California - Northern

[casportpony]

Quote: Some do:
http://agr.wa.gov/foodanimal/avianhealth/aviannpip.aspx

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

If you're planning on buying from someone that's NPIP, ask if they're MG and MS clean.

-Kathy

 

[sewandgrow]

Thinking a bit more about this you could do something similar with a couple of hex bolts through a 2" PVC pipe. You could use washers inside and out an butterfly nuts on the outside.

Just cap the ends and cut about a third of the pipe away to open it up for feeding. Im thinking I'm going to do this instead of the shelf. Since I wont be using fermented feed in it I can also use a "T" junction in the middle and extend a pipe outside the brooder to fill it with.

See what I mean???? A good exchange of ideas.

 

[BCollie]

Interesting, thank you. I don't know where I'll ever buy hatching eggs again, then, if I risk hatching out chicks that have MG and could spread it to my flock??

 

[caychris]

If you're planning on buying from someone that's NPIP, ask if they're MG and MS clean.

-Kathy

here is a link to CA
http://cpif.org/national-poultry-improvement-plan-npip

 

[casportpony]

Quote: That's for CA only, right?

-Kathy

 

[sewandgrow]

I have an assortment of different nest boxes. We have 6 built into one side of the coop. They are big and spacious with lots of head room. They are a favorite with broody hens! With the smaller coop that we just built, I just put a wooden wine box in the corner. The girls love it! I also have 2 wine boxes in the run in the area underneath the coop and 1 in the coop itself on the opposite side of the 6 nest boxes. I just added that one and the girls have decided that they like it. I found 6 blue eggs in it yesterday! In our outdoor broody/chick growout pen, I have a plastic bin with a lid and one side mostly open that I bought when our Orchard went out of business. I've seen them online for a little more money. It works great for a broody mama and her babies.

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We have also built nest boxes with slanted roofs to go in our hoop coops at the barn and on occasion used cardboard boxes from Costco. My girls don't seem to be too picky and they are always changing their favorite egg laying spot. Of course, they all seem to want to lay in the same box at the same time. Yesterday, there were 2 hens in a wooden wine box with another one waiting just outside it and a 4th complaining loudly that it was her turn!

My upside down 5 gallon PVC buckets with the curved cutout above the rim works well for many of my breeds, but it seems that chickens, like people, have different tastes.......LOL

I am looking for Jersey Giants too, but have not had much luck finding them. I think I'm just not looking hard enough. With MyPetChicken you can order as few as 3 chicks, but shipping is pretty expensive. However they do have Black Jersey Giants in stock.
Welcome to the group!

There are breeders out there I am sure, especially if you can hatch eggs. I see that Debi @PetRock knows someone right here in California & I am sure there are others. I personally believe you are a couple steps ahead in the process by buying from breeders.

 

[casportpony]

Just curious, is that saying that anyone in CA that's NPIP is:

• U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma synoviae Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma meleagridis Clean
• U.S. Avian Influenza Clean
• U.S. H5/H7 Avian Influenza Clean
• U.S. Salmonella enteritidis Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Monitored
• U.S. Mycoplasma synoviae Monitored
• U.S. Salmonella Monitored
• U.S. Sanitation Monitored

Just curious...

-Kathy

 

[chiqita]

Just curious, is that saying that anyone in CA that's NPIP is:

• U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma synoviae Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma meleagridis Clean
• U.S. Avian Influenza Clean
• U.S. H5/H7 Avian Influenza Clean
• U.S. Salmonella enteritidis Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Monitored
• U.S. Mycoplasma synoviae Monitored
• U.S. Salmonella Monitored
• U.S. Sanitation Monitored

Just curious...

-Kathy

That would be interesting. I was fairly sure they did not test. If only they didn't require no chicks in the same area..
Grr

 

[ronott1]

Just curious, is that saying that anyone in CA that's NPIP is:

• U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma synoviae Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma meleagridis Clean
• U.S. Avian Influenza Clean
• U.S. H5/H7 Avian Influenza Clean
• U.S. Salmonella enteritidis Clean
• U.S. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Monitored
• U.S. Mycoplasma synoviae Monitored
• U.S. Salmonella Monitored
• U.S. Sanitation Monitored

Just curious...

-Kathy

To be MG Free, flocks that free range or are not kept away from wild birds needs to be tested every three months. On the Old folks Home thread there is a person, I think in Georgia, that has hers tested every three months.