EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BantyChooks]

I've learned to treat with corid early - it progresses so fast!

Good luck!   

- Ant Farm

Thanks. I haven't ever had a cocci case before, so I'm not exactly sure 'bout some of the details.... Better go research.

 

[Chaos18]

I know what her plans are for them

 

[BunnynChicks]

Quote: Yeah, me too.

 

[Chaos18]

Yeah, me too.

So then what's the problem?

 

[BunnynChicks]

Quote: You are hopeless.

 

[dan26552]

EEEEEE.

 

[Akrnaf2]

A wonderful ways to store eggs for up to 2 years!

[VIDEO]

 

[BullChick]

Silent thread
Lonely thread
All was calm
For too long!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Well, with good ground they need 2.5-3 acres not to tear it up and need hay. You need to at least trim hooves every eight weeks or so which varies in cost. Stalls or loafing shed at least 8' st the short end and a minimum of 10x12. With vaccines, feed, and other care I would estimate around $100 per month. It can be a bit less if you have lots of pasture, and more if your farrier and hay costs are high. Hay around here for Bermuda is five or six a bale. Good hay is essential as they are not ruminants and cab easily get lung or digestive issues. Mold is deadly.

That's a good synopsis.

Back in the old days when I was growing up, we baled our own hay. Mostly it was timothy, orchard grass and fescue.
I think in all the years our horses had hooves trimmed twice. However, they had 100 acres to run with rocky slopes so I'm sure that made a big difference. They almost never went into the barn. We never vaccinated nor did they ever see a vet.

My comment that Jerusalem Artichokes were the best source of sugar for alcohol was from a 2 day alcohol fuels seminar put on by the Mother Earth News. They taught how to make alcohol from a wide array of vegetative sources and the yield of each. They also taught how to convert any gasoline engine to run on alcohol.
There was a pickup truck, a car, a Harley Davidson and a generator all running on alcohol. After hours of the Harley running on pure alcohol, you could put your hand right on the pipes and it didn't burn.

Good morning everyone.

Haven't been around much.

Work: production is up from 20/ month to 45/ month same crew
Family: Dad is 100 years old today and family is arriving from everywhere
Chickens: its raining cats and dogs and keeping them dry in the remaining hours has me beat.

Oh and still have touch of the flu/cold since Thanksgiving.

really no excuse though I'll try to do better.

100 is a good number. Tell him happy birthday from all of us.

A wonderful ways to store eggs for up to 2 years!

Mother Earth News did a great in depth study of all the old methods of storage.

Some were worse than doing nothing.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/how-to-store-fresh-eggs-zmaz77ndzgoe

 

[BantyChooks]

Well, looks like both Georgia (chook) and I will be coccidia free for a bit.
DYK corid "poofs" when you open it?