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

[harrellkd]

If you are willing, having it as a house duck may end up being a good life for it...

- Ant Farm 

He seems pretty happy, and yes, a house duck it will be. Now I just have to start sewing some duck diapers!

 

[h2oratt]

We had something burrow under the pen my Broody is in last night. They got in her cat litter box and took an egg broke it got it outside the box. The half a shell was left outside the box. I am assuming we need to move her to a more protected place. I am planning on doing it tonight. I will then inspect the rest of her eggs. I am assuming it was a rat. I wish I had a camera out there so I could see what happened.
Any advice?

 

[Pensmaster]

I have a metal roof, and it was pretty scary and VERy loud - and the hail wasn't even so bad compared to other folks. It completely freaked the EHAL chicks out (indoors, under said metal roof). All chickens were fine - I'm really glad I used super tough roofing for their coops. 

Glad to hear about the fly trap - I have some liver in the fridge, and since some critter spilled one of them last night (pouring out the contents), I'll get to try it sooner than I expected...

- Ant Farm 

These kind of storms keep up codes will have to change on roofing and Windows.

Darn critters I've not had one mess with it yet but there's always the first time

 

[kwhites634]

We had something burrow under the pen my Broody is in last night. They got in her cat litter box and took an egg broke it got it outside the box. The half a shell was left outside the box. I am assuming we need to move her to a more protected place. I am planning on doing it tonight. I will then inspect the rest of her eggs. I am assuming it was a rat. I wish I had a camera out there so I could see what happened.
Any advice?

Yeah,put a camera out there.
Then go over your coop & pen looking for the point of entry. Secure any possible ways a predator could get in, regardless of how small it may look.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Do you have a hardware cloth apron or similar barrier extending 2 feet all the way around? I do this with all of my coops and pens (permanent or temporary), because I cannot dig one foot down to bury HW cloth vertically. This is the best way to keep burrowing animals from getting into pens and coops.

- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

@h2oratt : Here are few examples (the first is during set up of a kit coop, then a tractor coop, last two are the big Naked Neck coop). I have rock just a couple inches down, so I can't bury HW cloth a foot, which is why I do this. Don't forget the corners!








- Ant Farm

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: grass been done, ducks moved out brooders cleaned house cleaned upstairs but the rest didnt get touched lol

good morning dear SALLY, how do you feel? I can barely see you!!!!

what do you mean I am invisible?

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Yummmmmmm....

Have a great day all!! Duck pen to get set up and weeding and mulching mowing and coop cleanout.... I bet I get one done lol

Sounds like your to do list is very close to mine! Good luck - one is plenty!

Oh, @Sally Sunshine , thanks for the tip for feeder covers out of milk jugs. Alas, once they get to the "hoodlum" stage, you can see here that it doesn't always work. (GOT to get their growout tractor built asap. I wish they would feather out faster - it's been so warm that they are going slow...)




KRistin take the lid off the milk jug >????

Help...what's up with this pullet's eye???

@flocktastic @casportpony @campingshaws https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1071718/nasty-eye-infection-pics
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/542003/yellow-mass-in-eye-socket
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/927650/help-extreme-eye-infection-chorzya-cholera-injury


Baytril for Birds discussions: kathys example treatment post #30409 post #51528 Enrofloxacin generic and dosages begin post #30424 post #30493
Baytril is a powerful antibiotic that is effective for a large number of bacterial & mycoplasmal infections, including pasteurellosis, mycoplasmosis, coli-bacillosis, coli-septicaemia and salmonellosis. Baytril is the brand name for Enrofloxacin, which is a powerful bactericidal medicine in the Fluoroquinolone class.

first pip ever! First time I've tried incubating. I'm so excited

AWESOME CONGRATS!!! come on babies!!

One of my bantam chicks died... Another is dying. What is happening?

Cocci? @PerfectPlumage
All about COCCI Prevention Vaccines TREATMENTS Poo Samples post #70896
How to Prevent Chicks from Getting Coccidiosis post #4779
Quick lesson on pasty butt post #4657
Homemade Electrolyte Recipe for weak/ill chicks post #3876 USING SPONGE WEDGES post #4473

How to Spot Problems with Newly Hatched Chicks post #22550
More Problems of Newly Hatched Chicks http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-spot-problems-of-newly-hatched-chicks.html

Hey friends! I shared a pic of a few weeks ago of a duck with no eyes that I HAD to bring home from TSC. Wasn't really expecting it to even live, but it is 3 weeks old now! It is best friends with my dog, and enjoys lounging on the dog bed with her, or following her around the house! So cute!

dawwwwwwwwww

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

There is no lid on the milk jug. This chick is very good at balancing... (Unless you mean something else?)

- Ant Farm

 

[kwhites634]

grass been done, ducks moved out brooders cleaned house cleaned upstairs but the rest didnt get touched lol
what do you mean I am invisible?

KRistin take the lid off the milk jug >????

@flocktastic @casportpony

Baytril for Birds discussions: kathys example treatment post #30409 post #51528 Enrofloxacin generic and dosages begin post #30424 post #30493
Baytril is a powerful antibiotic that is effective for a large number of bacterial & mycoplasmal infections, including pasteurellosis, mycoplasmosis, coli-bacillosis, coli-septicaemia and salmonellosis. Baytril is the brand name for Enrofloxacin, which is a powerful bactericidal medicine in the Fluoroquinolone class.
AWESOME CONGRATS!!! come on babies!!

Cocci? @PerfectPlumage
All about COCCI Prevention Vaccines TREATMENTS Poo Samples post #70896
How to Prevent Chicks from Getting Coccidiosis post #4779
Quick lesson on pasty butt post #4657
Homemade Electrolyte Recipe for weak/ill chicks post #3876 USING SPONGE WEDGES post #4473

How to Spot Problems with Newly Hatched Chicks post #22550
More Problems of Newly Hatched Chicks http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-spot-problems-of-newly-hatched-chicks.html
dawwwwwwwwww

Hey, Kid......missed you all day

 

[chicken hawk 33]

What color should the membrane be