grannys gone and done it

[Wishing4Wings]

about the dogs.

Go to bed, granny!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Good morning

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Holy post frenzy, batmam....you guys were chatting it up!
Catching up......1 husband, 1 teenage boy, 1 horse, 3 dogs, 4 cats (plus nacho kitty, lol), 21 chickens and a whole mess of fish. ....plus DD when she gets lonely or hungry like this weekend.

@campingshaws working dogs of all "trades" can separate work time and down time so bones aren't going to Ron a soft mouth on a good dog, I'm a big fan of good, natural bones for dogs, not rawhide though.
@granny hatchet poor DD, sorry it was yet another rough night for her. Hope you got some rest and here's hoping for a blue egg sort of day for you.
@twisted-acres-farm...it's yak day!!! Can't wait to hear and see all about them getting settled in to their new home.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

you know, some of you girls could jump in here any time :/ I cant be the only girl that hates cooking ?

I don't mind the cooking, love it really, it's the cleaning up afterwards. DD was always the one to jump in and help out, she moved out and DH/DS have not really volunteered to fill the gap

any ideas about a 1 1/2 yr. old hen going into a molt when she might start laying again ? weeks, months ?

she may or may not start back up this fall....a lot of them will take the winter of and start up in the spring. Using artificial light can help

 

[campingshaws]

Holy post frenzy, batmam....you guys were chatting it up!
Catching up......1 husband, 1 teenage boy, 1 horse, 3 dogs, 4 cats (plus nacho kitty, lol), 21 chickens and a whole mess of fish. ....plus DD when she gets lonely or hungry like this weekend.

@campingshaws working dogs of all "trades" can separate work time and down time so bones aren't going to Ron a soft mouth on a good dog, I'm a big fan of good, natural bones for dogs, not rawhide though.
@granny hatchet poor DD, sorry it was yet another rough night for her. Hope you got some rest and here's hoping for a blue egg sort of day for you.
@twisted-acres-farm...it's yak day!!! Can't wait to hear and see all about them getting settled in to their new home.

Thanks! Logically, that's how I felt. But he was acting like he had never chewed a bone before, just being really gentle with it, and so we weren't really sure what was going on.

We get the big knuckles or whatever else from TSC. They're my favorite.

 

[Dannachic]

Oh by the way I have my house back to myself again. Nephew's friend is gone. His brother and his other brother's girlfriend drove up from Tx and got him about 2 am last night and then they all headed back to Tx.

Now I can run around the house starkers with out worrying

Ok not totally starkers I wear slippers.

i will be sure to call before i visit you..get your clothes on lol

 

[Granny Hatchet]

morning, I am still sleepy. I am about to give up on lily. I am at the end of my rope with her. because she was sick I made her stay out yesterday, today she is hiding from me, refusing to go out at all. tried to sleep with Tom . when that didnt work she tried Robert.

 

[TwoCrows]

Quote: 1/2 ml is not enough to gag them if done properly. Just open the beak with one hand, syringe in the other and squirt it in the front under the tongue on the bottom mandible. (beak) It will drizzle down the right pipe. Don't shoot it in fast, just a medium squirt. You can squirt up to 1ml without too much worry of gagging the bird. Any more and you can get it in their lungs. 1/2 ml is a very tiny amount.

Quote: It is always best to dose the drug as it is designed. In this case this is an oral drug. The problem with putting medications in the water that are not designed to be there, is that many drugs may not dissolve correctly, you may not be dosing them properly or some birds may drink too much and others not enough. Wazine is a bit different in that it is pretty mundane on the bird and can be served up for up to 3 days for those birds that may not have drank enough. Wazine doesn't kill anything, but paralyzes live worms. It is designed for water. You can't really over dose birds on this stuff if used properly. Safeguard is safe to use if given in the proper amounts to each bird.

Worms are nothing to mess around with. I would guess that 85% or more of all slow, sour and impacted crops in our emergency section are caused from worm impactions. Most of these birds end up dying because they are treated for crop issues when in fact the intestines have become so impacted with worms that they rupture, or the bird dies from food poisoning or because they can't defecate. Some birds starve to death long before this point as well.

So long story short, LOL, use it as directed. If you have a huge flock, just dose each one while in the coop and put the bird out after the dosage, that way you know you got them all.

 

[TwoCrows]

morning, I am still sleepy. I am about to give up on lily. I am at the end of my rope with her. because she was sick I made her stay out yesterday, today she is hiding from me, refusing to go out at all. tried to sleep with Tom . when that didnt work she tried Robert.

Oh no! Is it because she is pooping all over the place?

 

[rIrs roost]

1/2 ml is not enough to gag them if done properly. Just open the beak with one hand, syringe in the other and squirt it in the front under the tongue on the bottom mandible. (beak) It will drizzle down the right pipe. Don't shoot it in fast, just a medium squirt. You can squirt up to 1ml without too much worry of gagging the bird. Any more and you can get it in their lungs. 1/2 ml is a very tiny amount.

It is always best to dose the drug as it is designed. In this case this is an oral drug. The problem with putting medications in the water that are not designed to be there, is that many drugs may not dissolve correctly, you may not be dosing them properly or some birds may drink too much and others not enough. Wazine is a bit different in that it is pretty mundane on the bird and can be served up for up to 3 days for those birds that may not have drank enough. Wazine doesn't kill anything, but paralyzes live worms. It is designed for water. You can't really over dose birds on this stuff if used properly. Safeguard is safe to use if given in the proper amounts to each bird.

Worms are nothing to mess around with. I would guess that 85% or more of all slow, sour and impacted crops in our emergency section are caused from worm impactions. Most of these birds end up dying because they are treated for crop issues when in fact the intestines have become so impacted with worms that they rupture, or the bird dies from food poisoning or because they can't defecate.  Some birds starve to death long before this point as well. 

So long story short, LOL, use it as directed. If you have a huge flock, just dose each one while in the coop and put the bird out after the dosage, that way you know you got them all. 

Thanks again two crows. You are so helpful. God I wish you were my neighbor lol.