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[MonsterClucker]

Actually it is good that you do not see the coughing sneezing and such. Nearly all of the illnesses that cause those symptoms in chickens have a cull them all recommendation and many of them die any way. I am not saying you have to do that. You would have to close the flock though.

It sounds like what you have is not one of those of so Good on You!

Ron

Righteous! Righteous!

Can't be mad at that!

 

[ronott1]

Today was a Looong day!

My Gold Laced Brahmas shipped from South Carolina 1:30pm on the 25th. We paid for Express Overnight delivery which was somewhere around $125 with a money back guarantee if not delivered today by 3:00pm. So they didn't get to the Redding postal distribution until today where they sat until 3pm! 3 full days no water (There was watermelon in the box thank God!).

I had been calling my local post office since yesterday to try and figure out if I had to come and get them or were they being dropped off to my address, which they didn't know.
So I call the distribution office to try and find out why the chickens were still there?? They told me they had been there since 1am?? Wow. What is going on at that place?
So I finally make the lady understand the importance of getting this box, or I thought I did. She said they would be to my door no later than 3:30!
So an hour later my local PO calls and says they have my chickens!

Long story short I rush down before they closed and rescued my new Gold Laced Brahmas from the hell of the Post office!

They are wonderful!

The post office here is better. I called and talked to the Postmaster and he tracked the eggs from Texas. He could see where the were and when they would be at the Post Office when the USPS website had bad informatioin. He held them for me and called me at 7 in the morning to tell me they were there.

If You the next time you have something like these guy shipped, call the post office and have them track the package and tell them to put a hold on them at the distribution center with a call you notice so that you can pick them up.

Thank Goodness they are ok. They may take two weeks to start laying again though. I hope it will be sooner.

Ron

 

[ronott1]

No hens a'laying. 26 1/2 weeks old for 4 pullets and it's almost October. What are my odds they will even start laying this year? 15 and 17 weeks old for the rest of them.

Now that I have the extra cockerels out of the coop- I have room for more. When do y'alls chickens start laying again- Feb?

Some of them will start laying for you. The Marans and Buff Orps are breeds that can take a while even in the early summer. You still have October to get first eggs. Are they showing the signs yet?

Are the roosters mounting them? Are they tearing up the nest boxes?

They slow down a bunch in November and some will stop in December but if they start now pullets will usually keep laying through the winter. When the season changes in December they will start laying more or the ones that did not start this spring will start soon after that.

Oh another thing to listen for is them singing the egg song. They will drive you crazy. Before on of mine started this year she sang it all day long with no egg. She laid the first on the next day when I was at work...

Ron

 

[MonsterClucker]

one more tidbit of non-poultry cuteness to start off your weekends:

Kittens are hilarious!

They are gorgeous!

Thank you! I'm glad to finally get them lol. Now we just gotta get these 2 girls laying!

They are wonderful!

The post office here is better. I called and talked to the Postmaster and he tracked the eggs from Texas. He could see where the were and when they would be at the Post Office when the USPS website had bad informatioin. He held them for me and called me at 7 in the morning to tell me they were there.

If You the next time you have something like these guy shipped, call the post office and have them track the package and tell them to put a hold on them at the distribution center with a call you notice so that you can pick them up.

Thank Goodness they are ok. They may take two weeks to start laying again though. I hope it will be sooner.

Ron

Yea I'm glad they made it ok too.
I for sure will do that next time. Because those people at the distribution place have no care about other peoples packages. You would think because they are live animals they'd rush those first. But I guess not.

But at the end of the day were happy. So it was all worth it.
That would be nice if they started again in 2 weeks. But I'm not rushing them.....Yet lol

Mike

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Today was a Looong day!
My Gold Laced Brahmas shipped from South Carolina 1:30pm on the 25th. We paid for Express Overnight delivery which was somewhere around $125 with a money back guarantee if not delivered today by 3:00pm. So they didn't get to the Redding postal distribution until today where they sat until 3pm! 3 full days no water (There was watermelon in the box thank God!).
I had been calling my local post office since yesterday to try and figure out if I had to come and get them or were they being dropped off to my address, which they didn't know.
So I call the distribution office to try and find out why the chickens were still there?? They told me they had been there since 1am?? Wow. What is going on at that place?
So I finally make the lady understand the importance of getting this box, or I thought I did. She said they would be to my door no later than 3:30!
So an hour later my local PO calls and says they have my chickens!
Long story short I rush down before they closed and rescued my new Gold Laced Brahmas from the hell of the Post office!

Yeah it is alot of stress and the post office is well???? probably not going to be around long lol...
I am going to be getting some more penedesenca from south carolina in another month so looking forward to the stress again.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

They are wonderful!

The post office here is better. I called and talked to the Postmaster and he tracked the eggs from Texas. He could see where the were and when they would be at the Post Office when the USPS website had bad informatioin. He held them for me and called me at 7 in the morning to tell me they were there.

If You the next time you have something like these guy shipped, call the post office and have them track the package and tell them to put a hold on them at the distribution center with a call you notice so that you can pick them up.

Thank Goodness they are ok. They may take two weeks to start laying again though. I hope it will be sooner.

Ron

I was wondering on the laying. Mine have not yet started to lay which Emp's are slow to develop so they may not for awhile. I am getting some full grown Black Penedesenca next month which should be laying.

 

[zooweemama]

What happened to the multi quote button?
Ok, So basically its still the same cold? Just they just have a mild case, even though they've had it awhile?
....About your pullet not laying....
She might start laying. My RIR pullet that Hatched at the end if April layed her first egg today. She cracked it a little and it looks Like it has a tattoo or something on it. But I am Soo friggin happy! We are up to three layers! Lmbo!

The new one is on the left...

Can you see the little crack and a little tattoo looking thing on the end??

Well yes, it's entirely possible it's the same thing. If it is CRD (mycoplasma I believe is another thing it is referred as) you can treat your flock for symptoms but they remain carriers and will give it to any new birds you bring in and you cannot give eggs (if I read right), chicks or birds to anyone else or you will infect their flock too. So you would have to close your flock. If any of your birds die- I recommend sending off to David for a necropsy. That will diagnose what is wrong. And it sounds like it can really hang around for a while and can recur. http://animal-health.library4farmin...TING-poultry/Chronic-Respiratory-Disease.html But it could be something else- it's hard to know without testing.

Oh and yeah hoo for eggs! hehe!

 

[ronott1]

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Yes, there are different types of CRD. One of them is bad and keeps coming back, often when the chicken is stressed. Another type goes away and does not come back and is not as bad. A necropsy would let you know for sure. One thing to remember is that chickens do not get colds like we do. Anything that looks like a cold is bad bad bad!

Ron

 

[ronott1]

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Any time you move or seriously stress a hen they will stop laying for about two weeks. Sometimes just moving them to a new coop will throw them off. That is one reason why they will lay less eggs in the winter. A big blowing storm will stress them sometimes. Do they make chicken prozac?

Ron

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Any time you move or seriously stress a hen they will stop laying for about two weeks. Sometimes just moving them to a new coop will throw them off. That is one reason why they will lay less eggs in the winter. A big blowing storm will stress them sometimes. Do they make chicken prozac?

Ron

yes or adding new chickens can do the same.