The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Gardeningmama]

Quick question: can I use saline eye drops on a chicken. I have a 9 wk. old pullet shutting her eye all day today. She's still indoors, no swelling, or discoloration. I don't know what's wrong, it looks fine. I thought maybe flushing it might help if she's got something in it. Or maybe a sibling scratched it?

 

[ronott1]

Quick question: can I use saline eye drops on a chicken. I have a 9 wk. old pullet shutting her eye all day today. She's still indoors, no swelling, or discoloration. I don't know what's wrong, it looks fine. I thought maybe flushing it might help if she's got something in it. Or maybe a sibling scratched it?

Vetrcyn makes and Eye spray. It will kill stuff that gets into the eye.

Try the regular eye drops but order in some of the other.

 

[chicken pickin]

Quick question: can I use saline eye drops on a chicken. I have a 9 wk. old pullet shutting her eye all day today. She's still indoors, no swelling, or discoloration. I don't know what's wrong, it looks fine. I thought maybe flushing it might help if she's got something in it. Or maybe a sibling scratched it?

I have not used it but I would think saline would be fine to use to flush out her eye.

I have used vetericyn gel wiped on the eye of one of my chickens that had an eye irritation. She was back to normal in a few days

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I have had some great Roosters so far!

and he's world famous

 

[chickenlisa]

I am so jealous! Asparagus is my favorite..and soo expensive. I only get it when it goes on sale. Is it difficult to grow...or even possible in Pa.?

I grow it here in NJ...not hard either. I need to plant more now though, after 18 years of cutting it and pretty much leaving it all alone otherwise, my supply has dwindled in the last few years. Our's doesn't start showing up til May though, so I'm jealous here too.
Lisa in NJ 08865

 

[Cynthia12]

Maaaan, I thought I was safe in coming here "just to observe" because I thought it would be too late to set for an Easter Hatch (based on my recollection of last year's dates).

Crap. Now I have to pick my best incubator, clean and set it up to check its operation, then secure eggs.

Darn you all.

I just bought ten pullet chicks this week, too. Oh well. They're hatchery/feed store stock, so I think I may have to check with Papa Brooder for some good breeders' eggs.

So count me in.

Glad you made it!

 

[chickenlisa]

Wow, I've been reading these pages this whole weekend...every time I took a break, I'd come back to 10 more pages. lol
I brought out my Hovabator 1588 and got it running Thursday night...I am running some of my own hen's eggs as a test- 2 BCM dark ones, 5 F2 Olive eggers, and 3 F1 OEs. I want to test the incubator, the thermometers and the fertility of my birds (their 2nd year breeding- last year I had many chicks out of them.

So they should hit day 21 around March 28th. (I'll move them into another incubator to hatch if this one holds temps and shows good results with these eggs during the next 3 weeks.)

Also, today at our local animal shelter (my daughter and I volunteer there every weekend and it is the only "no kill" one in our county)the weekend employee called me over and said he had a "gift' for me. Someone had surrendered 2 baby Pekin (we think) ducklings and they didn't have any way to care for them there, so he gave me the babies, who look about 1 week old, and a bag of crumbles for them.
Here they are...
and my 16 year old animal lover daughter named them Rio and Lila already. I was done having domestic ducks...so I hope they are both females or at least a pair.

 

[Cynthia12]

WOOHOO! Count me in! After these ducks hatch, I'll be freeing up my incubator for a bunch of mutt chickens.

 

[Cynthia12]

Is it too late for me to join?

Easter isn't even until next month! I think we are going to have a lot of hatchers by then. Yeps!

 

[Flowers of Abba]

My very first asparagus!

Yay! How many years have you had them in? I have a planter full on their third year. Hopefully we can eat some of them this year!