"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Angelicisi]

I came home last night around 10 to one dead chick and one trying real hard to breath it looked like, that died shortly after I came home, both were alone
Blue has the other 4 plus her 3. I examined both and don't see anything wrong vents are clear, no visible wounds. Rest of chicks are running around and scratching and fluttering. I hate losing chicks. Hopefully the other will do just fine :/

She attacked me when I cleaned the brooder today lol so she's defending the rest well at least. Safe to leave her in there you think? I hope she didn't kill them :/
No wounds tho and lots room so I don't think she did but I can't be 100%.

On my own chickens... being pushed away ALWAYS meant something was wrong with them. Each and every time, kind of like survival of the fittest type mothering with my hens.  They all have done the same too, most of the chicks died, but i was able to save a few once i started researching enough to figure out what the problems were.... last year I hatched like 26 and had them all in the chick pen... a chunk of them came down with fowl pox... my brooder at the time HAD rejected each of them.  Never did take them back into her fold... but i am purposely hatching some from my 3 survivors this year since they will be already immune to it.  Mosquitos here are so bad.  Anyway, maybe it was only pasty butt, but me, I doubt it.  But just watch, as im sure ur planning to do.  Blue will let ya know if something else may be wrong with it that u just dont see yet.  Keep us up to date...  im definitely interested...

 

[kuntrygirl]

Good morning peeps. Hello to any new La-yers. Congrats on all new critters. Sorry for any losses. And good job on any new projects.

I'll have to go back and catch up.

Have a good day everyone!

 

[Coralietg]

Awesome! So glad to have ya around.... and NEVER keep info or questions to yourself... being here for each other is what makes this site great!!!!!! making each other smart is what thrills us so bring it on!
Little boy huh?! I am a mother of 2 girls and 3 boys then step mom to one girl and 2 boys... only 3 left at home tho, all the rest are in college or we wish they were! LOL
I raise mixed flocks from full blooded grown ups... Have 32 free ranging right now, then 56 in the bator for 2 customers. I sell eggs, hatch for some then make jam, A LOT, and sew some, quilts, kids dresses n what nots. oh and garden... but really want to do more of that, but do a lot of what I do do... make sense? LOL Glad your here!
Jenn

Makes sense to me! My green thumbs are rotten though, we're trying raised beds this year. Ready to fill once the weather decides what it's doing!

I lost another chick this morning, I'm guessing failure to thrive. I've never seen able to save a chick that arrived lethargic. I mothered it every half hour, yolk, Nutri-Drench, water, greek yogurt, nothing I did helped. I still think the Cornish's that shipped with them, stomped the smaller ones. All 16 of the Cornish are doing great!

 

[kuntrygirl]

 
Awesome!  So glad to have ya around....  and NEVER keep info or questions to yourself... being here for each other is what makes this site great!!!!!!  making each other smart is what thrills us so bring it on!
Little boy huh?!   I am a mother of 2 girls and 3 boys then step mom to one girl and 2 boys...  only 3 left at home tho, all the rest are in college or we wish they were!  LOL
I raise mixed flocks from full blooded grown ups...  Have 32 free ranging right now, then 56 in the bator for 2 customers.  I sell eggs, hatch for some then make jam, A LOT, and sew some, quilts, kids dresses n what nots.  oh and garden...  but really want to do more of that, but do a lot of what I do do... make sense?  LOL   Glad your here!
Jenn

Makes sense to me! My green thumbs are rotten though, we're trying raised beds this year. Ready to fill once the weather decides what it's doing!

I lost another chick this morning, I'm guessing failure to thrive. I've never seen able to save a chick that arrived lethargic. I mothered it every half hour, yolk, Nutri-Drench, water, greek yogurt, nothing I did helped. I still think the Cornish's that shipped with them, stomped the smaller ones. All 16 of the Cornish are doing great!

So sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[CackedNut]

Need quick help...
My blue orpington (Lucy) is puffed up and shivering. Sounds a little weezy. I have water soluble Tylan. Will this work? What is the dosage?
Thanks,...

 

[Angelicisi]

sorry, it sucks to lose one. Shipping takes quite a toll. One hatchery told me I should order 4-6 more chicks than I need :/ due to unforseen issues. I didn't order from them but I always seem to lose at least one in shipped chicks.

Glad to hear the CX are thriving!

We did raised beds a few years ago all over depending on shade/sun and haven't looked back. I fill them all year with our clay, rabbitry waste, leaves, compost we make and looks like this year we don't have to do anything but turn well and plant! Soil tested great for our planting plans.
Finished planting one of our small gardens this morning with seedlings from the greenhouse and refilled it with flats of new seeds I was sent & Lemons lovely balm found a great spot near the herb garden. I covered it all to get an early start in case the weather takes a dive again. Easy to cover because we used wood I stapled a plastic sheet stretched out right over it. We even built raised beds around the pond and planted blue berries that are watered and fed all year by the pond. Easy peasy. Definitely do some raised beds! Even in a pallet...

Makes sense to me! My green thumbs are rotten though, we're trying raised beds this year. Ready to fill once the weather decides what it's doing!

I lost another chick this morning, I'm guessing failure to thrive. I've never seen able to save a chick that arrived lethargic. I mothered it every half hour, yolk, Nutri-Drench, water, greek yogurt, nothing I did helped. I still think the Cornish's that shipped with them, stomped the smaller ones. All 16 of the Cornish are doing great!

 

[Coralietg]

sorry, it sucks to lose one. Shipping takes quite a toll. One hatchery told me I should order 4-6 more chicks than I need

due to unforseen issues. I didn't order from them but I always seem to lose at least one in shipped chicks.

Glad to hear the CX are thriving!

We did raised beds a few years ago all over depending on shade/sun and haven't looked back. I fill them all year with our clay, rabbitry waste, leaves, compost we make and looks like this year we don't have to do anything but turn well and plant! Soil tested great for our planting plans.
Finished planting one of our small gardens this morning with seedlings from the greenhouse and refilled it with flats of new seeds I was sent

& Lemons lovely balm found a great spot near the herb garden. I covered it all to get an early start in case the weather takes a dive again. Easy to cover because we used wood I stapled a plastic sheet stretched out right over it. We even built raised beds around the pond and planted blue berries that are watered and fed all year by the pond. Easy peasy. Definitely do some raised beds! Even in a pallet...

We lost 5 out of this batch of 27. 3 were DOA, pretty squashed by the hogpiling CX's. I'm hopeful that the rest will be OK, they seem to be good.

Last year I had a horrible time with my garden. The area at the back of us that gets the most sun, is pretty low. I didn't build up my bed right. Then it kept flooding with heavy rain. Which isn't helped by the clay masquerading as soil. Then the crawfish would bust up right through my plants. My most successful plant that year was from seeds I threw in the compost pile, lol! We already have the beds built, picked up a trailerful of compost for free, I will start them when my other half gets home from work. Thanks for the tip about the sheet!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Morning La-yers - let's see a show of hands, who's tired of chilly rain? Me! Me!

Cacked, hope you get some help w/your sick hen.

Good luck to all the gardeners - I can't wait to start planting!

Am thinking of getting rid of my peacocks. PM me for prices if interested. I'd like to keep the 4 of them together if at all possible. If not, they will be available as pairs. I have Romeo, the silver pied who is my avatar, Burt who is a black shoulder India Blue and the two white hens Amtrack and Acela.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

I learned from this site a couple of years ago that if chick poop is a little runny to use Corid. That's why Primerose is still here. I lost 2 of the 3 RIR's (my first chicks) that had pasty butt. Got the Corid and Prim survived after getting the Corid. If you ever need it Angel, they sell it right up Nicholson drive at St. Gabriel Hardware. I go there a lot. The instructions were how to mix for cows. That scared me. Then someone here assured me to mix it the same for the chicks, proportionately it was the same. One tablespoon to a gallon of water. I kept them on Corid for a little while. It is for cocci.

 

[LindaB220]

Morning La-yers - let's see a show of hands, who's tired of chilly rain? Me! Me!

Cacked, hope you get some help w/your sick hen.

Good luck to all the gardeners - I can't wait to start planting!

Am thinking of getting rid of my peacocks. PM me for prices if interested. I'd like to keep the 4 of them together if at all possible. If not, they will be available as pairs. I have Romeo, the silver pied who is my avatar, Burt who is a black shoulder India Blue and the two white hens Amtrack and Acela.

Me, Me!!! Had a man scheduled to till my garden this morning, but, you know, rain.... So we'll try again in a few days.