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[mefordz]

thanks and were do I get this Tylan 50?

almost all farm supplies carry it, atwoods, tractor supply, orschelins, about all have it and syringes and needles.

 

[upcdayz]

Quote: Thank you for the input. I was thinking I'd like to free range them, but as you mentioned, I'd like for them to stay around. I'll probably start with some young ones and keep them in the coop w/ the chickens until they're big enough to go it alone outside the pen. That way, hopefully they'll imprint where home is. It will be a few weeks before I get any. I want to get the chicken pen finished and decide what colors to get. I've always wanted guineas. I think they're cool birds, and love to hear them chatter.

 

[Ksane]

Yep-what everyone else said-I got mine at Tractor Supply. Get some 3 cc syringes and needles also. I always use a new clean needle each time.

 

[Ksane]

Mitzi - I'm so glad you pullet is doing OK now and didn't need the surgery after all.

Thanks! I'm so glad it turned out good. And now I know exactly where I can go if a bird means enough to me

 

[mefordz]

Thanks! I'm so glad it turned out good. And now I know exactly where I can go if a bird means enough to me

that means all of em to you mitzi!

 

[Ksane]

That's not true! Just my favorites

 

[ladyokie]

It is great to know about that resource! I was happy to hear of it for my parrots and my chickens.

 

[bfrancis]

Well it is tomorrow! LOL I guess I should get to bed. Just wanted to say I am sorry for all the losses posted today. The losses will always be the hardest part for me. We have a lot of dogs running loose around me and I am constantly worried something bad is going to happen. Right now I keep a BB gun near the door to encourage those dogs to stay away. I don't like doing it but some of them just will not listen any other way. We did get two great pyrenees (sp) but as they are pups it will be some time before they are trained.

Carl, I would love to get some of the plants and seed from you! Thank you! I will call or PM tomorrow.

I spent all evening and tonight taking care of that one baby quail. I have become "mom". First the little buggar got out of two different brooders that I thought were escape proof. Those little button quail babies can squeeze through some tiny spots!! Then I tried a finch cage, yep you guessed it, escaped again. I then had him/her in a dog carrier with tiny wire over the door. Found him in the cabinet under the fish tank that time. He had found the power converter for the tank lights and was happily warm. Every time I pick him up he immediately crawls up to my neck and then in my hair. He sits behind my ear singing.

I had a warming pad in my lap and he would climb down into it and sleep in the fleece. My hubby finally redid the entire bird cage in teeny tiny wire and plastic canvas. I have him sitting beside me with a light. We will see if this holds him!!

I kind of doubt I will get much sleep tonight.

Talk to y'all tomorrow,
Shellie

Shellie sent you a PM...

For a button brooder that works for me, I use a shallow plastic tub..like gals use for scrap booking, 5"x 8" x12" or close to it...cut 1/4 x1/4 hardware to top it. I use a terry cloth towel in the bottom to prevent splay legs...even pine pellets or shavings won't do. I use a heat lamp shield with a 25 watt bulb...and you got yourself a button brooder.

No escapes so far...you do have to watch when they get older (2 weeks) and have feathered wings, they can and will fly out if you're not careful, that's when your finch cage would probably work.

 

[mjgigax]

Congrats on the great hatch, Carl! Lordy, I hope the day never comes when I announce I just hatched out 118 chicks :-O
I put the new birds together after worming, etc. They all seem healthy and all are eating well, I'm just going to keep this group together. It's sort of a mismatched group but they all get along perfect, the 2 Cornish are super sweet to other birds, I wasn't expecting that. And the Silkie and Modern are best friends-go figure. I put the OEGB I'd gotten from Carl and her Crele guy in there also. It's a really peaceful pen. I'm just too scared to mix them with my birds after some of mine were sick, there's no reason to. Then the EE with her apron & shoulder pads. Once her feathers started coming back in she was picking them out. So now she has to have an outfit. I hope they grow back soon.

Neat pics!
Poor Crele. He is such a cute little guy.
#2 is the very definition of a mixed pen.
That color really suits your hen. She looks like she really likes to dress up.

 

[BBAcres]

Sadly two of my red goldens died today. I just don't understand. And the other three eggs haven't done anything.