Kristen’s Chickens and Farming Ventures

[rjohns39]

I was happy to. So sorry she passed

 

[drumstick diva]

so sorry

 

[rjohns39]

Good things to have on hand for when they need a boost.

• Cheap canned pink salmon
• Brewers Yeast
• Beef Liver
• yogurt
• Nutri-drench

The fish is loaded with protein, vitamins, omega 3 & 6 oils
Yeast has a good amount of Methonine (sp) and Niacin along with ton of other good stuff
Liver is rich in iron and the stuff you get from fish, just slightly less.
Yogurt is good for gut health and tricking them into eating their food
Nutri-drench is a vitamin drench designed for chickens
Egg Yolk has protein and the perfect balance of amino acids to help a bird absorb it's nutrients.

 

[Ribh]

So sorry, Kris. She seemed to be doing so well last time I checked in.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Sorry you lost one

 

[Kris5902]

Thanks everyone, I’m sorry to share such an unpleasant experience with you all, but so very grateful for the support. @rjohns39 , there’s not enough “thank you”s for your help/support.
I do have liver available, (in the freezer at the farm house though, as the RV lifestyle isn’t ideal), I almost always have yogurt, and the nutri-drench. I don’t eat canned salmon or have a “need” for brewers yeast, so didn’t have it to hand, but I will be getting both on my next town trip now, just like the nutri drench I ordered when I had a sickly chick from the Sapphire batch in November, too little-too late for her, but I will now have it if I need it in the future.

I’m still well below the expected average losses for meat birds (7.5%) 3/40 as opposed to the 15-20% suggested on the hatchery website. The farmer with the CX that I shared the order with had lost 4/20 by week 3. And the featherless wonder (still mostly nekkid, but with a few more pin feathers coming in slowly) is still doing fine, strangely enough.

An aside, dairy is a no-no when treating with baytril... even if it’s excellent for tricking them into taking their medicine. It interferes with the function of the antibiotic somehow. Which I found out incidentally when suggesting it as a “how do I get this (baytril/enrofoxacin) into my chicken” solution. Why they love yogurt so much is also beyond me... that was a big “this isn’t going well” indicator.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning Kris

 

[Kris5902]

Good Morning Bob!

 

[rjohns39]

How are you this morning?

 

[Kris5902]

Everything’s going well so far... I’ve decided to cut the feed a bit to the meat birds, more scattering in the morning and evening moves, and half portions in the troughs to encourage more foraging and activity. Morning chicken chores are all done, we are baking off 72 buns for the market and loading the truck. We have about 1 hr until we have to depart. The RV oven is just too small for this volume, we are doing the buns 6 at a time!