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bobrut said:
and a portable potty
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Got one of those already!
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dheltzel said:
I agree. You need to move fast to save her. Amprollium (biggest brand name is Corid) can cure quickly if you get it into her before it is too late. It is not an antibiotic and quite hard to overdose. It goes into the water for all the chicks, but I would put a few drops directly into her mouth.

This is the same stuff that is in medicated chick starter, only more concentrated to cure rather than prevent.
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The diluted water directly into her mouth or the corbin?
 
yoopergirl1211 said:
The diluted water directly into her mouth or the corbin?
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I put a few drops of the concentrated liquid into their mouth. I haven't seen that recommendation anywhere, but I couldn't wait to see of the chick would start drinking enough of the water to get the needed dose, so I just pus some directly into the mouth.
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
Thanks so much, I do have a couple of old heating pad, but I think I will have to use at least one for a chick brooder in a few weeks, hopefully. I'm open to advice from anywhere, but I think Dheltzel has a degree in horticulture. That man probably has more degrees than a thermometer.
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You are getting started very early! I will be waiting a bit, as I don't even know where my raised beds will go. Might start some Coleus soon, so that it has time to get nice and full.


Thanks Dennis! I wasn't upset that my chicks got sick, I understand that there are different strains of bacteria everywhere. I was just so happy that they are better now. I had forgotten how poor they had been until I went to post the pictures above. What a difference!

Thanks also for the gardening advice, I had thought about the cold weather crops vs. the hot weather types. I figured peas would do fine without any additional heat, but that the tomatoes and such would need a bit more. I do have a small lightweight greenhouse that my husband bought for me over a year ago. I didn't put it together at our old place because I wasn't sure how long we would be there. Now I can assemble it in my heated garage.
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That should help with hardening off also.

I was planning to use coir fiber to start seeds. It seems a bit more acidic, but I believe Peat is also. I have used the coir fiber before and I really like it. The hardware store near me sells a compressed dry 11 lb. brick for $10. That will make a lot of seed starting material.
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LOL, I only have a BS in horticulture and an MBA. I stopped then to preserve any remaining sanity. Not sure that worked, but I do poultry now instead of anything worse.

Coir and peat are both rather acidic and that can create a long term problem with nutrient uptake by the roots, but it works for seedling growing because you only have them in there a short time. Resist the temptation to start seeds too early unless you have a greenhouse or high intensity artificial lighting. Insufficient lighting causes legginess and that is very hard to undo. Plus, it's just more work. Most things you can figure 6 weeks before you plant them out, so cool season plants can be sown now indoors, but warm season ones should wait another month, at least. Early April is a great time to start tomatoes, I start peppers a few weeks earlier because they are slower to grow in height, so they behave better under the lights.
 
On the gardening front, every time I try to grow cabbage some bug ends up eating it....any thoughts? same with other similar type plants.......
 
Does anyone here have blue lace red wyandottes? are they really as blue as some of the pics? If so, and if Mama Niko goes broody again, would eggs be available? They look so amazing.
 

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