Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Doug Hodges]

I quickly removed all the bedding I could this morning. Carried one of my water trough brooders to the outside pen. Gathered the sickest 5 chicks and put them in it. I wish I had another place to out the ones that aren't sick but I don't want to contaminate the rest of the flock.

Maybe it's something else. I don't have wet conditions. My conditions are very dry.

 

[bigT88]

Here are my chicks from last hatch. 12 days old now. Somebody needs to come and buy these chicks. LOL

what are those chickies?

 

[kaybee123]

I have no clue but sending prayers. It's hard to lose a fluffybutt.

 

[sumi]

Doug, did you get the Corid 9.6 liquid solution? Dosage is 9.6cc per gallon of water for 7 days. Or 4.75cc per 2 quarts of water for 7 days.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If you have coccidiosis in some chicks it's better to treat all of them, so the healthy ones don't get sick as well. They can pick it up very easily. You don't need seriously wet conditions for coccidiosis to get going. Just having a bit of wet litter in your brooder and coop can set it off. And that chick you introduced, that you said was sick? How and where was it kept?[/FONT]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi y'all,

wondering if Silver has been back on? worried about her!

what I miss?

Did we learn anything new?

Is everyone ok from the flooding and tornados?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: KELLY!!! awwwww I am so sorry about your chick!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Shopping list for chicken drugs

Amprolium (corid) - for coccidiosis
VetRx - colds, croup, scaly legs and a de-stresser
Oxytetracyclin (Agrimycin) for resp illnesses
Sulfamethoxine (Dimethox) for just about anything and my "go to first" drug - including coccidiosis and resp infections

I have only had to give one treatment of dimethox when a chicken developed a runny nose. stopped symptoms instantly

bactim or septra is sulfamethoxine - often used in humans for UTI. pet shops sell it for fish tanks. you could open capsules and disolve in water

I tested the veterycin on my shin where a stone hit me mowing (I know I should where long pants, but pants are for winter) and I am simply amazed at how its healing! It wasn't even red after a day!

and thank you for sharing them with everyone oz!

Do you know why Sulmet 12.5% is off the market by chance? I would like to keep some in the chicken cabinet but its unavailable everywhere. I seen they sell a powder form for cattle at 25% could this still be used at lesser rates for poultry? I will assume so, same ingredients.

Also when feeding Corid does anyone know if we should add milk or brown sugar to the waterers, for some reason I am thinking this is the product we are to do so, so they drink it because of taste issues????

 

[Sally Sunshine]

First hatch was not that good, but I have 3 babies I didn't have last week, the humidity dropped during the night too much

. I had 2 die in the incubator after hatching no injuries to be seen

. I am getting ready to put another 26 into lockdown. Just put another 41 eggs into incubator and 42 into another. Another 24 will lock down next week and then 58 egg will go in there.

My DH hopes that it will need soon.. since he is building the brooders and coops..

what have we got in the bator now? lol

 

[sumi]

Also when feeding Corid does anyone know if we should add milk or brown sugar to the waterers, for some reason I am thinking this is the product we are to do so, so they drink it because of taste issues????

As far as I know you shouldn't add anything else to the water if you give Corid. You can add it to their food as well, but it gets absorbed quicker if they drink it.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I just candle my shiped eggs today its day ten but i couldnt wait. lol one of my six bantams polish is with vains and moving and three of my ten tul polished too are with vains and moving all my six from my back yard longisland red are with vains but cant see any movement cause they are too dark shels. the air cell is not good on the shipped eggs so i am so afraid at hatch day

really hope for the best. I know i have my BYC friends to help when the time comes.

Thank you all

the air cells have time to get better yet, a live chick in there is an awesome sign even so! I cant wait till you hatch them!!! glad your on track with air cells!!