Eastern Tennessee Thread

[bairo]

Stang or anyone else down around Lenoir City have hamburgs and dutches listed on craigslist?? I just emailed whoever it is for Megan.

Knoxville as well for Dutch's. I dont remember any of our group having dutch though. Anyone?

 

[tennesseeckn]

Thanks but after checking on her this morning I think it is time to do the best thing for her. She is an Orpington and I was trying so hard to get a nice quality starter flock.

I have tried speaking to the breeder but am to the point of being leery of spending any more time or $ in his stock. I am not going to blame the breeder because I do not know what happened. It is just very strange only the blue orps & all with the same symptoms. Is there something about orps that I need to know say supplement wise or anything that I was not doing that I needed to do?

I've raised a lot of orps and only had problems with the one pullet. I don't feed medicated feed or vaccinate and try to avoid antibiotics if at all possible because I want them to develop a natural resistance to the everyday stuff. I give all of the birds vitamins when it's above 95 degrees out, but I'm 99.9% sure they don't need them. It just makes me feel better.

If I were a betting woman I would bet that there's something environmental going on. I lost a marans chick once because I used the generic wood pellets as bedding instead of the pine pellets I normally buy. The way I figured out that it was the bedding was that one of my orps got puffy, because they are usually really hardy. I changed the bedding and the orp was fine by evening.

Don't give up on the breed. I know you're off to a rough start, but the good news is that by the time you've raised them to adulthood you'll know just about everything there is to know about poultry disease and nutrition.

I have a wheatie sitting on nine orp eggs right now. I only want the splash, so maybe we can work out something on the other chicks. They're due to hatch Aug. 8th.

 

[tennesseeckn]

Terry
I took a page from your book and am doing a big staggered hatch with the new larger cooler-bator. Easters, olives, and some dark brown layers (crosses)

I've got to get her to show me how she does that. I STINK at staggered hatches.

 

[bairo]

Quote: i may stink too

we'll have to see. The new and improved bator is holding 99.5-100.5 so all is good there at least.

 

[littlechicklet]

I've raised a lot of orps and only had problems with the one pullet. I don't feed medicated feed or vaccinate and try to avoid antibiotics if at all possible because I want them to develop a natural resistance to the everyday stuff. I give all of the birds vitamins when it's above 95 degrees out, but I'm 99.9% sure they don't need them. It just makes me feel better.

If I were a betting woman I would bet that there's something environmental going on. I lost a marans chick once because I used the generic wood pellets as bedding instead of the pine pellets I normally buy. The way I figured out that it was the bedding was that one of my orps got puffy, because they are usually really hardy. I changed the bedding and the orp was fine by evening.

Don't give up on the breed. I know you're off to a rough start, but the good news is that by the time you've raised them to adulthood you'll know just about everything there is to know about poultry disease and nutrition.

I have a wheatie sitting on nine orp eggs right now. I only want the splash, so maybe we can work out something on the other chicks. They're due to hatch Aug. 8th.

Thank you. I wish I could pinpoint something but I can't. Will you share which vitamins you use & where to purchase them?

I am not going to give up on the breed although the thought has entered my mind. I would love it if you let me know about the chicks when they hatch and maybe we can work something out. Hopefully by then I will be able to positively sex my EE's & get my numbers back down to where I am more comfortable.

 

[littlechicklet]

I want to thank everyone for being so very caring and supportive. It means the world to me. I hope someday to get to meet you in person.

 

[tennesseeckn]

If I'm just treating one bird I use Poli-Vi-Sol, the human infant vitamins. Make sure you get the kind without iron. You can get it just about anywhere. Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and any grocery store has it.

When I'm giving everyone vitamins I use Nutri-Drench because it has the per-gallon dosage on the bottle. I got mine at Tractor Supply, but it would probably be cheaper to order it online.

Vitamins, corrid, veterycin, Blu-Kote, Oxine, and some sort of antibiotic are all the things I keep on hand all the time in my first aid box. I also have Quick Stop and Vet wrap in anticipation of trimming spurs, but I haven't got that brave, yet.

 

[tennesseeckn]

Alright men, cover your ears. I'm going to bash for a minute.

I was in Florida for a week and DH had chicken duty. I came home to a five gallon bucket stuck in the fridge full of poopy eggs!

I usually sort them by breed and date them and stack them with most recent on bottom. I just spent half an hour washing about fifty mystery eggs.

Guess I should be glad everyone's still alive. They did look awfully happy to see me. They hadn't been out of their runs the entire time I was gone.

Grrrrr, MEN!

 

[littlechicklet]

If I'm just treating one bird I use Poli-Vi-Sol, the human infant vitamins. Make sure you get the kind without iron. You can get it just about anywhere. Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and any grocery store has it.

When I'm giving everyone vitamins I use Nutri-Drench because it has the per-gallon dosage on the bottle. I got mine at Tractor Supply, but it would probably be cheaper to order it online.

Vitamins, corrid, veterycin, Blu-Kote, Oxine, and some sort of antibiotic are all the things I keep on hand all the time in my first aid box. I also have Quick Stop and Vet wrap in anticipation of trimming spurs, but I haven't got that brave, yet.

thank you. I will be stocking a first aid kit but think I will skip the spur trimming (my poor EE roo looks like he is going to trip over his: thankfully he is a super sweet easy going pet). I have started my cart on Amazon but will shop around before ordering.

 

[TNBarnQueen]

Alright men, cover your ears. I'm going to bash for a minute.

I was in Florida for a week and DH had chicken duty. I came home to a five gallon bucket stuck in the fridge full of poopy eggs!

I usually sort them by breed and date them and stack them with most recent on bottom. I just spent half an hour washing about fifty mystery eggs.

Guess I should be glad everyone's still alive. They did look awfully happy to see me. They hadn't been out of their runs the entire time I was gone.

Grrrrr, MEN!

Daphne......remember men MUST have instructions VERY detailed instructions...with pics are best. I make a big sized check list that they are required to take with them and have to mark each step every day/....it helps but is not totally foolproof. I think we should just go ahead and make a video for them watch as they work. Is what we do everyday that hard??

I guess though I should be glad they get the most important thing done....food and water.