MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

I should look into this, given that Nyssa recently had a course of antibiotics. Where do you get these from?

The local supermarket. It's a vaalia product in the yoghurt section.

 

[LozzyR]

The local supermarket. It's a vaalia product in the yoghurt section.

And you mix that into a mash?

 

[MaryJanet]

And you mix that into a mash?

I haven't even bought any yet, so I'm not sure how I'll present it. RC says her flock enjoy the flavour, so perhaps a small dollop? Or mixed through if it turns out to be unpalatable.

 

[RoyalChick]

I haven't even bought any yet, so I'm not sure how I'll present it. RC says her flock enjoy the flavour, so perhaps a small dollop? Or mixed through if it turns out to be unpalatable.

Yes - mine fall on it like it is the best thing ever. Sometimes I freeze it and sometimes I mix in chicken food to make a mash. In both cases that is mainly because they make such a mess when it is served as is. They get their face right in there and then they flick their heads and it flies everywhere. Maggie and Diana groom it off each other's faces.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes I do. I shake all the supplements (except the cottage cheese) with two cups of dry food in a Tupperware. Then I add water and let it rest for an hour. Then I share it out among the bowls and put a dab of cottage cheese on top. So they are eating it wet.

But I see what you're saying about putting bacteria into the water. It's two ways of providing it.

It's very counterintuitive to give a hen who's already got too much bacteria even more bacteria.

What you want is the right bacteria to control the situation. What is the bacteria that is causing Dr Mark to treat?

 

[RoyalChick]

What you want is the right bacteria to control the situation. What is the bacteria that is causing Dr Mark to treat?

There is that, but there is also that she is getting antibiotics so needs 'good bacteria' to replace the ones killed by the antibiotics.

 

[BY Bob]

I found a live kefir product which is stocked at a local supermarket. Here are the ingredients. Are all of those good bacteria?

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Yup. Those are all good guys!

 

[BY Bob]

I just realised 1 and 8 were missing from the screen shot

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Still good!

 

[BY Bob]

@BY Bob is this any good?

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The ingredients are:

Active Constituents: 180 Million CFU/g as Lactobacillus acidophilus; L. delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus; L. plantarum; L. rhamnosus; Bifidobacterium bifidum; Enterococcus faecium; Streptococcus salivarius subspecies thermophilus.

That's 7 different bacteria and 4 different families of bacteria. That's pretty good these days.

 

[BY Bob]

There is that, but there is also that she is getting antibiotics so needs 'good bacteria' to replace the ones killed by the antibiotics.

It is important to remember that it does little good to give probiotics while she in on the antibiotics as you are just killing them as you provide them. Give them immediately after the course of antibiotics.