Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[featherhead007]

I think that @casportpony may have a list of labs. I think

Cali is too far away, but I took my dead bird to a lab in Tulare.

 

[seminolewind]

Idk. @Kiki got in my head I guess

But it wasn’t really even because of that or cause she’s right or anything. I know I could do it. And I want to eventually. Really. But I also just realized I don’t really want to have to feed 30 or 40 birds or have a coop way up in the middle of nowhere or totally separate flocks it’s a long walk up to where I wanted this coop haha

I honestly might still get some CX or quail or something though because I really do want meat birds and to try it but I don’t really need like 10 extra layers and honestly, oddly, I think I’m far more likely to do the butchering than I am to actually sell any eggs

So I couldn’t really justify adding that many more layers especially when I already added some new birds with these chicks haha

So yeah.

I’m just trying to go to sleep before I order quail immediately because they take up faaaaaaarrrrrrr less room

If you are talking about Marek's, there is life after Marek's. For years now I either order vaccinated hatchery day olds or buy the vaccine and do it myself day 1. Then quarantine for 3-4 weeks to let the vaccine build antibodies. Most of mine are vaccinated at this point. I have one 12 year old who has survived this long. And about 6 years ago I had one bird die from Marek's (sent to lab).

 

[Kiki]

Day 39 of everything's being closed in my area.
I can't imagine how horrible it is now for those who can't work.

 

[ShrekDawg]

If you are talking about Marek's, there is life after Marek's. For years now I either order vaccinated hatchery day olds or buy the vaccine and do it myself day 1. Then quarantine for 3-4 weeks to let the vaccine build antibodies. Most of mine are vaccinated at this point. I have one 12 year old who has survived this long. And about 6 years ago I had one bird die from Marek's (sent to lab).

Okay thank you!! Good to know!! I thought the vaccine was only good for 24 hours? Or is that once it’s mixed??

 

[seminolewind]

I can eat 'em (not off'em, but eat 'em!) but only if I don't know which one is which. So, everything has to packaged by part, not by bird. With a whole bag of drumsticks, no one knows whose was which was what's ... so it works. I haven't eaten any I've raised, yet (not enough space) but I've eaten those I've tended. I know it's not the same, but it's the closest I'll get unless I can move!

I have Houdan hen who is a psycho. She does bite! And will attack. But you can still hold her, she never runs away, and gets along with the flock very well.

 

[featherhead007]

I'm under a lot of stress today. I think I will lay in the Barn/coop, cover myself in meally worms, and let the chickens give me a massage!

 

[seminolewind]

Okay thank you!! Good to know!! I thought the vaccine was only good for 24 hours? Or is that once it’s mixed??

You mix it. But it's good for an hour after mixed. It comes 1,000 doses but not smaller. And I figure a lower amount they would probably charge the same for.

 

[ShrekDawg]

You mix it. But it's good for an hour after mixed. It comes 1,000 doses but not smaller. And I figure a lower amount they would probably charge the same for.

That makes sense!! Thanks!! So the vial itself lasts a while? I thought I read somewhere it didn’t. Maybe I’ll get a vial of it so I can hatch again haha

 

[SnapdragonQ]

We also tend to get a little (or a lot) off topic sometimes, this thread being a great example, lol, it was supposed to be about what were all doing in regard to this crisis.
I’ll try to bring it back:
Myself I panicked a bit about not being able to get new chicks this year, my flock is old and I’d planned to transition to a whole new breed. Locally hatched chicks (and rabbits and goats) started disappearing online as soon as they were posted, I was only able to get five of a breed I don’t even want (Whiting True Blues), but that’s fine since they’re so bloody cute!
I also bought my first incubator from amazon, and a box of hatching eggs from someone an hour away (eggs posted online also disappeared quickly!) so now I have these seven fuzz balls:View attachment 2102199
Black is a copper maran, two white are maran (?), the three brown are partridge chantecler and the silver is the lone araucana that hatched. No names yet except this guy:
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I’m calling her Four, it’s from a movie but I think the reason is obvious! She also has a cute black eyelash mark, sure hope it’s a girl!

Four is one of my favorite characters from movies.
(S)he's cute!!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

So the ginormous roaster chicken is in the crockpot and the house is just starting to smell good....herbs, spices, garlic and a wee hint of onions.
The tail had a teeny tiny amount of freezer burn so I'll cut that off and though I looked, it appeared the processors took the kidneys out already. I guess I've gotten used to the rotisserie birds from Sam's Club still having them.
Fingers crossed it comes out tasty.