Michigan

[chickflick]

Be sure to post a picture of the costume when you are done!!

 

[Stacykins]

M.sue :

Catching up on reading....power outage last night and candles everywhere. Glad it's back on. LOL all this talk about poop! Thanks chicken grandma for the added info. I think I'm gonna take your route. Stacykins.... my son has a microscope, it was fairly expensive for a kids scope but I don't know if is actually strong enough, can't remember the power of it and I don't know what I'm looking for. Something to suggest the kids to do when they say they are bored!! Nova...pretty pic of your eggs.

I would venture to bet that microscope would work just dandy, it should have a 40x objective lens and that powerful enough to see most things! I definitely think there are resources online that have detailed instructions on how-to do a fecal check for various things, and clear pictures of what to look for.​

 

[AngelaB]

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Holy cow! What a day!

 

[RaZ]

Two eggs again today from Broil and Bake, despite staying in the garage last night.

I would like to have the garage coop finished by the weekend. I have too much clutter to get to the big table saw and other tools I need. If the rain would stop then I could pull stuff out of the garage and have room to work.

 

[Wynette]

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Hey, I think there is a thread where somone is asking folks to post chicken-related Halloween constume pics in! Let me try to find it - yours sounds super cute!

 

[M.sue]

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I would venture to bet that microscope would work just dandy, it should have a 40x objective lens and that powerful enough to see most things! I definitely think there are resources online that have detailed instructions on how-to do a fecal check for various things, and clear pictures of what to look for.

I think the scope is strong enough, like I said it was fairly expensive and of good quality. For now I'm just going to find a vet to do the test. My vet doesn't work with chickens but referred me to a vet-buddy of his in the same area that he thinks will/does. He also told me if the vet doesn't to look for a vet the specializes in large animals/livestock. If all else fails I can always ask my DD's horse trainer about her vet. The only problem about that is I never know when she's coming to the barn. I will look into it on line and educate my self for it can't be that hard as long you know exactly what you're looking for.

 

[Wynette]

Here's that thread I mentioned above, if anyone's interested:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=578614

 

[AngelaB]

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Those are too cute!

 

[M.sue]

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I seen this thread yesterday. Hilarious....I'm not gonna dress my chickens but like one of the other posters on the thread...I'm gonna dress my Schnauzer like a chicken!! lol We always take her out with us when we take the kids.....she even gets treats!!!

 

[M.sue]

M.sue :

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I would venture to bet that microscope would work just dandy, it should have a 40x objective lens and that powerful enough to see most things! I definitely think there are resources online that have detailed instructions on how-to do a fecal check for various things, and clear pictures of what to look for.

I think the scope is strong enough, like I said it was fairly expensive and of good quality. For now I'm just going to find a vet to do the test. My vet doesn't work with chickens but referred me to a vet-buddy of his in the same area that he thinks will/does. He also told me if the vet doesn't to look for a vet the specializes in large animals/livestock. If all else fails I can always ask my DD's horse trainer about her vet. The only problem about that is I never know when she's coming to the barn. I will look into it on line and educate my self for it can't be that hard as long you know exactly what you're looking for.​

Update: Just got a call and the vet will perform a check for me!! Yayyyyyy!!! Now I feel a lot better. All this talk about worms sorta worries me......Once a mom always a mom!