Consolidated Kansas

[22qZoo]

Hi , and welcome to the thread. I can relate, puttering around the yard with the birds is my favorite past-time.

 

[sharol]

I was wondering about that. The markings aren't right, exactly, but the color seems to be pretty close. She is a pretty hen, in any case.

I think that is one of the things I really like about chickens -- the diversity. I have 4 (used to be 5) EE hens, and no two of them are alike. Crossbreeds can be very interesting.

Danz, I candled one of the eggs I gave Marlena last night at bedtime (just sneaked it out from under her for a bit after she was asleep.) Nice veining showing up. I have promised myself to leave them alone until day 7, and then catch her off the nest, but, well, you know how that goes for newbies to hatching. Just had to take a peek. Tomorrow is day 7 for the eggs under her and day 6 for the ones in the incubator. She is being very faithful to her eggs. In fact, the other chickens didn't go in to the coop last night until later than usual, and I think it is because she is growling at them when they come near her.

Well Sapphire she could be at least part Wheaten Marans. The color would be right.

 

[RoosterLew]

Welcome dwink2 !

So Babs son jake snapped this photo this weekend...
Our Buff Orp "Lil Roo" and "OB" our EE cockerel...

 

[lizzyGSR]

We ended up getting. 14" of rain last night. It wasn't nearly as much as we needed, but it was definitely better than nothing. Plus, it helped to drop the overnight lows farther than had been expected. We open our windows through the night, so it was a pleasant surprise to get up and find it somewhat cooler in the house. Sadly, the temps in the house only dropped to 74, even with the cooler outside temps, but we'll take what we can get.

This heat has been terrible! Thanks to this pregnancy, I am barely able to leave the house during the day, and I definitely can't do anything productive outside until it starts to cool off. Therefore, I've been rushing to get things done outside between 7pm and dark (it gets dark about 9pm here). It doesn't seem like nearly enough time. Last night, I had started a load of laundry before I went outside. I was planning on taking it to the clothes line when I came in last night, but it was dark enough by the time that I came in that I couldn't see what I was doing out there. So, I was just going to toss it in the dryer. When I opened the wash machine up, I discovered that it was still full of water. Apparently, I hadn't gotten the lid closed all the way. So, I had to stay up even later last night waiting on the washer. If it's not one thing, it's another.

Also, has anyone ever heard of Vetericyn? When I discovered a severe case of bumblefoot on one of my Khaki Campbell ducks, I went looking for directions on bumblefoot surgery. I found one place that said that they rarely did bumblefoot surgery anymore because of this fantastic new product called Vetericyn. I was skeptical, but I decided to buy some anyway. I discovered that the local Orscheln's carried it. I went to buy a bottle, and discovered that it was on sale (yippee!). My duck had two bumblefoot spots on her foot, but only one was serious enough to require surgery. When I wrapped her foot, I'd spray vetericyn on both spots. The one we did the surgery on has taken longer to heal, but within about a week, the scab fell off the less severe spot and hasn't come back. So, I started the Vetericyn treatment on another duck that had several minor bumblefoot spots. Within several days, there has been noticeable improvement. I expect the spots to be completely gone with a couple more days treatment. All I've done for treatment is to twice daily spray the foot and then wrap it with vet wrap. Way better than performing surgery! Am I the last person to hear about this product? I'm definitely going to keep some on hand from now on! Plus, they say it's safe for horses, dogs, cats, AND poultry! One medicine for all of my animals!

 

[sharol]

Great stuff, isn't it? I have used it on chickens with bumblefoot, too. Which of their products did you get? The liquid or the gel? They actually have different ingredients if you read the label. I was using the liquid 2 years ago and it really helped heal up a couple of girls with bumblefoot. it didn't seem to help on another bird (my rooster) whose infection was already too far advanced.

I would suggest that you keep an eye on them for a while, and post back on the long term effects.

OH, yes, and my daughter says it really helped her skin rashes. Nothing else seemed to help, and when she was here we were treating the birds, and some blew back on her hands. Then she tried it on the rest of her hands and arms. It seemed to work. Magic spray.

big snip*****

Also, has anyone ever heard of Vetericyn? When I discovered a severe case of bumblefoot on one of my Khaki Campbell ducks, I went looking for directions on bumblefoot surgery. I found one place that said that they rarely did bumblefoot surgery anymore because of this fantastic new product called Vetericyn. I was skeptical, but I decided to buy some anyway. I discovered that the local Orscheln's carried it. I went to buy a bottle, and discovered that it was on sale (yippee!). My duck had two bumblefoot spots on her foot, but only one was serious enough to require surgery. When I wrapped her foot, I'd spray vetericyn on both spots. The one we did the surgery on has taken longer to heal, but within about a week, the scab fell off the less severe spot and hasn't come back. So, I started the Vetericyn treatment on another duck that had several minor bumblefoot spots. Within several days, there has been noticeable improvement. I expect the spots to be completely gone with a couple more days treatment. All I've done for treatment is to twice daily spray the foot and then wrap it with vet wrap. Way better than performing surgery! Am I the last person to hear about this product? I'm definitely going to keep some on hand from now on! Plus, they say it's safe for horses, dogs, cats, AND poultry! One medicine for all of my animals!

 

[chicken danz]

Hello all! I am new to BYC and to my poultry friends. I live in NC Kansas and have 12 chickens, 3 turkeys, and 2 geese. I never realized that poultry could be so relaxing to watch. My new feathered friends and I are learning as we go. It has been an exciting journey so far.

Welcome to BYC. Always glad to see somone new. Join right in. We are always glad to help and give our opinions. Sometimes those vary from person to person a little but it allows you to make some of your own choices.

I was wondering about that. The markings aren't right, exactly, but the color seems to be pretty close. She is a pretty hen, in any case.

I think that is one of the things I really like about chickens -- the diversity. I have 4 (used to be 5) EE hens, and no two of them are alike. Crossbreeds can be very interesting.

Danz, I candled one of the eggs I gave Marlena last night at bedtime (just sneaked it out from under her for a bit after she was asleep.) Nice veining showing up. I have promised myself to leave them alone until day 7, and then catch her off the nest, but, well, you know how that goes for newbies to hatching. Just had to take a peek. Tomorrow is day 7 for the eggs under her and day 6 for the ones in the incubator. She is being very faithful to her eggs. In fact, the other chickens didn't go in to the coop last night until later than usual, and I think it is because she is growling at them when they come near her.

Oh That's great. I am surprised you can see the veining on those dark eggs. On those I normally just have to go with later development.Of course I'm not one to candle until lockdown anyway. I am so happy for you. I hope she hatches her half of the eggs!
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Welcome dwink2 !

So Babs son jake snapped this photo this weekend...
Our Buff Orp "Lil Roo" and "OB" our EE cockerel...
Rooster your Orps look a lot better than mine. Mine are all tread bare from too many roos!

We ended up getting. 14" of rain last night. It wasn't nearly as much as we needed, but it was definitely better than nothing. Plus, it helped to drop the overnight lows farther than had been expected. We open our windows through the night, so it was a pleasant surprise to get up and find it somewhat cooler in the house. Sadly, the temps in the house only dropped to 74, even with the cooler outside temps, but we'll take what we can get.

This heat has been terrible! Thanks to this pregnancy, I am barely able to leave the house during the day, and I definitely can't do anything productive outside until it starts to cool off. Therefore, I've been rushing to get things done outside between 7pm and dark (it gets dark about 9pm here). It doesn't seem like nearly enough time. Last night, I had started a load of laundry before I went outside. I was planning on taking it to the clothes line when I came in last night, but it was dark enough by the time that I came in that I couldn't see what I was doing out there. So, I was just going to toss it in the dryer. When I opened the wash machine up, I discovered that it was still full of water. Apparently, I hadn't gotten the lid closed all the way. So, I had to stay up even later last night waiting on the washer. If it's not one thing, it's another.

Also, has anyone ever heard of Vetericyn? When I discovered a severe case of bumblefoot on one of my Khaki Campbell ducks, I went looking for directions on bumblefoot surgery. I found one place that said that they rarely did bumblefoot surgery anymore because of this fantastic new product called Vetericyn. I was skeptical, but I decided to buy some anyway. I discovered that the local Orscheln's carried it. I went to buy a bottle, and discovered that it was on sale (yippee!). My duck had two bumblefoot spots on her foot, but only one was serious enough to require surgery. When I wrapped her foot, I'd spray vetericyn on both spots. The one we did the surgery on has taken longer to heal, but within about a week, the scab fell off the less severe spot and hasn't come back. So, I started the Vetericyn treatment on another duck that had several minor bumblefoot spots. Within several days, there has been noticeable improvement. I expect the spots to be completely gone with a couple more days treatment. All I've done for treatment is to twice daily spray the foot and then wrap it with vet wrap. Way better than performing surgery! Am I the last person to hear about this product? I'm definitely going to keep some on hand from now on! Plus, they say it's safe for horses, dogs, cats, AND poultry! One medicine for all of my animals!

Yep Lizzy most of us old timers use vetericin.I use it for just about everything. I've not tried it on bubble foot though cause I honestly haven't had many cases of bumblefoot. There's been a few but most of the time it seems to kind of go away for me. I had one girls that had one that ate through her foot, the plug fell out and she was fine. She just had a hole through her foot. I use it in eyes and to clean wounds a lot.

 

[lizzyGSR]

Great stuff, isn't it? I have used it on chickens with bumblefoot, too. Which of their products did you get? The liquid or the gel? They actually have different ingredients if you read the label. I was using the liquid 2 years ago and it really helped heal up a couple of girls with bumblefoot. it didn't seem to help on another bird (my rooster) whose infection was already too far advanced.

I would suggest that you keep an eye on them for a while, and post back on the long term effects.

OH, yes, and my daughter says it really helped her skin rashes. Nothing else seemed to help, and when she was here we were treating the birds, and some blew back on her hands. Then she tried it on the rest of her hands and arms. It seemed to work. Magic spray.

I believe I used the gel. It was pretty thick for it to be the liquid one. I agree that I'm not sure how well it would work on a serious case of bumblefoot, but it seems to have worked wonders for the minor cases.

 

[chicken danz]

I'm having another bad day with finances. Things are getting worse. I have lots of chicks for sale if anyone is interested. I have some lemon cuckoos, and some lavender orpingtons. I also have some Swedish Flower hens. I will sell them cheaper if you want several. I just need to reduce the feed bill some.
I have several guinea keets and maybe a few turkey poults. I also probably need to sell some more sabastopols and at least two peacocks. I have a yearling pure white male for sale and a beautiful pied male for sale. The pied is molting his tail right now but still very pretty. I may consider selling my lavender orpington breeders as well. I can keep a few chicks and hope to raise more later.
I have two pair of red golden pheasant and a trio of lady amhurst pheasant for sale. The boys are all in molt so they have lost most of their pretty feathers. They should be beautiful again by fall.
I have a million ducks for sale. Really really need to move them.

 

[sharol]

It was dark (9:30) and I rigged a very bright (240 lumens) flashlight with a toliet paper tube and some electrical tape to make a focused bright light. The cardboard is soft enough to snug up to the egg and not let any light escape.



Honestly, I was surprised, too, at how clear they were. I can hardly wait until Wednesday to candle the ones in the incubator. NOT TOUCHING THEM UNTIL THEN.

Offtopic: These are the babies from a week and a half ago. I love those wing and tailfeathers..

Oh That's great. I am surprised you can see the veining on those dark eggs. On those I normally just have to go with later development.Of course I'm not one to candle until lockdown anyway. I am so happy for you. I hope she hatches her half of the eggs.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

Hello all! I am new to BYC and to my poultry friends. I live in NC Kansas and have 12 chickens, 3 turkeys, and 2 geese. I never realized that poultry could be so relaxing to watch. My new feathered friends and I are learning as we go. It has been an exciting journey so far.

Welcome to BYC and the Kansas thread! Tell us more about your birds. We are all poultry nuts here and we have quite a few people who are experts in all kinds of poultry. It is definitely a stress reliever for me hanging around the chickens and ducks.

Welcome dwink2 !

So Babs son jake snapped this photo this weekend...
Our Buff Orp "Lil Roo" and "OB" our EE cockerel...

Rosoter - Good looking birds you got there!

We ended up getting. 14" of rain last night. It wasn't nearly as much as we needed, but it was definitely better than nothing. Plus, it helped to drop the overnight lows farther than had been expected. We open our windows through the night, so it was a pleasant surprise to get up and find it somewhat cooler in the house. Sadly, the temps in the house only dropped to 74, even with the cooler outside temps, but we'll take what we can get.

This heat has been terrible! Thanks to this pregnancy, I am barely able to leave the house during the day, and I definitely can't do anything productive outside until it starts to cool off. Therefore, I've been rushing to get things done outside between 7pm and dark (it gets dark about 9pm here). It doesn't seem like nearly enough time. Last night, I had started a load of laundry before I went outside. I was planning on taking it to the clothes line when I came in last night, but it was dark enough by the time that I came in that I couldn't see what I was doing out there. So, I was just going to toss it in the dryer. When I opened the wash machine up, I discovered that it was still full of water. Apparently, I hadn't gotten the lid closed all the way. So, I had to stay up even later last night waiting on the washer. If it's not one thing, it's another.

Also, has anyone ever heard of Vetericyn? When I discovered a severe case of bumblefoot on one of my Khaki Campbell ducks, I went looking for directions on bumblefoot surgery. I found one place that said that they rarely did bumblefoot surgery anymore because of this fantastic new product called Vetericyn. I was skeptical, but I decided to buy some anyway. I discovered that the local Orscheln's carried it. I went to buy a bottle, and discovered that it was on sale (yippee!). My duck had two bumblefoot spots on her foot, but only one was serious enough to require surgery. When I wrapped her foot, I'd spray vetericyn on both spots. The one we did the surgery on has taken longer to heal, but within about a week, the scab fell off the less severe spot and hasn't come back. So, I started the Vetericyn treatment on another duck that had several minor bumblefoot spots. Within several days, there has been noticeable improvement. I expect the spots to be completely gone with a couple more days treatment. All I've done for treatment is to twice daily spray the foot and then wrap it with vet wrap. Way better than performing surgery! Am I the last person to hear about this product? I'm definitely going to keep some on hand from now on! Plus, they say it's safe for horses, dogs, cats, AND poultry! One medicine for all of my animals!

I still remember me wearing a pair of shorts when I was pg with my son in Jan/Feb. The baby sure added more heat to my body and he is still a little furnace, as we call him, nowadays. I have both the Vetericyn wound care and eye care (gel). Got the wound care spray when my hen had a huge gash on the side and then I bought the eye gel to treat my rooster's eye. He was attacked by the fox and injured his eye. Awesome stuff, I must say. It did take about 2 weeks before I could see a noticeable change in my hen's gapping wound but it was a huge open hole before so I kinda expected it would take a while before any improvement was seen.

Great stuff, isn't it? I have used it on chickens with bumblefoot, too. Which of their products did you get? The liquid or the gel? They actually have different ingredients if you read the label. I was using the liquid 2 years ago and it really helped heal up a couple of girls with bumblefoot. it didn't seem to help on another bird (my rooster) whose infection was already too far advanced.

I would suggest that you keep an eye on them for a while, and post back on the long term effects.

OH, yes, and my daughter says it really helped her skin rashes. Nothing else seemed to help, and when she was here we were treating the birds, and some blew back on her hands. Then she tried it on the rest of her hands and arms. It seemed to work. Magic spray.

big snip*****

Sharol - I didn't know that Vetericyn can be used on human skin? My daughter has rashes on her skin and from what I could tell, it was some sort of allergic reaction to something (not sure). She is my outdoor monkey girl and loves to climb trees (gasp!!) and run through bushes and what not. She is non-verbal so can't really communicate what was going on but she scratched it raw till it bleeds! I will have to give it a try!