The EE braggers thread!!!

[OldChurchEggery1]

True, but there's good reason for why this is expensive. I work in university research, which includes various phases of development of drugs both in the laboratory and clinical setting. Part of my job is ensuring proper compliance when it comes to animal protocols. When these drugs are developed, there are strict guidelines about how the animal subjects are assessed, what levels of pain are/aren't acceptable as part of the course of treatment, and what constitutes efficacy. To expand the uses and species, the entire testing process must begin over again because a separate study and protocol are needed for each added species/function. An interesting case study in original purpose v ultimate use is that eyelash-enhancing product called Latisse. It was originally developed as a potential aid for glaucoma but they found that the cosmetic benefit was extremely marketable, so it was reconstituted and retested as treatment for "insufficient eyelashes," whatever that is. Whenever a drug is re-purposed, it goes back through the trial phases to make sure it is safe for that new use.

When you use drugs for off-label or species not indicated, you don't have the assurance that these chemicals will interact with an animal's system such that the benefit outweighs the harm. Your personal observations as a wildlife rehab specialist give you great insight into how medications can be beneficial to other species but as a general rule, I think it best to use drugs only as prescribed and for the correct species. That's it for me on the subject, back to the lovely chickens.

 

[Cotton42]

When I picked out my girls at the feed store, I got one lighter EE and one darker, thinking I would get different looking girls. You can see how well that worked out below:

Arya:



Sansa:





The only way to tell the difference easily is that Arya's pantaloons are lighter in color than Sansa's.

Haha! How funny. This is why I love EE's.

 

[OleMissChic]

When I picked out my girls at the feed store, I got one lighter EE and one darker, thinking I would get different looking girls. You can see how well that worked out below:

Arya:



Sansa:





The only way to tell the difference easily is that Arya's pantaloons are lighter in color than Sansa's.

Wow, great example. I almost thought it was the same bird. Thank you for the post!

 

[Flowerbh]

I have a chick who got sick around 5 weeks old. I kept her alive, but she now has a cross beak and she is only the same size as other chicks 5 weeks younger than she is. Will she ever be normal? Will she ever grow and have eggs? She is a very sweet chick. Just wondering?!

 

[Gifa]

The only way to tell the difference easily is that Arya's pantaloons are lighter in color than Sansa's.

Ha! Pantaloons... I refer to my girls big ol' fluffy butts as their "petticoats"


Incidentally...


Here are my EE chicks, in order from left to right:

1) Yolanda 2) Saffron 3) Bridget 4) Kaylee





And here they are all grow'd up.

Yolanda and egg color:



Saffron (still waiting for an egg):



Bridget and egg color:




Kaylee and egg color:

 

[Noncentzter]

I have a chick who got sick around 5 weeks old. I kept her alive, but she now has a cross beak and she is only the same size as other chicks 5 weeks younger than she is. Will she ever be normal? Will she ever grow and have eggs? She is a very sweet chick. Just wondering?!

I have two cross beak girls that I'm waiting for them to start laying. They are both doing well. I don't think her beak will cause her to not lay any eggs.

 

[ducks4you]

Didn't know you could use horse wormer on chickens. Just FYI, we horse owners have been avoiding the really cheap, $2-$4 Ivermectrin for our horses bc it's not as affective.

 

[Flowerbh]

I have two cross beak girls that I'm waiting for them to start laying. They are both doing well. I don't think her beak will cause her to not lay any eggs.

It's not the beak I worry about, it's her size. She is as small as the chicks who are 5 weeks younger than she is....just not growing much since she was sick. But now she is running around playing like the other chicks...just really small. Wondered if she will always be small or if at some point, she will grow to full size.

 

[Noncentzter]

It's not the beak I worry about, it's her size. She is as small as the chicks who are 5 weeks younger than she is....just not growing much since she was sick. But now she is running around playing like the other chicks...just really small. Wondered if she will always be small or if at some point, she will grow to full size.

My two girls are full size, so I'd say she'll catch up. Do you ferment your feed? If not, you might consider it which would make it easier for her to eat too.

Here's a thread on feeding fermented feed: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644300/fermenting-feed-for-meat-birds
it talks about using it for meat birds, but it works well for all birds

 

[chicken pickin]

I have 7 EE eggs going into lockdown tomorrow!!! Im so excited I hope they all hatch. I started with 12 but 5 were infertile the other 7 are growing great. Ill post pics when they arrive.