The past several days have been a roller-coaster. Looks like things are beginning to improve - although not without loss.
I lost two of my Buff Orpington chickens on Monday evening. All the others seem to be perking up - my win from all the struggling to save them.
One of the two that I lost was my little buddy that had become spoiled rotten to having me hold him all the time. I think the good in all this is the fact that I had not reached the point of giving anyone a name - yet.
I couldn’t find any rational sense in naming somebody Maureen - only to discover later - Maureen was actually supposed to be Maury.
Figuring out the sex on dogs and cats is just too easy. This thing with chickens is much like the old days of being pregnant before they had Ultra-Sound equipment.
I’ve had several friends in the Homestead Poultry group at Yahoo come to my rescue - which has been a wonderful blessing - loads of experience holding me up for support - which I am ever so grateful for being able to learn from.
My eyes almost begin watering - from merely watching that whole tablespoon of ground cayenne pepper going into the strawberry-banana yogurt - along with the garlic powder - additional live culture - and crushed multi-vitamin.
“ Yuck “ doesn’t even reach the thought of how all that concoction must taste. But Shar mentioned that chickens can’t taste anything.
Lucky for me. Otherwise - I’d have 13 birds wanting to peck my eyes out!
For now - I continue on the routine of keeping their feeders and waterer cleaned. They’ll continue with their little yogurt concoction. And I’ll continue dispensing the 2Tbl. Duramycin-10 with 1Tbl. Sugar into a gallon of water for them to drink.
Very slow process. But I am beginning to see great improvement in the stools and their demeanor. Hopefully - they’ll come out on the other side of this with very little damage.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Fighting Coccidiosis Out of My Entire Flock
The past several days have been a roller-coaster. Looks like things are beginning to improve - although not without loss.
I lost two of my Buff Orpington chickens on Monday evening. All the others seem to be perking up - my win from all the struggling to save them.
One of the two that I lost was my little buddy that had become spoiled rotten to having me hold him all the time. I think the good in all this is the fact that I had not reached the point of giving anyone a name - yet.
I couldn’t find any rational sense in naming somebody Maureen - only to discover later - Maureen was actually supposed to be Maury.
Figuring out the sex on dogs and cats is just too easy. This thing with chickens is much like the old days of being pregnant before they had Ultra-Sound equipment.
I’ve had several friends in the Homestead Poultry group at Yahoo come to my rescue - which has been a wonderful blessing - loads of experience holding me up for support - which I am ever so grateful for being able to learn from.
My eyes almost begin watering - from merely watching that whole tablespoon of ground cayenne pepper going into the strawberry-banana yogurt - along with the garlic powder - additional live culture - and crushed multi-vitamin.
“ Yuck “ doesn’t even reach the thought of how all that concoction must taste. But Shar mentioned that chickens can’t taste anything.
Lucky for me. Otherwise - I’d have 13 birds wanting to peck my eyes out!
For now - I continue on the routine of keeping their feeders and waterer cleaned. They’ll continue with their little yogurt concoction. And I’ll continue dispensing the 2Tbl. Duramycin-10 with 1Tbl. Sugar into a gallon of water for them to drink.
Very slow process. But I am beginning to see great improvement in the stools and their demeanor. Hopefully - they’ll come out on the other side of this with very little damage.
I lost two of my Buff Orpington chickens on Monday evening. All the others seem to be perking up - my win from all the struggling to save them.
One of the two that I lost was my little buddy that had become spoiled rotten to having me hold him all the time. I think the good in all this is the fact that I had not reached the point of giving anyone a name - yet.
I couldn’t find any rational sense in naming somebody Maureen - only to discover later - Maureen was actually supposed to be Maury.
Figuring out the sex on dogs and cats is just too easy. This thing with chickens is much like the old days of being pregnant before they had Ultra-Sound equipment.
I’ve had several friends in the Homestead Poultry group at Yahoo come to my rescue - which has been a wonderful blessing - loads of experience holding me up for support - which I am ever so grateful for being able to learn from.
My eyes almost begin watering - from merely watching that whole tablespoon of ground cayenne pepper going into the strawberry-banana yogurt - along with the garlic powder - additional live culture - and crushed multi-vitamin.
“ Yuck “ doesn’t even reach the thought of how all that concoction must taste. But Shar mentioned that chickens can’t taste anything.
Lucky for me. Otherwise - I’d have 13 birds wanting to peck my eyes out!
For now - I continue on the routine of keeping their feeders and waterer cleaned. They’ll continue with their little yogurt concoction. And I’ll continue dispensing the 2Tbl. Duramycin-10 with 1Tbl. Sugar into a gallon of water for them to drink.
Very slow process. But I am beginning to see great improvement in the stools and their demeanor. Hopefully - they’ll come out on the other side of this with very little damage.
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