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[Cynthia12]

SCG..I'm hearing more of that than them not crowing..roosters .... crow.

Photos of my babies!

My fav on the left

My fav up front now, and my Silkie that hatched the same day
as the first few..dark blue..she has Naked Neck buddies.

My fav again, so far.

My fav again..very big, ahem...girl! lol..

Almost twins, one has a dark ring around it's eye on the other side.

I'm assuming this is a white Naked Neck...it doesn't look to have
that buff look in the coloring.

lol..more twins..white?

this one has the least amount of feathering, except for the
splash one that had all it's feathering

yep, pretty bare!

My splash, oh I so wanted a splash Naked Neck. But this
little one is going to be very pretty.
On one of the white ones, there is black already in the wings,
and some on the head..so splash white?

Blue Naked Neck, very pretty dark blue, like the Silkie above.

 

[Arielle]

THe NN are so adorable . . . or else it's your fabulous photography!! THe white chick is so yellow, like a yellow peep!

My roosters crow--usually one starts and they all answer, and answer and answer. I need to move the rooster housed outside my window; I hate his 4 am crows. Fortunately it is not every morning. But I do rmember when I had NO rooster in that coop! A crow 20 feet away thru a window is still TOOOO much at 4am.

TUrkeys-- I thought the hens had to winter over before laying? Maybe it's a boy maturing, and his SNOOD is getting bigger and redder.

SCG-- glad you are doing better-- I was really worried. Chemistry question for you--how can I find information on the antibiotic that goes by the brand name ALbon, it's a sulfa drug. THere is a web site that mentions that is should be given with care; the site also is careful to post that the site is based on layperson's input. Corrid or ALbon for coccidia is a question under debate.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Love the NN pictures and I do favor that chocolate brown one, too. But they're all stinkin' cute.

Arielle, I had looked up the drugs for Wisher (or had started to before I got really sick last weekend) and I don't have a lot of info on non-human use drugs available to me other than the internet. I plan to look again, Wisher, when I'm not all gross and feverish and incredibly behind in my work. I've been awake since about 230 this morning unable to sleep cause I was too hot, then I got to thinking, and it was just all over for sleep. Thank goodness it's Friday. Anyway, getting side tracked... try this page:
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=02a9444b-efd5-48b3-a107-0a0d052650d1

If you're asking me, I'd go with amprolium. It's targeted towards coccidia, whereas the sulfadimethoxine is a wide spectrum sulfa drug, meaning it kills a lot more than just coccidia. We have a terrible problem in the world with using broad spectrum antibiotics instead of targeted ones, increasing the amount of drug resistant bacteria in existence.

Hope that's easy enough to understand.

 

[dsqard]

SCG, I don't have a ton of experience with turkeys but I agree with Arielle. The hens won't start laying until spring. I think they stop in the fall and then start again in the spring. Lurkey started laying right before the set date for the Easter hatch.

 

[Arielle]

SCG, I don't have a ton of experience with turkeys but I agree with Arielle. The hens won't start laying until spring. I think they stop in the fall and then start again in the spring. Lurkey started laying right before the set date for the Easter hatch.

Your girls start before mine! I remember feelingthe panic of having no eggs to set for the turkey hatcha thons, bought a few from lotsapaint, and the first week we had set, my girls started laying!!

I'm hoping to have a few AUburns laying by the next hatchathon! I'll put them under lights if I must! I want to hatch some auburns!! THough the sweetgrass are beautiful too.

SCG--Glad you are better!! We are seeing a lot of problems with the antibiotics, statics and cidals both am I right? THere is some concern that the livestock industry uses the antibiotics as for humans and that creates a whole extra problem with resistance. I ordered sulfmethozine for cocidia as Dr Brown recommended that at the time after a long discussion. If there is a specific disease state that is clearly identified, then I think your point makes perfect sense.

I remember a few years ago getting an infection in my arm--from simply scratching an itch!!! Really. Primary doctor gave me antibiotics to stop the streaking, and said if in 3 days if no improvement go to ER at hospital. Went on 4th day. 7 treatments of IV antibiotics ( 4 days, twice a day) drip-drip-drip for 2 hours. THey used exactly the same IV antibiotic as the pills just at FAR higher dosing. Made sense to stay with the same drug, just higher dosing--again, I suspect to reduce resistance issues.

 

[ducklucky]

Now, those are some gorgeous eggies, you don't even have to do anything come Easter. Would be fun to blow them and sell them just as is, for folks to decorate. Absolutely beautiful, good for you, those eggs blown go for a pretty penny! Keep up the good work!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Your girls start before mine! I remember feelingthe panic of having no eggs to set for the turkey hatcha thons, bought a few from lotsapaint, and the first week we had set, my girls started laying!!

I'm hoping to have a few AUburns laying by the next hatchathon! I'll put them under lights if I must! I want to hatch some auburns!! THough the sweetgrass are beautiful too.

SCG--Glad you are better!! We are seeing a lot of problems with the antibiotics, statics and cidals both am I right? THere is some concern that the livestock industry uses the antibiotics as for humans and that creates a whole extra problem with resistance. I ordered sulfmethozine for cocidia as Dr Brown recommended that at the time after a long discussion. If there is a specific disease state that is clearly identified, then I think your point makes perfect sense.

I remember a few years ago getting an infection in my arm--from simply scratching an itch!!! Really. Primary doctor gave me antibiotics to stop the streaking, and said if in 3 days if no improvement go to ER at hospital. Went on 4th day. 7 treatments of IV antibiotics ( 4 days, twice a day) drip-drip-drip for 2 hours. THey used exactly the same IV antibiotic as the pills just at FAR higher dosing. Made sense to stay with the same drug, just higher dosing--again, I suspect to reduce resistance issues.

Most antibiotics are static, not cidal. But yes, the problem is with all antibiotics.

If you weren't improved on the 4th day of oral antibiotics I would have recommended a switch to a different type or a broader spectrum antibiotic... but glad you got better.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: THe difference between doctors and pharmacologists!!!

Doctors still TELL patients what to do; educating and conferring is not conducive to staying on a pedistel.

 

[Bunnylady]

THe difference between doctors and pharmacologists!!!

Doctors still TELL patients what to do; educating and conferring is not conducive to staying on a pedistel.

It's funny you said that. I've known only a few doctors that seemed to want to be seen as omniscient. Most of the doctors in my experience seemed hugely relieved when they realized they were talking to someone that actually understood what they were talking about. I think that rather than wanting to be put on a pedestal, they are so used to talking to people that don't have a clue that they just assume that there's no point in discussing it since the patient won't understand it anyway. There were a couple that I've seen that were put off by a patient that didn't act like this

but I didn't ever darken their doorstep again!

 

[dsqard]

Well the hay was finally ready yesterday. We borrowed another truck and trailer so between the two we were able to get 147 bales. Just a little stiff this morning but the barn is pretty well stocked. DH now understands how much work hay shopping is (this is the first time he has helped through the whole process). We had to load from the field and then unload and stack at home. DH looks at me after we finished and says "wow, that's a lot of work" No kidding

I usually have to do at least the loading by myself and then get a grumbling DH to help me unload at home. Love him to death, but if you are going to grumble and complain, don't bother helping me. It makes it worse and I would rather do it alone. Yesterday, not too much grumbling and now a new respect for what it takes to get the barn stocked up. And he wonders why my arms are so muscled