Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[RodneyRooster]

Quarantine is a personal choice but I have read story after story about entire flocks being wiped out with coryza or CRD. The only birds that I have ever had with problems came from a well known registered breeder. As a result of my strict quarantine rules , they were never introduced to the flock.
If a bird even leaves my property it has to do the full 6 weeks in quarantine on its return. Better to be safe than sorry.

Wow urs are strict! Lol. Yeah i did contemplate not worrying about quarantine with my new lot as i got them from the same breeder and i went in and seen all her chooks etc. But i guess i decided to do it because anybodys chooks can become ill with or without fault from the owner. Just cos my first lot were fine doesnt mean this lot wouldnt be. I knew she wouldnt sell me a chook she knew was sick but she may have not known it was sick yet. So I did it for about 2 weeks or so i think but thats only cos i was so busy with the wedding i couldnt spend the time out there with them when introduced. Otherwise i prob wouldnt have made it passed 1 week lol. But yeah i realise its a personal choice and one that differs a lot, it was more shock that i thought sj chucked them straight in without even a meeting and they got along! Lol. SO jealous. Still i will always do quarantine i think, as u said, better to be safe than sorry!

 

[Teila]

Howdy folks

Sjturner79 you are so lucky that your newbies slotted in so well; not often you hear that. I am also jealous, I have dramas just re-introducing a broody who has been AWOL for a while and I only have girls! Introducing roosters so easily is amazing.

satay your nephew sounds adorable! I created a mental image of his horrified little face

Sounds like you are going to be busy leading up to Easter but it also sounds like a nice family Easter will be had. Beautiful birthday presents!

Love the pictures RodneyRooster! Drinking from the drain is funny; my gals much prefer cat water to chicken water when they can get it

Agreed, that quarantine is a personal choice. I have run the no quarantine gauntlet on two occasions. The first was way back at the start when I only had two gals and one sadly passed away, leaving one on her own; something she was not very happy about. So, I raced out and bought her a friend, no quarantine.

Second time, I bought LuLu (on her own) and took the chance introducing her as she fretted on her own.

Since then I have decided that any newbies will bring a friend who they can quarantine with.

I got away with it twice but I have too much to lose to take the risk again. I would never forgive myself if I lost the gals because I didn’t quarantine.

 

[Ashburnham]

Wow urs are strict! Lol. Yeah i did contemplate not worrying about quarantine with my new lot as i got them from the same breeder and i went in and seen all her chooks etc. But i guess i decided to do it because anybodys chooks can become ill with or without fault from the owner. Just cos my first lot were fine doesnt mean this lot wouldnt be. I knew she wouldnt sell me a chook she knew was sick but she may have not known it was sick yet. So I did it for about 2 weeks or so i think but thats only cos i was so busy with the wedding i couldnt spend the time out there with them when introduced. Otherwise i prob wouldnt have made it passed 1 week lol. But yeah i realise its a personal choice and one that differs a lot, it was more shock that i thought sj chucked them straight in without even a meeting and they got along! Lol. SO jealous. Still i will always do quarantine i think, as u said, better to be safe than sorry!

I keep closed flocks. Chooks only come onto my property as eggs.

xxxx M

 

[RodneyRooster]

I keep closed flocks.  Chooks only come onto my property as eggs.

xxxx     M

Hmmm.. waiting for eggs to hatch or waiting 6 weeks to combine chooks... Both would be difficult, i reckon id prefer waiting for the eggs haha! Great way to control disease.. cant think of a better one

 

[IamSamSam]

Not the best pics but do you think someone knows I like roosters Thanks for the early birthday pressie

Yup

 

[IamSamSam]

My poor girl. This is her second bad moult.

 

[K Spot]

oh dear Sam! My Welsummer is going through a bad one too.

 

[IamSamSam]

oh dear Sam!  My Welsummer is going through a bad one too. 

my little one says she has no more feathers

She did this last year but I thought it was because she brooded for nearly 8 weeks. After not breaking the broody cycle at 5 weeks I gave her cheap eggs. She hatched half and went into a mad moult. No broody this time though

Hope the wellie is ok and it's not too bad.

 

[IamSamSam]

Rodney Rooster- I love the LS.

 

[K Spot]

She's ok thanks Sam, she looks hilarious to me. She moulted the same last year after she hatched eggs.