Eastern Tennessee Thread

[bairo]

searching now to see if something a little easier to handle (like tylan) will be effective. But I think not. I would go with penicillin injectable due to the ease of getting at feed stores, on the other hand it is a real pain to inject because it is soooooo thick. Your looking at three injections either every day or better yet, every other day.

 

[tnchickenut]

I HAVE CHICKENS! I HAVE CHICKENS!!!!!!!

PICS!!

 

[tnchickenut]

"They are big into hatching, they have a building full of incubators"

I would say with almost absolute certainty that they are infected with Fowl Cholera. Treat with most any sulfa antibiotic or penicillin. You can treat with tetracycline but that requires IM injection along with in the water at the same time. How many birds do you have??

Yes, the sentence stuck out to me too... RED FLAG, RED FLAG!!! Leave the hatcheries up to doing hatchery work. Backyarders should not attempt.

 

[bairo]

Quote: You are very welcome.....

Now you are official, LOL

I am very anxious to see how the multicolored (snicker doodle) and the lavender crosses turn out. Those Lavs are going to be beautiful.

 

[bairo]

Quote: Yes
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[bairo]

No one is even close on the breed guess, BTW
Unless you count Stacy saying anything blue, LOL
And stop planting seeds in my mind for true Auracanas, I can't handle that type of temptation!!!!

 

[itsthelaw37801]

Littlechicklet...Oooh. Good news. The little blue is looking more girly this week! I'm still on the fence about the second black, too.

I have a friend that has decided that since she has a nice, new patio that she doesn't want chickens anymore and wants to rehome them. They are a hatchery mix, RIR, buff orps, Leghorns, and such.

I asked her if she was wanting to sell them or just give them away and haven't heard back. They are a about a year and a half old. I can get her contact info if anyone is interested.

I would love Buff Orps. Do you know if they are in good health?

 

[itsthelaw37801]

"They are big into hatching, they have a building full of incubators"

I would say with almost absolute certainty that they are infected with Fowl Cholera. Treat with most any sulfa antibiotic or penicillin. You can treat with tetracycline but that requires IM injection along with in the water at the same time. How many birds do you have??

There are nine left out there in two run/two coops. But the coops/runs are connected.

 

[Tigeura]

Finally caught up with all the post I've missed out on. Welcome to those who are new to the string.

Until the rain shut me down this weekend, I've been busy with my son finishing up our coop. The small pallet coop has turned into a rather large one . Lots of creative thinking goes into working with pallet construction I have found out.

Now I'm looking at getting chicks. Is the fall a good time to get them? My kids are so excited about having chicks and keep after me about when they will be ordered, but I want to do what is best for the chicks. We are looking at starting with 10-15, umm I mean 6 yaaaa 6

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As for the get together I read about, I would like to be able to say a firm yes but I have just gotten a job and am unsure on what my schedule will be. So if I can I'll be a "crasher".

Have a great day!

 

[bairo]

Quote: You want to look for
Penicillin 300,000 units per ml. (your only going to need 6ml. total for 9 chickens)

tractor supply or most co-ops should have it in the refrigerated section.
Dosage on a full sized chicken is 1/4 ml (max) in the breast muscle every other day for three shots. I.E. Monday-Wednesday-Friday so each one ends up with a max of 3/4 ml over five days
It is really thick stuff so I doubt a needle smaller than a 20 ga. will work well. Look for the shortest 20 ga needle you can find. Right in the center of the breast, far from bone and no deeper than a 1/4 inch. Your trying to get it into the muscle fully, but reduce the risk of injury by going too deep. You also need the smallest syringe you can find (1 ml.) most pharmacies will give you one for free.