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[Chaneys Ranch]

@jchny2000 and others who have recommended the medical coding, where would I start? Is there a class? Is the job application online, is it a work from home thing that pays for so many codings to be done? Tons of questions over here.

Here are a couple links to help you understand what its for.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9cm.htm
http://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/ICD-9-FAQ/
There are classes online for it, as well as schools offering the courses. There are several different job opportunities at home and in an office. I can't say how it works for individual companies, usually its a subcontracted agreement if its done from home.

 

[Leahs Mom]

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@SallyinIndiana
I wonder if some of the offices that need coders are willing to pay for education if you'll work for them for a prescribed period of time? I know hospitals help nursing students in that way - scholarships based on your commitment to work for them for x number of months/weeks/years etc.

 

[Indyshent]

Wow the prices I found for the course and exam are out of reach at this point. The site I found said about $1500 for the course and $275-300 for the exam. That is about what I paid for each actuarial course. So I'm not saying it is out of line just our of reach right now for me.

Now actuaries have pretty good job security, last I heard.

 

[daskhan]

So after two days of improvement I went outside to the brooder room and another one was dead and a second was sitting not moving... So I cleaned the bedding out replaced with fresh and lowered the heat lamp ( thinking it's getting to cold at night) do I restart the medication from the beginning or continue. Basically it would be two more days or start over and treat for another five? I haven't seen anything about if symptoms reacure to restart or continue like normal for the rest have already been on it... I think I'm going to change bedding more often just in case and now that I have more free time hopefully I can provide better care
My new chicks arrived two days ago and they all seem fine.. But I think they will not be going outside till they are much older maybe two months or older... Due to coming winter

These are the new chicks should be 12 barred rock, 4 leghorns and 8 black jersey giants although I think it's 13 barred and 7 jerseys I'll be calling someone Monday
No extras this time... Hmm

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

So after two days of improvement I went outside to the brooder room and another one was dead and a second was sitting not moving... So I cleaned the bedding out replaced with fresh and lowered the heat lamp ( thinking it's getting to cold at night) do I restart the medication from the beginning or continue. Basically it would be two more days or start over and treat for another five? I haven't seen anything about if symptoms reacure to restart or continue like normal for the rest have already been on it... I think I'm going to change bedding more often just in case and now that I have more free time hopefully I can provide better care
My new chicks arrived two days ago and they all seem fine.. But I think they will not be going outside till they are much older maybe two months or older... Due to coming winter


These are the new chicks should be 12 barred rock, 4 leghorns and 8 black jersey giants although I think it's 13 barred and 7 jerseys I'll be calling someone Monday
No extras this time... Hmm

The chicks in the picture appear to be whats called "huddling". I would increase the heat, if they chill they won't thrive.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Looking for one more show quality Rhode Island Red Hen or Pullet to finish out a breeding pen. Also looking for standard Cochin eggs for Jan/Feb . Thanks

Welcome to our thread!

Check with @SallyinIndiana if she has any of her heritage RIR left.

So, I've already talked about the productivity of my leghorn. But the Ancona, (hatched 5/1) hasn't kicked in yet. Comb is still not bright. But everyday when I get my leghorn egg there are black feathers in the nesting box. Never catch her in there. She doesn't sleep there. But it seems like she's getting in the box at some point t after the leghorn lays.

What gives?

Been going on for a month. At first I thought it meant she was about to lay, but not as of yet.

Really should be anytime. Some heritage do take a bit longer to start laying, my LO started around 25 weeks or so.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Hi, all! Been sick with a nasty cold the past few days with a lot of light sensitivity, so as one might expect, I haven't been on the computer much. Sorry if I missed anything directed toward me! I just wanted to follow up on what I have found in regards to Muscovy genetics.

Chocolate in Muscovies is sexlinked recessive as I guessed, meaning females can only carry one allele at most and males can carry one or two.
Lavender is also recessive, but not sexlinked; both sexes can carry either one or two alleles and the gene will only express if two alleles are carried.
Since both are recessive, this means that in order to get ANY lavenders or chocolates out of a lavender male over a chocolate female, one or both must be carrying one allele of the other gene. In other words, the lavender would have to be split to chocolate in order for any of the ducklings to be chocolate, and the chocolate would have to be split to lavender in order for any of the ducklings to be lavender. Otherwise, all or most of what you would get is blacks out of this crossing.

Fun times, eh? Those of you with Muscovies that may want to play around, the same site that I refer to for the handy-dandy chicken calculator also has a Muscovy calculator, wouldn't you know it! Unfortunately, it is not complete and does not have the nice drop down that the chicken calculator has to pick out specific varieties, so it's a little more challenging to use. Here you go: http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm?run=muskuscalculator


And for those of you wanting to learn about genetics, here are a just few links that helped me with my understanding of them. Genetics is a baffling concept and you really have to have the mindset for it (or the determination to keep going until you figure it out!) so no guarantees that any of these will be easy to understand, just easier than most, I think.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/genetics-an-attempt-at-simplifying-the-complex
https://poultrykeeper.com/poultry-breeding/an-introduction-to-poultry-plumage/
https://poultrykeeper.com/poultry-breeding/poultry-plumage/



Now, as much as I'd rather sit and focus on poultry genetics all night, I have two tests tomorrow that I need to study more (read: cram) for, and my head is killing me at this point. Night, all!

 

[daskhan]

The chicks in the picture appear to be whats called "huddling". I would increase the heat, if they chill they won't thrive.

That I actually already knew I was trying out a space heater instead of lamp assuming it would allow me to sleep but I've already put them under a heat lamp they came a little earlier then I thought they would so had to improvise for a day but everything's good now

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

@pipdzipdnreadytogo Hope you feel better soon, and good luck on your tests.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Well, I just pulled the plug on the incubator, yay!! Going to clean everything up and give it a well deserved break lol.