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

[daxigait]

Bandaging?

She posted mentioning the medicine she was told to use, and what to soak it in excetera in a post when he didn't recommend surgery.

 

[mlm Mike]

All done

Nice job, chicken hawk!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Maybe she means the daily soaking and ointment and bandaging. I was also instructed to let him recover on a soft surface (his hospital pen has sweet PDX as the "bedding"). I should point out that he had mild early bumble foot, not a big bumble in it.

He also questioned me carefully about the roosts (my roosts are 2x4s, wide side up). He said I should change the roosts so that there are a wider variety of widths/surfaces so the birds can find their preference, and so the feet would get better blood flow at night. I'm building them a new coop soon and will do this, either with branches or with the 2x4s sanded to different widths/contours.

- Ant Farm

 

[OneMountainAcres]

bator was packed had to get the dryer ones out to make room for the others

Adorable!

 

[BantyChooks]

Here is an egg with lines at day 6, 14 (a bit wobbly, I'm trying very hard not to drop any ), and 16. Dry for me is around 25%. Thank you very much for your help.

Bump it down a bit, yes. Dunno if I'd go to 25, try 30? They're seramas, right? Never hatched them, but I think I recall they lose weight easy.

S HH email mentioned the medicine she was told to use, and what to soak it in excetera in a post when he didn't recommend surgery.

I think I missed that..

 

[daxigait]

All done

 

[vasher]

Bump it down a bit, yes. Dunno if I'd go to 25, try 30? They're seramas, right? Never hatched them, but I think I recall they lose weight easy.

I think I missed that..

Yep, will try that, thanks. Eggs are in the 20g range. The only water that's been in there is a little plastic medicine cup, and it's been enough to keep it at 40-50 RH range, weirdly. Tape over the cup incoming!

 

[BantyChooks]

Yep, will try that, thanks. Eggs are in the 20g range. The only water that's been in there is a little plastic medicine cup, and it's been enough to keep it at 40-50 RH range, weirdly. Tape over the cup incoming!

Good luck!!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: He gave me chlorhexidine concentrate to mix with water for the soaks. It was a little spendy from them, but if I recall correctly, that stuff isn't cheap in the drug stores either. He also gave be this stuff called "SolvaKer" to put on each night to help slough off the extra scales and skin around the scab on the bottom slowly - it has salicylic acid in it. Also pricey, and I looked it up to find you can only get it from a vet. For scaly leg mites, he recommended canola or olive oil, and when I asked about castor oil, he suggested not to because of how sensitive birds are to petroleum based or toxic products. I was confused, but when I looked at my bottle when I got home (from Whole Foods), it said "hexane-free", so perhaps some castor oil is more toxic... I'm still deciding whether I'm going to try it anyway - Beekissed and others have used it without negative effect and great success. (Single application.) I have not been applying any oil while doing all these washes and soaks, but will apply it when I send him back out to the coop.

FWIW.

(BTW, his hospital pen is in the mudroom by the front door - he made an alarm noise, and it turned out the wind had blown something agains the door. Tempted to keep him as a home alarm system!

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[daxigait]

Yep, will try that, thanks. Eggs are in the 20g range. The only water that's been in there is a little plastic medicine cup, and it's been enough to keep it at 40-50 RH range, weirdly. Tape over the cup incoming!

. Welcome!