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

[loveourbirds]

i dont know much about the forced molts. i just know i caused one- and its not something that i agree with. i prefer to let things work naturally as much as i can.

i do think that if you used the red infrared bulbs it wont be as bad for your chickens. there is a link to vitamin d deficiency and florescent bulbs - but it could be that the chickens never see sunlight.

this is an area where im hoping someone else will jump in, as im not sure of all the details.

 

[rbaker0345]

I need to hang around vets more

You learn to be very creative and to think of the words "off label" as more of a challenge than a barrier

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That I am not doing, picture phyco birds flying everywhere seeing me with grease in my hands! they freak even when I walk into the pen like I am going to eat them or something. hmmmmm chicken

SALLY! you crack me up. let them roost at night, make it completely dark in their coop and then put on your head lamp and go in there and catch them and slather their combs and wattles with bag balm. You won't have to do it every night, bag balm stays on pretty well when its very cold out. YOU CAN DO IT. But you have definitely steered me against BFS. Still crossing fingers that those Brahmas lay......

Dont stress about NPIP either.

 

[ozexpat]

Sumi

Eggs will be on the way to me on Monday. I should have them out thurs and to you my monday.

The should be no more than 8 days old.

12 Heritage Single Comb Rhode Island Reds

6 whatever else gets here - could be buff orps, or silver penciled rocks

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sumi

Eggs will be on the way to me on Monday. I should have them out thurs and to you my monday.

The should be no more than 8 days old.

12 Heritage Single Comb Rhode Island Reds

6 whatever else gets here - could be buff orps, or silver penciled rocks

WOW awesomeness

 

[Sally Sunshine]

i dont know much about the forced molts. i just know i caused one- and its not something that i agree with. i prefer to let things work naturally as much as i can.

i do think that if you used the red infrared bulbs it wont be as bad for your chickens. there is a link to vitamin d deficiency and florescent bulbs - but it could be that the chickens never see sunlight.

this is an area where im hoping someone else will jump in, as im not sure of all the details.

DUDE! agree! I am stocking up on super glue for next year!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Lol I am sure I can, its the if I will do it that matters and for some reason I just cant see myself rubbing vasaline on a chickens head in the cold of night with snow melting down my boots and my snot freezing inside my nose.

What do they need a comb for anyways?????? muwahahhaaaa

 

[sumi]

Sumi

Eggs will be on the way to me on Monday. I should have them out thurs and to you my monday.

The should be no more than 8 days old.

12 Heritage Single Comb Rhode Island Reds

6 whatever else gets here - could be buff orps, or silver penciled rocks

 

[sumi]

Quote: Lol I am sure I can, its the if I will do it that matters and for some reason I just cant see myself rubbing vasaline on a chickens head in the cold of night with snow melting down my boots and my snot freezing inside my nose.


What do they need a comb for anyways?????? muwahahhaaaa
Charming image, Sally.

 

[scooter16]

young but big, perhaps too big? CCL roo he doesn't look it in the image but he is quite big. He is camera shy, he runs when he sees my cell, turd boy.

He needs a name yet hmmmm

First name that came to mind when I saw picture was.....Mr. America......on top of the world and in charge LMS

 

[scooter16]

I have a nebulizer in my human kit. My human chest could treat a small village lol.

My issue is diagnosis. I am not with my chickens so I have to diagnose using broken English in statements limited to a text message or a 12 mile dash to decent Internet to upload photos. I have to stick to more broad spectrum type treatments.

I have yet to have issues with fungals or anything requiring a nebulizer. Though there are some antibiotics that are used across the board, I am also pretty cautious in using antibiotics - especially those designated for humans - in off label applications in animals. Watching bugs become resistant is scary.

Amphotericin B is a very high powered drug that in humans, is only used in life threatening situations. I am the clinical director in a hospital over the respiratory therapists and have only seen lung transplant patient getting the drug via nebulizer. We don't see AIDS patients like we used to 20 years ago. Most other fungal infections are caused by antibacterials/antibiotics knocking off normal "good" bacteria.

I cant imagine whipping out the nebulizer for a chicken but I would use Nystatin - and make sure I was wearing an N91 mask. I would want these antifungals to work on me if I ever needed them.

The drugs I use are


Di-Methox Soluble Powder 107gm - 1st choice for sick chick with off poop, adults with resp issues
Tetroxy HCA-280 9.87oz - second line for resp illness
LinxMed SP Powder(40gm) 1.41oz - for bloody poop chickens or pigletts
NeoMed 325 100gm - - for bloody poop chickens or pigletts
BMD Soluble/Solu-tracin-200 4.1oz - For prevention of ulcerative enteritis in growing quail
Amprol 128 10oz - For prevention of coccidiasis
Aureomycin Sol Pwdr Con 25.6oz - prevention of resp and poop problems in piglets

Have worked with Amphotericin B IV in Human patients. Has potential for some pretty nasty side effects. Patients tolerate Ambisome IV better. Do chickens have side effects that outweigh the benefit? Is nebulized Ampho less caustic than IV??? It is expensive too. Thoughts???? LMS