Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[queenchick16]

We are coming very close to our 10000 post .I think Al our founder should be the one making that post. If you see that it's 9999 Do Not post. Al Where Are You?

 

[magsrags]

Good morning All,
Sorry you' re having to deal with a sick girl Mags. Haven't been in a lab in a while but Tina and Dr. brown are correct sulfadimethoxine is a really good drug . You just have to make sure she is getting the correct dosage. You just shouldn't give it for long periods of time or prophylacticly cause the bacteria and protozoans (coccidians ) will become resistant. Sorry I can't help any further than that.
I'm buying my husband the reference book- Poultry Diseases for Christmas. I'm going to charge it to his business. He'll get the picture. He's a brilliant surgeon, we just have to get him to work on chickens.

Good to know and thank you!

 

[ChickenAl]

I'm still here, Queenchick. Thanks for suggesting that, I appreciate that. Anyone can make that 10,000th post, though. I really think its a milestone that all of you have made possible. It is impressive that it has gotten this far. It is also great that so many of you have become close friends here. That's the best part of it.

I do try to read as much as I can. Lately my psoriatic arthritis has flared because I had toget taken off the Humira for elevated liver enzymes. I just got put back on last week and it may take a while for me to feel good enough to get back to regular life stuff.

The chickens have been good and the ones who have molted are not getting their feathers picked. At least not yet. So far two are fully done and another one is other way. Has anyone noticed that their comb gets smaller after the first molt? That's the way it appears with my girls and I was wondering if that was normal.

Maggie, sorry to hear about yours. I think you've gotten good advice, and the CFG is always there to bail us out. Bless that woman.

All you guys that have been having troubles recently, hang in there. You have a lot of strength and this group is a wonderful support system. I never would have though a chicken thread could have been such a good thing.

You all have a great day. Talk to you later.

 

[ChickenAl]

BTW, welcome to NY Ducks. Great you found us! You'll like it here.

 

[ChickenAl]

Forgot to say "What the Heck" happened to the site......

I said the same thing. If you are on a mobile device, that it why. Look at the bottom of the page, if you haven't done it already, and hit the desktop version button to bring you back to the old format. I just did it. I still like the desktop version.


Al

 

[goldeneggtees]

I'm still here, Queenchick. Thanks for suggesting that, I appreciate that. Anyone can make that 10,000th post, though. I really think its a milestone that all of you have made possible. It is impressive that it has gotten this far. It is also great that so many of you have become close friends here. That's the best part of it.
I do try to read as much as I can. Lately my psoriatic arthritis has flared because I had toget taken off the Humira for elevated liver enzymes. I just got put back on last week and it may take a while for me to feel good enough to get back to regular life stuff.
The chickens have been good and the ones who have molted are not getting their feathers picked. At least not yet. So far two are fully done and another one is other way. Has anyone noticed that their comb gets smaller after the first molt? That's the way it appears with my girls and I was wondering if that was normal.
Maggie, sorry to hear about yours. I think you've gotten good advice, and the CFG is always there to bail us out. Bless that woman.
All you guys that have been having troubles recently, hang in there. You have a lot of strength and this group is a wonderful support system. I never would have though a chicken thread could have been such a good thing.
You all have a great day. Talk to you later.

hi al, yes, i do notice their combs are smaller after molting, even after subsequent molts, they look smaller to me. maybe it has to do with blood flow, could also be shrinking from the cold weather.

 

[smkchick]

hi al, yes, i do notice their combs are smaller after molting, even after subsequent molts, they look smaller to me. maybe it has to do with blood flow, could also be shrinking from the cold weather.

It's funny that the comb thing came up. I was just looking at Rhonda, who had a terrible moult, and her comb does look smaller and paler to me. She hasn't started laying again yet, but her feathers are coming back. Ditto Aretha.

Ben was quiet until after I left this morning at around 9 am. We disconnected the timer in the henhouse so the light wouldn't come on at 5 am. Bobby said when Ben wanted out of the run he started crowing. He's so beautiful, we all wish we could keep him.

I got 4 eggs this morning. Sometimes there's one later in the day, which would put me back up to 5. That would be a miracle. I haven't had a full production day in months.

I got a blood spot in one of today's eggs. Is it possible that Ben is doing his rooster thing already? It was a very small egg. Could it be a first egg from someone and would that account for the blood spot?

I took a Civil Service Exam today. Clearly, it's a good thing it wasn't about chicken breeding...

 

[goldeneggtees]

Hi Suzanne, I've gotten blood spots before in some of my eggs and I have no roo.

 

[magsrags]

It's funny that the comb thing came up. I was just looking at Rhonda, who had a terrible moult, and her comb does look smaller and paler to me. She hasn't started laying again yet, but her feathers are coming back. Ditto Aretha.

Ben was quiet until after I left this morning at around 9 am. We disconnected the timer in the henhouse so the light wouldn't come on at 5 am. Bobby said when Ben wanted out of the run he started crowing. He's so beautiful, we all wish we could keep him.

I got 4 eggs this morning. Sometimes there's one later in the day, which would put me back up to 5. That would be a miracle. I haven't had a full production day in months.

I got a blood spot in one of today's eggs. Is it possible that Ben is doing his rooster thing already? It was a very small egg. Could it be a first egg from someone and would that account for the blood spot?

I took a Civil Service Exam today. Clearly, it's a good thing it wasn't about chicken breeding...

 

[magsrags]

me too!