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[Rhandi74]

Wow that's terrible! I am so sorry.

Thank you, I just hope I can figure out what is going on with them. Most of the flock has runny stools. They have all been treated for internal and external parasites including cocci. I have also treated the sick ones with tylan 50 but I worry about using antibiotics for unknown reasons and the antibiotic no longer working so I am only using it if I am pretty certain there is a respatory problem. These chickens are much harder so far then any of my goats. It seems like there is so much information on treating my goats when they are off but all I can find on chickens is information suggesting on culling the whole flock and starting over. I do not want to do that unless I am positive they have something that is a death sentence for them and future chickens. I will continue to research and hope I can figure out what is going on.

 

[Indiana feather]

I don't keep water in my coops either, it just creates problems. I do like the heated bowls, need several more of them!

Thanks Janet for your reply .. so do you keep water out in the run or ? . What happens if it is nasty out and the chickens don't care to go out? Do they go out long enough to drink and then dash back in

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Well...

I opened the door to the barn pen today to see if anyone would go out. A couple did go just outside, then retreated back in. Snow. I'll leave it open all day to see if anyone goes out.

Have started giving kale and cilantro in the large suet feeders again. They really do love that stuff in the winter but don't really care about it during summer when they have a bounty.

Both waterers staying thawed beautifully so far. It was 22 F. in the barn this morning when I went out. Low temp last night was supposed to have been 11F.





Thanks LeahsMom... that heated bowl setup you have looks pretty efficient. I am gonna try something along that line myself.. got to do something . I discovered the leakage when i was turning the bedding and around the heater base the shavings were clumped up in a pine shaving popsicle. That Kale and Cilantro idea sounds good too. Do you cut it up at all or just put it whole into the suet feeder?

 

[TwoCrows]

I dont have any pictures on here so thought i would just throw one in. LOL wonder if they would use this for next yrs. calender or maybe its not good enough? what do you all think? I dont know how to submit it anyway.

Next June BYC will be looking for submissions to the 2016 calendar. I will send you the link for you to submit this pic.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I just stuff the kale in there. The kale they just pull bites off of. The cilantro comes out in a whole piece so I started ripping it into thirds so that it isn't so long to swallow!

 

[kabhyper1]

Well I found some Angora bunnies. They will be born at the end of the month and beginning of Dec. We will get them in Feb. Here are their mamas. I can't wait. They are so stinking cute.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I have never seen a rabbit like that. it looks more like a stuffed toy. very nice !!

 

[pbirdhaven]

I have a friend who got just one. I should ask her who she got it from. I know she doesn't buy chicks online, so it had to have been someone in Southern IN or Kentucky.

The whole quote didn't show up, but this was about appenzellers. I have the silver spangled variety and hopefully will have extras next year. DickDickerson raises several varieties:
Peach Blossom Manor
224 Cornelius Ave.
Russellville KY 42276
270-576-0888
[email protected]

I'm just afrid I would "forget" to turn water off and end up with a huge problem. I don't wants I use exterior spigots if at all possible. Plus I need about 100ft to get close to the pens and another 100ft to reach all the pens. Don't really have the time to drain and drag the much hose everytime to water as I KNOW it will be come a huge tangled mess lol.

I feel your pain! About 150 feet to both my front and back coops and no water on site or electricity in them, so buckets it is. I use rubber feed pans in the larger pens--canjust turn them over and stomp the ice out. Haven't had problems with wet wattles, etc. except with my LF Polish--they have to have haircuts. My bantams are all caged and have cage cups.

Wild weather! I'm west of Chicago. We're clear of snow here. My chickens come outside when I'm in the yard, but retreat to the run/coop as soon as I go back in the house.

Einstein (my dumb but beautiful EE) decided to start molting today. The run looks like the girls had a pillow fight last night. As she ran across the yard, a trail of feathers blew behind her. Only she would pick this cold spell to start molting.

We need to have a contest writing captions for this pic.

Hi everyone! Visiting with my chickens and I noticed a couple bloody stools. It is cold out so I am not sure if they are puffed up and lathargic because of that or if it is coccidosis. I got some 9.6% corid for them today, could anyone please share dosage recommenations for bantam silkies? These are for 18 month old hens and 2 roosters. The 4 month old chicks aren't showing signs of cocci but I thought I might want to treat them too. Please help!

Since moving I haven't found my chart of dosages. Hope Twin City is at Connersville next weekend so I can get a new one.

 

[Indiana feather]

Hi everyone! Visiting with my chickens and I noticed a couple bloody stools. It is cold out so I am not sure if they are puffed up and lathargic because of that or if it is coccidosis. I got some 9.6% corid for them today, could anyone please share dosage recommenations for bantam silkies? These are for 18 month old hens and 2 roosters. The 4 month old chicks aren't showing signs of cocci but I thought I might want to treat them too. Please help!

Sorry to hear about this... Hope it will turn out for the best and not be a serious problem.

 

[kittydoc]

@atrueb00 I found a couple of citations for dosing chickens with Corid 9.6%. Don't worry about the size of the birds--how much they drink will be proportionate to their size, and you will be adding this to their water.

Treat ALL your birds that share any living space at any time of day. Unless your four month olds are housed, fed, and watered entirely separately from the rest of the flock, treat them too.

Corid is very safe. I suggest treating for 7 days straight. They will feel better and you'll stop seeing blood before that, probably in 2-3 days, but you want these organisms GONE.

Here are the links: http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Coccidiosis.html. I have also seen a higher dose of 2 measuring teaspoons (10 cc/gallon) cited. The margin of safety is wide. Use the high dose if they are really feeling bad, inactive, not eating well, etc, or 1.5 tsp/gallon if they're just a bit off. Be sure to use measuring teaspoons and not "eating" teaspoons, which are not the same measurement.

 

[kittydoc]

We bought a bale of good alfalfa hay for forage for our girls now that the garden is barren. Any suggestions on what to put it in or how to deliver it to them so that (a) they don't poop in it or on it, and (b) don't nest in it.

We've thought about using a plastic cat litter container with holes just a bit bigger than their heads so that they can reach in and grab some as they want (obviously just putting what will fit into the cat litter container, not the whole bale).

Thoughts?