Hi I am new and have not really had a chance to introduce myself. I was just informed of your website/forum yesterday and have been so busy getting our little farmette ready that I have not had a chance.
A little about us and I'll introduce properly later (still a lot of work to do here):
We are Greg and Jennifer Lopez (it will be mostly Jennifer participating here since she hogs the computer and Greg works outside the home a lot tee-hee). We have 4 children ages 16, 13, 5, and 1. We also have my niece who's mother is deployed out of the country. She is also 16. We are originally from FL and just moved into our first farmette in PA. We have decided to start with Chickens and Goats.
I ordered my chickens from McMurray's Hatchery and I did not have them vaccinated. I wanted to keep my chicks as natural as possible, but then got scared from all I have read. I called the hatchery and they advised I buy medicated feed. I went into the tractor supply store to buy medicated feed and was told for what I want, I would be better off buying the Duramycin-10 powder and putting it in their water.
The problem is the dosage? There are different dosages for diseased chickens. My babies are healthy. The dosage also range in 200-400 mg......I work so much better with teaspoons. How many teaspoons do I give my "healthy" chicks in their gallon of water?
TYIA,
Jennifer
A little about us and I'll introduce properly later (still a lot of work to do here):
We are Greg and Jennifer Lopez (it will be mostly Jennifer participating here since she hogs the computer and Greg works outside the home a lot tee-hee). We have 4 children ages 16, 13, 5, and 1. We also have my niece who's mother is deployed out of the country. She is also 16. We are originally from FL and just moved into our first farmette in PA. We have decided to start with Chickens and Goats.
I ordered my chickens from McMurray's Hatchery and I did not have them vaccinated. I wanted to keep my chicks as natural as possible, but then got scared from all I have read. I called the hatchery and they advised I buy medicated feed. I went into the tractor supply store to buy medicated feed and was told for what I want, I would be better off buying the Duramycin-10 powder and putting it in their water.
The problem is the dosage? There are different dosages for diseased chickens. My babies are healthy. The dosage also range in 200-400 mg......I work so much better with teaspoons. How many teaspoons do I give my "healthy" chicks in their gallon of water?
TYIA,
Jennifer
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