The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[cockoftherock]

Im new here but what does bloody eggs and roast pork have to do with the life cycle of blackhead in chickens earthworm and turkeys. or was that a wild chicken chase ha

 

[ki4got]

Im new here but what does bloody eggs and roast pork have to do with the life cycle of blackhead in chickens earthworm and turkeys. or was that a wild chicken chase ha

those things individually have nothing to do with each other, but the thing that binds them together is the 'family' of friends on this thread.

 

[Leahs Mom]

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I fully agree with you Sue. Nothing more to add, and Blackhead is much more common in some areas than others. I asked my provincial ag vet and he said they haven't had a case of blackhead in years in our area. I had my turkeys in with my chickens without any disease issue.

I've actually heard that Turkeys can give chickens immunity to Mereks.. So yeah.. That's a plus.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Shan - It was me that has the area the smaller birds can go in.







Those fence pieces I got from Lowes. My 24 wk olds can still go through and when they're young they will hop on top and over too. If silkies are the size I think they are, these would probably work for them.

I just zip tie them together and to the fence so that I can easily remove them or change the configuration.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_260261-1641...e&pl=1&currentURL=?Ntt=black+fence&facetInfo=

 

[Shan30]

those things individually have nothing to do with each other, but the thing that binds them together is the 'family' of friends on this thread.

 

[Leahs Mom]

BTW, @ki4got

How did that roast turn out?

 

[cockoftherock]

Maybe I should be a little more clear What preventitve measures have people with. expeeience with blackhead used. in a natural way. Its well known chickens.have a natural immunity where turkeys do not and like the hiv if you dont have it then of course.you cant get it and these are.the precautionary measures Im asking about not general ideas opinions but responcible breaking or preventing the vector from occurring. In that blackhead is deadly to turkeys all thing being equal. you would tell your child or friend build your.immunity and dont worry about aids a fatal disease So Im clear what precautions should I take to prevent it or steps to break the cycle in the natural environs thx

 

[aoxa]

Maybe I should be a little more clear What preventitve measures have people with. expeeience with blackhead used. in a natural way. Its well known chickens.have a natural immunity where turkeys do not and like the hiv if you dont have it then of course.you cant get it and these are.the precautionary measures Im asking about not general ideas opinions but responcible breaking or preventing the vector from occurring. In that blackhead is deadly to turkeys all thing being equal. you would tell your child or friend build your.immunity and dont worry about aids a fatal disease So Im clear what precautions should I take to prevent it or steps to break the cycle in the natural environs thx

I have heard of Cayenne Pepper helping with blackhead.. I don't know where I heard that..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/134230/hope-this-saves-a-turkey-from-blackhead
Wait, found it

 

[cockoftherock]

I heard that only works on spanish turkeys lol. It doesnt work. Im talking barriers like the nematode or praying mantis is there a natural enemy to the cecal worm or something. Wild birds can spread it so any threads info along those lines I looking for

 

[armorfirelady]

Leah's mom look at all that pretty snow you have. Add a few more feet & it will be like here

Wanted to post what I found tonight when I got home. I worked late so my mom stopped to make sure the girls had enough food & collect eggs. That was around noonish. I'm sure when she dropped my son off she said hi to the girls as well. I finally got home around 6 & decided to collect the eggs if there were any. Imagine my surprise when I found Stella on the coop floor hopping around. It was dark by then. Apparently the cabbage that was tied with hay twine was finished off today and the twine was laying on the coop floor & Stella got it wrapped around both legs & feet. I picked her up & got it off one leg. I couldn't get it off the other & didn't want to put her down in fear she would tighten the piece on her other leg. I called my mom & she was at work but as I was talking to her I was able to untie the twine from the coop wall. I figured I could cut off the piece still on her leg but realized I couldn't hold her & get the right angle with my hand to cut it. My friend was on his way home & had called me so he stopped over. Took his knife to get it off. Thankfully it wasn't tight on her leg but very little room to cut it off. Thankfully Stella stayed calm thru it all even when he was cutting the twine off as we stood under the porch light. No wounds on her legs or feet thank goodness. I put her back on her roost & stuck Edie btw her and one of the other girls to keep warm & closed up the coop.

Moral of the story if you tie something in the coop monitor it. She got caught up in it in less than 3 hours from when she was last checked. I used the same twine to tie the other half of cabbage up with no problem.

I'm guessing she was scratching where the twine was & got it tied around her one leg & wrapped around the other. I'm sure tomorrow she will voice her displeasure to me