It's been steady as a rock 99 degrees. 3 chicks are out though, 17 to go. The broody eggs haven't hatched yet.double and triple check your thermometers...lol. But I have had some this year that hatched early like that.
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It's been steady as a rock 99 degrees. 3 chicks are out though, 17 to go. The broody eggs haven't hatched yet.double and triple check your thermometers...lol. But I have had some this year that hatched early like that.
Quote: I just saw your post and decided to check on a lone turkey I put it in LD this morning....it's almost out!....maybe it's the weather?
Those are pretty!kass, sometimes you do have late bloomers, i generally give them a few days extra- just in case anyone needing some drakes? I have 3 black sweedish boys, need to find homes for- they are running the girls ragged, one of the pekins is limping, so figure i need to rehome them- i can bring them to the get together in a few weeks if there is interest
I am horrible w/ chicken disease, being shipped is very stressfull especially to bigger birds I wouldn't know if it is just stress reaction, latent illness coming out b/c of stress, or actual new onset illness? Purly my gut reaction would be a latent condition she has that is brought out under stress.
Awesome so it seems just shipping stress.I emailed B & D and this is the response:
"We're happy that your girls arrived! We fully vaccinate our birds and send only healthy ones. We've heard about this happening and we think the stress of the trip affects some birds worse than others. Shipping brings down the immune system and causes them to react almost like a cold. It will heal up in a week. Just add 1/4th cup of Braggs organic apple cider vinegar to the water and some ground up garlic cloves. This should help. Also the saw dust doesn't help them breathing it in for all those hours. We've lost so many birds due to the post office not being gentle transporting our birds. Keep us posted on how they're doing and if you have any questions feel free to ask us."
I did have just the one in quarantine, but I decided I would try this. Also, because they all came from the same place and had been together on a flight (in shipment,) I was told if she really is sick; if one has it, they probably all do.
The nasal discharge was gone yesterday, from what I could tell.
Welcome! I am kinda new too. Seems to be a lot of great folks on here!Hi everybody I just found this thread.... I'm about 45 miles east of Tulsa & byc is the only place I've found that talks about chickens as much as I do I live this site