Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

I wanted Jaffar to come inside with me, but he chose not to. He’s been busy with all the newer birds (Who are big now)
My little Cochin buddy, doesn’t want me anymore. I’m heartbroken!

I am so sorry. Ladies are more important than bros.

 

[BY Bob]

I’ve been very clear about how I feel about sheep thank you

"Chickheard" then....

 

[Kris5902]

Ok… BBB update, apparently Little Dude was not tasty, and so far this pair have not developed a taste for chicken! The little bugger was hiding in a meat tractor and decided he’s had enough socializing today and made a break for the trailer. This is the downside to 61 nearly identical birds mingling Just happy he’s not become dinner prematurely

 

[featherhead007]

Ok… BBB update, apparently Little Dude was not tasty, and so far this pair have not developed a taste for chicken! The little bugger was hiding in a meat tractor and decided he’s had enough socializing today and made a break for the trailer. This is the downside to 61 nearly identical birds mingling Just happy he’s not become dinner prematurely

 

[Ribh]

I’m soooooo behind (spent five days at a music conference) and want to catch up, but just wanted to share something with my chook friends. I was awarded a blue belt in Jishukan tonight (a mixed martial art) so feeling pretty chuffed.

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Congratulations, Lozzy. Well done indeed!

 

[Ribh]

More Reasons Why Friends for Phyllis

I have not outlined all the reasons that led me to get more friends for Phyllis. This morning there was an example of all the things that have led me to this place.

Everyone should know by now that Phyllis is laying her eggs in an old deck box on the other side of the yard from the coop. She laid her egg early this morning. She gets out of the box and cannot see any members of the flock so naturally she does the escort call.

No one answers her.

No one.

If Sydney does the call, Lilly and Aurora for sure will answer at the top of their lungs. Who answers Phyllis?

No one.

It breaks my heart every time. Hence, more friends.
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No~one? I have to admit I find your tribe slightly weird. Everyone answers everyone here. Three or four tribes in 3 or 4 different locations all screaming their heads off. My lucky neighbours know every time someone lays.

 

[RoyalChick]

No~one? I have to admit I find your tribe slightly weird. Everyone answers everyone here. Three or four tribes in 3 or 4 different locations all screaming their heads off. My lucky neighbours know every time someone lays.

There we have it. The full range. Everyone answers any escort call at Ribh’s place. Nobody answers anybody’s escort call at my place. And at Bob’s place only Phyllis gets ignored.

 

[BY Bob]

This actually makes perfect sense, from a cost standpoint as well as the health one… and it’s not as though you’re doubling up a dose of the Amprolium, you’re just rendering the medicated feed useless during treatment. I’m fairly certain when it comes to these things Bob is a genius or at the very least an expert! So why the heck can’t I get medicated feed here??? Some things about my country I love, others not so much. Sigh

You are actually doubling up the dose. You should not do it.

Sorry for any confusion.

 

[MaryJanet]

OK, Let's Revisit the Chicks & Medicated Feed vs Medication

First to put one misconception to bed. One in which I too was caught up.

After a feed review where I evaluated 11 different Medicated Chick feeds, there are NO non-pathogenic strains of coccidia in use. That is incorrect and I apologize for repeating that bad information. Let me say that again so it is clear.

THERE ARE NO FEEDS WITH NON-PATHOGENIC COCCIDIA

Of the 11 feeds I evaluated:

• 9 use Amprolium (Corid)
• 1 uses Monensin (Cobon)
• 1 claims that Diatomaceous Earth in the feed will kill coccidia

So what does this mean.

DO NOT USE MEDICATED FEED AND MEDICATION AT THE SAME TIME

Amprolium imitates Thiamine (vitamin b1) which is essential for Coccidia to grow. When Coccidia ingest Amprolium instead of Thiamine they experience Thiamine deficiency and starve from malnutrition. Your chicks also need Thiamine.

IMPORTANT: Because of this Amprolium has a very narrow margin for error. Overdosing can lead to hemorrhagic diathesis (spontaneous bleeding) and death.

DO NOT EVER TREAT CHICKS THAT ARE ON MEDICATED FEED WITH AMPROLIUM

The medicated feed is already dosed correctly for your chicks. The use of medicated feed alone is effective at the prevention of coccidiosis.

However, if you chicks are already showing symptoms of coccidiosis you should use a NON-MEDICATED feed and MEDICATE them. This will enable you to use a higher dose of Amprolium in order to get on top of the infection.

Treatment
So what is the prescribed treatment for coccidiosis?

The Poultry DVM recommends a therapeutic dose of 0.024% in water to reach therapeutic levels. If you are utilizing Corid 9.6% liquid solution, that would be 2 teaspoons per gallon of water. Treat for a minimum of 5 and up to 7 days. This must be their only source of water for those days. No rain puddles etc.

After the initial dose taper to 0.012% for another 5 to 7 days. That would be 1 teaspoon per gallon of water.

If you are going to use Medicated Feed at the end of the second treatment you can switch them to medicated feed and you should be fine.

If you are NOT going to use medicated feed, you need to switch to a final tapering dose of 0.006% for 7 days. That would be ½ teaspoon per gallon.

Storage

Chicks are not going to drink a lot of water. How long can I store this stuff? Any medicated water which the chicks have not consumed in 24 hours should be discarded. Prepared solutions may be stored in clean, closed, and labeled containers for up to 3 days at temperatures between 41°-77° F or 5°-25° C.

This is awesome, thanks Bob!

 

[BY Bob]

However MaryJanet is in Australia, and it could be completely different there… like I said I cannot obtain a medicated feed here, so I’m fairly certain that means that the ones available in Canada are also Amprolium laced or such…

Exactly. I was going to respond with that as the reason why you cannot get them. Additionally, all my research was on US medicated feeds. I did not research Australian medicated feeds. They likely could be different.