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[beverly evans]

Quote: Subhana...Where's the picture of that sizzle? Well then, I'm not really sure what I've got. I have one with backward feathers all over and even on it's head, the other two have smooth feathers on their heads but backwards feathers (well, curled upwards, anyway) all over their bodies. They are really cute but rather lightweight as they are half bantam and half standard. They started out from big eggs but now the standard chicks have gotten bigger and much heavier. Have you seen the "show girls"? They are silkie-turken crosses. Really fun and funny. Check out my friend, Angies website, fowlrus.com. She breeds them. They are a hoot! : )

 

[Lacy Blues]

I am told (by a friend who does a lot of fermenting) the milk sugars are pretty well consumed by turning milk to yogurt and that the probiotics are very beneficial, albeit in limited doses as Ron and Lacy and I think at least one other person pointed out. I know one time I asked DH to give it to my chickens as a treat while I was at work, he called me absolutely astonished and wanted to know how a chicken can actually lick a dish clean LOL.

Question about coccidiosis: I sold some chicks that were almost a week old last week, and they developed bloody poop on arrival at their new home - like, immediately - although none of the chicks still at home have it. The new owner treated with corid and they are fine, never got lethargic or anything - so my question is, should I treat all my chicks as a precaution? Or will I do more harm by disrupting their immune systems? I was quite surprised, I've never ever seen it before, nor ever heard of any other chicks having it after leaving my home.

Probably just stress and wet litter. Your chicks at home could use a preventive. Try yogurt... just a little.

enough cuteness for you'll????

Not quite... are there more hiding behind the adults?

So cute! Thanks.

Evening everyone!
I tried , but,

I gave up trying to read everything and wound up just skimming for the most part.

I don't feed yogurt.
First, never saw a chicken chasing down a cow for milk the way they chase bugs, so I have to assume it is not part of their natural diets. Second, dairy products (usually buttermilk) is what my granny used to use to "clean out" a sick hen by intentionally causing diarrhea. Lastly, I did offer them a bit of yogurt once and they looked at me like I was nuts!

A lot of chickens will look at you like that anytime you add anything new to their feed dish. Once they try it though... stand back.

Lacy Blues, have you left the ff forum too??

I left it long before any of the problems you later mentioned cropped up. I guess I'm not an overly patient person in some respects. People would pop onto the thread and ask "How do I do this?" without taking 5 minutes to read the first few pages to find out... they'd rather the people explain it directly to and for them.

 

[subhanalah]

Subhana...Where's the picture of that sizzle?  Well then, I'm not really sure what I've got.  I have one with backward feathers all over and even on it's head, the other two have smooth feathers on their heads but backwards feathers (well, curled upwards, anyway) all over their bodies.  They are really cute but rather lightweight as they are half bantam and half standard.  They started out from big eggs but now the standard chicks have gotten bigger and much heavier.  Have you seen the "show girls"?  They are silkie-turken crosses.  Really fun and funny.  Check out my friend, Angies website, fowlrus.com. She breeds them.  They are a hoot!   : )

Oops, sorry!

Probably just stress and wet litter.  Your chicks at home could use a preventive.  Try yogurt... just a little.


Not quite... are there more hiding behind the adults?    So cute!  Thanks.

A lot of chickens will look at you like that anytime you add anything new to their feed dish.  Once they try it though... stand back.

I left it long before any of the problems you later mentioned cropped up.  I guess I'm not an overly patient person in some respects.  People would pop onto the thread and ask "How do I do this?" without taking 5 minutes to read the first few pages to find out... they'd rather the people explain it directly to and for them.   

The problem with the thread is that there is too much misinformation at the beginning, so it leaves people confused and doing the wrong thing.

 

[ronott1]

Yeah, and some people got kicked off and others got fed up with the powers that be and left. Tell me ronott1, how does one tell when a chick has cocci if they don't see the bloody poop? I had reddish colored shavings and did not see the bloody poop until it was too late for one chick and the other one that had it, though it survived, developed "failure to thrive" syndrome and I finally put it down because I got tired of waiting for it to die. The other 28 were fine.

One of the chicks or chickens will often act like a sentinel for illness. The sick ones will move slowly, stand still and puff up. They will also get a strained look to their eyes.

Chickens try to hide illness and pain. If they look off at all then there is something very wrong with them. I start watching them closely at about 4 weeks old to about 18 weeks old. If any of the chicks start looking off, then they get corid right away.

cocci will kill a chick within three days sometimes.

They need to start drinking the water too. If they do not drink it, you need to make them and that includes tubing them with a syringe. I have been able to get them to recover using a dropper. I get them to take some drops of very strong corid several times a day. They usually start drinking on their own within a day.

 

[chickadoodles]

enough cuteness for you'll????

Alaskan those are soooooo cute! Almost makes me want some ducks.

 

[getaclue]

Quote: Live, and learn! DH thinks I'm sexy, so I guess it's at least somewhat true. Glad to know your spell check thinks you are an inventive person. LOL!

 

[Cynthia12]

Was reading about Robin Williams. Guess he's struggled with substance abuse for decades. That would explain some of his..off the wall comedy. I really enjoyed some of his comedy, when it was clean. He sure could turn on a dime and be a completely different actor..a great serious actor. He was just in rehab in July..this last July. Drugs can bring you down..I think he was drinking a lot at this time.

Ducks, baby ducks! Wish I had a place for ducks. I've hatched them, sooo cute. I would love to have me some Harlequin ducks.

Sizzles, a mix of silkies..right? I have the frizzles. I have a white one that I just loving. I also have a blue that I love. The tail on that blue is soo cute.
Took these photos a few days ago. Check out that one in the back, it looks like it has a peacock top. It's a polish mix.

The body is frizzly, the head needs to get started..love the tail. Looks like a fan.


My splash silkie.




Only 6 months old, she's getting prettier every day.

 

[tnspursfan09]

Ow ow ow! Eye strain. I finally read through all the posts. Too late and too sleepy to reply. Good night. Love to you all.


(hits big block button on the way out)

...(mumbles)trolls in TOFH, what's next? Decaf?

 

[vehve]

I'm sorry. I'm really not that stupid, been to Scandinavia, all countries BUT Finland. I've been meaning to ask that question to someone I've been chatting with on the ff thread from Australia and forgot who I was writing to, obviously. Wonder why youall drink more coffee and milk than the rest of us?? Do most put milk in their coffee? Just wonder? And I guess the only part of Finland that in really inhabited is the southern tip....or am I wrong? : )

No worries, mate.

The milk I think stems from us producing vast amounts of butter to fulfill the needs of the UK in the early 20th century. That lead to there being a lot of cows, and also a lot of dairy related research. This Russian counter-embargo is really hurting us at the moment, all Finnish dairy products are turned back at the border. You guys over there need to start buying more Finnish cheeses and stuff to compensate our overproduction.

Actually, I just read that the Finnish produced Finlandia Swiss cheese is the market leader in imported Swiss cheeses in the States (We Finns try to find the tiniest things to be proud of).

The coffee consumption comes from the horrible taste in coffee that Finns have. We generally like really light roasted coffees, so the taste is pretty bland and people drink more of it. Personally I like the really dark ones better.

Most of the population is concentrated around the coastline, to the south and west of the country. Some people are crazy enough to live in Lapland too though. I don't know if I could live with a night that lasts 50 days in winter or 50 day long period of sun in the summer.

 

[vehve]

Robin Williams was a great actor. But I think that you could really see his depression in the overcompensating style of comedy he did. That thing about the clown and tears is true. I liked him in his more serious roles too, but one of my favorite things to watch with him is when he was on Inside the Actors Studio. He did some amazing impro work there.