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[ronott1]

What did the lab say, Ron? Just "ruptured liver?"

When I sent mine in for necropsy, the first results were inconclusive. Final results said infectious coryza. I am skeptical, they had no symptoms, the birds were almost all male, and less than a year old.

No, the lab says a bunch of stuff in Medical Jargon. Basically it said that it was common in hatchery and certain breeds that were known good layers. It is important to cut carbs with them and even though I did, the second one died last summer.

Here is the report:



The final did not find bacteria so she was not internally laying.

 

[ronott1]

It is only slightly cooler here and can't remember a high that wasn't above 32 degrees.

17 above 0 was a very freak occurrence. The coldest morning last winter was 28 degrees. Needless to say I do not have to worry about frozen combs or frozen water fountains here.

 

[Highcotton]

It was. I've said this before on different threads, but we really hit the neighbor jackpot with the people living here. The ones we share this semi detached house with care for our chickens if we are away, and the next house do that sometimes too if our closest neighbors are away. Everyone takes each others dogs on walks every once in a while, and everyone helps each other with all kinds of building and maintenance projects. I can always borrow tools from one neighbor if there's something I don't have, and everyone brings their leftovers for our chickens. Amazing people. When we tell our friends about things we've done with the neighbors, they're shocked. Earlier in the summer we had a get together at our neighbors, we're the whole street was invited, all ten households. Really great atmosphere.

And about the pizza stone. I have one of those Weber charcoal grills. The pizza stone really turns it into an Italian pizza oven. The pizzas took just 4-5 minutes to bake each, and were delicious.

That is the best kind of pizza. I have a Big Green Egg and the pizza stone not only bakes great pizzas it bakes some mighty fine bread and peach cobbler too.

 

[Highcotton]

17 above 0 was a very freak occurrence. The coldest morning last winter was 28 degrees. Needless to say I do not have to worry about frozen combs or frozen water fountains here.

We usually get a few nights just below 20. We get a lot more with a low around 50

 

[ronott1]

We usually get a few nights just below 20. We get a lot more with a low around 50

Our two coldest months are December and January. The average low is 45.1 for December and 45.6 for January. The two coldest days on record were in 1932 and 1937. My Dad was born in 1936 and my Mom was born in 1940, so that is a very long time ago.

It almost always warms up when rain comes through so those days are usually in the 50s to 60s for both the low and the high.

praying for a wet winter! California has lost more than 2 Billion dollars in Agriculture losses this year alone to the drought.

 

[vehve]

Quote: I haven't tried bread yet, or anything else for that matter, but we once made a blueberry pie in the grill at our cottage, just placed a large rock on the grill of the grill (confusing terminology) and baked the pie in a cast iron frying pan on top of that. I remember it turned out delicious. Those Big Green Eggs are a bit pricey, but they look pretty amazing. I have a 57cm (22") Weber myself. I've been really happy with it.

 

[getaclue]

For a quite some time now, I've wondered how well a pizza stone would really work. Now that I'm reading good results from firsthand experience, I think I will get one.

 

[ronott1]

For a quite some time now, I've wondered how well a pizza stone would really work. Now that I'm reading good results from firsthand experience, I think I will get one.

Pizza Stones work very well. They will also even out an oven.

 

[vehve]

Quote: Yup, they work well in both the grill and in an oven. My parents used to have one in the oven until it cracked, bread turned out really nicely on that. I think that was made out of marble. Mine is just some sort of ceramic material, but it worked well too. If you use it in the grill, you want to use briquettes to get a long burn, and after lighting them properly, you form a circle around the edges, leaving the middle empty. Then just place the stone in the middle on top of the grill, and let it heat up for 10 minutes before throwing the first pizza in to cook. It takes pretty long for the charcoal briquettes to gain enough heat, but once the get going, it's smooth sailing.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Pizza Stones work very well. They will also even out an oven.

I wonder, if I could find one that fit, if it would even out my incubator?