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

[Sally Sunshine]

Awe!!!!!! Congratulations Sumi!!!

Hey everybody, long time no talk!
I guess I should inform you guys that I have away aqua and moe and Cappa and Joey this summer, along with Cappas three chicks Java,Mocha, and Peanut. But I gave them all to my good friend who lives on a farm who I also ave Pluto and Nemo to many months ago and has a nice large chicken flock.
However, I am going through Bird-Withdrawl and I think I'm gonna hatch some more. Probably a duck or something, maybe a quail or even a dove or pigeon! Something neat and challenging. Do you guys think it's a good idea?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Becuse my bator is still air should I put all my eggs close togather till lockdown or spread them out and rotate what ones are on inside and outside of the clutch

you can add warm water bottles to help fill up space and keep temps more stable, and I always rotate my eggs at turning.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Ugh! So, pretty sure I have to cull my new CCL roo - also discovered I bought a CAE positive goat from my best friend. I guess this is going to be a dark weekend around here :'(

oh man : (

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hoping to get some of those surprises myself! I have 30 eggs in and more than half were clear at day 10. Day 14 today so will have another look when it gets dark enough. Fingers crossed because my last hatch was really bad, and now half of my chicks have just died of coccidiosis

time for some good luck.

Oh no! what are you treating them with? awwwww

 

[Sally Sunshine]

ivomec a pour on?

Poultry lice are tiny, wingless, 6-legged, flat-bodied, insects with

Figure 1. Lice eggs at the base of the feather shaft​

broad, round heads. They lay their eggs on the host bird’s feathers, especially near the base of the feather shaft (Figure 1). A female louse will lay 50 to 300 eggs at a time, which she cements to the feather shaft. There are several species of lice that affect poultry, and multiple species can affect a bird at any given time. Some species can be localized on specific locations like the quill lice; or others can be found over most of the body surface like the chicken body lice. The lice found on poultry do not suck blood as the lice found in other species of animals; rather they feed on dry skin scales, feathers, and scabs. However, they will ingest blood extruding from irritated skin. The entire life cycle of the lice occurs on the host bird, primarily in the feathers. Poultry lice are host specific and cannot be transferred to humans.


i guess by this you can say we are both right LOL. i do know that the ivomec did cure it on our flock. im just guessing and may be wrong, but if the blood is poison, then the feathers and skin is probably poison too.

 

[cochins1088]

I'm thinking about treating half the flock with permethrin and the other half with ivermectin pour on to see which works better.

 

[cochins1088]

loveourbirds, is this what you use? http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp...oductDisplayErrorView&langId=-1&storeId=10151

 

[chickadoodles]

I know a while back on BYC I read some about Ivermectin and Dawg is the Wormer guru on BYC and was telling someone how much of the Ivermectin to use so it would not harm your chickens. You might look for his advice on it. He does alot of reseach on stuff he uses on his chickens! Alot of ppl refer ppl to him!

 

[loveourbirds]

http://www.amazon.com/Durvet-Ivermectin-Pour-On-250/dp/B000HHOEIU i use the durvet brand because its a little cheaper. our local TSC carries it for about half the price of the brown box.

treating half your flock with one and half your flock with the other, will allow you to see how they are working. thats a good idea.

 

[wescottwomen]

you can add warm water bottles to help fill up space and keep temps more stable, and I always rotate my eggs at turning.

kk thanks