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[TheReidHomestead]

And this is for Cheri...off the web, this is how this guy babysits his goaties in the house: (SO FUNNY)

CUTE!!!!!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

Busy day here. Got 12 yards of bark delivered this morning and I think we got through maybe half of the pile distributing it around the flower beds.....yes, even in the rain! Back is aching and we'll do it again tomorrow! Unless it's pouring.....really looking forward to the weather after the 4th! Looks like it will be nice........finally!

 

[Farmin Momma]

Well after a few failed attempts, weather it was the computer freezeing or me some how eraseing everything, I finaly made a My Chicken page! Yeah.

 

[Ogress]

I have all new girls since the last of my "old" girls passed on. So I may have to try the pumkin again. My old girls turned their beaks up at it.
And I will say that fruit makes my girls have the runs too. Mine get it from watermelon.
How do you serve the cherries? Cut up or whole?

Whenever we eat squash or pumpkin, I take the seeds and rinds and an over-ripe banana or whatever else is on hand and run it all in the food processor. All my chickens go crazy for it! Olivia even tried some and thought it was tasty.

 

[Ogress]

I always been told that WAZINE and others. have an egg withdrawl of about 2 weeks!!

I don't use the Wazine first - I went straight for the Eprinex. I thought maybe since Eprinex is topical it may be slower acting than ivermectin so they are not getting a huge dose at once. I don't know if it is true, but I have never had a problem. I also heard that Eprinex does not have a withdrawl time, but I feed the eggs to the dogs for a week starting a couple days after I use the Eprinex. Maybe it helps the dogs too, but I bet the dose is too small.

 

[Ogress]

Mine aren't laying yet, good thing! I still don't know if I will worm now...I just scooped poop from everywhere, lots was fresh and nothing had worms :-/

I always been told that WAZINE and others. have an egg withdrawl of about 2 weeks!!

I don't use the Wazine first - I went straight for the Eprinex. I thought maybe since Eprinex is topical it may be slower acting than ivermectin so they are not getting a huge dose at once. I don't know if it is true, but I have never had a problem. I also heard that Eprinex does not have a withdrawl time, but I feed the eggs to the dogs for a week starting a couple days after I use the Eprinex. Maybe it helps the dogs too, but I bet the dose is too small.

How old are your chickens? I heard you should not worm before 6 months of age.

 

[Ogress]

Mine aren't laying yet, good thing! I still don't know if I will worm now...I just scooped poop from everywhere, lots was fresh and nothing had worms :-/

I always been told that WAZINE and others. have an egg withdrawl of about 2 weeks!!

I don't use the Wazine first - I went straight for the Eprinex. I thought maybe since Eprinex is topical it may be slower acting than ivermectin so they are not getting a huge dose at once. I don't know if it is true, but I have never had a problem. I also heard that Eprinex does not have a withdrawl time, but I feed the eggs to the dogs for a week starting a couple days after I use the Eprinex. Maybe it helps the dogs too, but I bet the dose is too small.

How old are your chickens? I heard you should not worm before 6 months of age.

 

[Ogress]

Ha ha the awards are done already !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (for may)

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/483359/byc-recognition-awards-may-winners-announced/710

Congrates to Ogress !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh WoW!!!! You guys think enough of me to give me a friend award! Makes me feel warm like maybe that sun is shining somewhere. Thanks!

 

[Zgoatlady]

Worms cannot be seen usually by the naked eye.
The worms are far up in the body & do not get poo'd out unless they are dead, and usually if dead they are dugested by the bird's intestines.
Worms have been known to get into the ovaduct, and have a calcium/shell form around them.
Adult parasitic worms lay microscopic eggs that are passed off in the feces.
To tell for sure if the birds (or any animal) has worms, you need a fecal exam from a vet.
They supply a small tube, you scoop fresh poo in it, and they send it to a lab for exam under a microscope to see if there are any, and exactly what they are.

I use to do our goats fecal test all the time. Got trained by a vet the only thing I couldnt tell some types of the worms. Wonder if I could do it for chickens, Ive got a great microscope to use...

 

[Ogress]

Getting any smoked Halibut ?
It is very good !
I also LOVE pickled sturgeon !!
Pickle it twice as you do herring..............YUMMY !!!

I LOVE pickled Herring (mom is from Holland so I ate it and salty black licorice like candy - yum!)

Never tried sturgeon in any form except caviar. Don't care for caviar