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[Pensmaster]

Goodnight!

See ya in the morning.

 

[casportpony]

 
Okay... just to be clear, back mixed with one gallon is good for 7 days, but during those 7 days it needs to be kept in a dark closet. Medicated water given to chickens needs to be changed daily and kept out of sunlight since sunlight can drastically reduce the efficacy in as little as 24 hours.

-Kathy

So it's a vampire.

It is!

-Kathy

 

[runt325]

It is!

-Kathy

casportponey when is it time to give your chickens cracked corn by weeks

 

[casportpony]

Hi All!

I have a building I use as a 4 way coop.  2 bottom shelves have outdoor access, and 2 top shelves do not.  I recently reorganized and moved all the babies out of the top 2 shelves.  I didn't clean them right away.  It's been about 2 1/2 weeks since I emptied the birds, and as I tried to clean it this morning.I took out the bricks that had been holding the water containers.  The hay and poo that was behind the brick was still a little damp - I had knocked over the water container when I was catching the babies to move them.  I found small, thin, white worms crawling around in the poo.  

I spent the day looking at fresh poo - no sign of worms.  The bulk of the babies that I took out of that coop are in the mobile pen I moved over to a friend's house.  I've been keeping an eye on those chicks since I only get over there twice a day - I have seen no signs of worms.  The poo was a little runny the first couple of days, considering the move and the heat wave we've been going through.  But, the last week or so, it's been normal.

So, do I de-worm all the chickens, or do I just add some ACV to the water?  Just because it was in an empty coop, does that mean the chickens are infested?

Thanks!!!

You sure they were worms and not maggots? If the poop was old, as in a day or two old, they might not have been poultry worms, 'cause i don't think poultry worms survive very long outside the host, but I need to research that to be sure.

-Kathy

 

[chicken hawk 33]

hello again    did the gators eat yer flock?

no but we have another that is going after my ducks and geese

 

[runt325]

See ya in the morning.

night

 

[runt325]

You sure they were worms and not maggots? If the poop was old, as in a day or two old, they might not have been poultry worms, 'cause i don't think poultry worms survive very long outside the host, but I need to research that to be sure.

-Kathy

I thought your a pro

 

[runt325]

no but we have another that is going after my ducks and geese

dang gaters

 

[runt325]

Did I run everybody off

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Hi
, I am well. Reading to catch up. Any good fishing this last weekend?

Didn't fish this weekend as my son came for a visit and brought my grandson...but me and the wife are talking the grandson out trolling for Walleye tomorrow night.

I don't know any poachers so I never heard of it.

Do you have a means of weighing them? Do you know what color egg the Ameraucana came out of?

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Very good theory. I bet that's it.
I don't mix my probiotic powder with feed for that reason. I mix it with their water.
Like pouring cornstarch directly into pan drippings to make gravy.

I missed it live but I saw the race replayed this morning. We were celebrating my daughter's birthday last night at Broadway Oyster Bar. She's gone on a canoe trip today (her actual Bday)

I think you're right. Don't mess with anything as long as it's working. But after this hatch, I'd take it apart and clean it.

Good to know.



You never have to give them cracked corn. Corn is already the main ingredient in most poultry feeds.
If you give scratch grains, they shouldn't make up more than 5-10% of the diet.
Any age CAN eat cracked corn but not until you've provided insoluble grit for them in the appropriate size for the age of the bird.

I never give anything but chicken feed to chicks up till they're at least 10 weeks except what they get when foraging.

Keep in mind that corn is one of the least nutritious seeds and especially low in essential amino acids. At the same time, you want chicks, to get the most nutrition possible. Chick starter/grower has all the nutrients chicks are known to need in the appropriate ratios. Adding other things to that complete feed invariably limits that optimal nutrition.

I know a lot of poachers i suppose...
But cut shells is s common thing. I don't think you have to know poachers....the running joke here is that deer season starts the 4th of July.
There are still quote a few people here that don't have electricity or running water...so of course they aren't always worried about the law.
A lot of people here spot there first deer withtheir "wifes" tag.
Not me I'm a law abiding type. And not much for just living off the land.
But a large amount of people i know have neverhad a conventional job.
They make ends meet one way or another
And alot of venison is eaten around these parts.
Just sayin.....Phil