INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[CluckAcres]

Hey, fellow Hoosiers, I've been lurking here for a while, but I thought I'd join in at the chicken first aid kit conversation.

First of all, my name is Kristin, but I don't mind if y'all prefer to call me Pipd. I'm in the middle of nowhere, Whitley county. I have chickens as pets for now, but I plan on building a barn here in a few years and trying my hand at breeding chickens.

On the topic of the first aid kits, specifically triple antibiotic ointment, I have done a lot of research on this for my first aid kit page (which I saw was posted on this thread earlier

) and what I have consistently found to be true is that Neosporin with pain reliever should be fine to use. This is because of the kind of pain reliever in it. What you cannot use on chickens is any triple antibiotic ointment that has a "-caine" type pain reliever, such as lidocaine, benzocaine, etc.

What I have found by searching BYC is many accounts of using triple antibiotic with pain reliever that was NOT a "-caine" type, and the birds do just fine. After a lot of searching, I also found on this site just ONE report of having used an ointment with a "-caine" type pain reliever, after which the bird did not act right and soon died before it could be remedied.

I personally recommend if you're putting a first aid kit together for your chickens that you go ahead and get the kind WITHOUT pain reliever, as it is possible to miss the small text on the label or misread things and you don't want to run that risk. However, in an emergency, just look closely at that label to make sure it's NOT a "-caine" type reliever before using it on your birds.

I thought this was worth noting, as some people like to have the pain reliever for their birds.

Glad to have you here! I am located right next to you. I live in between Silver Lake and North Manchester! How many do you have in your flock? If you would like to be added to the memebers list you can send me a message with what breeds you have along with what city you leave near. Also if you can provide us with what breeds are Bantam or Large Fowl. This list is for others that might be looking for certain breeds that you might want to sell. You can find the members list below in my signature.

 

[CluckAcres]

Cluck - how did the foot washing go?

It went pretty good. I forgot to get pics tho. LOL

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

   Glad to have you here! I am located right next to you. I live in between Silver Lake and North Manchester!  How many do you have in your flock? If you would like to be added to the memebers list you can send me a message with what breeds you have along with what city you leave near. Also if you can provide us with what breeds are Bantam or Large Fowl.  This list is for others that might be looking for certain breeds that you might want to sell. You can find the members list below in my signature.

I have 32 hens right now; Easter-eggers, production reds, red sexlinks, barred and partridge Plymouth rocks, gold-laced Wyandottes, gold and silver Sebrights, and my beloved blue splash Marans. They're all my babies, though, not for sale.

Mine are hatchery buff orpingtons. I've been hatching their eggs. I also got 6 bantams from TSC recently... fun trying to decide what the are and the names.

If I remember correctly, TSC orders through Ideal, Privett, or Mt. Healthy, so you could go check their sites for what bantam breeds they carry. The TSC bantams have been tempting me every time I go in there, especially when I see the little Sebright chicks ( ), but I have no more room in my coop with the chicks I've already got ordered for May.

 

[bradselig]

I believe my orpington hatch is finally finished. 19 total hatched of the 21 eggs that made it to lockdown. 11 lemon cuckoos/buffs (still don't know how to tell apart at young age), 6 lavenders, and the 2 dark browns. Now getting ready for 5 Swedish flower hens that are in lockdown!

Anyone interested in any lemon cuckoo/buff Orps? Lol

 

[Too Fast]

We secure hardware cloth over the solid walls and under the metal siding of the coops. Nothing has ever compromised that.

But I also have never seen anyone complain about the pennies or nickels they have used, either. I have also read about the use of beer bottle caps... not used that one, either (don't drink, therefore no supply of caps

).

Just because we have not tried something is no reason to assume it doesn't work.

Many of these money-saving ideas come from people with years of experience with chickens. These ideas may help someone with a tight budget build a safer coop.

I do like the penny idea, but I was thinking the fender washers are bigger so they'd hold better. I didn't think they wouldn't work. Your pennies look great. I like the beer cap idea even better, we have a large assortment of them around here. Don't ask how we get them lol. Sounds like a good idea for our run. Does make it a bit more labor intensive tho, since you have to drill the cap. Looks like yours is a tractor?

Just thought of something. Safer. Now if I drill my finger while holding the penny.....lol.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

That's just an example of pennies being used for washers. It's not mine, but I think it a cute little coop. I could use about six of them for bantams.

I understood that they just screwed through the pennies. By all means, use the caps if you have a good supply

I could see them giving a coop a certain flare....

 

[Too Fast]

Using some beer caps on a temporary, quickly made tractor with no wheels yet. This is why we keep you around, Chic-n-farmer, for the good ideas!

 

[vickichicki]

Along the lines of the oyster shell, is there a reason one of my roos is eating it like it was a treat? He started eating more and more of it about a week a go. I had been leaving about 2 cups of the shell crumbles in a small container in the coop. It would last for a month or so, but last week I was filling it up every two - 3 days and it was the roo running to get it each time I refilled the container.

Might be invasion of pests. Can mice or small rodents get in? Might explain the large quantity disappearing so quickly.

 

[vickichicki]

I believe my orpington hatch is finally finished. 19 total hatched of the 21 eggs that made it to lockdown. 11 lemon cuckoos/buffs (still don't know how to tell apart at young age), 6 lavenders, and the 2 dark browns. Now getting ready for 5 Swedish flower hens that are in lockdown!

Anyone interested in any lemon cuckoo/buff Orps? Lol

Oooh more Lavenders?... No no... must resist temptation...

Just and FYI, got another turkey egg this morning. It is sitting in a carton on the side. It is about 60 -65 in my kitchen. That's an OK temp right? Also propping one side of the carton up and I will move the prop the other side tomorrow. Do not want to store the eggs wrong. Maybe we will have four by the 10th.

I do like the penny idea, but I was thinking the fender washers are bigger so they'd hold better. I didn't think they wouldn't work. Your pennies look great. I like the beer cap idea even better, we have a large assortment of them around here. Don't ask how we get them lol. Sounds like a good idea for our run. Does make it a bit more labor intensive tho, since you have to drill the cap. Looks like yours is a tractor?

Just thought of something. Safer. Now if I drill my finger while holding the penny.....lol.

Large assortment of them huh... I liked that fact you noticed they were safer too... Normally people notice safe things after the fact...


Welcome to the thread Pipd.

Always nice to see new people on here.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

Using some beer caps on a temporary, quickly made tractor with no wheels yet. This is why we keep you around, Chic-n-farmer, for the good ideas!

and here I thought it was for my charm!