NY chicken lover!!!!

[Tough Old Bird]

Vinegar is ok, but it doesn't work as well as Oxine. Its an oxigen based disinfectant. Totally safe to use, humans can drink it. I'm not a chemist so I can't explain it. Go to: http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/oxine.htm they have a website that explaines its uses very well.

That was an interesting article, Marquisella. I just finished reading it. Thanks for sharing the link & info!


TOB

 

[marquisella]

Quote: Its a very good option. I use AC vinegar in my waters most of the time. Vinegar has "slight" disinfectant properties, but it won't kill bacteria. I only use the oxine during really hot weather & I'm going away long enough so I want to make sure the water stays clean, I use buckets with nipples when the weather isn't freezing, so I can go a week without adding new water.

I've cured birds with a respiratory illness by spraying the diluted oxine in their faces & around the coop, as well in the water. I've had experience with it, so I know its safe.

I try to share what I've learned for the chickens. Everyone can decide for themselves if they want to use it or not.

 

[Lapeerian]

Wahoo, someone wants Ron the big black Orp roo! The people that have been buying the 1 doz/week from us want him for their young flock. They are restarting their flock and the pullets have just started laying. I'm going to give him for free because I know I won't have to eat him myself. He is too nice of a boy and flock leader.

Now who else wants a roo? With the orp out of the flock, it leaves the 2 GLW boys, 2 Ancona boys and the one outcast EE roo.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Lap---got enough of my own boys here thank you very much! Good luck finding homes for yours. I hope you do.

Came home to some very demanding cheeps. I did open their pop doors this am before running off to work. Of course they wouldnt step foot outside in the evil white stuff. Its all melting now which means dirty eggs from dirty feet! Gave everyone some scratch to get them to dig around their coops and turn it over. I like free help!!!

I am grateful this is all melting but worried about how much rain will be coming. I am hoping I dont have to use the pump for the backyard. Dh isnt here so I would be pulling it all out and setting it up and running it, which is fine if it starts up for me. Heres hoping for light rain. My two silkie girls are on their way to me and I am hoping to get them tomorrow. I have to set up the dog cage in the garage for them as they will be quarantined for a while. I am sure they wont mind.

Okay--off to do womanly things.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Gramma chick,

With regard to the weather & animal care.....it's the same guessing game some times with my horse. He is a senior, at 22 years old, and has never had much of a coat. His prior owners 7 years ago warned me that he feels the cold. So winter's can be hard on him. I do blanket him, but when the weather really snaps like this past week, or we get one of our classic winds ripping up from the south and bringing wet weather, I make the decision to keep him in, for at least most of the day. He is a happy guy when he gets outside and doesn't like confinement. Who can blame him? Some times, it's a real toss up as what's best to do. So don't beat yourself up. Even in my newbie chicken status, I have read that frostbite is fairly common in a flock. I do hope he heals up nicely.


TOB

Today, was one such day! Grrr! Mild and still earlier today, so I turned him and his buddies out. Then 2 hours later, driving, cold rain -- when I got to the barn, they were dripping wet and standing by the door...so in they came. An hour later the sun broke out and it's 45F.

Just can't win! See what I mean? You do the best you can!


TOB

 

[ag29ande]

The snow knocked down the top 4 feet of the chicken wire...fox jumped over! Obviously my own fault, I had left the door from the run to the coop opened. Lesson learned.

Though I do a lot of free ranging of the girls in the summer and lost a few hens in the middle of the day to a fox...very brazen animals.

 

[rancher hicks]

Nearly done candleing. Looks like a lot of BM's are good. Two CR's, and an Orp. No EE's and just a few Dels. Though to be honest some might have been held too long. The BM's though are good layers so it only stand to reason there would be more of those. 16 total in the incubator. A couple I think have been upside down for the duration so far. Now righted I don't know if they'll make it.

Looks like I'll have to separate the Lav Amer roo and all the EE's to a coop of their own. I've got on EE in with the Dels and now that I think of it she hasn't laid an egg for a few days but I have to keep removing her from a nest box. Broody? I don't know but she does bite when I try to get her out. She has no eggs under her. Not even a wooden one.

Good weather tomorrow temp wise. A day to do what can be done. I'll be running a cord to the BR coop and see if Ii can get them laying. If not they have to go. Funny thing is, he's the only roo without frostbite and that coop is the warmest. Perhaps just not light enough.

 

[Lapeerian]

Today, was one such day!   Grrr!   Mild and still earlier today, so I turned him and his buddies out.  Then 2 hours later, driving, cold rain -- when I got to the barn, they were dripping wet and standing by the door...so in they came.  An hour later the sun broke out and it's 45F.  

Just can't win!   See what I mean?  You do the best you can!


TOB

Our 3 horses have been spending most days in the stalls. We are gone all day, so if there is a chance of nasty weather, in they stay. Thankfully they are well behaved while stall bound, even the 6 year old. My old man that I lost during the summer preferred to spend all his time inside in winter. He was 13.2, large pony in a roomy 12x12 stall. He was 32. Wish the weather would decide if it was winter or spring, I've had enough of the freeze/thaw/ice crap.

 

[vmdanielsen]

Lap---got enough of my own boys here thank you very much! Good luck finding homes for yours. I hope you do.

Came home to some very demanding cheeps. I did open their pop doors this am before running off to work. Of course they wouldnt step foot outside in the evil white stuff. Its all melting now which means dirty eggs from dirty feet! Gave everyone some scratch to get them to dig around their coops and turn it over. I like free help!!!

I am grateful this is all melting but worried about how much rain will be coming. I am hoping I dont have to use the pump for the backyard. Dh isnt here so I would be pulling it all out and setting it up and running it, which is fine if it starts up for me. Heres hoping for light rain. My two silkie girls are on their way to me and I am hoping to get them tomorrow. I have to set up the dog cage in the garage for them as they will be quarantined for a while. I am sure they wont mind.

Okay--off to do womanly things.

"Womanly" things? Isn't that just about everything?

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

You bet it is Ginny!

Soooooo hoping we only get a little rain. I dont want to be up all night tomorrow night making sure we arent flooding!!!

Rancher---sounds more like a lighting problem with your BR. Worth a try putting in a light for a while. Glad to hear your eggs are doing well.