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ronott1 said:
You are doing a nice job with them!

How are they at laying eggs? When I had Bresse, they were very good egg layers too.
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Not so hot, but well enough to keep us in meat. They lay decently from Feb-June take a little break in the middle of the summer and then start laying July-Sept. I haven't had an egg from them since the middle of October. I was able to hatch about 40 chicks from my trio and that was with killing about 2-3 dozen eggs due to incubator malfunctions.
 
Rene is just a brat, no better way to put it. She's fine until I have to impose my wishes on her, like wishing she'd not bite her sister's butt. If things go completely her way she's precious. If there aren't butts to bite she shuffles down into a little ball, I rub her beard she kind of purrs and I shut the door. I feel bad she sleeps alone, she's so cute it is hard not to totally her choice though. :idunno
apryl29 said:
He's just a bit peeved that everyone kept calling him a girl & now he's got to make it known that he is a MAN!


That's how Toothless is! Snippy little broads.. And when I hand feed Loki scratch (b/c I feel bad for her being this sad little molty mess) she keeps trying to eat my palms. I'm surprised she hasn't ripped out a chunk. I have a couple that I've noticed who are quite mean w/ each other. The 2 white ones fight over the end and will climb over others pecking back and forth to get the 'good spot'. When I go in after dark and try to scoop poop they'll get peck with each other b/c my flashlight makes them think it's time to start a fight. Just like little kids in the back seat of a car.


She doesn't look too bad. Is her hock still infected or has that cleared up? Make sure you have plenty of ventilation if you put her out over summer. My coop is always the same temp as outside and at 90+ I worried about Loki in there sitting on her nest with no real breeze & not being able to go outside.
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Redhead Rae said:
Not so hot, but well enough to keep us in meat. They lay decently from Feb-June take a little break in the middle of the summer and then start laying July-Sept. I haven't had an egg from them since the middle of October. I was able to hatch about 40 chicks from my trio and that was with killing about 2-3 dozen eggs due to incubator malfunctions.
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The egg laying does not sound too bad for a meat Breed!
 
Yay! The joys of featherd feet! I'm getting everyone up for bed and no Tucks! I finally find her under the steps standing flamingo style just dripping blood. Of course I freak. I pull her foot out straight count toes all toes are present and accounted for. I seperate foot feathers, two broken blood feathers. Brought her in, washed her foot and belly, pulled out the quills and applied some alum. She's on the roost now much happier and smelling like tangerines "we have tangerine soap." This is the second time iv'e had to do this for Tucks, i'm starting to think those people who put shoes on their chickens are misunderstood geniuses.:caf
 
WVduckchick said:
Ok, so a 2lb bird weighs almost 1kg. (2.2 pounds per kilogram)
2.27% is 22.7mg/ml which means there is 22.7mg of medicine in 1ml of liquid.
Recommended dosage I found on the previously linked thread is 10mg/kg (some vets prescribe as much as 15)
So a bird that is roughly 2lb would need about 0.5ml of liquid to get the recommended medicine. Twice a day!

Here's an article on how to administer, with some great pics. I assume you have a syringe? Orally is easiest for me. Not sure which way you want to go.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
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Thank you thank you thank you. I really appreciate it. I have never had to give a chicken any kind of medicine orally. My DH is out of town so this will be interesting. Wish me luck
 

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