Babies!!!!! Hatching since this morning, Partidge Silkies, EE's, and BCM's... It's the last peep show for this year!
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Congrats story!!!! pics please
Congrats story!!!! pics please
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You know, if you hatched too many silkies...
Pictures! Yes, we must have pictures!!
You know, if you hatched too many silkies...
Pictures! Yes, we must have pictures!!
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Today is Day 17, ready for lockdown, get text to say we have pips! So far 1 of our PS Silkies and one back star of the neighbor's...... So, lockdown started 1 day early!!
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Glad to meet you hope you enjoy the thread!!
Glad to meet you hope you enjoy the thread!!
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Welcome to the friendliest forum on the site!!
Welcome to the friendliest forum on the site!!
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X2 glad to meet ya
As for that auction.....everything is sold.....even if it's for only a dollar......lol.
X2 glad to meet ya
As for that auction.....everything is sold.....even if it's for only a dollar......lol.
HI I live in Yadkin county looking for a couple of fertile eggs or day old chicks for my Broody hen, she has been working so hard and her eggs are duds!! please PM me if you have anything
just read this on the turkey page it might help with the chickens who have cocci
Here's an article:
HOT NEWS FOR TURKEYS
By Larry Ross, RR # 3, Clifford, N0G 1M0
Soon after I started keeping turkeys (from the second year on) blackhead has been a problem for me. For those not familiar with blackhead, this is a disease caused by protozoans. It can kill a flock of turkeys in less than a month. Protozoans are single-celled, microscopic animal life. (The Ministry of Agriculture's factsheets have good descriptions of all types of poultry diseases.)
I have tried several natural remedies to kill the protozoans responsible. I started looking for something else after my trails with garlic powder proved only partially effective. Although I've only tried it one year, I've had excellent results with cayenne powder. I use it at a rate of 1 rounded tablespoon per 20 litres of chopped feed. Cayenne isn't water soluble, but it still works in the drinking water. I use the same rate, allowing the cayenne to soak and then stirring the mixture well. The water method is essential for the sicker birds who won't eat. During the outbreak of 1993, I used cayenne in both the feed and water at first. Later on, I put it in the feed only.
Cayenne does more than just prevent and cure blackhead in turkeys. It is also seems effective in preventing and treating coccidiosis in chickens and turkeys.
With range birds it is often difficult to ensure all the birds are consuming the cayenne-treated feed and water. If the birds are penned up at night, giving them their treated feed before letting them out for the day is one answer.
Cayenne has several advantages. The flavour of the meat was not affected. (I kept the birds off cayenne for three days before slaughter.) Being a food substance (for humans), cayenne bypasses
registration as a drug, a lengthy and expensive process. This makes it relatively cheap - often for as little as $5/lb. through a meat processor. This is a real bargain compared to Emtryl at $30 - 40.00 per 500 mg!
Here's an article:
HOT NEWS FOR TURKEYS
By Larry Ross, RR # 3, Clifford, N0G 1M0
Soon after I started keeping turkeys (from the second year on) blackhead has been a problem for me. For those not familiar with blackhead, this is a disease caused by protozoans. It can kill a flock of turkeys in less than a month. Protozoans are single-celled, microscopic animal life. (The Ministry of Agriculture's factsheets have good descriptions of all types of poultry diseases.)
I have tried several natural remedies to kill the protozoans responsible. I started looking for something else after my trails with garlic powder proved only partially effective. Although I've only tried it one year, I've had excellent results with cayenne powder. I use it at a rate of 1 rounded tablespoon per 20 litres of chopped feed. Cayenne isn't water soluble, but it still works in the drinking water. I use the same rate, allowing the cayenne to soak and then stirring the mixture well. The water method is essential for the sicker birds who won't eat. During the outbreak of 1993, I used cayenne in both the feed and water at first. Later on, I put it in the feed only.
Cayenne does more than just prevent and cure blackhead in turkeys. It is also seems effective in preventing and treating coccidiosis in chickens and turkeys.
With range birds it is often difficult to ensure all the birds are consuming the cayenne-treated feed and water. If the birds are penned up at night, giving them their treated feed before letting them out for the day is one answer.
Cayenne has several advantages. The flavour of the meat was not affected. (I kept the birds off cayenne for three days before slaughter.) Being a food substance (for humans), cayenne bypasses
registration as a drug, a lengthy and expensive process. This makes it relatively cheap - often for as little as $5/lb. through a meat processor. This is a real bargain compared to Emtryl at $30 - 40.00 per 500 mg!
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