Colorado

[wsmith]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/20...e-trendy-spreaders-of-salmonella?sc=17&f=1001

Poorly written article that miss-informs the readers. While Chickens CAN be host and spread some types of Salmonella, proper husbandry and bio-security are the key things here.

 

[Chesterchook]

Just a hello from snowy Canon City, Colorado. I know I joined a couple years ago but couldn't find my membership, so I have started over. I have RIRs, Buff Brahmas and Black Australorps, 36 in all. I have 41 eggs in an incubator right now and 12 due to be mailed from Welp on April 3. No one warned me this would be an addiction.

Sounds familiar lol, we've got our first incubator batch going too

 

[Pozees]

Poorly written article that miss-informs the readers. While Chickens CAN be host and spread some types of Salmonella, proper husbandry and bio-security are the key things here.

Agree, as well as proper cooking

 

[trochefarm]

Not sure why I let that article spin me up like it did. Worse than the article, though, are the comments that just seem purely ignorant and narrow minded.

 

[jgurshtein]

This article seems like where my dad must get his information. He can generally be counted on to take the negative side of anything and run with it... including the news that I got chicks. He just kept spitting out TONS of misinformation and some things that were just downright appalling! 'WHERE does he come up with these things?!' I was thinking. Apparently there are plenty of articles out there for the person who is looking for something to justify their negative opinions.

 

[jgurshtein]

So this annoying... my speckled sussex chick likes to jump in the FF when I first put it in the brooder. She splashes some up on the walls and then jumps out and pecks at it. I don't really mind that she's getting in the feed as much as I mind that she's kind of a sticky mess after....

 

[jgurshtein]

So for a while there I was checking the little chick butts for pasting every day. Then it seemed to lessen as the incidence of pasting was decreasing. Now it's MAAAYBE once a week. How often am I supposed to check?

 

[Chook Chick]

I cant beleive it , I know we need more snow, but does it have to snow on my days off? I will never get my coop built. My chicks are a couple weeks old all ready. In a pinch I could put them in my little greenhouse, but they would mess up my soil to much nitrogen. They are awful cute. My Marans are looking good and the meaties at two weeks old have doubled in size. It is so funny you can feel their weight difference when you hold them. Pozees love your Coop! You're doing a fabulous job! Can't wait to see it when your finished the chickens will be so happy

I'm right there with ya.....the days I have time it's too cold/snowing; the days that are suitable to get outside, I have my grand baby....and to top it off, my girls have discovered they can fly out of the brooder!!

 

[Pozees]

This article seems like where my dad must get his information. He can generally be counted on to take the negative side of anything and run with it... including the news that I got chicks. He just kept spitting out TONS of misinformation and some things that were just downright appalling! 'WHERE does he come up with these things?!' I was thinking. Apparently there are plenty of articles out there for the person who is looking for something to justify their negative opinions.

All I can say is, let your experience be his guide. It serves no purpose to argue, all you can do is say that the research you have done informs you there may be benefits, not the least of which is that you spend more time outside and on your feet, and have eggs MUCH healthier than any you can buy at the store - and much fresher! You are interested in learning ways to be more self sufficient, and it makes you happy!

Our lives have become so electronic these days, for which I am grateful as I would never have met all of you, but having a reason to spend a few minutes outside checking food and water, collecting eggs, and just watching them do their silly run when they think there's an apple in the offing, is just so plain satisfying!

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

So for a while there I was checking the little chick butts for pasting every day. Then it seemed to lessen as the incidence of pasting was decreasing. Now it's MAAAYBE once a week. How often am I supposed to check?

I don't think I have ever had a chick with pasty butt past three weeks. Usually they started within 3-6 days of starting to eat and were cured by the two week mark. I am sure there can be oddballs out there but in general that has been my experience.