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[audy5000g]

Good news. The guy I bought my now, dead rosecomb from is going to sell us 1-2 more hens if he has some good ones to choose from. That's the bright side. We do have to drive from Michigan to Indiana to get them though.

 

[BantyChooks]

Why do I see jet packs or rocket launchers whenever I see the LH illustration?

You too?

I thought it was just my over active imagination that saw rockets.

 

[BantyChooks]

Good news. The guy I bought my now, dead rosecomb from is going to sell us 1-2 more hens if he has some good ones to choose from. That's the bright side. We do have to drive from Michigan to Indiana to get them though.

 

[Chaos18]

Good news. The guy I bought my now, dead rosecomb from is going to sell us 1-2 more hens if he has some good ones to choose from. That's the bright side. We do have to drive from Michigan to Indiana to get them though.

Sounds like a fun way to spend a day.

 

[casportpony]

Quote:
Quite right... many people do raise just one species, and those people don't usually have issues with blackhead, and many peafowl breeder keep same age chicks together, and some of us keep them off the dirt until they are 3-6 months old.

This is how one person (AugeredIn) keeps theirs:







-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I'm jealous. Curiously, what will you do if one does get blackhead?

-Kathy

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good news. The guy I bought my now, dead rosecomb from is going to sell us 1-2 more hens if he has some good ones to choose from. That's the bright side. We do have to drive from Michigan to Indiana to get them though.

Way you buy adult birds? IMO incubating eggs are better than chicks, and this are better than adult birds

 

[BullChick]

I'm jealous. Curiously, what will you do if one does get blackhead?

-Kathy

Deal with it, and never keep them together again. And report it since I understand that the big bad wolf likes to know.

 

[casportpony]

I thought this was clever:
msmolly posted this in post #127 from:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/785199/peafowl-may-june-hatch-along-come-join-the-obsession/120


-Kathy

 

[Akrnaf2]

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Fair enough, but have you tried to raise turkeys or peafowl with chickens? Until one does, it's pretty easy to talk about darwinism. So many people never have a sick bird, ever, then they buy some poults or peachicks and suddenly start losing them to blackhead. -Kathy

I agree. But I think that's why it isn't recommended to raise different species together. It isn't even recommended to raise different ages together.

Quite right... many people do raise just one species, and those people don't usually have issues with blackhead, and many peafowl breeder keep same age chicks together, and some of us keep them off the dirt until they are 3-6 months old. This is how one person (AugeredIn) keeps theirs: [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]-Kathy[/COLOR]

But, when they do get to the ground they receive all the Pathogens together! Do you have any statistics on the % of death comparing the 2 methods?