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

[LuckysMum]

Not nice but we kill any mice on our property. The trouble with mice is they may go between neighbours and then if they have chooks (like ours do) then you risk disease spreading.
We use baits and traps. All our feeds are kept in bins with lids so mice can't access it.

Teila your coop is looking good. Love the sign Beware of Broody.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Actually the question we should be asking is how long was it between buying the buttercup and her showing symptoms? You see people quarantining for a couple of weeks and I've often wondered how long you really should to be sure they are healthy. Six weeks I would have thought was pretty good so I'm curious how long after buying they did first get sick.

Usually the stress of relocation will bring symptoms on , but in their own environment it can be months between bouts of illness. I don't let anyone that owns chickens anywhere near my pens for fear of them bringing disease in on their shoes or clothes.
The other alternative is that someone already in the flock is a carrier . Just thinking aloud.

 

[User395221]

How high off the ground are they? Sounds like you have it too low, I don't get any dirt in mine.

Flat on ground (although I stuck a paver underneath each today. They are low so the little girls can reach in to get the tucker. I've got a wall-mounted feeder in the coop run and I mounted that to suit my isa browns. I don't think the little girls can reach that one, so I got the bucket feeders so they could reach in.

 

[appps]

Still not finished, we are getting there though. I wonder if we will ever really be able to say that it is, I am sure we [or more likely I] will think of something

Wow. That looks great!

 

[appps]

Flat on ground (although I stuck a paver underneath each today.  They are low so the little girls can reach in to get the tucker.  I've got a wall-mounted feeder in the coop run and I mounted that to suit my isa browns.  I don't think the little girls can reach that one, so I got the bucket feeders so they could reach in. 

Mine are about chest height. You might find as they get bigger and you can raise it more the problem solves itself.

 

[User395221]

You might find as they get bigger

They aren't going to get bigger. They are midgets. They are going to stay little.

 

[Fancychooklady]

What a beautiful day in the Huon , sun shining and many visitors to the garden.

Saddened by the loss of yet another young equestrian. Rip Caitlyn Fischer. Ride high.

 

[User395221]

Saddened by the loss of yet another young equestrian. Rip Caitlyn Fischer. Ride high.

That's just terrible, her family must be so shocked.

(beautiful photos)

 

[mooandmcgee]

And what were you going to do with the live one you catch? Just wondering.

I like to make sure they are dead before I find them. I don't like having to deal with live ones.

Luckily we live in the city and there is a company that comes, sets the tarps and picks them up when they are occupied. They take them about 5-10km and releas them into a huge nature belt. We have only needed their services once and so we will see how we go having chooks.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Saddened by the loss of yet another young equestrian. Rip Caitlyn Fischer. Ride high. [/quote]by Fancychooklady




So sad. Prayers for her family.