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The MG vax does NOT prevent transmission... only lessons symptoms and possible mortality rate. In fact, most of the chicken vaccines do not prevent transmission of what they are targeting, only lessen severity of symptoms and lessen mortality. Some may lessen morbidity. DAFox- I am a fan of...

Quote: I feel fortunate that I don't live anywhere near close enough to accidentally do business with you. FWIW, the only people you'd be "paying back" in that scenario was the unsuspecting sap that bought your chickens... not the owners or the inspectors even. It'd be 'newbies' that didn't...

Quote: How did you know your flock had "something"? What are the symptoms? About two weeks (or a bit more) after I bought my birds (the entire flock, purchased from one place), they began to exhibit "cold like" symptoms. Sneezing, some had raspy breathing, small bubbles in the corners of...

I have a closed flock that has MG (I think...or something...no official testing, but it was very MG like when it showed symptoms), I did not depopulate. Having said that, I don't sell any birds, chicks, or hatching eggs... the chickens are just our 'pets' and we enjoy the eggs. If your plans...

Ok, but how far IS it to power? What I'm getting at is you can use insulated wire to take your hot wire from the charger at an outlet to a LONG way away... providing you have somewhat of a decent charger. (rated to cover the distance of all wire used) Still FAR less than a solar powered...

Quote: Honestly, I ask myself this often....

I always want to tell people that aren't horse people...that are wanting to get a horse... to run the other direction! That's probably not fair... after all, at once point, every great horse owner knew nothing about horses even if they started very young... it's just very hard to find GOOD...

The funniest thing is that there is an entire population of "nice" men that really think "nice" meant *nice* when someone labeled them that... therefore, don't understand WHY it is that "nice men" finish last... 'Cute' horse 'Precious' baby 'Special' kid 'Nice' man It's all *code*...

Welsummerchicks has it... "cute" is to horses as "precious" is to babies...

While it's possible to have an bird that's considered an EE be a standard color, usually there are other disqualifying factors within the standard. However, EVEN if there aren't...and a mixed mutt EE happens to be visually standard color and type, the problem is that they will not breed true...

I don't see any saddle or sickle feathers yet...but at 12 weeks, they could be on their way in still, I think. It does look more like a pullet to me, though. But, I wanted to say that JUST the presence of curved tail feathers doesn't mean a whole lot, really. I don't have cuckoo marans, but...

IMO, for lice/mites you will want a dusting of something like sevin dust. And, depending on which you actually have, you'll want to treat the coop, too. Lice pretty much live their entire cycle on the bird... they lay their eggs at the base of feathers, and don't nest in the coop. Most mites...

Here's my two cents... or a buck fifty, keep the change... The younger birds ARE going to get pecked and chased. You're not going to avoid it. It won't matter how you integrate them, they'll be put in their place by the older birds. It seems that usually, the ones in the lower pecking order...

I can't comment on the assortment you're considering, but I love Cackle and have had very healthy chicks from them with zero mortality. (and I'm a total chick newbie- I've never brooded chicks before) Now, I didn't have them shipped... I don't live terribly far away, I wanted a smaller order...

Thanks, all! I'd probably not worry about switching them from grower to layer if the feed I'm considering trying had an unmedicated grower available where I can get it. Right now, they only have a starter/grower that's medicated Or the layer (crumbles or pellets). So if I switch to the other...

I have a flock of mixed ages housed together... 13 of them are laying now, and 8 of them are just 16 weeks old. I feed everyone a grower feed and have oyster shell available. (The new layers are going thru the oyster shell like it's candy! Nice egg size/quality though... just a LOT of...

I'm not sure at all... but I think you should've opted for the 'just hatched' sized diapers. Those clearly aren't going to work...

I haven't read all the replies, so forgive me if I repeat something... IMO, $1000 for a horse with problems, ANY problems, is too much in this market. Granted, there have been occasions that I have bought horses that were overpriced because *I* wanted *THAT* horse... but I was well aware that...

Only if and when they get the notion to. Some breeds are more prone to going 'broody', others just about NEVER do. (the broody trait has been bred out of many production layer breeds. Broody hens don't lay while broody and for some time afterward.) It's a hormonal thing, really...and if the...

I have a 6' X 9' coop with exterior nest boxes. I currently have one roosting area on a northwest wall that goes across the entire end...so it's approx 6' long. It has another roost in front of it that's 3-4', but at a lower level. (about a foot lower) There is another roost on the east...