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[WendyGeisler]

Quote: what do you do if a chicken gets the black spots?

 

[dennarahl]

And one of my Blue Cochin:

It's Mrs. Fluffybutt!!!!! She looks just like my blue cochin. If someone handed me this pic and said it was my girl, I'd agree.

 

[dennarahl]

I just saw this auto chicken feeder on you tube. Thought it was interesting. Any comments from the experienced?

This is their website

http://triggerhappychickens.co.uk/

Looks neat. I'd have to rethink the plate underneath because my geese would run off with it. I'd also worry about some of my mentally challenged birds playing with it and wasting the food.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

what do you do if a chicken gets the black spots?

I am not sure what the official treatment is, if anything I would put neosporin on the spots to try and stave off infection. Otherwise just slather on the Vaseline to prevent more damage.

 

[wsmith]

I am not sure what the official treatment is, if anything I would put neosporin on the spots to try and stave off infection. Otherwise just slather on the Vaseline to prevent more damage.

We need to remember though, that some black spots on a comb may be just a scab from an injury of some sort. I noticed that I was getting some on my cockerels' combs and watched to find out what was up. They were sparring and when one would get pecked on the comb, within a day or so he would develop have a small black spot in the pecked area. It would also be gone in a few days, and all would be red again. Severe frostbite can indeed result in infections if they frostbite is severe. It has also been shown that single combs are more proned to frostbite; also cold + moisture/humidity can lead to more frostbite. Our BR roosters (while growing up in the 70's) would nearly always get some frostbite on the tips of their combs. Of course, my dad kept them inside a draft/ventilation free coop all winter too...... Bad flock management, but he didn't know, and neither did I at the time. The coop floor was so wet the bedding would squish when walked on. It was disgusting. Don't get me started on the smell.......

 

[wsmith]

Whoo Hoo!!!

Just confirmed my February order for 2013!!!!

Got 39 more girls coming!!!!!

(21 going to a friend) Total order of 50-- mixed breeds!!!
More Barred Rocks, Red Stars, Gold Wyandotte, Silver Wyandotte and Susses!!!

Joe

Nice!

Pretty soon you can open your own Chicken zoo....

 

[Actually]

Quote:

>I just saw this auto chicken feeder on you tube. Thought it was interesting. Any comments from the experienced?

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc1kW-2HXJg&feature=related

>This is their website

>http://triggerhappychickens.co.uk/

My thought is how do you keep them from pooping in the tray underneath?

 

[mynamesjenelle]

what do you do if a chicken gets the black spots?

I am not sure what the official treatment is, if anything I would put neosporin on the spots to try and stave off infection. Otherwise just slather on the Vaseline to prevent more damage.

My girls' combs are so dry that I've been putting on Bag Balm for the last couple months. I read that it keeps them moisturized, is mildly antiseptic, protects from cold, and also tastes bad so they won't peck each other on the head as often. So far so good but they hate it when I apply to their little noggins. They look so pretty after it's done though.

Hey Wendell, I really liked your water heater design. I'm waffling between building something similar or just buying a premade one. What would you recommend that I use since I don't have access to a hydraulic fluid can? I was thinking a 5 gallon bucket if the bulb isn't too hot, but heat+plastic always makes me concerned.

 

[pichuris]

Hi Everyone- This is somewhat chicken related... We recently moved out to Byers and the kiddos would like to join a 4-H group. There are a few different groups in this area and we attended an orientation meeting today for a group in Strasburg. The kids are very excited about joining but the $35 for each kid has me really thinking. (Normally $70 isn't a big deal but money is tight right now with the house renovation, etc.) My nine year old daughter wants to do chickens, sheep (a totally new experience for all of us), and archery. My little boy is seven so he's too young for animal projects but will still participate as a "Cloverbud". I was wondering if anyone on here has experience with 4-H?

I LOVE 4-H!!! I grew up in 4-H. Not only do they get the skills that we need as adults & young adults they also have amazing benefits. Some of them are traveling (fully paid) and scholarships for college that only 4-H members are eligible for.

I'm sure I met you tonight, or at the very least heard your introductions. I'm the leader of the Cloverbuds (Shannon). We've only done 4-H for a year, and this is our first year of the older kid 4-H, but it has been a lot of fun so far. Our reason for getting involved was two-fold. The first reason was so our daughters had an activity outside of school, but wasn't just sports. There is enough emphasis put on the sports out here, that I have no doubt in my mind that she'll play something when she gets older. All the other activities outside of school (dancing, music, cheer, etc) are so darned expensive, that $70 for they year isn't bad at all. The second reason was to be able to meet people in the community. We tend to keep to ourselves and aren't church goers so we knew we needed to find something to get us out there.

The chicken leader is great, she's really nice and full of knowledge. When we first got our chickens we went to the chicken meetings just to learn some more about the chickens even though my daughter was still a Cloverbud. If you can't afford to pay for both of them this year, your son is definitely welcome to join us for the Cloverbud activities and fake it through the year. It just means that he wont be able to show anything at the fair or get the cloverbud books (not missing much with the books). My younger daughter will be doing that because she's too young to start this year but old enough to want to do it.

Which 4-H group is this one? Several years ago even before my kids I went to a 4-H group to volunteer and just wondered if its the same one. I live in Strasburg. It would be nice to start with someone I know even if its someone I met online.

 

[mynamesjenelle]

 Which 4-H group is this one? Several years ago even before my kids I went to a 4-H group to volunteer and just wondered if its the same one. I live in Strasburg. It would be nice to start with someone I know even if its someone I met online.

How did you get involved in 4-H as a volunteer? I looked into it over the summer and I couldn't find any groups with information about volunteering other than getting your kids involved, and I don't have any children. I really love what 4-H does for the next generation.