The Duck Thread

[Miss Lydia]

I'm convinced that I'd be very happy as a squatter at either your place or Miss Lydia's.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I was wrong... Just weighed one teaspoon (5ml) of table salt and it weighs 7 grams. So let me re-phrase what I said above... Most powders are not as dense as water, some might be the same and some might be heavier.

Weighed to date:
Water - one teaspoon = 5 grams
Table salt - one teaspoon = 7 grams
Corid - one teaspoon = ~3 grams
Sulfa-G - one teaspoon = ~3 grams
Durvet 10 - one teaspoon = ~3.3 - 4 grams
Tylosin - one teaspoon = 2.5. - 2.7 grams
Safeguard paste - 5ml = 5 grams
Ivermectin paste - 5ml = 5 grams

-Kathy

Great math there K for not being so good at math.

 

[Debs Flock]

Ok, but you gotta pet the dogs, keep the geese from stealing babies, make sure the pibble doesn't fall in the pond (the geese will get her, or she'll panic and then you're going in after her!) make sure Caesar doesn't let his bunny out, play with the other bunnies, oh ya, the neighbors have a 2 day old foal you might be forced to go visit!!! My days off are tough, whew!

OMG...I was right! I'd be in heaven!! I think my favorite task will either be keeping the geese from stealing babies or loving that foal!

 

[Debs Flock]

I was wrong... Just weighed one teaspoon (5ml) of table salt and it weighs 7 grams. So let me re-phrase what I said above... Most powders are not as dense as water, some might be the same and some might be heavier.

Weighed to date:
Water - one teaspoon = 5 grams
Table salt - one teaspoon = 7 grams
Corid - one teaspoon = ~3 grams
Sulfa-G - one teaspoon = ~3 grams
Durvet 10 - one teaspoon = ~3.3 - 4 grams
Tylosin - one teaspoon = 2.5. - 2.7 grams
Safeguard paste - 5ml = 5 grams
Ivermectin paste - 5ml = 5 grams

-Kathy

I'm very interested/curious...what is all that stuff you've weighed and what do you do with it?

 

[caesargirl]

OMG...I was right!  I'd be in heaven!!  I think my favorite task will either be keeping the geese from stealing babies or loving that foal!

We don't live big, but we have a lot of love and fur/feather kids. The neighbors even watch the ducks too. But they let me pet the horses, fair is fair!!!!!

 

[Debs Flock]

Peep is being sneaky!! Took me a while to find this!!! So, the last time ske had a clutch: 11 eggs, she rolled out 3 stinkers, out of 8 eggs, she hatched 13 babies. Right now she has 10 eggs and is still laying... Wonder how many I get this time???

OH...here's another chore to add to my list!

 

[Debs Flock]

We don't live big, but we have a lot of love and fur/feather kids. The neighbors even watch the ducks too. But they let me pet the horses, fair is fair!!!!!

 

[caesargirl]

OH...here's another chore to add to my list! 

I might have a new avatar by the time she's done!

 

[Debs Flock]

I might have a new avatar by the time she's done!

 

[Amiga]

Another winner! What were they thinking? Very scary to think that a company as big as they are doesn't have someone to catch those types of errors. There's another error, too... They based their dosing info on one tablespoon weighing 15 grams, but all powders I have weighed weigh between 9 and 12 grams per tablespoon, not 15!

Many might be thinking "one tablespoon does weigh 15 grams", and this is true for water or things with a similar density as water, but powders are not as dense as water.

More math to follow.

FYI, I am not a math wiz, not even close, and this has been somewhat difficult for me, but I'm finally getting the hang of it.

-Kathy

Yes, going from liquid to powder - by definition, an ounce of water is an ounce of water, a gram is a gram. But powders - weight and volume are not the same. sigh.

That boring stuff the science teacher tried to tell us actually has some real-world application.

shew.

And I don't look down on anyone who does not understand it all - I often have to look things up to be sure I recall correctly. But the label - eee, that's a little anxiety-producing.