Sorry about everyone's bad luck. I had some myself. I had ordered some Bev Davis eggs a few months ago and only 3 out of 24 hatched. One died right after hatching. This week I lost the other two. I don't think the kids had roosting down right even though I out them all up. It looks like they piled in a corner for the night and my 2 FBCMs were at the bottom. I have zero FBCMs from this year. I also lost my Lav Marans project chicks. I'm so bummed.
I did have a good hatch this week. That makes 2 100% hatches in a row, so I'm feeling better about all my horrible hatches the past year.
Ron, I think it's a matter of how much ACV you want to use. When I have something I want to clear up, I start with 3 glasses a day and then you can go down to one a day. A lot of people can barely do one glass. Back when I was good about it I did 2. Usually before meals is best. I don't and never have done 3 meals a day. If I eat in the morning, I'm done for the day. It makes me sleepy, which makes me grumpy and grumpier if I nap. I'm not good at naps. What you might want to do is pick up a copy of a book written by ______ Bragg. They usually carry it in good healthy food stores. I wish I knew the name. I just can't think if it now, I have it in storage somewhere. I had to buy that book and hand it to Bill when we first started dating, because he told me what I was doing was not healthy. I didn't read it, but I gave to him to read. He would point out things in the book and say he couldn't believe all the things they claimed it did, but when I used it for my calcium deposits he was sold on the fact that it did work. Then I read it and found more things I didn't know about, so it was a good buy and I think it was less than 10 bucks. I had had those deposits for a year before I met him. My son had been in the hospital for months and I stayed there with him. I just didn't have access to the stuff. Then I had a lot of things I went through after Dakotah was released and wasn't thinking about me. So by the time I got things straight I was in so much pain, I was afraid to go to ht e doctor. I just knew I was going to need surgery on my back and neck. Bill took me in after we met and he had said he thought that was what was wrong. He explained the surgery and I told him what I was going to do. He thought I was nuts. It only took a few days for the pain to become tolerable and then every day I could feel the difference in the lump. Bill was shocked to say the least and I got to prove to my "Medical Professional" as I called him, that simple things sometimes can surprise you.
Polish can be some really dingy birds. My last flock I started out with Polish and Doms. No one else I ever talked to about Polish agreed that they had some issues. I know it is from their being blinded from the crests, but I still say they are dingy. I loved them and want more, but they are some goofy birds. We would let the birds out in the yard early in the morning. At night we'd go out, count and close the coops. There was more than one time............more than 30 times, let's be real. It happened a whole lot, especially in winter. We'd go out and they'd be missing. It was like the sun started to go down and they didn't move fast enough to get to the coop and the light. Bill, the kids and myself would grab the flashlights, which he kept right beside the sliding door, and go on a Polish hunt. We'd find them hunkered down under plants, under lawn furntiure, and right in the middle of the lawn. Sometimes we'd find them right next to the coop, but it got to dark before they walked to the back and saw the light inside. DENSE! They were the doopiest things I ever saw. It was funny though. That is if it wasn't storming outside or something. But it happened a lot. We were always so worried about stepping on them when they were on the lawn. We'd shine the lights around untill we saw a bright white spot and follow the crests. LOL Man I miss those birds. Especially my little Pulletta. She was my baby and she'd always run to me to tattle on the other birds and for me to protect her. She was lowest in pecking order, but she knew I had her back.
Paint Elvis, you and Mark and your cats so the chickens have something to look at.
