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What's your stance on treating nest boxes? I have wooden boxes that are probably full of things I don't care to find out about. Just dust the outside, or dust the inside and rinse eggs well before eating?
I love that ad!!
Here's the origin of the North American house hippo joke.... Sneaky little buggars, they are, and they'll make holes in your milk bags if you leave them out.
About half of my nests have hardware cloth bottoms with removable plywood floors. Once in a while I take everything out and hose them out. When I reassemble, I dust with DE and sometimes shoot 5% Sevin dust into the corners before I put nest pads back in. I sometimes sprinkle some DE in the nest pads as well.
That way there shouldn't be anything remaining on the eggs. I don't eat egg shells anyway.
What do you use for nesting material?
I've used straw, dried grass and pine shavings but excelsior nest pads are my favorite (and the hens' favs).
I have plastic nest pads too. They're washable/reusable.
I'm still not sure I get the house hippo thing. Maybe I'm just dense.
@ChickenCanoe Thanks for the link. Do you have a recipe or link for what you do with bumble foot?
There is a CEH cream but I haven't been able to find a source in the US.
There is a store/lab near here called Cheryl's herbs. They make their own ointments, oils and extracts.
I bought Calendula cream from them and extracts of both
Echinacea purpurea and
Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort). I added drops of both to the C cream.
After cleaning the foot thoroughly, I soak it in a warm Epsom salt bath for about 20 minutes. Thoroughly dry the foot, apply the cream mixture to the wounds and swollen areas.
Then cover with cotton pads and wrap with vet wrap and surgical wrap. Keep the bird on fresh dry bedding.
http://www.oocities.org/gymnogyps_gray/bumblefoot2.html
http://www.oocities.org/gymnogyps_gray/bumblefoot4.html
there's a little on bumblefoot here
http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/08/34_orthopedic.pdf
I used to do the invasive surgery to remove the puss ball but quit doing surgery when I learned how U of Ky treats their raptors.
Many vets here no longer do surgery. It has a tendency to delay healing.
Of course that depends on how bad it is. Sometimes it helps to get the lump out if it is huge.
I've had quicker healing than when I did surgery.
I've also injected the site with a combi-biotic.
I am not sure if I am doing anything right both in how I am asking questions for you to answer or incubating my eggs I am not sure if I know how to retrieve your answers I am computer illiterate so please help me out I am 53 yrs old have hard time remembering anything new
I'm old too. Much older than you. However I did work in automation and was fairly deep into computers.
Depending on how your site preferences are set (others may help with that), if someone quotes your post, it will show up in your e-mail.
X2 on Sandhill for slips.
And heirloom corn and potatoes as well.
Hey Mini the boxes and heat packs came in!
waiting on a break in weather-pm me your info and when you want them
How many hours are your heat packs good for?
