***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Tony O]

I know antibiotics don't work on viruses. . . . . . . .

So I wonder what all works on viruses? Anything we can get at the feed stores or over the counter for poultry?

 

[NanaKat]

Ksane...I would not use potting soil with perlite or vermiculite. chicks might eat those and they mig cause digestive problems.

TonyO...try Oxine spray misted over their faces a couple of times a day. 1/4 tsp to 1/2 gallon of water. You can also put it in their water. Oxine is good for fungus, bacteria and virus germs.

 

[Kassaundra]

So I wonder what all works on viruses? Anything we can get at the feed stores or over the counter for poultry?

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[Ksane]

Ksane...I would not use potting soil with perlite or vermiculite. chicks might eat those and they mig cause digestive problems.
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That hadn't even occurred to me, good point. I'm tempted to just dig a hole and use the fresh dirt and dump the used dirt from the brooder back in the hole. when that hole is full I can start another. It'd be completely free and a lot less messy than these dang shavings. That would at least work good for the 1st few wks.
I was a Guinea Hater after that screaming batch of noisy girls I finally got given away last year. If I didn't know better I would think I was in love with these tiny Lavender Guineas I got last night at the auction. One thing I've greatly missed about Guineas is their watchdog abilities. In the middle of the night if anything moved outside we knew it.

 

[Kyzmette]

For everybody hitting the swaps this weekend... who is going to Tahlequah and who is going to Pryor? Shelbydog and I are trying to figure out the best day to go to either one. We were thinking Saturday in Tahlequah, but will everybody be in Pryor that day?

 

[Poco Pollo]

For everybody hitting the swaps this weekend... who is going to Tahlequah and who is going to Pryor? Shelbydog and I are trying to figure out the best day to go to either one. We were thinking Saturday in Tahlequah, but will everybody be in Pryor that day?

I'm only going to Tahlequah. I want to go the same day you do. Let me know what you decide.

 

[miohippus]

That hadn't even occurred to me, good point. I'm tempted to just dig a hole and use the fresh dirt and dump the used dirt from the brooder back in the hole. when that hole is full I can start another. It'd be completely free and a lot less messy than these dang shavings. That would at least work good for the 1st few wks.
I was a Guinea Hater after that screaming batch of noisy girls I finally got given away last year. If I didn't know better I would think I was in love with these tiny Lavender Guineas I got last night at the auction. One thing I've greatly missed about Guineas is their watchdog abilities. In the middle of the night if anything moved outside we knew it.

I used beet pulp for my chicks it worked well.

 

[Kassaundra]

It's been a very frustrating day! Just finished the quilt blocks I'm working on for an exchange and found out 2/3rds of them are 1/4 inch to small!!!!!! So I have to try and make 10 more before the 15th of this month. Got kicked off a conference call I've been looking forward to all week, and can't get reconnected. Tried starting on the replacement blocks and sewed them backwards then tried to trim to size and can't seem to figure out how to evenly do that! I did it the first time can't figure out where I am messing up.


Coral that conference call was the major reason I wasn't able to meet up and do the caponizing today and then technology attacked me!!!!!


Now I'm sulking w/ a glass of wine, and soon I will be sulking w/ chocolate!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Chocolate fixes everything... well, almost everything.

 

[WhiskeyTango]

Newcastle had lots of birds. I got to meet Bardies (Kim) and her husband, Both are super nice. I took $55 with me and came home with $19, so I thought I did really good. I got 6 tiny Lavender Guinea babies, 4 newly hatched chicks and the most beautiful pair of Bantam Partridge Cochins for only $10. They're tiny and awesome & in really good shape, someone took excellent care of them.
These Guinea babies are soooo quiet compared to the 6 i hatched 18 months ago. I had swore no more Guineas but sheesh-Lavenders are really pretty. I'm going to raise them in a covered pen over the winter and see if i can get mine as tame as Robin's are.

We were there too. Picked up a pair of Barred Rock Ameracauna crosses. Beautiful barred birds with muffs. Also 2 Black Langshan pullets and a young rabbit to Possibly start a breeding progam. The auction was over by 9:30 which was great for us because we brought the kiddos. Do you have a cast on your leg? If so we were right next to you.