Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Scifisarah]

There was a thread on here a while ago, and it was about crops that were like that. They'd empty out, but the birds gorged all the time that the crop always was HUGE.

About the protien though... Add some taste of the wild cat food. it runs about 36% protien. If it's too big for the serema to eat, if you have a bean grinder, it'll break it down enough. I use the TOTW in the hot days of summer so the birds get enough protien when they really don't want to eat...

I used to feed that to my cat, but she always got hairballs on it, so had to switch back to Wellness which is also 36%. It is their Salmon formula and has Salmon, Salmon Meal and Whitefish as the top three ingrediants - think that should be okay for them?

 

[Scifisarah]

What Sam said..... and you could also try massaging the crop to move things around. Do your birds have access to gravel?

My run is mostly sandy, but there are also little pebbles mixed in. I usually rake and filter the piles through 1/4" hardware cloth so everything is smaller than that. Could she have rocks in there? I remember a vet mentioning having to do surgery on a dog that ate rocks. Darn animals...

 

[uchytil]

"Hey there!"


SLW that never leaves the barn. Dunno why but she doesn't.

Nice pic

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Happy Birthday to our favorite chicken criminal!

 

[ladyrsanti]

Thanks Uchytil. I was out shooting something else when I passed by and she jumped up into the doorway. Surprised us both.

GLADAHMAE! Any word on your situation? *Concerned*

 

[preciouskitty]

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X2!!! Happy BDAY, RaZ!

 

[Amastacia]

Thanks Uchytil. I was out shooting something else when I passed by and she jumped up into the doorway. Surprised us both.

that seems to be the best way to get good shots, especially of animals. if you are trying to photograph them, they seem to know and never cooperate.

 

[preciouskitty]

Quick question: My ACV will be on my porch when I get home. General "dosage" I have seen is 1 T/gallon of water...agree?

 

[Opa]

Since chickens don't have teeth (unless you count the egg tooth) grit is essential to the digestion process. The small stones, are used with the muscular action of the gizzard to grind their food into smaller digestible particles. Any time birds are fed anything besides crumbled feed they need access to grit. Since the gizzard is downstream from the crop, the lack of grit would not factor into crop impaction. Most times the impaction will be plant material that was eaten as a long strand.

ACV I've always used 2 tablespoons per gallon.

 

[gladahmae]

GLADAHMAE! Any word on your situation? *Concerned*

DH stopped and talked to him on Tuesday. Guy was very apologetic and said he would pay for our losses. He and DH exchanged phone numbers and we will be calling him, probably today, to give him a total, and if he wants it itemized, I can do that. (Not that it matters or is any kind of an excuse, but they "just moved to the area" and they don't have a fence or anything up yet and allegedly they door-dashed on his wife.) Animal Control also called Wednesday to let me know that the owner was retrieving his dog, and in addition to paying for the pound fees and vet care for the porcupine she got into, that the owner would receive a ticket for his dogs getting into the birds while loose. AC ALSO gave me the man's name, phone number, and address so we could contact him. SO, long story short, we will be getting money from the owner and he has a very expensive dog.

AFAIK, the other dog is still at large, or at least was as of yesterday. THAT dog isn't the one that was IN THE COOP though....was outside the fence and was the first one to take off when DH ran out the door.

They live almost a mile and a half away from us, so the dogs went quite a long way (IMO) in order to get here......they probably just stumbled across the birds and did what dogs do. It was very upsetting, but part of owning poultry is having predator losses. I don't think I have any lasting hard feelings toward him, after all, I used to have a dog that was an escape artist who killed quite a few of our chickens.....and I know how frustrating it can be to think that you've found a way to contain the dog only have it get out within minutes. If it becomes a serial problem.......well......my feelings will probably change.