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post #11 of 21
4/4/12 at 5:51pm

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post #12 of 21
4/4/12 at 7:51pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. thumbsup.gif

TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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post #13 of 21
4/4/12 at 8:00pm

Hey from PDX!!!!

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post #14 of 21
4/4/12 at 8:43pm
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Originally Posted by Aeropennchick View Post

Hello and welcome!  Sounds like you have an awesome assortment of animals - I have three great dogs and one outside cat as well as the chicks - I used to have rats when I was in college (LOVED THEM), and my husband had these crazy ideas about building a plastic tunnel system all around the house so we could get some more.  I think we'll just wait until we have some kids and they get to the "I want a hamster" stage, and we'll get rats because they have so much more personality.

  

   My favorite rat, Pippen, thought he was a little dog, and played with our friend's dogs all the time!



Yes, I've owned quite a few animals over the years!  My excuse to my husband is that I can better help clients if know their husbandry and behavior first hand.  Or something like that.  wink.png   Rats are by far my favorite "pocket pet."  I have owned probably nearly 30 and have bred a few litters as well.  Great little critters.  

Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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post #15 of 21
4/4/12 at 9:20pm

Welcome to BYC! We're happy to have you!!

http://orumpoultry.wordpress.com/ - new blog!

 

Production Reds, Clarets ( 2 colors ), Greys, Hatch, Black Australorps, Easter Eggers, Silver Spangled Hamburgs, Red Sex Links, Assorted Bantams, Guinea's, Blue Slate Turkeys, Horses, rabbits, and much more!

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http://orumpoultry.wordpress.com/ - new blog!

 

Production Reds, Clarets ( 2 colors ), Greys, Hatch, Black Australorps, Easter Eggers, Silver Spangled Hamburgs, Red Sex Links, Assorted Bantams, Guinea's, Blue Slate Turkeys, Horses, rabbits, and much more!

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post #16 of 21
4/5/12 at 5:22am
Welcome, from Sugarloaf Mountain, Clermont, Florida. About 25 miles from the mouse house. You will meet lots of great people on here and learn tons about your new addiction. Who knows you just might become the Small Flock BYC Expert Vet for your area. I know we can all use more of you.

I'm not sure where on BYC it is listed. BYC has a list of Vets that practice on poultry. You might want to check it out. It should give you a great list of contacts.

BTW, I love working dogs.... Used to train K-9 service dogs and Search and Rescue dogs for a living. Boy I sure miss doing that.

Maye
Ride the Glide....LIVE YOUR BUCKET LIST NOW!!!!!!  Home of 5 RMHorses, 2 ACD, 8 cats, 4 Welsummer hens,1 Welli Roo,1 EE Buff Orp. X Roo, 5 Skiddie hens,BLRW Roo,2 Dominique,6 Ameraucana hens+2 Roo,1 FBCM Roo, 4 mutt goats, and best of all Don who puts up with us ALL and is Mr. Fix It. RIP my BRIDGET girl.... Foundation Rocky Mountian Horse --1 of 33 that started a new breed.....
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Ride the Glide....LIVE YOUR BUCKET LIST NOW!!!!!!  Home of 5 RMHorses, 2 ACD, 8 cats, 4 Welsummer hens,1 Welli Roo,1 EE Buff Orp. X Roo, 5 Skiddie hens,BLRW Roo,2 Dominique,6 Ameraucana hens+2 Roo,1 FBCM Roo, 4 mutt goats, and best of all Don who puts up with us ALL and is Mr. Fix It. RIP my BRIDGET girl.... Foundation Rocky Mountian Horse --1 of 33 that started a new breed.....
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post #17 of 21
4/11/12 at 12:25pm
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Thank you, Maye!  I tried to pay extra attention in vet school to the poultry lectures since I know the backyard flocks are becoming popular again.  But you just have to learn by doing sometimes!  wink.png  

 

I have not done any search and rescue, but my male Malinois does protection sport (PSA and Schutzhund), dock diving, and a little bit of herding.  Mostly helping move the chickens around the backyard, but we're going to start on ducks once my instructor gets some replacement call ducks for the ones that got eaten at her place a few weeks back.  I'd get a couple myself to practice with, but they so far only allow 6 chickens and no ducks in my city.  My female does sheep herding (my male goes too crazy with sheep) and was a therapy dog.  My Malinois/Siberian husky pup is hopefully going to be like her great uncle and do all three.  I love versatile dogs!

 

Here's my male doing bitework:

 

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My female doing sheep herding:

 

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Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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post #18 of 21
4/15/12 at 2:06pm
How about a photo of your Belgian Husky!!! I love the working dogs and miss it so much. Would love to see more of your kids.....

Maye
Ride the Glide....LIVE YOUR BUCKET LIST NOW!!!!!!  Home of 5 RMHorses, 2 ACD, 8 cats, 4 Welsummer hens,1 Welli Roo,1 EE Buff Orp. X Roo, 5 Skiddie hens,BLRW Roo,2 Dominique,6 Ameraucana hens+2 Roo,1 FBCM Roo, 4 mutt goats, and best of all Don who puts up with us ALL and is Mr. Fix It. RIP my BRIDGET girl.... Foundation Rocky Mountian Horse --1 of 33 that started a new breed.....
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Ride the Glide....LIVE YOUR BUCKET LIST NOW!!!!!!  Home of 5 RMHorses, 2 ACD, 8 cats, 4 Welsummer hens,1 Welli Roo,1 EE Buff Orp. X Roo, 5 Skiddie hens,BLRW Roo,2 Dominique,6 Ameraucana hens+2 Roo,1 FBCM Roo, 4 mutt goats, and best of all Don who puts up with us ALL and is Mr. Fix It. RIP my BRIDGET girl.... Foundation Rocky Mountian Horse --1 of 33 that started a new breed.....
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post #19 of 21
4/15/12 at 7:04pm

Hi && Welcome!!!

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post #20 of 21
4/16/12 at 12:40am
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Here's my Malinois/Sibe girl at about 3 months old.  She's 4 months old now and significantly darker and more sable.  

 

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Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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Housecall veterinarian from mid-Missouri

 

2 salmon Faverolles pullets, 4 Cornish crosses, 2 production red cockerels, 2 Belgian Malinois, 1 Belgian Malinois/Siberian husky (all working and performance dogs), 2 lynx point Siamese cats, 2 rats, 1 bearded dragon, 1 jungle carpet python

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