What did you do with your flock today?

[ChicksnMore]

Sorry…explain the vaccine…are you getting another bottle or are you able to keep that vaccine until your next ones hatch? I’m still trying to decide how to do mine. I currently only have 5 that have made it this far. I am on day 15 and need to figure out what I’m going to do. I ask though because I thought it had to be used the same day.

It does. This was the mg-bac vaccine so you warm to 72 then use with in two hours. I knew I had to either wait until my incubators are empty or do two rounds and they recommend two rounds. So I ordered two at once so only one shipping cost.

Editing to add I ordered through Jeffers because I had a coupon. Overnight shipping was $25

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

@PopoMyers you feelin better?!

 

[ChicksnMore]

Oh shucky darns @ChicksnMore ! That is super cool of you.
Hey congrats on the vaxxes and the soon to be incubator breather. That must feel kind of nice. Give you a minute to take it all in.

Breathers are good . The eggs in the incubators are oegb's and dwarfs I was hatching for three people. Not sure what I'm going to do with them now. Hoping with them freshly vaccinated and never outside, I can still sell them. I'll give them the details and let them decide.

 

[ChicksnMore]

Anyone here use shredded paper with their chickens? I had boxes and boxes of stuff to shred from girl scout days. I ended up filling 2 feed bags to the packed brim with it and I'm trying to find a use for it. I tried it in the nest boxes...chickens loved it and I hate it there...lol.
Anyone have any ways they use it and like it for?

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Anyone here use shredded paper with their chickens? I had boxes and boxes of stuff to shred from girl scout days. I ended up filling 2 feed bags to the packed brim with it and I'm trying to find a use for it. I tried it in the nest boxes...chickens loved it and I hate it there...lol.
Anyone have any ways they use it and like it for?

I hadn't personally no.
Have you thought bout composting it?

On a different note....Daisy is laying leather eggs (shell-less eggs) now...she's had 2.
On another thread they said to give her a whole calcium citrate pill in her beak.
Have yall ever given pills to your chickens?
Guess I'm wondering if I do it like ya do when I'm ya give a dog a pill and you rub their throat to help it go down.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I hadn't personally no.
Have you thought bout composting it?

On a different note....Daisy is laying leather eggs (shell-less eggs) now...she's had 2.
On another thread they said to give her a whole calcium citrate pill in her beak.
Have yall ever given pills to your chickens?
Guess I'm wondering if I do it like ya do when I'm ya give a dog a pill and you rub their throat to help it go down.

I've never given a whole pill. I do sometimes crush a pill and add it to a wet mash. If you want to make sure just Daisy gets it, I'd separate her with the wet mash.
Hope her leather eggs are very temporary!

 

[kurby22]

I hadn't personally no.
Have you thought bout composting it?

On a different note....Daisy is laying leather eggs (shell-less eggs) now...she's had 2.
On another thread they said to give her a whole calcium citrate pill in her beak.
Have yall ever given pills to your chickens?
Guess I'm wondering if I do it like ya do when I'm ya give a dog a pill and you rub their throat to help it go down.

I just give them the whole pill, the smaller birds I’d maybe break it in half. Crush it in some yogurt helps it get to her body faster, but since I have to give them one/day it was just easier to give the whole pill. They can handle it

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Thanks yall @ChicksnMore & @kurby22
I never would have dreamed I could get her to do that on 2nd try! Insane!
Cuz with Lizzie I crushed it up and put in with all her meds when she was sick.
But I cut it in half and held her between my knees and popped it in and it was gone!!!
Amazing!

 

[kurby22]

Thanks yall @ChicksnMore & @kurby22
I never would have dreamed I could get her to do that on 2nd try! Insane!
Cuz with Lizzie I crushed it up and put in with all her meds when she was sick.
But I cut it in half and held her between my knees and popped it in and it was gone!!!
Amazing!

I’m glad it worked and she took it easy!

 

[PopoMyers]

@PopoMyers you feelin better?!

Thanks, better, but gut still trying to get back to normal, if you know what I mean. Still cautious about being away from a restroom for any long period if time, like when I'm driving Uber.