard with a flashlight and there were 5 sets of eyes looking down at us from one of the cedar trees! Pixie does her business around the perimeter of the yard and now we never see evidence of raccoon. They might still be there but no signs of them washing things in the chicken dishes, etc. We do have opossum, skunk, squirrel, and roof rats. It is an urban jungle out there!

Speaking of raccoons: did you see the lady who got attacked by one? She let her cat in and/or apparently the raccoon too. She's like 88 and went to pet it and it bit her arm and face. Almost like that commercial going around when the lady thinks she's letting in her cat.

 

[tridentk9]

Several years ago I sold two teenage dogs to a guy that raised parrots in the Sierra foothills. He called me a year later so proud of his dogs. A bear had been bothering all the neighbors and nothing they did would scare it off. It did some damage to several places. Shooting over it's head, loud radios, dogs, nothing worked. The bear kept returning.

Until the bear found the parrots. The owner wasn't there but several neighbors called to tell him his dogs were going crazy. Lots of noise, barking and roaring that traveled up and down the canyon. The neighbors were sure the dogs were dead.

Next day when the owner returned his dogs were fine but the bear wasn't seen again. No parrots were harmed, no cages ripped, he had the only farm on the area that hadn't been damaged.

LOL and he wanted more russian bears.

 

[ronott1]

There's no reason to not give the severe outbreak dosage of Corid instead of the moderate outbreak dosage, right? Well, other than the fact that I'll go through the stuff twice as fast. I seem to remember someone (Ron?) saying that it's pretty much impossible to overdose (my youngest birds hatched last Christmas, if that matters).

For severe outbreaks, start with 1.5 tsp. per gallon. Using it at that dose for a long time can deplete B vitamins and it is a good idea to give them pro biotics and vitamins after treating.

If they are too sick to drink, then you have to make them drink. Often dipping their beak in the water will get them going.

 

[Audio51]

Quote: He and I both have known people who who have been killed on Motprcycles, but have also known some killed in car accidents. Problem is...he LOVES riding and just doesn;t feel complete without one. I can't fight that.

Ron actually used to live on Foxworthy and Leigh Ave....that's where he grew up!

 

[AmyPaperlady]

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Well, other than poo texture and my spotting blood in the poo this morning, everyone's acting fairly normal (maybe a little lethargy, but everyone's eating and drinking fine), so maybe I should give them the moderate dose? I picked up the liquid instead of the powder at the feedstore, because it was about $4 less, and with me not getting paid until the end of next month (yay once monthly pay checks and 10 month employment at the school district

)...

 

[ronott1]

Well, other than poo texture and my spotting blood in the poo this morning, everyone's acting fairly normal (maybe a little lethargy, but everyone's eating and drinking fine), so maybe I should give them the moderate dose? I picked up the liquid instead of the powder at the feedstore, because it was about $4 less, and with me not getting paid until the end of next month (yay once monthly pay checks and 10 month employment at the school district

)...

Dosage for liquid and powder are different.

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[AmyPaperlady]

Yep--I read that earlier

I just am not sure if I should give the dose for a moderate outbreak or a severe one. Seven chickens should drink about a gallon a day, right? My regular waterer is a 5 gallon bucket from Safeway's bakery siting in an oil pan, and I've not been paying attention to how often I refill it...

 

[ronott1]

Yep--I read that earlier

I just am not sure if I should give the dose for a moderate outbreak or a severe one. Seven chickens should drink about a gallon a day, right? My regular waterer is a 5 gallon bucket from Safeway's bakery siting in an oil pan, and I've not been paying attention to how often I refill it...

Give them fresh each day. Use the moderate for liquid for 5 days and then cut the dose for to help them build resistance for another 5 days.

Watch them closely until they are 4 months old.