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[zooweemama]

Laura............Lice come in from wild birds. Dust bathing helps, but will not prevent lice, even in a closed flock. They are a pain in the you know what to get rid of once you get them. I sprinkle DE and occasionally Poultry Dust (same as Sevin Garden dust) around the coop before I put the shavings down, in the nest boxes and in their dust bathing spots. Lice are soft bodied insects and get skewered by the DE.

It just helps as a preventative measure. The lice live on the feather dander, so they can survive anywhere there is dander. (like walls, nest boxes, etc)

This was informative thanks!

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Get a small plastic food container about 2 inches in diameter an a couple of inches deep. Fill it with water and wait a day or so after it drys out to re-fill it. It should fit between the egg turner and the wall of the incubator.

If the humidity is too low, you will have sticky chicks that can't get out of the shell. Too high of humidity and the air cell will not be big enough and the chick won't be able to breath when it breaks through the white membrane(internal pip) before cracking the shell to hatch(external pip). Humidity that is too low can kill the chicks at external pip--a thick amber liquid will seal the hole and they will suffocate.

Still, you should have a great hatch with your own eggs!

Ron

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Cocci can kill fast, so you want to get the Corid in their water today. When they are showing symptoms, medicated chick starter won't help - you need the Corid. It won't hurt to treat the whole flock. You can dip her beak to make sure she drinks it. (just remember to put her back upright so she can swallow it) Good luck!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Forgot to add that they are Poultry lice, so you cannot get them. Not the same as people lice.

 

[zooweemama]

Cocci can kill fast, so you want to get the Corid in their water today. When they are showing symptoms, medicated chick starter won't help - you need the Corid. It won't hurt to treat the whole flock. You can dip her beak to make sure she drinks it. (just remember to put her back upright so she can swallow it) Good luck!

Sadly her head just hangs. She won't drink. I wonder if I can spoon it in? But I don't want it to go down the wrong pipe either. I have already put it in their water (the ones in the coop).

 

[chickee]

Wouldn't hurt to try the bucket of water in the room. Trial and error is the best way to see what works for your incubator and climate. It IS all about fun! Sometimes it is too much fun! Ever since I got my incubators I have been hatching like crazy and have every nook and cranny filled with chicks and chickens

Here is the whole article for dry incubation posted here on BYC

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-incubate-hatch-eggs-using-the-dry-incubation-method

I thought I read about the %50 room humidity somewhere! Thank you for refreshing my memory! My humidity will go up to about %40 at night, should I just fill a 5 gallon bucket with water and put it in the room to increase the humidity?
I like the dry methods logic for beginning incubation for me anyways. Seems like it kind of take out a little of the stress and helps you focus on other important incubation steps like development and candeling. But this is just the beginning, its all a learning process. I'm just having fun with it right now!

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Yes. She will die if she doesn't drink it. Use a small spoon or a dropper(with a three year old you must have one). Just make sure the water does not go down her lungs. Try small amounts every 10 min. or so.

Ron

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Sadly her head just hangs. She won't drink. I wonder if I can spoon it in? But I don't want it to go down the wrong pipe either. I have already put it in their water (the ones in the coop).

Try to hold her head back and dip your finger into some of the medicated water. Touch the drop hanging to the side of her beak and it should go into her mouth. It helps if you can hold the top half of the beak so it opens a bit. One drop at a time, takes a while, but it will give her a chance.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Yep, a medicine dropper will work fine. Do not pry her mouth open and try to squirt it down, she can aspirate. Just dribble it on the side of her beak and watch for her swallowing.

 

[zooweemama]

Huddled. Awake. Occasionally stands weakly. Sips in the side of her beak. She lets most of it dribble. She smells icky. Could be her feet though. Chickens dont smell like daisies. Lol


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