Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Noncentzter]

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Congrats!!!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Congrats!!!

Thanks John!

 

[pips&peeps]

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YEAH!!!

Too bad there wasn't a goodie basket this time.

BOO....

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

pips&peeps :

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YEAH!!!

Too bad there wasn't a goodie basket this time.

BOO....

Are you kidding? I STILL have some of those awesome cookies from last time! LOL​

 

[pips&peeps]

Mine are all gone in this house! It's time to make Christmas cookies now..... mmmmmmmm

I'm probably going to gain back the 10+ pounds I dropped this summer by New Years.

 

[cottagegarden]

Way to go!!

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Yes! I have news!! My black bantam cock bird took BB, BV, and Ch. Ameraucana, with Res. Ameraucana going to a Jr. exhibitor with another black bantam hen. There were 14 bantams shown, 5 black, 2 lavs, 7 wheatens. Royce brought lf weatens and blue weatens...I think I remember counting 8 of them total. Overall, it was a pretty decent turnout for the Ameraucanas, considering the size of the show.

 

[SpeckledRoo]

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Have you or anyone else answering this post read the material on this web site?
1. Chickens do not get colds
2. When a chicken exhibits symptoms such as these he has more than a cold
3. Never, Never treat with tetracycline, it does not cure, it may only mask the symptoms.
4. The bird will always be a "Typhoid Mary". It will always be a carrier of the desease.

Sorry for your bird, but these are the facts and the whole truth. Anyone getting a bird from you will now share in your luck. Read this site, it is here for a reason.

 

[hcammack]

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Have you or anyone else answering this post read the material on this web site?
1. Chickens do not get colds
2. When a chicken exhibits symptoms such as these he has more than a cold
3. Never, Never treat with tetracycline, it does not cure, it may only mask the symptoms.
4. The bird will always be a "Typhoid Mary". It will always be a carrier of the desease.

Sorry for your bird, but these are the facts and the whole truth. Anyone getting a bird from you will now share in your luck. Read this site, it is here for a reason.

I agree you would do better to cull the birds then to introduce the issue to your flock. Did you quarantine this male for 30 days? If so he showed snotty nostrils right? I think it would have been best to cull him before introducing him to your hens. Respiratory issues in birds rarely go away now if your hens come down with it you may have to cull them all and start over. Hope for your sake they all don't come down with it I would still cull the male with the respiratory issues he probably picked something up at the show.

 

[SteveH]

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Have you or anyone else answering this post read the material on this web site?
1. Chickens do not get colds
2. When a chicken exhibits symptoms such as these he has more than a cold
3. Never, Never treat with tetracycline, it does not cure, it may only mask the symptoms.
4. The bird will always be a "Typhoid Mary". It will always be a carrier of the desease.

Sorry for your bird, but these are the facts and the whole truth. Anyone getting a bird from you will now share in your luck. Read this site, it is here for a reason.

It sounds as if you have had a bad experience with your own flock ? He's in segregation and I'll watch for symptoms in my flock . If it shows up I'll destroy the flock . My vet can test by blood work , I'll not take severe actions on a possible diagnosis done by way of a message board . If you're correct , many birds were exposed at this large show .

 

[McSpin]

This is the main reason I don't show my birds. The risks are not worth it in my opinion.