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post #31071 of 37859
5/14/12 at 10:23pm

Well, and your birds all know each other because they snuggle the fence together.

~~Call Ducks: Butterscotch & Blue Fawn ~~ Runner Ducks: Blue/Black ~~ Giant Toulouse Dewlap Geese: Buff & Grey ~~ Sebastopol Geese: Gray Saddleback ~~ Silkies ~~ B/B/S Bantam Cochins/Frizzles ~~ Sizzles ~~ LF Salmon Faverolles ~~ English Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons ~~ and a few rogue Guineas ~~

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~~Call Ducks: Butterscotch & Blue Fawn ~~ Runner Ducks: Blue/Black ~~ Giant Toulouse Dewlap Geese: Buff & Grey ~~ Sebastopol Geese: Gray Saddleback ~~ Silkies ~~ B/B/S Bantam Cochins/Frizzles ~~ Sizzles ~~ LF Salmon Faverolles ~~ English Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons ~~ and a few rogue Guineas ~~

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post #31072 of 37859
5/14/12 at 10:26pm
I may try it in a few days, then, when I am not so busy with gimpy girl. How is your call baby doing with her silky buddy?
My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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post #31073 of 37859
5/14/12 at 10:57pm

Seems to be doing alright...at least I don't have a screaming baby on my hands!

~~Call Ducks: Butterscotch & Blue Fawn ~~ Runner Ducks: Blue/Black ~~ Giant Toulouse Dewlap Geese: Buff & Grey ~~ Sebastopol Geese: Gray Saddleback ~~ Silkies ~~ B/B/S Bantam Cochins/Frizzles ~~ Sizzles ~~ LF Salmon Faverolles ~~ English Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons ~~ and a few rogue Guineas ~~

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~~Call Ducks: Butterscotch & Blue Fawn ~~ Runner Ducks: Blue/Black ~~ Giant Toulouse Dewlap Geese: Buff & Grey ~~ Sebastopol Geese: Gray Saddleback ~~ Silkies ~~ B/B/S Bantam Cochins/Frizzles ~~ Sizzles ~~ LF Salmon Faverolles ~~ English Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons ~~ and a few rogue Guineas ~~

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post #31074 of 37859
5/15/12 at 6:10am

Silkie Ducklings will be here in the morning big_smile.png

We are very excited about adding this adorable breed to our Coyote flocks. Next year we will start offering shipping on all of our ducklings and chicks. 

Coyote Night Acres

NPIP Certified

www.coyotenightacres.weebly.com

 

Ducks:Indian Runner Ducks, Silkie Ducks

Chickens: Bantam Cochins,Wheaten Marans, Mottled Ameraucanas 

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Coyote Night Acres

NPIP Certified

www.coyotenightacres.weebly.com

 

Ducks:Indian Runner Ducks, Silkie Ducks

Chickens: Bantam Cochins,Wheaten Marans, Mottled Ameraucanas 

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post #31075 of 37859
5/15/12 at 6:11am
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Originally Posted by Chicken Crazy12 View Post

Silkie Ducklings will be here in the morning big_smile.png

We are very excited about adding this adorable breed to our Coyote flocks. Next year we will start offering shipping on all of our ducklings and chicks. 

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

Helen: Daria, do you have to look at everything in such a negative light?

Daria: Could you possibly be referring to the harsh light of reality?

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

Helen: Daria, do you have to look at everything in such a negative light?

Daria: Could you possibly be referring to the harsh light of reality?

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post #31076 of 37859
5/15/12 at 6:18am

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Went out last night to lock everyone up at 8 and a cat ran out of the chicken yard. Heard a kitten meowing, couldn't find it. Checked my trap this morning and here it is. I think it's only around 3 months old, can't get a very good pic because it's scared and I'm scared of it, lol. Guessing there's a dumped/stray momma trying to feed her kittens, which would explain why they are so desperate to get the chicks/ducklings. Can't tell if this kitten is just scared of the trap, but it seems pretty wild. After it calms down I'm going to see how friendly it is, if I can tame it and keep it from killing my chicks when it has a full belly I might just have myself a "coop" cat to chase away other strays eventually.


Edited by JulieNKC - 5/15/12 at 6:33am

Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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post #31077 of 37859
5/15/12 at 6:51am

QJ- 

Transmission and Epidemiology:
The disease is highly contagious and readily transmitted among chickens. The virus matures into a fully infective, enveloped form in the epithelium of the feather follicle, from which it is released into the environment. It may survive for months in poultry house litter or dust. Dust or dander from infected chickens is particularly effective in transmission. Once the virus is introduced into a chicken flock, regardless of vaccination status, infection spreads quickly from bird to bird. Infected chickens continue to be carriers for long periods and act as sources of infectious virus. Shedding of infectious virus can be reduced, but not prevented, by prior vaccination. Unlike serotypes 1 and 2, which are highly contagious, turkey herpesvirus is not readily transmissible among chickens (although it is easily transmitted among turkeys, its natural host). Attenuated serotype 1 strains vary greatly in their transmissibility among chickens; the most highly attenuated are not transmitted. Marek’s disease virus is not vertically transmitted. The incidence of Marek’s disease is quite variable in commercial flocks and depends on strain and dose of virus, age at exposure, maternal antibody, host gender and genetics, other concurrent diseases, and several environmental factors including stress.

 

 

It's not passed via mother to egg to chick, so your hatchlings will be mareks free. I haven't been able to find if your existing birds can be carriers and infect new birds or not, but I think they are, at least for awhile. I do know there is a vaccine, which you could give to new chicks if so, to keep them from getting it. If you lose another chick I'd send it for a necropsy before vaccinating everyone though, just to be sure that's what it was. 

Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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Seramas, call ducks, mandarin ducks, and geese SCNA member  MO NPIP pt tested flock 

My website http://ittybittybantiebarn.weebly.com/  

FB poultry group, The Roost- https://www.facebook.com/groups/415500468537164/

 

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post #31078 of 37859
5/15/12 at 7:20am

i have 3 guinea chicks hatched out.

i checked the other 2 eggs that have ext pips.

1 is deffinately dead.

and the other is still alive but not making progress (i will not help for fear of leg problems)

 

 

forgot to mention lastnight.  my 6 week old ducklings got moved outside full time.

so they spent their first night outside lastnight.

and they were just fine =)

 

 

my 4 week old ducklings also got moved out to the shed.  they are still terrified . (not sure why . same type of brooder, same bowels, same bedding. they are just spastic)

 

and my itty bitty babies look TINY in the big brooder lol. its soo cute!

its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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post #31079 of 37859
5/15/12 at 7:26am

just peeked in the bator again.

seems egg #4 was just resting he is starting to zip which means i should have another baby in the next half hour.

so that will be 4 of the 6. not that bad of a hatch rate for guineas

its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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post #31080 of 37859
5/15/12 at 7:47am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicken Crazy12 View Post

Silkie Ducklings will be here in the morning big_smile.png

We are very excited about adding this adorable breed to our Coyote flocks. Next year we will start offering shipping on all of our ducklings and chicks. 


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My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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