***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[nocityboy]

My volt meter read 113 today at work, while looking at a car with an a/c complaint, 75 degree air from the a/c vents felt great. That's about 10-15 degrees more than it should have been tho.
Chickens are fairing well in this heat, My pens are 6 foot wire with sheet metal roofs. the pens are in an area that doesn't have any wind blocks, I think that helps alot. My Brahamas seem to be taking the heat better than the Orpingtons which are doing good

 

[artsyrobin]

i also wanted to be a vet- but in my high school days, girls were discouraged from going that route- but i am learning so much about these fluffies, its enough to be able to help them- this little pullet is also lighter and not growing as much as her hatch mate- i think from what i've been told from you and a few others, stress brings this kind of thing out- for now they are still quarantined, and in the ac- so they might just end up in their own coop and run....:/

 

[Ksane]

i also wanted to be a vet- but in my high school days, girls were discouraged from going that route- but i am learning so much about these fluffies, its enough to be able to help them- this little pullet is also lighter and not growing as much as her hatch mate- i think from what i've been told from you and a few others, stress brings this kind of thing out- for now they are still quarantined, and in the ac- so they might just end up in their own coop and run....:/

MG (Mycoplasma gallisepticum) is one of the poultry diseases that can be passed directly to the egg from the hen and then the baby is born with it. It isn't *always passed onto the egg but very commonly it is. That's one of the risks of shipped eggs, too. I was just reading the other night that sometimes they don't even show obvious respiratory signs. They just sort of waste away and get what they called a "knife sharp keel bone", sometimes you'll hear only one or 2 'snickers' (they called it) at night. No real sneezing or coughing. I'm so mad at myself for not bookmarking that link, I'll try to find it. I've had several birds waste away like that and that's why it stuck in my head. I wish I could go back in time and ONLY keep birds I had hatched here myself. I've lost birds that were really hard to lose because of my own naive stupidity in buying auction & swap birds last year when I started keeping birds. If only I knew then what I know now.....

 

[Kassaundra]

why lard? or oil??

Lard b/c Al was swearing by it's helping keep the skin and feathers in top shape, and ease of storage, the store rendered lard doesn't go bad.

 

[Kassaundra]

Here's a link to the hottest places in the world right now! Wanna guess at them before you look at the screen shot I took of the page???
I feel so sorry for us :-(

I stole this.

 

[Buster52]

Off subject but I had to share this from another forum I am on, I found it refreshingly rewarding!
Greetings,
My chlestorol really improved when I bought a dairy cow. She only eats
forage, no grains. I have always had familial chlesterol, so my overall
numbers were close to 400, the ratio of bad to good, was not good.
After drinking lots of raw milk, eat lots of raw milk cheese, icecream,
butter etc my overall number was down to 235 and the ratio of good to
bad was perfect. Worked for me, and helped me beat cancer, I love my cow.

Bright Blessings,
Garth & Kim Travis
www.TheRoseColoredForest.com
Bedias, Texas

And they say raw milk is bad for you!!!! Lynn

 

[Elie mea]

I have a hen in the middle of my living room floor heat exhausted. I have cooled her off in water put ice bottles under her wings and gave her a 1/2 cup of water through a seringe in the mouth till she quit swallowing she is wings spred laying in the floor in the a/c what else can I do for her?

 

[jcatblum]

I have a hen in the middle of my living room floor heat exhausted. I have cooled her off in water put ice bottles under her wings and gave her a 1/2 cup of water through a seringe in the mouth till she quit swallowing she is wings spred laying in the floor in the a/c what else can I do for her?

I would try giving her honey & electrolytes. Think you can google for electrolyte recipe if you don't have any on hand. We use horse electrolytes in our soaked oats (apple flavored, $10 atwoods has lasted us a yr).

 

[Elie mea]

I would try giving her honey & electrolytes. Think you can google for electrolyte recipe if you don't have any on hand. We use horse electrolytes in our soaked oats (apple flavored, $10 atwoods has lasted us a yr).

Thank you I will do that now thanks again.

 

[NanaKat]

Quote: Walmart carries it...Armour brand in a 4 pound bucket. Firelake grocery had it in a bigger bucket.

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I have a hen in the middle of my living room floor heat exhausted. I have cooled her off in water put ice bottles under her wings and gave her a 1/2 cup of water through a seringe in the mouth till she quit swallowing she is wings spred laying in the floor in the a/c what else can I do for her?

Take her temperature under her thigh since you have had ice under her wings. Her temp should be 103 degrees. The honey will give her energy and the electrolytes will give her essential minerals. If her temp is within one degree either way, rest in a cool location is what she needs now. If it is several degrees above normal, then let her sit in a pan of room temperature water 72 - 75. She will get out when she is ready.
The bathtub is a good place for the pan to sit. When she gets out of the pan of water, wrap her in a towel to pull most of the water out of her feathers and then let her air dry.
Offer her cold fruit...water melon, cantaloup,