Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[fuentemoon]

Liquid - it came in a syringe type tube, I transferred it into another bottle so I could dose my gang with a small insulin syringe.

You need to know the strength of the Ivermectin, and from that you can figure out the dosage.

The tube was 15ml of productn, and each ml contained 10mg of ivermectin (10mg/ml).

I can't remember the dosage now, will put out feelers to see what it is - I wrote it down and lost it sheesh!

Right, but how do you administer it? By mouth?

 

[rural mouse]

Okay, I'm not gonna getel attached to the chick/s, until I think that they will thrive. I do have names picked out though.
Ellie (because I asked RC for permission to name one after her sweet girl. RIP Eli)
And the rest are just cute
Sapphire
Amethyst
Diamond
Emerald
Crystal
Silver

Silver is in use.... she likes wild water

Go ahead and use if it fits.

 

[rural mouse]

I 100% understand, I have run to get help looking, only to get back and find the missing one somewhere like a roost or a nest-box way more times then Id like to admit to

Me too. YS has come out on his own to help look. He's been sent to close the coop and reported someone missing, and flat out states that Primula and Belladonnaare HIS chickens. (Shan, though offspring of one of them, isn't being claimed). He also loves grandma's "soccer ball" chicken, so I see cochins in the future at some point. He told me last night that he would love featherfooted dingalings (Thing, with feathered feet). He meant chickens with feathered feet, crests, beards and muffs, and full sized (so not silkies). He may have a breeding project in his future....

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Those would be great names for Barred Rocks!

They are all part BR! Pastel and Splotch are mixed. BR mixed with Black Australorp.
And Pastel is my only rooster at the moment, so he could be the only dad.
I really hope the chick makes it, and that I get more.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Silver is in use.... she likes wild waterView attachment 3555076Go ahead and use if it fits.

Ah, okay. I can use Pearl if no one has one named Pearl.

 

[rural mouse]

Ah, okay. I can use Pearl if no one has one named Pearl.

Silver is queen here. Could bode well for future prospects... I do understand staying away from current use.. avoids confusion. I have a list of names picked out in my head. guess how many got used on these 6?

 

[ValarieF]

 

[LhickenChicken]

Sorry to hear this, that is sad.

Is there any way you can put the mama in a secure place by herself?

Can’t wait to see your chicks also

Yes, after I found out she went to the dog cage with her chick.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Yes, after I found out she went to the dog cage with her chick.

And another chick hatched last night or early this morning. It looks part BPR and I don't want to be a negative Nancy but I think it's a cock.

 

[Ponypoor]

Right, but how do you administer it? By mouth?

Yes down the gob

The first time I did it I was freaking out, my cousin held the chicken and I gave the med.

By the 5th one I had it all figured out:
Cousin holds chicken
I gently pull down on the wattles (or where they should be on my clucks),
Beak opens, put the tip of the syringe in the mouth and give the stuff.

It's not a lot so it's not like its going to come spitting back out.

5mg/ml is 0.04ml/kg of body weight
A 6lb chicken would get 0.09ml (round up to 0.1ml)

I have 10mg/ml so I would half that dose
10mg/ml would be 0.02ml/kg
A 6lb chicken would get 0.05ml

Egg withdrawl is 7 days they say.

I ate mine, and I am still here, though I seem to have grown a third eye!