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[ronott1]

Ok, people, i have a problem. Someone picked up a cochin chick from me ( 1.5 to 2 weeks) and it ate something that's not passing.

I'm guessing pine shavings.

I could give advice on an adult, but not sure on a 2 week old chick? She getting grit for it ( it only had a little acess to play sand , not sure if it got any for digesting or not) anything else thats safe? Im not sure what to recomend....

Olive oil might help. Is something stuck in the crop?

That twin cities sells a crop bound pill that might help.

 

[juststruttin]

Ok, people, i have a problem. Someone picked up a cochin chick from me ( 1.5 to 2 weeks) and it ate something that's not passing.

I'm guessing pine shavings.

I could give advice on an adult, but not sure on a 2 week old chick? She getting grit for it ( it only had a little acess to play sand , not sure if it got any for digesting or not) anything else thats safe? Im not sure what to recomend....

As Ronon mentioned, Oil may help. We use oil on the horses when they colic.

 

[farmhand]

@ronott1 Last year you gave advice about keeping oxygen levels low the first week and then opening up the holes after that. Would you re-post this info?
Thanks

 

[ronott1]

@ronott1 Last year you gave advice about keeping oxygen levels low the first week and then opening up the holes after that. Would you re-post this info?
Thanks

Oxygen levels do not matter much during the first part of incubation. Towards the end it becomes important. The danger is if you are using plugs or have the vent closed that it will be lethal when the chicks are using a lot more oxygen if the plugs are not removed or the vent opened.

Quote: The new technique that makes a big difference is using a two hour per day cool down cycle from day 8 to 18.

There is some information about lower temperatures during the last three days(we call it lockdown on BYC) can increase Oxygen levels which will help the chicks hatch better, especially if the humidity level goes way to high. If humidity goes to high--somewhere in the high 90% range, the chicks will suffocate, not drown. Even at 100% humidity in an incubator, the chick would not drown but will suffocate.

I hope this helps! and that I am making sense. My office at work has termites swarming in it so I am a bit distracted.

Jeremy(the egg farmer) said you can get one of the UofA blue cockerels he has at his place. He was going to send me home with one last week but I do not have a place for one at my house.

Let me know if you are interested.

 

[farmhand]

Quote: The new technique that makes a big difference is using a two hour per day cool down cycle from day 8 to 18.

There is some information about lower temperatures during the last three days(we call it lockdown on BYC) can increase Oxygen levels which will help the chicks hatch better, especially if the humidity level goes way to high. If humidity goes to high--somewhere in the high 90% range, the chicks will suffocate, not drown. Even at 100% humidity in an incubator, the chick would not drown but will suffocate.

I hope this helps! and that I am making sense. My office at work has termites swarming in it so I am a bit distracted.

Jeremy(the egg farmer) said you can get one of the UofA blue cockerels he has at his place. He was going to send me home with one last week but I do not have a place for one at my house.

Let me know if you are interested.
I thought I remember last year (and I have part-timers

) about a new study showing with-holding oxygen during the first period increased newly hatched chick vigor.
I drive truck one or two days a week and my dispatcher sometimes will send me where I ask to go. More in the summer when schools out. What city is Jeremy close too? Or yourself if that might make sense.
Looks like your good at hatching more than just chicken eggs.

 

[ronott1]

I thought I remember last year (and I have part-timers

) about a new study showing with-holding oxygen during the first period increased newly hatched chick vigor.
I drive truck one or two days a week and my dispatcher sometimes will send me where I ask to go. More in the summer when schools out. What city is Jeremy close too? Or yourself if that might make sense.
Looks like your good at hatching more than just chicken eggs.

Jeremy is near Winters.

Yes, the termites are a bit odd.

closing off the vents during the first part of incubation may be good for them but I would hate to forget to open the vent(especially on the brinsea) and kill them.

The cool down cycle makes a noticeable difference though.

 

[farmhand]

Jeremy is near Winters...

I'm not teaching for two weeks after Easter for Spring Break. My dispatcher said he could send me through Winters sometime then for the Roo. PM me about the price. @ronott1 You wouldn't happen to have any Ark Blue chicks hatching at Easter that would be the same age as mine and I could put the chicks together? I'm hatching Black Coppers Marans and Oliver Eggers for Easter.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hey, peeps. It's been a while since I've been on here, but I'm having a small problem. My chocolate Orpington is making a high pitched sounding sneeze. Her nose and eyes are clear, no discharge and she is eating fine and poop looks normal. She is acting normal and even squatted for me for the first time this am. I was wondering if this could be serious and If I should get her some antibiotics? And, if so what kind? What dosage? etc????? This is one of two of my very first chickens and I'm not sure what to do.

They do that when they have something stuck in their throat.

The golden color is from the flash, i'm afraid.
Its more of a cream with brown spots.

Is that better?

Very nice!

 

[dldolan]

closing off the vents during the first part of incubation may be good for them but I would hate to forget to open the vent(especially on the brinsea) and kill them.

The cool down cycle makes a noticeable difference though.

I am interested in how you do the cool-down cycle? Open the incubator for two hours a day? Or how??
Thanks!
Happy St Patrick's Day to you all!

 

[ronott1]

I am interested in how you do the cool-down cycle? Open the incubator for two hours a day? Or how??
Thanks!
Happy St Patrick's Day to you all!

The new Brinsea advance incubators have it built into the programming so I turn it on @ day 8 of incubation.

For the Genesis, I turn it off, take the top off and go do chicken chores. After the chores are done, I go back and turn the incubator back on. That helps me remember to turn it back on.

New studies(during the last year) shows that the cool down cycle is good for duck eggs too. I do not know if they have finished the Goose and other fowl yet.