Recent content by DellaMyDarling

Good news, I got a packet of Baytril! However, it is powder. And 20%? I am unsure how to dose the duck with this. He's having a plain water bath at moment.

Oh, found another BYC thread with article stating PenG in waterfowl can easily be deadly So, I sure won't use that then. I don't mind paying the product plus shipping cost (fast as possible) for the Baytril, but it will take DAYS is my concern. Hoping someone can confirm if options I have on...

I'm searching high and low for the fastest shipping options on the Baytril. It is the only antibiotic that will work? Shipping suggests many days to get here, and I'm concerned that would be unkind to the duck. He has gotten much worse today. I'm conveniently out of Epsom salt due to a human...

It certainly could be another kind of injury, sure. I have PenG, LA200, and Duramycin on hand at all times but neither antibiotic that has been suggested to me for this treatment. He moves around with the flock, but is limping and slow. I do believe it has gotten worse since we first noticed...

Overwhelmed with internet threads, not really finding my answer. Initial exam of this duck does not show the classic large bumble on foot, but my poultry breeder friend assures me that it is Bumblefoot which has traveled. I'll bring him in and soak him and confirm there's no under foot wound to...

My first encounter was during processing of a meat bird. In a rush, nicked the intestines. That was like a horror movie. I have since lost a few meat birds seemingly prematurely, found a huge pile of round worms in the run, and now am totally *barf* My birds all live and comingle together. If...

This poor thing...let me name it Bug. It was hatched from some of out bantam eggs, as a friend was testing his incubation skills over the summer. This is the only chick we got like this with over 6dz eggs hatched for us, thankfully. Somehow, chickie is able to eat and drink so far. I honestly...

I imagine nothing I can do? Any idears? Poor thing ain't near butcher weight, would be an awful waste of life if I cannot remedy.

Got our meaty chicks from post office this AM. This is the SECOND batch from Hoover's. The first batch was DOA. The chicks were each carefully picked up, dipped in food and water, and herded underneath the heat plate. As always, plain pine shavings fresh from bag. Clean water from our well...

I am biting the bullet and fencing in a portion of our property. Cannot afford sad, crowded, cooped birds and cannot afford a loss a day to fox. Fenced range we shall. Yes, I know a fox can climb over. My hope is to at least take the easy out of the Meals To Go to deter them. There's plenty of...

We are fairly positive our flock has both Mareks and MG. As discussed over the past year in my various threads. Isn't that lovely? Seeing as how "the worst case scenarios" already exist here, I am considering skipping the chick order this year and just getting some started birds off...

A few more. I snipped the piece sticking way out, but she's left with a "hang nail" style break that I envision splitting further up beak. There's no apparent bleeding.

Always something new! No idear how it happened, but I have suspicion that there is need to cull some cockerel round here. Poor gal. Should I snip that? Glue it?

So far so good on the boys at least. Every time I check on them, bellys are rounded. They've got nice fats on their bones. They have clearly been growing so I have only weighed twice. Little girl I have weighed a bit more often. She's steadily gaining but does not have nice cushion to her. Her...

She is NOT a dairy goat and can barely produce for 2 babies, let alone 3, so she's not even a good breeder goat. These boys may need to be pulled and put on bottle if her production doesn't increase. In farm terms, she's a completely useless doe. Her genetic line should not continue. Responsible...