Our legislatures wrote a bunch of stupid laws regarding this outbreak... then repealed them, probably after they read them.... Sound familiar... See Okanogan and read the last page where the laws were repealed... We have elected idiots, I swear...
What's going on with the quarantine ???? I called the Dep't. of Ag. to find out how the AI can be transmitted..... The Riverside Quarantine is less than 5 miles from me... I was concerned about UPS, USPS and Fed EX driving into my place and bringing it with them.... I got a...
Wow.... 2nd 96 gram egg... 10-25 was the first... this AM the second....
Bad news..... Lavender Orp found dead in the run this AM.... Gonna do a necropsy... she was really skinny.... I'm thinking I may find something in her gizzard... nail, screw.... something..... and I...
Are you feeding High Protein feed.... take away the layer feed for 2 weeks and cram the protein in them for feather growth.... You may get a couple eggs with little or no shell.... and supplement their diet with roasted egg shells and oyster shells... plus Granite Grit...
I see some...
Good Morning Folks..... Happy 11 degrees to all......
Hey, segregating my rooster for about 3 weeks did the trick.... He's quite the gentleman now.... Hens have him in line, big time..... He's not the boss anymore... But a loyal servant to the ladies... Still very protective but...
They are great folks.... They are suggesting I separate the roo in a quarantine cage, inside the run, just to give the hens a break.... What a good idea... I may try that... If I do, I will take pics of how that comes together.... Take pics of your new birds, or eggs, or what ever they...
Hey neighbors..... I've got a Sagitta Rooster that needs about 15 hens to take care of... I've got 7 hens and that's not enough for him...
I was thinking of increasing the number of hens to 12.... Even spoke with Bro at Just Fowling Around... That's where I got my chickens...
I've...
OK.... here's my new "supplements" feeder idea.......
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/910207/abs-feeding-tubes-for-grit-oyster-shells-and-chicken-egg-shells
Smokey..... but not as bad as 2006..... of course there is still a lot of stuff to burn.... Wind kicked up this afternoon.... Southerly... We don't have any local news here.... Sooooooooooooo, I don't know what's going on....
Everything I've read, the amount of fresh air required to keep the ammonia down and prevent respiratory problems with the chickens, insulation would be "not much help"....
It would help with radiant heat from the sun... but so will ventilation...
Good Morning...... Luckily someone on a different thread, posted about the Eastern Washington Thread, or I never would have found all my neighbors.... I'm 151 pages and 1500 posts behind....
Dave