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[Chaos18]

Probably, still need rails and turner motor
Good Morning!
And you won't tell me?
The cattle kind is fine
live the last ones!!! She also has Dalmatian spotted turtles

This is the turner I was going to make.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I will get the corid ok

Yayyyy!!! Let us know when u have it so we can help with dosing

Could you tell us where you are, then?

Ahh, that sounds refreshing ......
Yup! Here, too!

he can't say where he is if he is a minor

I am in tn

no more than that, also no name if you r a minor

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: At one time, I installed electric fence for a living. Are you aware (pretty sure you are) that hot wire can be run underground from one run to another, and the "juice" to the different runs can be controlled individually by switches?

 

[TwoCrows]

Quote: Runt, it's the same stuff. Many of these drugs are for all livestock being that many mammals and birds contract the same things.

Here's the thing...Since we are not vets but want to keep livestock, we have to take a lot of educated guesses with our chickens. I have bought many drugs for my birds thinking they would work and they didn't. It's trial and error many times. BUT...over time you learn how to diagnose things for yourself and your education gets better AT diagnosis and you can usually cure simple things that are common.

Chicks die for lots of reasons, however the number one causes, other than predators, are Coccidiosis and improper temps in the brooder. Cocci is a protazoa present in the intestinal tract of all birds, rabbits, dogs, cattle, hosts of other creatures. Cocci blows on the wind, it is in all soil, it is everywhere. Chicks have not yet developed their immune systems to internally control these things and because the chicks are all stuffed into a very small space, the cocci is everywhere with the poop. (hence keeping your brooder as clean as possible to help prevent it) But sometimes they still do turn up with it. Older birds and sick birds are also very susceptable to cocci if their immune systems are low. However as chicks age, their bodies learn to develop immunity for the most part and as long as they never again become overwhelmed with it in their environment, healthy birds shouldn't contract it. Cocci symptoms are depression, listlessness, fluffed up feathers, eyes closed and standing up in the corner, not eating or drinking, losing weight fast, diarrhea and many times but not always, blood in the poop. If the poop is black or you see blood at all in it, they have cocci. A bird with cocci withdraws and will not eat or drink.

Another big killer...over heating and chilling. Chicks have not yet developed their internal thermostats..so they can not regulate their temps. If they get too hot, they die. If they get too cold, they die. Chilling and over heating is very common in brooders if you have never raised chicks before and can't read what they are telling you. Until you learn how to read chicks in the brooder, use a GOOD thermometer you KNOW is 100% accurate, keep it directly on the floor beneath the heat source so you know EXACTLY what temp it is in your brooder. And if you need help setting a brooder up, there are countless articles here on BYC and thousands of us that can give you points and tips.

Another biggy is being hatched in a dirty incubator. If you do NOT fumigate these things each time you incubate, you are brooding up all kinds of nasties. The chicks hatch with bacterial infections and boom...a week later they are dropping like flies

So...you need to figure out whether or not they are actually dying from Cocci, are they over heating, chilling or do they have some bacterial infection from hatch. This can be a guessing game sometimes and there is no guarantee the meds you buy will fix the issue IF you guessed wrong. We have all mis diagnosed at some point in our chicken keeping careers. BUT you get better at it as time passes. Oh well if you bought something and it didn't work. The WORST thing you can do is nothing...tiny innocent lives that YOU took on the responsibility to keep are dying. And it IS your responsibility, if you are going to keep a bird or animal, to do the right thing. So you need to do something.

 

[runt325]

Alright, I don't know if anyone here is from TN .....
?

ok

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I even offered to send you a turner motor

Yes I know lol

What??? Dalmatian spotted turtles!!!! Must have one....

They are from a puddle in Virginia lol

This is the turner I was going to make.

i am not that crafty you should know this

 

[Akrnaf2]

Maybe there is a way to make one....

Probably, still need rails and turner motor

Good morning everyone, btw.

Good Morning!

There is.

Morning Ms Linda

And you won't tell me?

I will get the corid but the corid that tractor supply is for cattle not chickens

The cattle kind is fine

Some option for her

And the last one!

live the last ones!!! She also has Dalmatian spotted turtles

She don't have this!

 

[Chaos18]

Yes I know lol
They are from a puddle in Virginia lol
i am not that crafty you should know this

I do know this.

 

[DuckGirl77]

Yayyyy!!! Let us know when u have it so we can help with dosing
he can't say where he is if he is a minor
no more than that, also no name if you r a minor

Oops. Sorry.

She don't have this!

What on earth is that?

 

[lindalouly]

Yes I know lol
They are from a puddle in Virginia lol
i am not that crafty you should know this

Don't mind me if I run to the craft store for white and black paint!!!

my torts are gonna love me!!!