The Duck Thread

[City farm]

 

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

Us 2!!

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Excellent! Do you have a food scale?

-Kathy

 

[City farm]

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? 

I don't actually use any of the powders, but read many posts where people ask what the doses are, so I decided to get some of the powders people use most, weigh them and calculate the proper doses.

Corid (amprolium) can be used to treat some strains of coccidia.
Sulfa G (sulfamethoxazole) can be used to treat some bacteria and some strains of coccidia.
Duravet -10 (tetracycline) can be used to treat some bacteria.
Tylan Powder (tylosin) is used to treat a narrow range bacteria.

I have horses, so that's why I have these:
Safeguard (fenbendazole) good broad-spectrum wormer for all animals.
Ivermectin (Zimecterin) good for horses, but ineffective in poulty.

This all started because of all the posts where people kept saying that the Corid Powder dose was 1/2 teaspoon per gallon and all the posts about using "pea sized" amounts of horses wormer. Something about those posts just didn't feel right to me, so I set off to find out how much medication is in all the powders and "peas".

Did you know that if you give a five pound bird a pea sized amount of ivermectin that you're actually giving ~11x the recommended dose?

-Kathy

So nice of you to do this!! Do you mind if I post on our thread in Arizona?

 

[desiree210]

Hello again! I put 5 fresh Cayuga eggs on the incubator and I only see growth in one egg. I'm perplexed as to why, she is always with the drake even when I separate them (she gets loose)

. When they had the birdie invader one of the eggs was broken and when I inspected it I could clearly see that it was fertile. The egg that has growth I collected after the birdie incident. Does that mean that it takes a month of laying before eggs can be fertile? Or maybe they were not successfully mating?... Day 10 of incubation for my chicken eggs

 

[City farm]

What kind of duck is she and how old is she can someone help me

Also the same question for him

Number one duck a buff Orpington and two,possibly welsh Harlequin . They are beautiful

 

[City farm]

What kind of duck is she and how old is she can someone help me

How long have you had them? If you just got them it could be difficult . Is she laying egg's? Are these the only two you have?

 

[desielducks]

Your duckies are wonderful! If it were me, yes, I'd get the little a friend little. I would try to find a sexed female. This would help your boy/girl ratio later too.

Thank you!!

And that settles it!

I'm gettin me a new baby! Lol

 

[Ducky1324]

City f

Number one duck a buff Orpington and two,possibly welsh Harlequin . They are beautiful

How long have you had them? If you just got them it could be difficult . Is she laying egg's? Are these the only two you have?

She's not laying eggs and we got her and him when they were just baby ducks at a swap meet in Albion and yes these are the only ones. we got them last year.

 

[casportpony]

So nice of you to do this!! Do you mind if I post on our thread in Arizona?

I don't mind... just be sure to add a disclaimer about checking my math, lol.

-Kathy

 

[City farm]

 
[CONTENTEMBED=/t/737292/the-duck-thread/7350#post_15468586 layout=inline]So nice of you to do this!! Do you mind if I post on our thread in Arizona?[/CONTENTEMBED]

I don't mind... just be sure to add a disclaimer about checking my math, lol.

-Kathy

Agreed, I would not take the time to do the math or weigh out different treatments.. However very glad you have.. In my spare time, which I really don't have I am on here.. Or playing with all of our animal's.. It's just so relaxing.. So again thanks..