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[NanaKat]

Hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

@NanaKat what size tubs do you recommend for chicken waterers in freezing weather? I have too many coops/runs to have an electric one everywhere and I need a better system. Planning on going to Walmart tonight! I just don't know if I need to get long and shallow or deeper?

You folks with your calves are inspiring. Love the babies. And @bardies that boy is beautiful!

X2 what she said- those rubber tubs from Atwoods or a Feed Store are AMAZING- they hold up SO well to the abuse of dumping ice, etc. daily. We are finally wearing a few out after 3 years of hard use.

Rinda, I might take you up on that offer of Denegard on Friday, if you will let me know where to meet you and what time. I'll just take my lunch hour for it. Let me know a good reimbursement rate. I still have your number, so I'll text you too.

I'll let you know for sure tonight, after I get home and check him. I tried something different last night, so I'm hoping maybe it helped and didn't kill him.

Yes just let me know. I need to run to Lee's Feed at some point Friday to drop off chicks and also maybe meet someone else in Tulsa. Timing is pretty flexible, early afternoon would probably work best. Hope he's doing better now but if not just let me know.

Rinda, you had me digging and googling and reading, trying to figure out how I could go so wrong on my Tylan dosages. I finally figured out where I went wrong... I forgot the decimal in my post!

I've been giving him .5 2x/day. I do the .5 2x because I'm away from the house for 11-12 hours, so 3x/day isn't doable.

Nanakat I'm so glad you could be there for that sweet boy! I couldn't dowhat you do, because I would get way too attached to every darned moo-cow. And then I'd have a flock...

HA that is SO much better! So you are giving him 1 ml/cc per day total, a little high but not terribly so. I was wondering how he was still alive if you were giving him 5 CC twice per day!!!

State vet said for tylan 50 dose is 1-3 cc per bird per day, and breaking up the dose over the course of the day is better. If you're using tylan 200 it is 4x stronger so more like .25-.75cc per day.

Yep, that info is from me. Straight from the state vet's mouth. He said Tylan metabolizes pretty quickly in the body so two or three doses throughout the day are better than all in a single dose.

 

[Kyzmette]

Update on Sunshine. Sweet boy seems to have turned the corner! I didn't think he would make it through the night Tuesday night, and I was reading like a fiend in the hopes of finding something that would help him that I had access to. He had almost no sinus drainage and nothing in his throat, which means it was all in his lungs, he'd lost weight and wasn't eating or drinking. It turns out that ciprofloxacin has been found to be highly effective in some respiratory issues in poultry, so in desperation I raided my medicine cabinet and found half a bottle from last flu and cold season(I'd gotten a double dose, since I have a hard time kicking infections). I'm sure I didn't get the dosage right, but I ground a tiny bit up and dissolved it in water. The next morning he was still sick, but when I came out to see him, he jumped up on the edge of his tub, which was WAY better than he had been. When I got home last night he'd drunk all his water and eaten all his food, and had pooped like a chicken HORSE. And as chicken people know, where there's poop, there's hope! This morning his chest sounds so much better and he's not whooping except for small sneeze/coughs occasionally. I'm not considering him out of the woods, but he's not on death's door now.

I'll treat him for a few more days, then he'll get another week of electrolytes, yogurt and egg to supplement his food. Poor boy will be treated like a king.

That would make a great tshirt! Chickens: Where There's Poop, There's Hope

 

[Kassaundra]

Update on Sunshine. Sweet boy seems to have turned the corner! I didn't think he would make it through the night Tuesday night, and I was reading like a fiend in the hopes of finding something that would help him that I had access to. He had almost no sinus drainage and nothing in his throat, which means it was all in his lungs, he'd lost weight and wasn't eating or drinking. It turns out that ciprofloxacin has been found to be highly effective in some respiratory issues in poultry, so in desperation I raided my medicine cabinet and found half a bottle from last flu and cold season(I'd gotten a double dose, since I have a hard time kicking infections). I'm sure I didn't get the dosage right, but I ground a tiny bit up and dissolved it in water. The next morning he was still sick, but when I came out to see him, he jumped up on the edge of his tub, which was WAY better than he had been. When I got home last night he'd drunk all his water and eaten all his food, and had pooped like a chicken HORSE. And as chicken people know, where there's poop, there's hope!

This morning his chest sounds so much better and he's not whooping except for small sneeze/coughs occasionally. I'm not considering him out of the woods, but he's not on death's door now.

I'll treat him for a few more days, then he'll get another week of electrolytes, yogurt and egg to supplement his food. Poor boy will be treated like a king.

That would make a great tshirt! Chickens: Where There's Poop, There's Hope

Glad he's doing better, and yes it would make a great T shirt.

 

[miohippus]

Tolbunt man is sending me more eggs! Good guy! Yippee!

If that doesn't work out there is a place in oklahoma that breeds them and some very pretty whites as well

here is a link to there FB page Secluded Acres Poultry
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Secluded-Acres-Poultry/449203328557700

 

[greenbeetle]

I have some showgirl chicks I hatched out and they will be 2 weeks old this coming Saturday, and I just witnessed one of them crowing (at least trying to). It was so cute and funny. I have never seen a chick this young trying to crow.

 

[BetsyOK]

Several of mine have crowed at about that age also, and it IS really funny. First one I heard, thought something was wrong, as it sounds very strange. Hope your showgirls are doing well!

 

[greenbeetle]

Several of mine have crowed at about that age also, and it IS really funny. First one I heard, thought something was wrong, as it sounds very strange. Hope your showgirls are doing well!

Thanks Betsy, At least I know right away that it is a cockeral and don't have to wait to figure it out..lol

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Update on Sunshine. Sweet boy seems to have turned the corner! I didn't think he would make it through the night Tuesday night, and I was reading like a fiend in the hopes of finding something that would help him that I had access to. He had almost no sinus drainage and nothing in his throat, which means it was all in his lungs, he'd lost weight and wasn't eating or drinking. It turns out that ciprofloxacin has been found to be highly effective in some respiratory issues in poultry, so in desperation I raided my medicine cabinet and found half a bottle from last flu and cold season(I'd gotten a double dose, since I have a hard time kicking infections). I'm sure I didn't get the dosage right, but I ground a tiny bit up and dissolved it in water. The next morning he was still sick, but when I came out to see him, he jumped up on the edge of his tub, which was WAY better than he had been. When I got home last night he'd drunk all his water and eaten all his food, and had pooped like a chicken HORSE. And as chicken people know, where there's poop, there's hope!

This morning his chest sounds so much better and he's not whooping except for small sneeze/coughs occasionally. I'm not considering him out of the woods, but he's not on death's door now.

I'll treat him for a few more days, then he'll get another week of electrolytes, yogurt and egg to supplement his food. Poor boy will be treated like a king.

That would make a great tshirt! Chickens: Where There's Poop, There's Hope

Hooray!!! So glad he's doing better! Keep us updated!

I have some showgirl chicks I hatched out and they will be 2 weeks old this coming Saturday, and I just witnessed one of them crowing (at least trying to). It was so cute and funny. I have never seen a chick this young trying to crow.

HA it is so funny when they try to crow young. My youngest crower was a 3 week old Cream Legbar. But of course I already knew he was a boy because they are autosexed!

 

[artsyrobin]

@Loriemarler do you remember the white 'bantam' cochin, you were concerned at the size diff with her and the birchin.... i think someone goofed, look at how beautiful and big she is!






mini is the same size as my other bantam cochins, and the sweetest personality