INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

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Hi, Canoe!  :frow

Who's username are you referring to?

Yours of course.
It reminds me of the sound I make when I imitate cockerels starting to crow.

DE, ivermectin, dosing, worming, pumkin seeds, Corid, syringe feeding, leaving sick birds in the cold... All hot buttons to me.


-Kathy

I have a few of my own. Like people claiming all their chickens lay multiple eggs a day.

Why are ivermectin, pumpkin seed and corid hot buttons?


Does laying an egg that been stuck for week and is followed by a soft-shelled egg within 12-16 hours count? ;) That is the only two eggs per day scenario I have seen in my flock. And I wouldn't have believed it possible if I had not seen her lay both.

Anyway, let me start with Corid. Years ago everyone decided that the 9.6% liquid Corid dose was ~2 teaspoons per gallon (actual correct amount is 9.5ml per gallon) which is 960mg and is the correct amount for treating a severe outbreak, but someone did some math based on some flawed science and decided that the 20% powder dose was 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. What they failed to understand was that one teaspoon of the powder does not weigh 5 grams. Sadly, that mis-information went viral and many people still think that the correct dose is 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. Sigh...

Per the mfg, the powder weighs 2.7 grams, so 2.7 x 200 = 540 mg. I've weighed it, as did a friend, we both got something closer to 3 grams, so 3 x 200 = 600, which means the correct severe outbreak dose is no less than 1.5 teaspoons and not more than 1.75 teaspoons.

Anyone that still gives 1/2 teaspoon per gallon is medicating water with 270-300 mg, which is way less that the amoun recommended by the mfg and the FDA.

Will elaborate on the others later.

-Kathy
 
We're all different. I don't worm on a schedule. In fact, in my life I've only wormed 4 chickens. I don't use DE in dust baths. Mine are wood ashes, sand, a bit of soil and ag lime.
I never ever want to crack an egg and see this.... I would have a hissy fit!! roundworm
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I read that oviduct flukes are sometimes found in eggs. -Kathy
 
@Sally Sunshine, correct, we don't argue at all!

Everyone else, my hot buttons don't make me mad, they're just topics I'm passionate about, and I actually like discussing them. :D

-Kathy
 
@Sally Sunshine, correct, we don't argue at all!

Everyone else, my hot buttons don't make me mad, they're just topics I'm passionate about, and I actually like discussing them. :D

-Kathy
@Sally Sunshine, correct, we don't argue at all!

Everyone else, my hot buttons don't make me mad, they're just topics I'm passionate about, and I actually like discussing them. :D

-Kathy


Kathy with that crazy looking avatar, and the knowledge that I KNOW you have in chemistry, I sourly don't want to make you mad!

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