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[katsdar]

 

[katsdar]

 

[katsdar]

Ever since I joined (almost two years ago) I have been trying to get the welcome to BYC message off my home page. Could someone please tell me how to do that? Thanks-

Have you looked in the FAQ's? If so then I'd contact a mod, sallysunshine is very helpful, now I need help, I some how made my screen BIG print, how can I put it back to normal?

 

[Tabasco Jack]

Have you looked in the FAQ's? If so then I'd contact a mod, sallysunshine is very helpful, now I need help, I some how made my screen BIG print, how can I put it back to normal?

Look up in the address bar of the browser and see it there is a magnifying glass image. Click that and reset the zoom.

 

[Tabasco Jack]

Oh they have eaten worse trust me, let them eat em.

Congrats, where did you get your mushroom plugs from? What type of wood did you use and where have you put the plugged logs? I have the oak from the tree we had cut down, that would be good wood to use? Yummy

We tried both plugs and sawdust spawn. Bought them from 2 Fun Guys and Field & Forest. Here's an informative site to explain how to do it https://www.mushroompeople.com/how-to-cultivate-mushrooms-in-natural-logs/

We used both sweet gum and oak but they have to be freshly cut.

I have the logs stacked in the shade under some oak trees and other smaller growth. I still kept them covered up until a few weeks ago to try and keep them moist.

PM me if you want more info.

 

[Flowerbh]

Help! My 4-5 month old chicks are dying! About 2 months ago, I lost my Welsummer and my Golden Cuckoo Marans. About a month later I lost a young Light Sussex. Last week one of my ducks up and dies (a young one). Yesterday, I found my Mottled Orpington male dead!!! Today, a young Buff Orpington! None displayed any kind of illness except the day before they died, they seemed more sedentary. No coughs, no wheezing, no nothing. These are all about the same age...4-5 month olds.

My thoughts are:
1. Worms? I had wormed my older chickens about 3 months ago, but this group was still in the grow out pen. Would worms kill like that?
2. Because the ducks had been in the new coop and were getting it all wet, I did notice a few spots of mold on the walls. I had wiped it down with ammonia water. Would that kill the youngsters?
3. It seems the juveniles don't go outside much. I am wondering if they are being bullied away from the feeder and waterer. I have since hung a separate feeder. There are two waterers,.one inside and one outside. But, I still wonder if they are afraid to go to them. Never had any trouble before.
4. Only getting 6-8 eggs a day with 40+ hens! I know a lot of them are molting now (Looks like there has been a pillow fight in there!), so I am assuming that is why I'm not getting the eggs.......or are they all sick???? Ugh, I just don't know where to go from here!

If we didn't have renters coming tomorrow and I didn't have so much more to do, I would take this last chicken to Gainesville to be Autopsied! Next one will go no matter what! Gotta figure out what is happening!

 

[Lady Who]

FlowerBH
I would do a good cleaning if your getting molds. Remove all the chicken and bleach.
Molds is a really bad for chickens

 

[choonook]

What are you feeding them? If you weren't getting many eggs before the ducks moved in, it could be feed related. Or, the ducks could be sick. Considering where they came from, that might be more likely.

 

[Silver Hill]

Help! My 4-5 month old chicks are dying! About 2 months ago, I lost my Welsummer and my Golden Cuckoo Marans. About a month later I lost a young Light Sussex. Last week one of my ducks up and dies (a young one). Yesterday, I found my Mottled Orpington male dead!!! Today, a young Buff Orpington! None displayed any kind of illness except the day before they died, they seemed more sedentary. No coughs, no wheezing, no nothing. These are all about the same age...4-5 month olds.

My thoughts are:
1. Worms? I had wormed my older chickens about 3 months ago, but this group was still in the grow out pen. Would worms kill like that?
2. Because the ducks had been in the new coop and were getting it all wet, I did notice a few spots of mold on the walls. I had wiped it down with ammonia water. Would that kill the youngsters?
3. It seems the juveniles don't go outside much. I am wondering if they are being bullied away from the feeder and waterer. I have since hung a separate feeder. There are two waterers,.one inside and one outside. But, I still wonder if they are afraid to go to them. Never had any trouble before.
4. Only getting 6-8 eggs a day with 40+ hens! I know a lot of them are molting now (Looks like there has been a pillow fight in there!), so I am assuming that is why I'm not getting the eggs.......or are they all sick???? Ugh, I just don't know where to go from here!

If we didn't have renters coming tomorrow and I didn't have so much more to do, I would take this last chicken to Gainesville to be Autopsied! Next one will go no matter what! Gotta figure out what is happening!

I copied this: Ammonia fumes can be dangerous to the chickens, causing eye and lung problems. (And did you know that bleach can mix with the ammonia in chicken poop and create toxic fumes?

I clean everything with Oxine Animal Health Sanitizer ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HT7H8W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) coops, incubator, and horse stalls.
If you don't have Oxine use vinegar.
Good luck!

 

[katsdar]

I copied this: Ammonia fumes can be dangerous to the chickens, causing eye and lung problems. (And did you know that bleach can mix with the ammonia in chicken poop and create toxic fumes?
I clean everything with Oxine Animal Health Sanitizer ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HT7H8W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) coops, incubator, and horse stalls.
If you don't have Oxine use vinegar.
Good luck!

So you could use this in foger type machines?