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[casportpony]

I went to the Old Will Knotts Scale website and that one is discontinued. It looks nice though.

While there, I found this one for less than half price and it comes with a replaceable gunk shield which would be great for weighing chickens.
http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/my-weigh-kd7000-black.html

That looks really nice, and that could actually weight my lard butted peafowl.

-Kathy

 

[Jessimom]

Grilled cheese is a no.

She ate it anyway!

That does look yummy. I have a Belgium waffle maker, makes the fat waffles. I like using that for making fatter grilled sandwiches and things.

It is possible if you tracked some indoors and there was some moist bedding.

The life cycle is complex. If a chicken eats a coccidia egg (oocyst), it contains 8 coccidia.
It is then crushed in the gizzard releasing eight sporozites.
They lodge in the intestine wall and begin to reproduce.
In 4 to 6 days depending on species, there will be 2 or more generations.
By that time, millions of oocysts are released in the feces.
How it affects a bird depends on how many oocysts are ingested.
In highly contaminated bedding or soil a chicken could eat as many as one million oocysts.
That is too many for the bird to develop resistance.
The oocysts must sporulate to become infective. That takes as little as 18 hours in a moist environment.
Coccidia are sensitive to mold, bacteria and ammonia so don't survive long in bedding unless it is moist.
The worst outbreaks are in new flocks where the birds are exposed to new species and haven't had the opportunity to develop resistance.
Outbreaks are worst in warm humid weather. Winter chicks don't usually encounter enough to cause an outbreak.
They can spread by people's shoes, vehicle tires or even the feet of wild birds or any equipment that hasn't been disinfected.
This is the reason I suggest keeping feeders at least half full to limit the amount of feces a chicken will ingest.
Chickens are voracious eaters and need feed available at all times. They will fill their crops with something no matter what.

Knowing this can allow one to manage their birds to eliminate the need for medicated feed or even medication.

Thank you for such a clear response!! But, is it air born? I usually take my shoes off outside, before tracking chicken poo through the house. The rest of the family, also take their shoes off outside. We don't change our socks or pants every time we come in though. I do wash my hands every time I come inside. I even wash them between touching different brooders. I rinse their water dishes every time I fill them, but I don't sanitize them. They are getting medicated feed, and I put and electrolite and vitamin powder in their water every other water change.

I went ahead and ordered the corrid to have it in house, since it isn't available locally. If I never have to use it, I'll be happy. But I want to have it just in case.

Thanks again!!

 

[Jessimom]

I've had them get it in brand new brooders that I try to keep really clean. How many chicks are there? If there aren't that many, could you maybe get a baseline weight on them, then re-weigh in a few days?

-Kathy

There are now 19 in that brooder. There were 29, but I took 10 of the biggest ones outside this morning. There were only 25 when I set up the brooder, so I know chicks were hopping from pen to pen. I'll be working from home both Fri and Mon, so with the weekend, that gives me 4 days to watch them very carefully. I'm reading up on all the symptoms to watch for.....

 

[casportpony]

Quote: That would be a lot to weigh... I'm dreading doing 12 lol.

-Kathy

 

[BullChick]

take pictures!

-Kathy

I knew you would say that. I didn't anyway!

Goodness, I hope you have more reason than that!

LOL
I never said that- I just meant internet strangers is not the same as a face-to-face friend.

Good afternoon benny!

That will do it fer sure!!

Burd pics!!! Okay, I'm listening.

EEEEEEEEEE SQUEEEEEEE KABOOM BURD!!

Hi yall... Still 450 more posts to catch up on and can't stay, so catch yall later....

You bring meaning to my life, you're my inspiration!
Ohhhh! Well, I can see what you mean there. Chaos is pretty strange!

One EE egg pipped!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Are u for real right now.

 

[BullChick]

 

[casportpony]

@Jessimom , of course there are the obvious signs of illness, but one that really helps me spot them sooner is the crop... I like to check all of them in the evening when their crops should be full, and if they aren't full, I make note and keep a close eye on them.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

That looks wonderful!

-Kathy

 

[Jessimom]

@Jessimom , of course there are the obvious signs of illness, but one that really helps me spot them sooner is the crop... I like to check all of them in the evening when their crops should be full, and if they aren't full, I make note and keep a close eye on them.

-Kathy

That sounds like a great way to check. So, if their crop isn't full at bed time, do you isolate them, or just keep an eye on that specific chick?

Thank you so much for the info!!!!!