Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

That's easy:

0.6mg/kg X 410kg/1 X 1tab/15 mg = 16.4 tablets
[this type of mathematical procedure is called unit analysis; using the units to set up the problem correctly.]

Given that 0.4 of a tablet is only about 2% of that overall dose, you could go with 16 tablets and not worry about cutting/breaking one.

The real question, though, is if the dosage is the same for horses as for people. Different animals metabolize thing differently, and might have a different dosage requirements. For example: an 'average' sized (~4-5 lbs) chicken can have an 81 mg. aspirin tablet. If I took 81 mg. tablets (1 per 5 lbs), I would be taking over 3,000 mg of aspirin. That is way too much for a human dose. (i.e. for a 150 lb. person, that would be 30- 81 mg tabs, or 2,430 mgs! The supposed human dose is 300 - 650 mg. Clearly there is a real disconnect there between human dosing and chicken dosing. I have no idea regarding equestrian dosing - just wanted you to make sure the dosing is the same BEFORE giving her some!

Okay, I hopped on here because I saw @Ponypoor tagged me, but I have to get back to work on my course now. I got to read a few pages, but gosh am I behind. Hopefully the 'issues' with the new LMS will let up and I can catch up this weekend.

Hope everyone is well. My momma hen is doing great with her 5 babies (now, if I could only get her to tone down her scratching and get her to stop flinging her feed dish while doing so, all would be well with the chicken world here!

(P.S. I have a BR girl who thinks she wants to hatch...she has picked a good nest box, but it is empty! She has sat on nothing for 3 days now. I'll give her a few eggs tomorrow if I get a chance - else it will be this weekend. I do hate having her broody for almost a full week before getting eggs, though. It is hard enough on them as it is, without making the 'to hatch' time even longer.)

So nice to see you stop by.

 

[rural mouse]

Hatchlings are now here

the splash birds (all the yellow) could come from your splash lady OR your blue (grey) ladies. The splash crossed with Mr P's splash will always be splash. The blue ladies have a black AND a splash gene that turns the black to blue. As such, they could have produced the blue (grey) or splash babies. The blue babies could have come from the blue OR black ladies (blue ladies getting Mr P's other color or black ladies getting mr P's splash color). The black babies had to have gotten the OTHER coloring (Penne, Rico, and Tippy included) Mr P has, the blonde, non-splash. Otherwise they could NOT be black. Their mothers could be the grey ladies (getting the black gene) or any of the NON splash ladies.

I know you know who's eggs Penne, Tippy, and Rico came from, but as the other lot lost track of which egg each chick came from, it should simplify the process a bit.

Combs: any with obvious straight comb are probably from Penelope. Otherwise, have to wait on comb development and hope it helps ID the moms.

Leakage: any color leakage that comes through as they get their adult feathers (@12 weeks) can also help ID the moms.

 

[Ponypoor]

Argument here:

Niece says eggs stored pointy side up for longer freshness

I hears point down….

Who is correct?

 

[bgmathteach]

Argument here:

Niece says eggs stored pointy side up for longer freshness

I hears point down….

Who is correct?

Spoiler: I was always told:

It is never nice to point!

 

[rural mouse]

Argument here:

Niece says eggs stored pointy side up for longer freshness

I hears point down….

Who is correct?

Down. The air sack is usually at the rounded end. Keeping that end up allows air to circulate better. Putting the air sack at the bottom stagnates the air.

 

[Ponypoor]

The music world just lost a legend in my opinion. Rest in Peace Tina Turner.

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Oh I didn’t know that - very talented lady.

 

[Ponypoor]

Spoiler: I was always told:

It is never nice to point!

So is that pointing at the stars or pointing at the dirt?

 

[Ponypoor]

I just went to see if they had gone to bed and they were sleeping side to side of each other, fifi just really missed her friends and now she just wants to cuddle with them

I am glad you got a friend for her

 

[RoyalChick]

Now I’m really worried about Eli. This is where she is choosing to spend the night.
I don’t get it as she has been perching fine on my arm and on the branches during the day.
I wonder if she lost confidence before she went broody.

 

[Ponypoor]

That's easy:

0.6mg/kg X 410kg/1 X 1tab/15 mg = 16.4 tablets
[this type of mathematical procedure is called unit analysis; using the units to set up the problem correctly.]

Given that 0.4 of a tablet is only about 2% of that overall dose, you could go with 16 tablets and not worry about cutting/breaking one.

The real question, though, is if the dosage is the same for horses as for people. Different animals metabolize thing differently, and might have a different dosage requirements. For example: an 'average' sized (~4-5 lbs) chicken can have an 81 mg. aspirin tablet. If I took 81 mg. tablets (1 per 5 lbs), I would be taking over 3,000 mg of aspirin. That is way too much for a human dose. (i.e. for a 150 lb. person, that would be 30- 81 mg tabs, or 2,430 mgs! The supposed human dose is 300 - 650 mg. Clearly there is a real disconnect there between human dosing and chicken dosing. I have no idea regarding equestrian dosing - just wanted you to make sure the dosing is the same BEFORE giving her some!

Okay, I hopped on here because I saw @Ponypoor tagged me, but I have to get back to work on my course now. I got to read a few pages, but gosh am I behind. Hopefully the 'issues' with the new LMS will let up and I can catch up this weekend.

Hope everyone is well. My momma hen is doing great with her 5 babies (now, if I could only get her to tone down her scratching and get her to stop flinging her feed dish while doing so, all would be well with the chicken world here!

(P.S. I have a BR girl who thinks she wants to hatch...she has picked a good nest box, but it is empty! She has sat on nothing for 3 days now. I'll give her a few eggs tomorrow if I get a chance - else it will be this weekend. I do hate having her broody for almost a full week before getting eggs, though. It is hard enough on them as it is, without making the 'to hatch' time even longer.)

Thanks - yep the dose for a horse is 0.6mg/kg

It is safe to say I am not using all my Meloxicam on the horse I will get some Previcox from the Vet.

Good luck with the LMS issue