Current EMS and quail eggs
Email 02/07/2023
Hello again Mr ______,
Just a quick note regarding the current trend in Atlanta EMS. As far as I can tell, excess deaths is the current trend here. Even my coworkers who have been 'asleep' throughout this ordeal have noticed that we are seeing a lot more cardiac arrests lately. A most of them are nursing home patients, so nobody really suspects anything. But we are seeing them in greater numbers than normal. We had 3 at the same nursing home 2 days ago. I was dispatched to one of them, and mine was already in bad health but he was one of 3 that day. It's not unprecedented to have multiple arrests at a facility in a 24 hour period, but not normal either.
As far as the egg story goes, I have 12 jumbo coturnix quail at home because my city has a livestock ban. I can hide quail a lot easier than chickens. I have also noticed the egg problem. When I gave them a local feed I found at rural family hardware store they produced eggs. Tractor supply is about half the distance from my house, so I got a bag of Purina brand 16% protein chicken layer crumbles from there and they stopped laying. I switched to DuMor brand 16% layer crumbles (also from Tractor Supply) and they still won't lay. I guess I'll be switching back to the rural hardware store feed next time find myself in the next county north of me. I figured it was due to the season, but I have lights on a timer so I thought they should be laying. Then this chicken egg story broke ***buh-dum tssss!***, so maybe that's the problem. Definitely interesting.
Keep fighting the good fight. God Bless.
-Handy
FYI Handy, the quail poop is extremely great fertilizer. My aunt and uncle raise them and gave their poop to a local grower who later had the best growing season in years. They now pay too dollar for it every year. Something to consider if you are growing a garden or know someone who does.
Have the quails improved any? I had to buy from tractor supply, as my regular online shipment was delayed, in late January. My hen quit laying after 3 days of Purina Layena 10 lb pellets. She also lost a few feathers, and it’s not molting time. 3 weeks after back on regular feed (only), she’s now laid 2 eggs (although smaller), a few days apart. All of this is out of the ordinary, for her (chicken). This is the 2nd like story, I’ve seen this week...ugh. Never again w/ Purina. Her regular feed is from Scratch & Peck, btw. I hope your hens are doing better. I guess its time to start a mealworm farm, after all.