The Middle Tennessee Thread

[SimplySplendidSilkies]

Maybe scratched? Or possible eye worm. Drop 1 drop of vet rx in the roof of the mouth or you can pick up cream at TSC for 14.00 starts with a Te something but it has neomycin polymyxin B sulfates and bactiracin zinc ophthalmic ointment USP on the front of the tube itself. That is what the vet said for me to give Edward when he scratched himself.

Sorry such a short reply I am still washing chickens for tomorrow.
Call me tomorrow early like before 7 if you need me I will be driving.

 

[Tracyree]

Will get the antibiotic ointment tomorrow.

And am truly hoping to be asleep up until 7 am. Ha.

Oh, and...think this may be a roo?

 

[Tracyree]

Anne- what do you consider deep cleaning? I just want someone that will pay attention to the details. Not just run a mop, but go back and get the tough spots. Stack up the kids books neatly instead if a haphazard pile, clean the inside of the microwave, go a little above just doing enough to get by (that's what I do!! If I'm going to pay someone to help, I'd like a little higher quality than what I do. Haha)

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[CityGirlintheCountry]

She came every two weeks. Before she got here I would clear out the clutter and put it all away. Dishes were in the dishwasher. Counters were cleared. Tabletops were empty. Etc.
She would clean the bathroom (tub, toilet and sink). She wiped out the microwave and wiped off the stove and the front of the fridge. All the counters were wiped off and cleaned (she did a lot of cleaning with vinegar and other natural products). All the floors in the house were swept and mopped. All the rugs were vacuumed. All surfaces were dusted. She dusted the blinds and ceiling fans.

What she did not do (all of which the guy before her did. He was VERY thorough!)-
- she did not dust/wipe/clean knick knacks.
- she did not wipe down walls or baseboards
- she did not do windows
- she did not deal with laundry or bed linens.

She did, however, put up with the massive amounts of dog and cat fur generated by my menagerie and the random chick brooder in the house. I always swept and cleaned that area up first, but you know how chicks are. They do like to kick stuff out of the brooder. None of that phased her at all. The smell also did not bother her. You know how chicks go from being so sweet to being unbearably stinky overnight? That is always the point I want to move them out, but sometimes the weather doesn't cooperate. I would apologize profusely for the stinky little beasts and she always said she didn't mind it. She kind of liked them.

She's super sweet and I never felt weird about giving her a key. I would leave for work in the morning to a dirty house and come back to a clean, fresh home. She just come and went during the day. It was lovely. Her price was very reasonable, especially since I live out in the boondocks.

The walls, baseboards and windows I would consider deep cleaning. I don't know anybody that deals with laundry and the knick knacks I only included because the other cleaner did them. He was her uncle and he ended up going back to school so he dropped his cleaning business (well, passed it over to family members). She did more than Molly Maids does for my folks and she was less expensive. I miss her terribly.

 

[Countrypunk92]

Hey cochin breeders, I bought a pair of black cochin bantams and goodness, they are gorgous. Well, allready have a barred roo, what do I neee to do to help make them get along? Bubz, my barred roo did the mirror dance with the black roo and not planning on getting rid of either of them.

 

[DMRippy]

Just put all 31 eggs in lockdown

everybody looked ok most i could still see moving. The egg that was on the video about the large air cell, is one of two white eggs from Connie and both have very large air cells but are still moving around so we will see. All the other egg's air cells were normal or some, not many, where small but they all are in the hatcher now!

Now if I can just get a webcam that works!!!!

I have bought 3 now in 3 days this one better work or I am going to

Now the pullet chant can begin in earnest... pullets... pullets.... pullets

 

[cpegram]

pullets pullets pullets Good Luck!!!

 

[CarolJ]

Got my fingers crossing wishing pullets for you, Donna! So excited - can't wait till you post photos of the chicks that hatch.

 

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[Jenski]

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Tracyree, how is your chick doing this morning? (Good practice to wash the eye, BTW! Nice job.)

Could be a scratch/irritation, but with her age it could also be something like e.coli. Now that is nothing to get all excited about (if it is that, even) - - chicks pollute their waterers so badly that they can give e.coli to themselves and each other. An eye infection like that in a chick is a common presentation of e.coli. It can also settle in the leg joints (hock, particularly).

SimplySplendid mentioned the neomycin or polymycin ointment; that is good to spread along the edge of the eye at night and first thing in the morning (2x/day). MAKE SURE IT IS AN OPHTHALMIC (eye) OINTMENT. There are other things you can use if it is e.coli, but I would start with treating the eye and bleaching the water containers really well . . . and keep them as clean as you can. Easier said than done with chicks, LOL!

Hope that helps. Please keep us posted on how your chick progresses.