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[Kassaundra]

@hotcurltr Sorry about that leg, the "bugs" are getting better at surviving our antibiotics, hope they get the infection beat this time.

 

[Loriemarler]

Hi guys I'm a newbie okie in Blanchard OK. I just bought a pair of Millie fluer d'Uccles and am looking for another hen. Anyone know where I can get one?

 

[jaudon77]

I am so sorry for all the destruction and your losses

I must have been typing my thing when you posted yours. The wind did cause a lot, but we were lucky. It knocked down branches and trees and a few sheets off the barn, but otherwise everything else seems to be intack. Will the broken legs heal, or they all mashed up? I've put a splint on a goose and u can't tell anything was ever wrong. I think spring fever is hitting eveyone hard this year, but my what a lot a work everything is going to be. There is another aution in Checotah next Friday if you can't make the one in Coweta tonight. Sounds like you have your hands full. We need to get some kind of commitee going to go help those that need it. Hope your favorite boy shows up.

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words and concern! Looks like I got really lucky. I checked her leg all over and I can't find a break anywhere. It looks like her foot may be swollen so maybe it got smashed in the destruction. She won't put any weight on it at all. Any advice on anything I could give her to help ease the swelling and or pain??

I didn't get to make the auction in Coweta.

I had a child come up sick Friday night so we stayed home. Checotah....I would have to google that to know where it is so it must be a ways from South Coffeyville.

GREAT NEWS!! My Spalding Pied showed up Saturday morning hanging out with my free range peacocks so YAY!!

 

[jaudon77]

Going in the bator today, all NN

Is that the rack that goes in the incubator? What kind of incubator do you use??

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words and concern! Looks like I got really lucky. I checked her leg all over and I can't find a break anywhere. It looks like her foot may be swollen so maybe it got smashed in the destruction. She won't put any weight on it at all. Any advice on anything I could give her to help ease the swelling and or pain??

I didn't get to make the auction in Coweta.

I had a child come up sick Friday night so we stayed home. Checotah....I would have to google that to know where it is so it must be a ways from South Coffeyville.

GREAT NEWS!! My Spalding Pied showed up Saturday morning hanging out with my free range peacocks so YAY!!

Yay for your boy showing up!

Put her in a box on her own. She will probably need to stay by herself for a week or two if it is so bad she can't put weight on it. You can crush an aspirin and put some in her water, I would research the dose but I know I've heard of people doing that. If she will sit in an epsom salt bath I'm sure it would feel good and help it heal faster. Most birds love it once they get used to it. Give her extra protein and if you have vitamins to add to her water I would do that. You want her body to have everything it needs to heal!

 

[Kassaundra]

Is that the rack that goes in the incubator? What kind of incubator do you use??

I use a brinsea, it is a little over full, but I've done it before w/ success.

 

[jaudon77]

Yay for your boy showing up!

Put her in a box on her own. She will probably need to stay by herself for a week or two if it is so bad she can't put weight on it. You can crush an aspirin and put some in her water, I would research the dose but I know I've heard of people doing that. If she will sit in an epsom salt bath I'm sure it would feel good and help it heal faster. Most birds love it once they get used to it. Give her extra protein and if you have vitamins to add to her water I would do that. You want her body to have everything it needs to heal!

Awesome. I've already added the extra protein and vitamins. She is still in with her mate and I think she will get overly worked up if I seperate them.

I will start the epsom salt bath tonight!

Thank you for the awesome suggestions! I love this forum.

 

[jaudon77]

I use a brinsea, it is a little over full, but I've done it before w/ success.

I thought so!! I have a Brinsea 20 and I managed to squeeze 29 eggs in it by taking the racks out without stacking and had success with it. I thought about stacking but I was too scared.

I've only hatched twice but on the last hatch there were so many chicks in there that once most of them had hatched I opened it only ONCE and pulled 22 of the chicks out. Well that got me 3 sticky chicks that I had to assist hatch and 4 that didn't hatch at all.

Do you ever open yours to pull chicks out? Or do you just leave them in there until everyone is done?

 

[Kyzmette]

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Whoooot!!! I was really worried about your Pied! So glad to hear it's back!

 

[Kassaundra]

I thought so!! I have a Brinsea 20 and I managed to squeeze 29 eggs in it by taking the racks out without stacking and had success with it. I thought about stacking but I was too scared.

I've only hatched twice but on the last hatch there were so many chicks in there that once most of them had hatched I opened it only ONCE and pulled 22 of the chicks out. Well that got me 3 sticky chicks that I had to assist hatch and 4 that didn't hatch at all.

Do you ever open yours to pull chicks out? Or do you just leave them in there until everyone is done?

I have had constant problems w/ shrink wrapping, no matter if I open or not, or have few or many eggs. By far the majority of my successfully hatched chicks have been helped by me and shrink wrapped. After learning on the first 2 I have never lost a shrink wrapped chick b/c of helping it, and I have helped probably over 40 now. This time I have turned the temp down 1 degree hoping that will help my shrink wrap problem.

I don't open until I know I have a shrink wrap problem, then I go into the bathroom turn on the heater and the hot water, get it all hot and steamy and work on the chicks but only open the bator for seconds at a time. Get one egg out at a time and help then return, and if I am getting eggs out to help I take dried fluffed chicks out at the same time. I use q-tips and warm water.