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[Greybear23]

Hey Elwood how bout a kids wading pool for a temp brooder or I use a stock tank, a little more expencive but last a lot longer!!!
I found this info that I thought might interest some of our viewers!!!!
Have a blessed day! Lynn

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Here is a chart with good incubation information, including how long it takes to hatch for different types of birds. Apparently the length for peafowl depends on what breed it is....

http://shilala.homestead.com/howlongtohatch.html

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[old*cowboy]

How is everybody today. Had a whole list of things to do today, but think the way I feel will just take a couple pain pills and r lax.

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

Thought I'd share a few pic (from the P&B Enablers Handbook: Pic's are second best method to Enable next to Live Birds)
These two broody hens are sharing the job well

Heres the proud Papa

and some of the girls

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

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I am considering a couple small stock tanks I have a kiddie pool but it's in with the geese for now, I have several large rubbermaid tubs I used for brooders last year I need to make tops for those just to keep the cat honest and from being tempted LOL Really she is a great cat never has offered to bother any of the birds no matter where they are. But on that note I never figured my geese to be chicken killers either so don't take too may risks anymore LOL

 

[NanaKat]

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Hi Sooner,

Actually Maribeth parted this bit of wisdom at dinner a couple of weeks ago. I was telling her about finding on of my favorite hens with her side flayed open from rooster spurs and about preparing the hen to sew her back up. Maribeth said that this is what they did during the Civil War for wound care if their wounds were to large or too dirty to sew up. You pack the wound with grandulated sugar then bandage it. What I did is take guaze and put a thick layer of antibiotic ointment on it then pour sugar on that and press the sugar into the ointment to get as much to stick as possible. I clean the wound with water to make sure there is no debrie in it and pour sugar onto the wound (as much as I can get to stick). Than cover the wound with the gauze/ointment/sugar and cover all of it with either ace bandage or more gauze and tape it down. With my hen with the flayed side I used paper tape and taped the gauze down. With this one that has been scalped I used an ace bandage to hold the gauze in place. I clean the wound everyday for 4 days, reapply the sugar and change the dressing, after that I clean the wound, reapply sugar/ointment and change the dressing every two days for about 8 days then leave the wound to finish healing on its own. The wound on my hen had started growing skin over the flesh after a week and the hole in her side is down to about a quarter size from a wound that was about 4 inches across when I found her.
It was totally amazing to see how fast this wound has healed. I have done wound care before on chickens and did not have any luck with it. The key I think is not to aggreviate the wound much, just rinse it off with warm water, put the sugar on it and bandage it to keep the sugar on and the wound clean. I will keep you informed about how my scalped hen does.

Very old remedy for open wounds that is still used today on some burn patients, bed sores and foot injuries for diabetics. Honey is an antibiotic and the sugar changed the ph in the wound allowing it to heal better. Both help avoid gangrene. We use the stretch ace bandages with sugar and honey on cuts on our cows too. That's what grampa always did. Also, black salve is an excellent mask for the red cuts from peckers in the flock.

 

[NanaKat]

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Hi Sooner,

Actually Maribeth parted this bit of wisdom at dinner a couple of weeks ago. I was telling her about finding on of my favorite hens with her side flayed open from rooster spurs and about preparing the hen to sew her back up. Maribeth said that this is what they did during the Civil War for wound care if their wounds were to large or too dirty to sew up. You pack the wound with grandulated sugar then bandage it. What I did is take guaze and put a thick layer of antibiotic ointment on it then pour sugar on that and press the sugar into the ointment to get as much to stick as possible. I clean the wound with water to make sure there is no debrie in it and pour sugar onto the wound (as much as I can get to stick). Than cover the wound with the gauze/ointment/sugar and cover all of it with either ace bandage or more gauze and tape it down. With my hen with the flayed side I used paper tape and taped the gauze down. With this one that has been scalped I used an ace bandage to hold the gauze in place. I clean the wound everyday for 4 days, reapply the sugar and change the dressing, after that I clean the wound, reapply sugar/ointment and change the dressing every two days for about 8 days then leave the wound to finish healing on its own. The wound on my hen had started growing skin over the flesh after a week and the hole in her side is down to about a quarter size from a wound that was about 4 inches across when I found her.
It was totally amazing to see how fast this wound has healed. I have done wound care before on chickens and did not have any luck with it. The key I think is not to aggreviate the wound much, just rinse it off with warm water, put the sugar on it and bandage it to keep the sugar on and the wound clean. I will keep you informed about how my scalped hen does.

That is great! I'm sure I will need this info again but as I am on my laptop I can't save it here.....Hopefully I will remember tomorrow.

When I'm on my laptop, I copy the http addy and put in in my email file on a draft email with what the attachment is in the subject field. Sometimes you can highlight and copy the info and do the same thing. Then I print it out later.

 

[GotGame]

old*cowboy :

How is everybody today. Had a whole list of things to do today, but think the way I feel will just take a couple pain pills and r lax.

Hey Guy, did you get the message I sent?​

 

[artsyrobin]

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I will keep you informed about how my scalped hen does.

Very old remedy for open wounds that is still used today on some burn patients, bed sores and foot injuries for diabetics. Honey is an antibiotic and the sugar changed the ph in the wound allowing it to heal better. Both help avoid gangrene. We use the stretch ace bandages with sugar and honey on cuts on our cows too. That's what grampa always did. Also, black salve is an excellent mask for the red cuts from peckers in the flock.

what is black salve? might help one of my poor hens who has a naked neck, not willingly...

 

[old*cowboy]

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Hey Guy, did you get the message I sent?

Yes just read it.

 

[GotGame]

old*cowboy :

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Hey Guy, did you get the message I sent?

Yes just read it.​

I appreciate ya guy, hey, least there are now 2 people in our area with good bred ails