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[mjgigax]

Okay guys, Ive got some "apple cider vinegar" now. What do I do, put a couple drops in their water? Im doing this because my Sultan is continuing to have some runny poo? So is the apple cider vinegar supposed to make the water more tastey to them, or does it have some kind of special ingredient in it or what??? -Thanks

UPDATE: Barred Rock Roo is doing okay, I looked at his wing a bit more closely and doctored it a little better than I have been last night. He seems to be doing okay. He didnt put much of a fight up for when I tried to catch him. He actually got to the point where he fell asleep in my arms while walking around with him. I was pretty proud of that. Still pretty skiddish though. There is a tear in his muscle, but its too late for stitches I think. So the most I can do for that part of the injury, is just let it heal together the best it can. I am going to the feed store tonight to pick up some "Blue Kote". But so far, so good. Thank you all for your support!

DH got some Vetrecin spray at King's Feed. It is not an antibiotic but is supposed to treat serious burns, cuts and related infections. It is expensive, $24.99, but it has done much better that anything else for my hen's bumble foot.

 

[mjgigax]

I have lost 8 of the 10 chicks in the infected brooders. That last two are hanging on but I am not optimistic. Two pens; 6 lg. Ameraucanas and 4 small Marans are fine. I put Selmet in their water just in case.

I have been brooding chicks for Jack. He lost some young birds that he was planning to use in his breeding pens next year so I have been raising some chicks as replacements. He since found some nice birds at auctions and doesn't need them. The 5 oldest, (healthy) are blue Ameraucanas and I am getting attached! They are so pretty, don't have much beard feathers but such pretty blue...... I think I will raise them till Spring and then sell them. I have room for them now but when March comes I will need the pens for breeding.

I enjoy watching chicks grow and am learning how different the breed mature. Most are flightier than my Cochins though and they are still my favorite. The Ameraucanas are 2nd. Wish they were more calm. Guess I will have to do some intensive taming and pick one a day and carry it around for a few hours.

 

[Kassaundra]

Has anyone heard how the surgery went?

 

[Kassaundra]

Here is the before pic


This was just taken this afternoon, so no after pic yet. If all goes well this is going to be a new garden experiment. This is going to be a composit of a couple of ideas I'm combining. A combo of hugelkulture, keyhole, and underground rabbitry. The garden portion will be a hopefully drought resistant concept, and the underground rabbitry will be to keep them cool and comfy during our evil summers. These will be meat rabbits by the way.

 

[artsyrobin]

on baytril, i was wrong- baycox-

apparently corrid works for some strains of cocci, not all like baycox does- still going through my notes- meanwhile here are some recipes to help the sick or stressed birds i had on the computer

recipe for treating Coccidiosis.
THE MILK FLUSH
for the treatment of
coccidiosis
4 lbs. of dried milk
... 2 lbs. of corn meal
2 lbs. of oatmeal
1 lb. of bran

This should be fed for 3-
5 days with no other feed
except greens.
(why this works):
the large amount of milk
makes the chicks thirsty
causing them to drink.
The milk sugar will
turn acid in the
stomach and the
added water will
flush out the system.

CHICK BOOSTER
one chick
2 tsp of dry crumble feed
3 tsp of milk
1 tsp of yoguart
and cut a 400 mg vitE capsule and put it in the wet mash
do this twice a week for her or them
this will help her to get some help in the body dept

 

[NanaKat]

Has anyone heard how the surgery went?

waiting to hear too. Christina has a new nook she will use in the hospital to let us know. Her hubby and girls don't get on BYC.

 

[erinszoo]

Here is the before pic


This was just taken this afternoon, so no after pic yet. If all goes well this is going to be a new garden experiment. This is going to be a composit of a couple of ideas I'm combining. A combo of hugelkulture, keyhole, and underground rabbitry. The garden portion will be a hopefully drought resistant concept, and the underground rabbitry will be to keep them cool and comfy during our evil summers. These will be meat rabbits by the way.

sounds cool. I'll try to keep up with this. We need a new way to keep our meat rabbits cool in the summer too that doesn't involve a lot of running an air conditioner.

Been offline for a couple of weeks and feel like I've dropped off the end of the world. Not even gonna try to read through everything. We lost our two male ducks to the opossum a few days after losing our female duck so we are down to one now who seems kind of lonely wandering around with the chickens. She hides under our tom turkey and he doesn't seem to mind at all. Our little egg layers (2 silver laced wyandottes and 2 black sex link) have started going out with the flock during the day and they've learned to take cover under the tom turkey too. Our hatched baby is growing strong. I haven't had her/him outside yet because it's been so cold and it's not quite feathered out.

Greenhouse is doing well. Still getting green beans by the handfuls every day. Picked the last of the zucchini ... we had to pull the plant because it got spider mites all over it and we didn't want it infesting the rest of the greenhouse. The tomatoes are loaded with green tomatoes and still blooming like crazy and the cabbages are forming and the broccoli heading up.

Hope Christina is doing okay ... will check back for an update.

 

[Ksane]

Stopped in to see if there was any word from Christina. This place is SO not the same without her input.
Robin, actually you were right about Baytril for coccidia, I read where they use it with good results. Not sure how or why it works but it seems to.

 

[Kassaundra]

sounds cool. I'll try to keep up with this. We need a new way to keep our meat rabbits cool in the summer too that doesn't involve a lot of running an air conditioner.

Been offline for a couple of weeks and feel like I've dropped off the end of the world. Not even gonna try to read through everything. We lost our two male ducks to the opossum a few days after losing our female duck so we are down to one now who seems kind of lonely wandering around with the chickens. She hides under our tom turkey and he doesn't seem to mind at all. Our little egg layers (2 silver laced wyandottes and 2 black sex link) have started going out with the flock during the day and they've learned to take cover under the tom turkey too. Our hatched baby is growing strong. I haven't had her/him outside yet because it's been so cold and it's not quite feathered out.

Greenhouse is doing well. Still getting green beans by the handfuls every day. Picked the last of the zucchini ... we had to pull the plant because it got spider mites all over it and we didn't want it infesting the rest of the greenhouse. The tomatoes are loaded with green tomatoes and still blooming like crazy and the cabbages are forming and the broccoli heading up.

Hope Christina is doing okay ... will check back for an update.

It took 4 times of trying to read this post to get to the end, everytime I would try I would get a call. We don't have meat rabbits yet, but if I can figure out a cost effective way to house and keep them (time and money wise) I think it would be a good fit w/ the garden.

 

[erinszoo]

Quote:
We have been breeding meat rabbits for a year now. Our first round was successful but our second generation we haven't been able to get pregnant yet. Not sure why. They are a lot easier and cheaper than the birds really except during the hot part of summer when they drop like flies if it gets over 90. Ice bottles help but we ended up putting an air conditioner in the house for them. Of course 118 degree temps aren't normal either ... sigh. I'm going to do some research on what you're doing to see if we can figure out how to do something for underground housing too.