Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[ozexpat]

Hi ..I have arrived. Keep writing..love it.

welcome mother!

I better be good now

 

[gryeyes]

welcome mother!

I better be good now

Oh, boy!

 

[Leoneruth]

You are always good.You have kept us entertained with all of your adventures,over the years.This is another grand adventure,and I am loving coming along for the ride.You have the ability to inform us whilst entertaining us.Lol.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Hello Mother!!

 

[ozexpat]

I had a big scare this week.

Mrs Oz was running around doing here clinical hours for her PhD and getting things done before she had to head to Manila for a conference when she got a text message from Bernie saying that one of the chicks has sipon - a drippy nose. Infectious coryza, chronic respiratory disease, infectious bronchitis or influenza or some other disease had got to my chickens.

What could it be???

I had visions of chicks dropping everywhere and an end to the whole project.

Bernie went to the local Agrivet store for advice. They gave him something called Bardicil - I cannot find it on the net and have no idea whether it’s an antibiotic or something else. I asked Mrs Oz to get hold of some oxytetracyclin, erythromycin or tylosin but none were available. She came home with half a pound of amoxacillin. We got that to the beach house and started it in their water.

Whatever it was, none of the other chicks have manifested symptoms and there have been no deaths.

I am vaccinating for NCD next week. It’s a shame vaccines only come in packaging for 1000 birds.

The adventure continues.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

OH NO! Its a good thing those chicks have you two with all your med experience!!

Next month DH and I will go to classes to be Certified Poultry Techs in PA.
Looking forward to learning about all those diseases and such! Drawing blood I can handle, DH I dont know how he will do with this part!

 

[3Dchicken]

That's horrible!

Bardicil... is it spelled wrong?

 

[piglett]

The Lake Elsinore roo is a Rhode Island Red. Eggs are from Various Breedslymouth Barred Rocks, Plymouth White Rocks and Rhode Island Reds.Others are Mixed hens.

I am cooking 12 ebay Buff Orps now and with have 18 odyssey farms black/blue/splash giant cochins cooking Sunday. Get the brooder ready

how many buff orpington eggs you want OZ?
we just set 41 eggs today & most were buff orpingtons

 

[ozexpat]

That's horrible!

Bardicil... is it spelled wrong?

Thats a good question.

Dealing with pharmacueticals that look or sound the same is an occupational hazard for me.

I tried several variants of the spelling. I am dealing with a guy (Bernie) that speaks one language talking to a guy that speaks a similar but different language (the agrivet store) then him texting the name of the medication to Mrs Oz and her transferring the info to me.

So for now - its snake oil lol. It looks like it worked. When I get there in March, I will go and look at the label. I have ordered the antibiotics I mentioned above from Jeffers Vet on line here and will throw them in the golf bag.

When I bought drugs to give our pigs, they dispense them in a drinking straw with a knot tied at each end. You put the needle through the plastic and draw it up. No labels, no written instructions but very economical - you dont have to pay for 100 doses to inject 4 pigs.

 

[ozexpat]

how many buff orpington eggs you want OZ?
we just set 41 eggs today & most were buff orpingtons

Long time no hear!

Hows the chicks?

I could take up to 24 Piglett. I am so excited to get your beasts. I have the fish for you and will send the foam to ship in with the fish.