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

[gracie02]

That could be it. I think it's stopped now and my chickens are really starting to produce.

Yay!

 

[gracie02]

I posted the link to the eggs earlier in this thread but I don't have it handy right now. If you PM me and remind me I will get it to you.

Thanks

 

[gracie02]

i need a dose of croads too 

hahaha

 

[Doug Hodges]

Quote: That's gotta be the best corn in the world. I pick some up every time Im there in season. Its rare. Its 12 hours from here but like I said my wife still has family there and I do jobs up there occasionally.

 

[cochins1088]

CAPTION this look!

He's gorgeous! Wow!

I have NOT had a good morning! the seven serama I hatched and are to be picked up tomorrow? well the light blew who knows when, they were all what looked dead. I remember chookschick posting a video of a lady who brought back chicks to life with a blow dryer and stimulation. So harmony and I did the blow dryer and stimu for over 40 minutes this morning! And I can hardly believe every single chick is running around now! I don't know if its effected them but in a day or two I should tell. I feel so bad! I need an alarm in each brooder! and it had to be those tiny ones right! ugggggg

I also had three dead chickens this morning, Full grown chickens! I thought I would have to call in Chad to draw blood! I found one CCL and freaked, then another behind it in the coop. Then I went to the brahma pen and one was missing! another in the coop blue and dead. I thought it was the whole grains I started to add! So I decided to cut the dead warm brahmas neck and investigate and there was pine shavings and whole grains curled up and all blocked up! she choked, I was right on the choking! I didn't think anything of it when I cleaned coops and opened the bags of shavings, for some reason this time they were not powdery chunks, instead they were curls of dark wood. Almost like whittler shavings! Never saw them look like that, same brand as I always had. why on earth would the chickens be trying to eat them??? DH is gonna have a fit, he told me not to use them and now one of his prize girls is gone.

Then my neighbor was hollering to me from the other side of the woods to come see her, I get there and she is covered with redpurple splotches all over, she has lyme disease and is terrible sick. just great the poor woman gets no rest from illness. so sad. I am so sad that she didn't ask for help sooner, or that I didn't check in on them. I am such a loner but I could have cleaned or cooked or something!

on top of my day my strep throat is getting worse and now my sinuses hurt and all I want to do is sleep and I cant!
If you pray, pray for my neighbor she is a great woman that deserves to feel good!

Good thing.... I uploaded a pic!

I'm so sorry Sally.

I hope that things improve for you.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I have not run into this medicine but thought I would share.
http://www.birdhealth.com.au/common_condition.html
Coccidiosis is a fatal disease in poultry and is managed with the use of Toltrazuril

thoughts oz???? It may be prescript drug or only available in UK?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: lol I have another area for that IF I do it. I need a different PA license for that. what a pain, I am gonna move!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

THE WHITE KEETS AND THE LAVENDER ARE THE ONES HATCHED THIS PAST WEEK. NOT A GOOD SHOT POSSIBLE IN THE BROODER


THESE ARE IN THE COOP THAT IS A STEP UP FROM BROODER, LITTLE DEVILS ARE CAMERA SHY.. lol

awesomeness!!! how cute!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote:
Originally Posted by gracie02

I have a question. I have a hen who seems like she's lost the will to live. She is at the absolute bottom of the totem pole, and the little ones will tolerate her but the adults will not. She was sick with diarrhea and weird looking poo, but she went through treatment with Corid and then two subsequent doses of Safeguard. She eats and drinks OK, she just gets hammered by the other hens and even the big roo because (I think) she got friendly with my little roo. I don't know what to do. She's also stopped laying back when she first got lethargic and kept her eyes closed all the time. She still keeps her eyes closed a lot. I feel so bad for her, she's just tormented so I keep her in with the young birds but pretty soon they're going to have to integrate too.

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awwwwww she has no worms or miteslice etc? have you given probotics?

They get homemade yogurt and FF for probiotics. Haven't seen any mites/lice; I use DE in their coop and nesting boxes. She just seems really depressed...poor sweetie.

awwwww did you pull her and separate her yet?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Day 14 candling results:

4 Seramas
2 lavender Ameraucana
4 Salmon Faverolles
2 cross of white leghorn/lavender Ameraucana
2 Crested Cream Legbar Roo over a Exchequer Leghorn/WL Pullet (to increase
egg size and production

I also have 4 BCM eggs that I can't see anything because the eggs are so dark.

I'm trying a dry hatch this time in my LG still air bator. Humidity is 37% with temp 99-100.