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[daxigait]

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Are they molting?

-Kathy

One group that is growing just did a small one.

 

[Chaos18]

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One group that is growing just did a small one.

Have you seen this before?

 

[daxigait]

Have you seen this before?

Mine are barely 2's. Yes, that is what I was thinking of when I handled mine the other day. A few are 3's.

 

[casportpony]

Have you seen this before?

Mine are barely 2.

Might be wise to have fecals done. What does their poop look like?

 

[daxigait]

I will put out game feed for a couple of weeks. I need to find out if the close vet will do a fecal.

 

[casportpony]

They are all young birds most from March (Dec. 25-4/2). I have not seen any worms, but I may need to check. Two of the three coops and runs are new. They free range a bit in the evening if I get home, and on the weekend. Should I try a game bird feed?

I would.

 

[daxigait]

Might be wise to have fecals done. What does their poop look like?

Well you saw the one cockerel. I will have to take some random photos. I have seen poops of many types from the chart.

 

[kajira]

Most motion sensors to operate lights are designed to detect people and not small animals so that they aren't cycling on and off all the time. They're designed to detect human intrusion and ignore animals under a certain weight.
So when you choose one, get something that will activate by movement on the ground.
So you probably want an active sensor rather than a passive (PIR)
The trouble with an active (besides their price) is that they can be activated by things like blowing branches, leaves, large insects or even lightning.
You may be able to mount and adjust a PIR to detect small animals but it will be trial and error.
http://www.safewise.com/resources/motion-sensor-guide
http://www.safewise.com/blog/the-5-best-motion-sensor-lights-under-50/

When I make suggestions about predators, I keep forgetting that you have dogs out around your animals so that makes a big difference.

It doesn't hurt to lower the temp. They are now generating a lot of heat on their own. The temp near an egg about to hatch will be significantly higher than in the rest of the incubator.

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Did you see the house oversight committee hearings yesterday where they grilled the CEO of the epi-pen mfg. for price gouging by raising the price 500% in 9 years?
The company's profits on EpiPen have grown from about 150 million to over a billion in that time.
She happens to be the daughter of a senator and the daughter of the President of the National Association of State Boards of Education who used her position to get EpiPen in all schools nationwide.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/20/family-matters-epipens-had-help-getting-schools-manchin-bresch/90435218/


In Louisiana but not in the north.

The motion tends to energize the embryo.
Don't open the incubator if hatching is imminent. The chicks can stay in there a while.

Since you can't see in there well, leave them. I don't remove eggs unless they leak or stink.
I've done eggtopsies when I thought they weren't viable and opened live embryos. Sinking feeling for sure.

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Our birds groom the dogs. It's kind of funny. :O I don't trust them alone in the coop, since they are still in training. Our billy goat has been chasing the dogs, so I had to separate him back out of the herd last night too. I'm really tempted to eat him.

 

[campingshaws]

Morning y'all.

 

[casportpony]

Might be wise to have fecals done. What does their poop look like?

Well you saw the one cockerel. I will have to take some random photos. I have seen poops of many types from the chart.

Which chart?