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[madamwlf]

G'morning all!!!

I have a question. If a chick has a reaction to pine shavings, will it also have a reaction to pine pellets aka equine bedding???? I have 3 chicks that are sneezing and sound wheezy. No eye or nose discharge at all. Eating, drinking and runny around like normal chicks. I had just changed their bedding too. So I changed it to equine pellets which is essentially pine also. Do I need to put them on something else?

 

[chickenbelle]

G'morning all!!!

I have a question. If a chick has a reaction to pine shavings, will it also have a reaction to pine pellets aka equine bedding???? I have 3 chicks that are sneezing and sound wheezy. No eye or nose discharge at all. Eating, drinking and runny around like normal chicks. I had just changed their bedding too. So I changed it to equine pellets which is essentially pine also. Do I need to put them on something else?

Wow, that's an interesting dilemma. Maybe plain shredded newspaper? What other options would you have?

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Good morning everyone

 

[pysankigirl]

Wow, that's an interesting dilemma. Maybe plain shredded newspaper? What other options would you have?

I use hay just cause it's what I have around.
(picky goats wont eat it once it's touched the ground so the stuff under the feeder is wasted anyway.)

 

[mzstre]

  G'morning all!!!

I have a question.  If a chick has a reaction to pine shavings, will it also have a reaction to pine pellets aka equine bedding????  I have 3 chicks that are sneezing and sound wheezy.  No eye or nose discharge at all.  Eating, drinking and runny around like normal chicks.  I had just changed their bedding too.  So I changed it to equine pellets which is essentially pine also.  Do I need to put them on something else?

Were the shavings dustier than normal? I used to use them and every now and then would get a bag with lots of dust. Maybe that's what was making them sneeze?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

you can test them on an old towel or shredded paper to see if it was a bedding issue.

I wont use hay asbedding for littles since they will/can/maybe eat it and get impacted crops, plus it would mean every brooder would need chick grit incase they ate the hay

 

[madamwlf]

you can test them on an old towel or shredded paper to see if it was a bedding issue.

I wont use hay asbedding for littles since they will/can/maybe eat it and get impacted crops, plus it would mean every brooder would need chick grit incase they ate the hay

I'm going to separate them and see if it is.

 

[madamwlf]

After considerable thinking on the subject, after I receive m Partridge Barthuhner pair from GFF I am done with them. Over these last few months I've had nothing but issues with their birds. Of the trio of new line Cream Legbars I got from them, I will be down to a hen after today. I have yet another partridge barthuhner chick to put down due to beak issues and another one I'm watching because it could have beak issues. I have at least 2 partridge barthuhners I probably won't be able to breed since they are feathering in close to being black instead of partridge like the others. I've hatched 4 rhodebars with leg issues from GFF eggs. Over the last 2 months I have put down more chicks then I have in the last 2.5 years. All GFF chicks. I'm done with them. Apparently they don't care enough to make sure their birds are genetically sound.

 

[ProfTi]

Ok, I have a weird issue. I have never hatched ducks before. My Cayuga ducks are 7 days overdue to hatch! These are the ducks in the cold incubator, but they were still 5 days over when that happened. The ducks are still moving around in there, though less than they were a week ago. The eggs have been through the wringer with the incubator trouble, but just don't seem the slightest bit interested in hatching. Any thoughts?

 

[mzstre]

After considerable thinking on the subject, after I receive m Partridge Barthuhner pair from GFF I am done with them.  Over these last few months I've had nothing but issues with their birds.  Of the trio of new line Cream Legbars I got from them, I will be down to a hen after today.  I have yet another partridge barthuhner chick to put down due to beak issues and another one I'm watching because it could have beak issues.  I have at least 2 partridge barthuhners I probably won't be able to breed since they are feathering in close to being black instead of partridge like the others.  I've hatched 4 rhodebars with leg issues from GFF eggs.  Over the last 2 months I have put down more chicks then I have in the last 2.5 years.  All GFF chicks.  I'm done with them.  Apparently they don't care enough to make sure their birds are genetically sound.

Wow, that's so sad to see it all listed out. No one should pay so much for chicks only to have to cull them later. Have you told Jenny about all the problems you've had? I'm curious if she even responded if so.