Silkie thread!

[casportpony]

Quote: What you all don't get to see is how hard I struggle with the math, lol. Luckily DH is a math wizard, so I have him check all of my work before I post it.

-Kathy

I see it!!! Kathy, you just try to hard to give perfect valid information, and the anxiety interferes with your math. I suffer from that too.

Kathy, I love love LOVE your avatar!!!!!

Thanks, i like your's, too! Is that one of your chickens?

-Kathy

 

[Kisune]

Do they have any time outside as yet ? I usually let them out in a day pen for a couple hours a day to acclimatize them to the outside temps and soil , grit , dirt. Something they scratch round and eat would be more to their liking. I usually give them a slice of water melon, cantelope or soft baked pumpkin ( skin on ) . Keep in mind that once you start introducing them to food other than crumble , they will need access to grit to help with digestion.

Thanks for the tip on food, my problem though is that I don't have a run set up yet or have a safe way for them to run outside. I'm working on it now though. Another question though, my chickens have super watery poop. And by that I mean a good third of some of their poop is just water. Would you know if that means anything?

 

[seminolewind]

Quote: What you all don't get to see is how hard I struggle with the math, lol. Luckily DH is a math wizard, so I have him check all of my work before I post it.

-Kathy

I see it!!! Kathy, you just try to hard to give perfect valid information, and the anxiety interferes with your math. I suffer from that too.

Kathy, I love love LOVE your avatar!!!!!

Thanks, i like your's, too! Is that one of your chickens?

-Kathy
Yea that's my big blue JG rooster Thor. The guy is huge!

 

[seminolewind]

My silkies had hatched alot of my Polish, and occassionally some of the Polish came back to spend the weekend with Ma and Paw, then they were off again. I realized that silkies don't forget who their children are.

 

[WVduckchick]

My silkies had hatched alot of my Polish, and occassionally some of the Polish came back to spend the weekend with Ma and Paw, then they were off again. I realized that silkies don't forget who their children are.

Interesting!! And very pretty!

 

[mom of silkies]

My silkies had hatched alot of my Polish, and occassionally some of the Polish came back to spend the weekend with Ma and Paw, then they were off again. I realized that silkies don't forget who their children are.

That's so sweet, they love their babies! And they are beautiful chickens!

 

[tjo804]

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I am by no means an expert! but I am wondering if they are drinking too much water is the brooder too warm? it should be around 75 to 80 deg. at 4 weeks. Maybe someone here will know better.

as far as outside even if you just take em out and sit with them for a bit it will give them time to play. I usually put a log for the fire place or campfire in the brooder it gives them a bit of entertainment. You could also bring out side in a litter pan with a shovel of grass and dirt is very much fun for chicks. (And the people watching them)

 

[seminolewind]

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I am by no means an expert! but I am wondering if they are drinking too much water is the brooder too warm? it should be around 75 to 80 deg. at 4 weeks. Maybe someone here will know better.

as far as outside even if you just take em out and sit with them for a bit it will give them time to play. I usually put a log for the fire place or campfire in the brooder it gives them a bit of entertainment. You could also bring out side in a litter pan with a shovel of grass and dirt is very much fun for chicks. (And the people watching them)

I was thinking the exact same thing. My whole flock has watery stool the whole summer because of the amount of water they drink. At 4 weeks they should almost hold their own and not require additional heat.

 

[Kisune]

I am by no means an expert! but I am wondering if they are drinking too much water is the brooder too warm? it should be around 75 to 80 deg. at 4 weeks. Maybe someone here will know better.

as far as outside even if you just take em out and sit with them for a bit it will give them time to play. I usually put a log for the fire place or campfire in the brooder it gives them a bit of entertainment. You could also bring out side in a litter pan with a shovel of grass and dirt is very much fun for chicks. (And the people watching them)

Thanks for the help. I'll try that out and check their temperature ('ω')ノ

 

[Sylvester017]

Wow, when I researched the Amprolium dosages I always read (using 9.6% liquid) to use 9.5 CCs per gallon for 5-7 days, with only some people recommending following it up for another three days two weeks later. I hadn't read about the 3 week treatment. If that is how it's meant to be done I suspect that is why it came back, as they were only on it 7 days. I still have them on the Corid until I get the sulfadimethoxine in my actual hands because I believe they have a particularly bad case of cocci and am afraid to stop treatment even for a few days.

Tabitha's legs aren't in working order yet, but her head/neck coordination seems even better this morning, and she ate and drank even more than she did at any point yesterday, so I still have hope. She was chattering happily the whole time she was eating. She was not particularly friendly as a small chick but since she's had the wry neck and has needed handled so often she's become very sweet.

I will start checking the use by dates on feed. I only buy one bag at a time so I usually only have it for a few weeks. I keep it it metal bins which seems to help keep out most of the humidity, at least so far.

Good luck with your little breda! She sounds very sweet.

Thank you again for all the help everyone has given.

Coccidia is such a scourge. I understand that raising poultry on old dairy land can be a real problem for getting recurrences. I do routine worming maintenance but not for cocci - Ppl may think I'm nuts but I do follow-up fecal tests on each hen at least once a year for worms/cocci just to be certain because I'm not adept enough to just look at a stool and know what's in it other than it looks runny or looks "normal." I only have 4 birds so I have the luxury of doing fecal tests but I imagine with a large flock just a few random chickens can be tested to give an indication if a flock will need treating. I had one bird test positive for cocci and the vet suggested the others be treated because cocci transfers through soil, feces, and shared waterers/feeders. There are so many chicken maladies for which there are no vaccines or "cures" but at least worms/cocci have available preventions/treatments!! A few weeks ago I had to put down a darling little girl with weak legs - she'd get better then relapse. My vet worked in the poultry industry and suspected Marek's and I knew for a fact the breeder didn't vaccinate so we put her down. There's no advance way to diagnose many chicken maladies and so many diseases share the same symptoms. I wanted a necropsy but couldn't because it was a weekend and the carcass wouldn't be fresh enough by start of the week - the college prefers non-frozen carcasses for necropsies. Ahh-h-h the joys and heartaches of chickeneering! I'm at the point that if ever we lose our flock to some unforeseen malady that we'll change to ducks next time - lol