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BobHartmannSWR
In the Brooder
- Oct 27, 2018
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he is general info:
I bought the 2 day-old chicks from McMurray, they arrived on 7/17. None have been sick other than a little pasty butt week 1. They were on McMurray electrolytes from day 1 until they were about 10 weeks old. I have been ACV since. I live in Southwest Florida near the Everglades, west of Fort Lauderdale. It's still in the low 90 to upper 80 daytime and upper 60s to low 70s at night. They still pant during the day on the hotter days. Their coup is 8x8 by 4 feet high and on wheels and 4 ft off the ground. The sides and bother are ½ inch hardware cloth. it has a 8x16 foot print with the shade wings open. I wash the coop every other week with dawn soap and water. They have in the coup since week six. They spend a lot of time under the coop during the day to keep from the sun and aerial predators. They are out in a run that is 50x50 sun up to sun down. I started them on mcmurray starter. Moved them up to McMurry grower until the bugs came out of the feed, then tossed the balance in my pond to the fish. Used purina organic grower for about 4 weeks until I could get to Tractor Supply. For about the last 4 weeks, I feed them TSC Organic starter/grower, they get bananas and fresh vegetables every couple of days, and lots of grass and bugs daily from the run. They get about 4 cups of scratch about once a week. The most affected birds are the black Australorps, but is seems to be affecting the Blackstart sex-links, Gold Laced Wyandottes, the silver laces are look like its just beginning as their bills are turning black. The Red start sex links are unaffected, also the dominiques, brown leghorns, cochin, and ameraucanas remain ok. I just check poop in below their night perches all looks normal. No yellow watery like I saw in some pictures. Many of the birds that should have yellow bills have blackening bills. I wash the A friend mentioned that the heat may be affecting them. Not sure about that, this issue started in the last week.
I bought the 2 day-old chicks from McMurray, they arrived on 7/17. None have been sick other than a little pasty butt week 1. They were on McMurray electrolytes from day 1 until they were about 10 weeks old. I have been ACV since. I live in Southwest Florida near the Everglades, west of Fort Lauderdale. It's still in the low 90 to upper 80 daytime and upper 60s to low 70s at night. They still pant during the day on the hotter days. Their coup is 8x8 by 4 feet high and on wheels and 4 ft off the ground. The sides and bother are ½ inch hardware cloth. it has a 8x16 foot print with the shade wings open. I wash the coop every other week with dawn soap and water. They have in the coup since week six. They spend a lot of time under the coop during the day to keep from the sun and aerial predators. They are out in a run that is 50x50 sun up to sun down. I started them on mcmurray starter. Moved them up to McMurry grower until the bugs came out of the feed, then tossed the balance in my pond to the fish. Used purina organic grower for about 4 weeks until I could get to Tractor Supply. For about the last 4 weeks, I feed them TSC Organic starter/grower, they get bananas and fresh vegetables every couple of days, and lots of grass and bugs daily from the run. They get about 4 cups of scratch about once a week. The most affected birds are the black Australorps, but is seems to be affecting the Blackstart sex-links, Gold Laced Wyandottes, the silver laces are look like its just beginning as their bills are turning black. The Red start sex links are unaffected, also the dominiques, brown leghorns, cochin, and ameraucanas remain ok. I just check poop in below their night perches all looks normal. No yellow watery like I saw in some pictures. Many of the birds that should have yellow bills have blackening bills. I wash the A friend mentioned that the heat may be affecting them. Not sure about that, this issue started in the last week.
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