speckled, great minds thing alike. I learned my lesson. We looked at one place, and the woman had a good flock, which would go with the house if the new owner wanted them. They were a healthy, hardy flock, and she had a nice set up. I would have considered a quarantine period, and keeping them, then building additional coops, and runs for my current flock. The place was ok, but not like what I have now, so I'm glad they wanted too much for it, and we didn't get it.
We went to look at another place, and there were chickens all over the yard. There is just a "look" about birds that are not in optimum health. I warned Dh not to mess with the chickens. He listened, but again, they were running all over the yard. She began giving us the tour. When we got near the coop area, I did not like the looks of the set up, and by then I didn't like the looks of her birds. I declined going to the coop area. We continued talking about chickens, and she finally revealed her flock had recently been treated for Infectious Coryza.
Dh, not knowing much of anything about chickens, or chicken ailments balked when I told him we were going straight home, we were going to strip at the door before going inside, then he was going straight to the shower to bathe, and shampoo his hair. Fortunately, we wore tennis shoes, so our clothes and shoes went straight into the washer. I cleaned myself up, changed clothes, then went out to disinfect the vehicle. Fortunately, I keep Oxine on hand. I scrubbed the whole inside of that vehicle, and inside the trunk, as well as the outside. When all that dried, I sprayed it all down with Lysol. When I got done, I showered, and changed clothes again, putting the ones I wore while cleaning, in the washer with the others. They had already gone through 1 wash, but I added Oxine, and did them all over again. I washed them 3 full times before putting them in the dryer.
After that, I would not go look at any places that currently had any birds, or had them in the past 5 years. If there was an existing coop, no matter the age, I would not look at the place. There weren't that many, but there were 5 - 6 places we didn't go see because of it. I didn't know it then, but I was just waiting for this place to become available. Never any birds on it.
We went to look at another place, and there were chickens all over the yard. There is just a "look" about birds that are not in optimum health. I warned Dh not to mess with the chickens. He listened, but again, they were running all over the yard. She began giving us the tour. When we got near the coop area, I did not like the looks of the set up, and by then I didn't like the looks of her birds. I declined going to the coop area. We continued talking about chickens, and she finally revealed her flock had recently been treated for Infectious Coryza.
Dh, not knowing much of anything about chickens, or chicken ailments balked when I told him we were going straight home, we were going to strip at the door before going inside, then he was going straight to the shower to bathe, and shampoo his hair. Fortunately, we wore tennis shoes, so our clothes and shoes went straight into the washer. I cleaned myself up, changed clothes, then went out to disinfect the vehicle. Fortunately, I keep Oxine on hand. I scrubbed the whole inside of that vehicle, and inside the trunk, as well as the outside. When all that dried, I sprayed it all down with Lysol. When I got done, I showered, and changed clothes again, putting the ones I wore while cleaning, in the washer with the others. They had already gone through 1 wash, but I added Oxine, and did them all over again. I washed them 3 full times before putting them in the dryer.
After that, I would not go look at any places that currently had any birds, or had them in the past 5 years. If there was an existing coop, no matter the age, I would not look at the place. There weren't that many, but there were 5 - 6 places we didn't go see because of it. I didn't know it then, but I was just waiting for this place to become available. Never any birds on it.
