NY chicken lover!!!!

[JLaw]

Ok the wife and I thought about doing a turkey or to this year since I'm going to be doing chickens. Does anyone know of a breeder in western ny that will sell just two chicks. Seems ts will be a pain unless they get some in the store.

 

[vmdanielsen]

Ok the wife and I thought about doing a turkey or to this year since I'm going to be doing chickens. Does anyone know of a breeder in western ny that will sell just two chicks. Seems ts will be a pain unless they get some in the store.

Some people raise chickens and turkeys together. Others do not, because of something called blackhead. You may want to do some research on blackhead in your area before you decide to put the two together.

 

[stonykill]

I used Regular Apple cider Vinegar at first ...coz I couldnt find any with Mother ..
I ve had chickens for almost a year never seen a worm .
The thing about using chemicals on or in your birds ..Is you cant eat the eggs for a couple weeks ..
Toxic Eggs ...think of what it is doing to the bird ..
Natural Is best for both of you .

yes, absolutely. If the eggs are poisoned from the "treatment" think of what a bird is going through every time it is wormed.

 

[minichic]

Dragon is probably good with bacon, because everything is better with bacon.

From one Baconista to another! "Either you love bacon, or you're wrong!"

 

[Tough Old Bird]

I used Regular Apple cider Vinegar at first ...coz I couldnt find any with Mother ..
I ve had chickens for almost a year never seen a worm .
The thing about using chemicals on or in your birds ..Is you cant eat the eggs for a couple weeks ..
Toxic Eggs ...think of what it is doing to the bird ..
Natural Is best for both of you .

Yes, I've gathered that there is a period where you should not eat eggs after many medical treatments. It makes perfect sense.

However, does this also mean dosing with topical treatments like Eprinex? Bottom line is, whether it's absorbed topically or ingested, it's still a chemical that has been absorbed into the chicken's system, right? So do you wait to eat eggs after such topical treatments???

M.

 

[rancher hicks]

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Fly

Paper

 

[Xovan]

Paper

Airplane

 

[marquisella]

I did check the place I think it is on my profile we'll see how it goes. Though I don't see why it matters which way we do it. After all Pharms way is more fun.

Just giving out info, doesn't make any difference to me.

 

[SunnysideupstateNY]

From one Baconista to another! "Either you love bacon, or you're wrong!"

True story. Darn it, now I need some bacon!

 

[marquisella]

FWIW...I have been using Walmart cider vinegar without "mother" for years and it works fine. Somewhere on the internet, is a study that disproves the mother theory. All mother is, is solids/residue that didn't dissolve in the vinegar process. It has no "magical" properties. Like sludge actually.

Not trying to start an argument, if anyone wants to pay large sums for "organic vinegar" with mother in it, that's fine with me. For the rest of us, just know plain old Walmart cheap vinegar works just as well.

What vinegar does for chicks is makes their poop more solid. Vinegar also acts as a mild disinfectant. So it helps to keep their water a little cleaner longer. They also say that chickens ph is more on the acidic side, so it might help maintain that as well.

About worming with Ivermectin, whatever form you use. Doctors have been using Ivemectin on humans for years in 3rd world countries. So there is no concern really about eating eggs from hens just wormed with it. If it does get into the egg, the amount is so small that it won't do any harm.