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[artsyrobin]

out of the eggs sent only one wasn't porous.... what causes that in eggs?

@Cjarvis what would be the dosage on the ivomec as wormer? Or would that be the paste?


had to share this

 

[greenbeetle]

Greenbeetle,
On worming you are best off to form a schedule. As a rule if the birds are outside getting fresh grass or bugs worm regularly and follow up 10 days which is the egg cycle to hatch at 30 day intervals for follow up you will not get rid of the problem if you have one.
I like to use Ivomec pour-on when moving the birds outside, one quick dose to reduce the opportunity for internal or external parasites for quite some time. This will get rid of or eliminate the lice or mites brought in by wild birds before they are exposed to them to keep those young birds healthy. It really helps.

Awesome, thank you very much, I will start a schedule once the go outside this spring. Cab you get the Ivomec pour-on at Atwoods?

 

[shelbydog]

Awesome, thank you very much, I will start a schedule once the go outside this spring.  Cab you get the Ivomec pour-on at Atwoods?

Yes you can. That is where I got mine. It should be locked in a glass front cabinet in the cattle supply aisle.

 

[NanaKat]

Robyn, I use the Ivomectin pour on at a rate of 1/2 cc for Large Fowl and 1/4 cc for Bantam right at the base of the neck between the shoulders. I get down to the skin with a syringe without a needle. For hatching eggs, it is not a problem. Some people like to wait on eating eggs for a minimum of a week. In my opinion, the amount of Ivomec that may be in the eggs is minimal based on the research.

Congratulations to Kirby! He got another male coyote on our farm this morning. This is the third he has bagged since he started hunting here! We are thrilled to see these predators bite the dust!

On the advice of a great cocker, I've been doctoring the sniffles in the flock here with 250mg of Amoxycillin for two days. Great recovery. Even have a three week old chick I'm treating with a tiny dose for three days and it is recovering. The vet can sell you the doses. I paid $12 for 20 caplets. Also had some 400mg pills left over from treating the dogs...used a pill splitter to approximate the dose. Thank you Richard!

Watching a cow clean her newborn calf...she dropped it at 9:15 am where we can see her from the house. With the two yesterday, we now have 16 newborns in the past two weeks....and many more to come. Love to see them run with their tails in the air as they discover their legs. A sign that Spring is coming. I am going to set out my onions today as well as broccoli, cabbage, collards and lettuce plants. I have straw to cover them in case the weather turns again. And Im going to set up my little Atwoods greenhouse to move out seed trays during the day.

Hope everyone enjoys their day...

 

[Kassaundra]

I'm glad to hear that she came through. Poor little girl. I can't even imagine what the experience would have been like for a person

Got Game - I lost the cell phone that had contact information for Monty. Have you tried Poultryandbees? She may know the number.


Will you have Isbar pullets for sale soon? That's a handsome, handsome CL. Very nice : )

Is this the brother of the cockerel you're bringing on the 16th? Handsome dude, and amazing photos. Thanks for posting : )

You are truly a Pioneer Woman. I hear coyotes morning and evening, but I haven't seen any close to the barn. Vesta's voice gets louder and lower when she's warning predators to stay back. I don't know what I would have done if I'd seen coyotes so close. Lady Smith may need to accompany me to the barn in the evenings.

Yes, here is the boy I'm bringing


He is ususally more proud and upright, but he was trying to go to sleep.



@GotGame , awesome looking birds

 

[Cjarvis]

It looks like ten to fifteen days development. The egg is too porous. That may be part of the problem. I candle eggs before setting them to check for cracks and porous shells. I may be wrong in this assumption (I have not read this anywhere), so don't quote me, but I've assumed porous eggs may let bacteria in, which could damage the embryo. If anybody knows the science behind this, please chime in. If I'm wrong, and porous eggs are normal and should be set, please post. I wish I had more time to do research.

It is a good idea to check for this but is often due to lower calcium levels. The more porous eggs will allow bacteria to more readily penetrate, however all eggs allow this. You can set and hatch these with great success and improve the hatch rates with your other eggs by spraying an Oxine / water mixture at the time you collect the eggs, then again before you set them. The oxine is non-toxic but is known to kill bacteria, virus, fungus, and mold spores. It is the only approved topical treatment for eating or hatching eggs. I saw our hatch rate increase drastically when we began using it this way several years ago.

 

[BirdWalkFarm]

Not sure on that egg.... 10 days maybe?


I do not think there is a Newcastle auction tonight - is there? I believe Newcastle was last week - but we had the bonus auction. Then Blanchard was today - but THEY are having their bonus auction. So maybe Newcastle next week? Not sure. I had, for some reason thought that they were going to one a month - but then the had one on a third Saturday - so I am just pretty lost on this!

My feed shop was out of the med pig starter. Luckily, I had sent my dh out to get it before I actually ran out - so I might be able to stretch it until Monday....but meantime on the way back from work - I checked out Lumber 2; Tractor Supply and Atwoods. NONE of them had ANY medicated pig food. Not sure why those were even good ideas to try - I should have had him go further south to another feed shop that we use.

Well, at least I got to look at the chicks. Nothing exciting. Tractor supply had a 'must buy' SIX chicks. The other two did not seem to have a minimum.

@artsyrobin , sorry about those eggs.

Egg hatching is a weird thing we do to ourselves, we purposefully set ourselves up to wait for 3+ weeks for a surprise that may or may not happen, and then even when it does happen - sometimes things are not all cute and fluffy. So then we go buy exciting eggs and count them before they hatch and set ourselves up all over again!

My husband found some med pig starter / feed at a feed store in Minco . Thought I would keep some on hand .

 

[Jeansrie]

Saw this and thought it was too funny. Luckily for my husband, we live in town or else I'd really be getting into some trouble.

 

[shelbydog]

Saw this and thought it was too funny. Luckily for my husband, we live in town or else I'd really be getting into some trouble.

Love it but lucky me I only have to such discussions with my bank account and sanity.

 

[shelbydog]

Watching a cow clean her newborn calf...she dropped it at 9:15 am where we can see her from the house.  With the two yesterday, we now have 16 newborns in the past two weeks....and many more to come.  Love to see them run with their tails in the air as they discover their legs.  A sign that Spring is coming.  I am going to set out my onions today as well as broccoli, cabbage, collards and lettuce plants.  I have straw to cover them in case the weather turns again.  And Im going to set up my little Atwoods greenhouse to move out seed trays during the day.

Hope everyone enjoys their day...
 

Awe.....baby farm animals are the best. I love seeing foals when I'm driving by farms/ranches.