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[Ksane]

I hope everyone is feeling better. Prayers for all.

Do you know what kind of bantam this is? I'm actually not big on bantams, but this one might change that. He is quite the character...lets me pick him up without even a squawk, crows for everyone to get back in the coop, and walks around like he owns the place. On bantams, how do they handle cold weather (they seem to handle heat just fine)? I have 4 (male Gold Sebright, female Buff Orp-maybe, and a black female) I don't mind keeping them (especially this guy), but am not big on bringing them into the house for the winter.

I would guess Old English Game Bantam, his personality sure sounds like it. They have awesome personalities are are real people birds. I've gotten several at auctions for a couple dollars and just adore them. I do put them inside the heated RV or on the heated deck or put one of those big red heat bulbs in their coop for them (secure it super well in several places) in the winter, Especially if it's a winter like last year.

 

[NanaKat]

@NanaKat your egg puzzle has me stumped. I assume that the air cells are forming normally? You do your own necropsies, right? Since it seems like the chicks are unable to turn themselves for some reason, can you do a comparison of egg size to chick size?

Okay, another job for the fabulous plantgeeks! This looks almost like a plum, but they're too blue. Is this that northern blue goose plum thingie? Or is it some mutant hybrid juniper plum?

Yes, I do my own eggcropsies. The air cells are normal and the air space is enlarged by the incubation process as shown on incubation charts. The Wyandotte eggs are med to large with nice sized chicks. The Bantam Delaware lay a large banty egg. I wonder if the dry hatch during incubation could be reducing the amount of amniotic fluid too quickly?
Do you add water to the well section when you candle or do you also dry hatch incubate?

You may have a blue goose plum. I'll check it out.

The current hatch is going nicely....

 

[subhanalah]

Oh no Mitzi! I'm so sorry to hear you're sick! I was wondering why it was so quiet on the boards...

And before you go thinking that was meant in a bad way, I was really missing your posts.

Feel better fast!

I have also been MIA. It was an awesome Eid!

 

[subhanalah]

@NanaKat your egg puzzle has me stumped. I assume that the air cells are forming normally? You do your own necropsies, right? Since it seems like the chicks are unable to turn themselves for some reason, can you do a comparison of egg size to chick size?

Okay, another job for the fabulous plantgeeks! This looks almost like a plum, but they're too blue. Is this that northern blue goose plum thingie? Or is it some mutant hybrid juniper plum?

Yes, I do my own eggcropsies. The air cells are normal and the air space is enlarged by the incubation process as shown on incubation charts. The Wyandotte eggs are med to large with nice sized chicks. The Bantam Delaware lay a large banty egg. I wonder if the dry hatch during incubation could be reducing the amount of amniotic fluid too quickly?
Do you add water to the well section when you candle or do you also dry hatch incubate?

You may have a blue goose plum. I'll check it out.

The current hatch is going nicely....

Malpositions typically have to do with turning issues. Frequency, how evenly they are turned, when you stop turning. The best hatch I've ever had, I stopped turning on day 15 or 16 (I'd have to look it up) I've even had some hatch out perfectly fine when I left the Turner on (eggs laid on their side in an octagon turner) throughout the hatching.

There are really so many variables. Do you weigh your eggs? Do you mark the air cells?

 

[Kyzmette]

@NanaKat could that be a damson plum, or a stanley plum? The tree has great smelling flowers, but I've never once seen fruit on it in the three years that I've been aware of it. This year, however, it's covered in fruit, which could be attributable to the freakish weather we're having, or the fact that I just planted plum trees last year and the additional pollination may be a factor, in spite of them being a good distance away.

 

[rascally]

Hi gals!! Needing a little help with my duck. Neighbors dog got her a few weeks ago and made a nasty puncture wound at the top of her thigh. I treated it topically until it healed and released her back to her flock. Saturday I noticed both legs were swollen and she was limping pretty hard. I brought her in and was told today to get duramycin. I got it but don't know the doseage. Can anyone help? She's a rouen about 4 months old. TIA.

 

[NanaKat]

Quote: hmmmmm... I used to weigh the eggs when I was checking to make sure a new layer's eggs had reached the desired weight for hatching. I candle before setting the egg to make sure the egg has a good shell and that the air cell is set to the top/large end so, no, I don't mark the egg cell. If I bring in an egg that I question where the cell is...which end...then I do mark the air cell then. I'm using auto turners for storing the eggs and in the incubators. I don't hear them moving...thinking no sound means no rough rides for the eggs.
May try a hatch without the turner...elevating the side of the egg crate on a 1 inch wooden board 2x a day....see what that does.

@NanaKat could that be a damson plum, or a stanley plum? The tree has great smelling flowers, but I've never once seen fruit on it in the three years that I've been aware of it. This year, however, it's covered in fruit, which could be attributable to the freakish weather we're having, or the fact that I just planted plum trees last year and the additional pollination may be a factor, in spite of them being a good distance away.

It is possible. Is the tree in your yard and is it 12 - 15 feet tall or taller? The new trees would explain the better pollination producing fruits. It could also be a wild root stock from a grafted tree that had died.

 

[artsyrobin]

Hi gals!! Needing a little help with my duck. Neighbors dog got her a few weeks ago and made a nasty puncture wound at the top of her thigh. I treated it topically until it healed and released her back to her flock. Saturday I noticed both legs were swollen and she was limping pretty hard. I brought her in and was told today to get duramycin. I got it but don't know the doseage. Can anyone help? She's a rouen about 4 months old. TIA.

this thread might help

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/611225/urgent-sick-duck-with-puncture-wound

 

[Kyzmette]

Quote:
The tree is actually on my mother's property, which is next door, back in the brush. It's at least 12', and could be over 15', and as far as I know, it's growing totally wild, because she's never planted a tree in her life. All the planted trees are on my property, and they're probably close to the length of a city block away from the tree on her property. The wild thing is, it's right next to a couple of persimmon trees that also grow wild. Although I suppose having one fruit tree brings the poopers that plant the seeds of other fruit bearers. That same section of land has a brush stand that runs along my property behind my house, and that's also where all my passion fruit vines grow, and where some of my best dewberry brambles grow.

 

[eddieokie]

Is this a bug problem and how do I cure it ? Some have bare spots on their bums.