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[scandiafowl]

Could you email the chart to me?

 

[scandiafowl]

Our neighbors is very considerate with their dog. They know she'll kill one of my chickens in heartbeat.

Which is too back because my girls would love to scratch out in their cornfields. He just harvested and there are plenty of leftovers.

 

[KlopKlop]

@Minniechickmama BIG NEWS! You probably already know but i hope you are excited that minnesota just lifted the bird ban, so shows and swap meets are good to go again.

 

[KlopKlop]

Butterscotch does look better.

Now that I've calmed down a bit, I wanted to say how glad i am that I had the nustock on hand. I wouldn't have been able to do much for Goldie without it. I live pretty far from anywhere that would have a product I could use. I know I could use an antibiotic ointment, but the nustock works better. It is hard to get some of the ointments to stick to wet flesh.

Nutstock It is a lot like a jar of natural peanut butter where the oil is on top and is runny, and the solid peanut butter part is thick and like a hard paste. So the runny part is good for pouring into a deep wound, or where the skin has been pulled up and separated from the flesh - basically you can pour it so it covers the parts you can't get to. And the thick paste part is good for patting on the big open gashes, and it sticks. WIth dog bites, you don't want to cover the wound with a bandage because you want to keep it open to air and to being able to easily see any developing infection.




Its a southern product (made in tennesee), and I have never seen it here in the north. after I mentioned it to my vet when she was treating my cat, she checked it out and told me later that it has become one of her favorite tools to use on dogs - for all kinds of skin conditions, hot spots, etc. I get it on the internet, and I'm on my third tube.

Anyway, it would make a great xmas present for your self (or for your flock). I would not be without it. Don't I sound like a commercial?

I will be out as soon as it is daylight to see if seaquist shows up, but I am really afraid she was eaten by the danged dog.

thanks for sharing! i just found it on amazon. I probably will order a tube. any other chicken care products besides wormers that anybody recommends to keep on hand? Blu-Kote i've got. anything else?

 

[Minniechickmama]

Thank you - I too was spoiled by Ralphie's Roo Ole' - I miss that guy. He could have kept Rusty in line.

Right now it seems that only Gracie, my SB(LO), is the one hiding in earnest. I've decided when I moved the birds to the chicken palace (hooray we got it insulated yesterday!!! Now just a few more tweaks on the hardware cloth and their enclosure will be complete) that I'm putting him and the other roos in one of the houses outside the enclosure. He bred Gracie this morning and when he finished she literally ran as fast as she could and burrowed up into a hay bale and hid her head. I gave her a bath Saturday -- she still has what looks like to me - to be loose poop -- it's white and sticks constantly to her feathers. Another round of the wazine but I've not seen an actual worm in her poop yet. Anyway I bathed her - just warm water bath in tub - then blew her dry and set her up in a tall bin for the night. I'm dang near tempted to buy a set of chicken diapers and let her stay in the house - but the Doxies would be trying to eat her for lunch..

Any notion on the poop? It's formed like healthy poop - I just can't figure out the poopy butt. No body else has a poopy butt.

I'm paranoid too because Gracie (Rusty, Loretta, and Jade) are the remaining chickens from the batch I got where I lost 4 to roundworm in the brain. Gracie's boyfriend was the last death from it -- he was showing same poopy butt and no amount of worm meds helped - but of course the worms were already in his brain.

I've found a link to poulty medications - just wondering if anyone else has a preferred wormer? Does anyone use copper sulfate? I've read mixed reviews so now I am confused about it.

The feeds I have used have copper sulfate in them, but that was what I have read too when I encountered poopy butts. I never increased it, but did find that it is easy to come by, possibly even through a local elevator?

Speaking of snow....
We woke up to a couple of inches of wet stuff, and heavy and sticky. Apparently, in town they got more than we did (we live 3 miles out of town and a higher elevation since town is in the valley). I went to Rochester this evening, and on the way down some chunky snow was falling and making the roads look a bit slick. I went to my first stop and came out about a half hour later, and it was raining. It was too warm to keep the snow coming. On the way back it was 34 degrees. Then I came upon a nasty accident involving a car that was all smashed up and a semi-tractor/trailer that was being attended to by emergency vehicles. It was pretty clear, just rain coming along until I got to Zumbrota again and we must have gotten in the middle of the snow that did fall.
Frankly, until I get my new hoop finished, I would rather the snow and rain both would go away, but right now, I would rather deal with a gentle rain than more of the white stuff.

my Butterscotch today,, she doesn't look pretty but she does seem so much better...

She definitely looks better than she did!

@Minniechickmama BIG NEWS! You probably already know but i hope you are excited that minnesota just lifted the bird ban, so shows and swap meets are good to go again.

I hadn't heard, but all the shows around here are done for the year anyway, and the ban was just for 2015, but thank you for thinking of me!! It was sort of a relief not showing this fall with all the other stuff I had to tend to. Plus, some of my best birds that were hatched this year up and starting molting like an older bird. I am still scratching my head over that! I will be ready for next season though!!

I got some more of those olive green eggs! They are just so lovely!! We had some for breakfast this morning. Mmmm.

 

[Cluckies]

Could you email the chart to me?

I can, and but it is in my puter, and so won't get to it until tomorrow morning probably. But you can right click on the photo and "save picture as" and get it that way too. If your on your phone, then just hold your finger on it, but then save.

Butterscotch does look better. Now that I've calmed down a bit, I wanted to say how glad i am that I had the nustock on hand. I wouldn't have been able to do much for Goldie without it. I live pretty far from anywhere that would have a product I could use. I know I could use an antibiotic ointment, but the nustock works better. It is hard to get some of the ointments to stick to wet flesh. Nutstock It is a lot like a jar of natural peanut butter where the oil is on top and is runny, and the solid peanut butter part is thick and like a hard paste. So the runny part is good for pouring into a deep wound, or where the skin has been pulled up and separated from the flesh - basically you can pour it so it covers the parts you can't get to. And the thick paste part is good for patting on the big open gashes, and it sticks. WIth dog bites, you don't want to cover the wound with a bandage because you want to keep it open to air and to being able to easily see any developing infection. Its a southern product (made in tennesee), and I have never seen it here in the north. after I mentioned it to my vet when she was treating my cat, she checked it out and told me later that it has become one of her favorite tools to use on dogs - for all kinds of skin conditions, hot spots, etc. I get it on the internet, and I'm on my third tube. Anyway, it would make a great xmas present for your self (or for your flock). I would not be without it. Don't I sound like a commercial? I will be out as soon as it is daylight to see if seaquist shows up, but I am really afraid she was eaten by the danged dog.

thanks for sharing! i just found it on amazon. I probably will order a tube. any other chicken care products besides wormers that anybody recommends to keep on hand? Blu-Kote i've got. anything else?

I have a whole first aid kit I keep. I tried to start a thread on this subject once, and it didn't take. search the forum for first aid kit, and I'll try and find it as well... I'll have to look tomorrow.

 

[Coffee 1st]

Butterscotch does look better.

Now that I've calmed down a bit, I wanted to say how glad i am that I had the nustock on hand. I wouldn't have been able to do much for Goldie without it. I live pretty far from anywhere that would have a product I could use. I know I could use an antibiotic ointment, but the nustock works better. It is hard to get some of the ointments to stick to wet flesh.

Nutstock It is a lot like a jar of natural peanut butter where the oil is on top and is runny, and the solid peanut butter part is thick and like a hard paste. So the runny part is good for pouring into a deep wound, or where the skin has been pulled up and separated from the flesh - basically you can pour it so it covers the parts you can't get to. And the thick paste part is good for patting on the big open gashes, and it sticks. WIth dog bites, you don't want to cover the wound with a bandage because you want to keep it open to air and to being able to easily see any developing infection.




Its a southern product (made in tennesee), and I have never seen it here in the north. after I mentioned it to my vet when she was treating my cat, she checked it out and told me later that it has become one of her favorite tools to use on dogs - for all kinds of skin conditions, hot spots, etc. I get it on the internet, and I'm on my third tube.

Anyway, it would make a great xmas present for your self (or for your flock). I would not be without it. Don't I sound like a commercial?

I will be out as soon as it is daylight to see if seaquist shows up, but I am really afraid she was eaten by the danged dog.

wonder if this would work on butterscotch, i read it is good for itching and where her face and head is bare and healing its dry and scaly and i do see her scratch sometimes,,, wonder how to keep it away from her eyes. does it dry fast or does it stay oily?

 

[The BlanchRanch]

Night all.

 

[Coffee 1st]

Night all.

goodnight..

 

[scandiafowl]

Good night.. May the snowplows reach your roads first.