Chicken12

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nanny

• dry run 2.5 hrs
• Week ending the 18th. 3x6hr + 4hr = 22hr @ $16
• Week ending the 25th 3x6=18
• invoice 1208-1 2.5+22+18

butcher

• http://howlingduckranch.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/butchering-day-turkeys-warning-graphic-photo-documentary/

dogs

Any one of the Livestock Guardian dog breeds would be the best choice. Great Pyrenees, Anatolian Shepherds, Akbash and Maremma are some of the most popular but there are others.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbash_Dog
• http://www.akbashdogsinternational.com/node/25
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyrenees
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolian_Shepherd#Characteristics
• barks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maremma_Sheepdog

weight

8-20-12

• alpha tom : 21.8lbs
• others : 19.3 - 19.8
• black chicken (may 13th) : 3.5

9-23-12

• alpha tom : 35.6
• hen 24.5
• black tom : 27.4
• wt : 25.2
• blk roost : 5.1
• ms chick : 5.1

disease

• DMZ:http://www.apvma.gov.au/products/review/docs/dimetridazole_review_findings.pdf
• Metronidazole / Fish Zole
  • dosage - turkeys / chickens 50mg/kg per day.
  • dosage : horse 20mg/kg twice a day. dog 20mg/kg once a day.
  • http://books.google.com/books?ei=dfgzUK-dIMus0AHxkICgBg&id=gR9tAAAAMAAJ&dq=flagyl+turkeys+dosage+kg+blackhead&q=Metronidazole++turkeys+dosage+kg+blackhead#search_anchor
• ALBC Turkey Manual : http://www.albc-usa.org/EducationalResources/turkeys.html
• http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/340637/treating-blackhead-with-cayenne-need-advice
• http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2009-0211-203154/heijden.pdf
• http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/acidified_copper_sulfate.html
• http://www.drugs.com/vet/acidified-copper-sulfate.html
• http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/bar_medicine.html?cl=crumbtrail
• old treatment is 1 tbs of apple cider viniger per gal of water
• worming guide : http://www.aviagen.com/assets/Tech_Center/AA_Technical_Articles/AAServiceBulletinIntestinalWorms.pdf
• http://healthybirds.umd.edu/Disease/Deworming%20Birds.pdf
• 1 lb of DE per 50 lbs of feed.
• http://www.homingpigeon.com/article/Dosage.html

flubenvet

http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=70506.0;topicseen

• • 1.43 mg flubendazole per kg body weight daily = 10.01mg per kg over 7 days
  • w/2.5% -> 57.2mg/kg.day
  • w/2.5% -> 400.4mg/kg.week
  • as of 8-19-12, birds weight is 22+3*18+5+8*3.5 = 109 lbs = 49.54kg --> 19.8 grams (2.5%) for the flock for 1 week
• 5% of 2.5% OAT MIX: -> 1.144 grams/kg/day -> 8grams/kg/week
  • mixed into oats at 5% by weight -> 396 grams for flock per week (13.94oz)
  • or 1.99oz per day.
• of the 109 lbs, chickens are 30%, turkey 70%
  • thus 4.2 oz for chickens, 9.8 oz for turkey.

dmz dosage

• study of residue : http://www.apvma.gov.au/products/review/docs/dimetridazole_scope.pdf
• google search

treatments

• july - turkeys 5 days @ ~250mg each, day 1 was 500mg
• aug 20 : 2 days at ~250mg each, day 2, 250pg pill in mouth
  • day 3 500mg by pill in the mouth

future

• worming : recommended to be put in feed.
• dimetrazole

fence

• http://www.wayfair.com/Mat-2-Mesh-Hexagonal-Poultry-Netting-308498B-BFJ1011.html

trkey

http://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?session.category=Turkeys&grd_prodone_filter=PRODUCT_ID%20%3d%20%27DTATS%27

water

• http://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplies/prod1;ft1_poultry_equipment-ft1_poultry_watering_systems-ft1_hoses_nipples;pgwc1030.html

purchase

• more T posts
• method of easier watering : PVC pipe + nipples?
• more metal roof
• materials for chicken house

=other purchase*

• wood to frame door
• rubber roof
• wood to repair porch
• wood for stairs.
• wood to repair covered area

chickens hatch

• brought home on 3-10-2012 - probably 1 or 2 days old. Thus miss chicken in march 8th, 2011!
• 2nd batch, brought on 5-13-2012. Probably born, 5-10-2012