Dixie Chicks

[draye]

ohh we need pictures!! how did the hatch go?

I no longer have any pictures if them. I sent a couple to bamadude maybe he has them still.

I was sent 14 eggs and I think there were either 7 or 8 that get hatched. 1 Marans/ cream Legbars cross, 4 Silkie/polish crosses, 3 buff brahma crosses. So I guess it was 8.

My total hatch was 73 out of 112.

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

Oh, I should have said I am just an old retired woman in Appalachia.

 

[perchie.girl]

I really would like to do this watering system..it's what I wanted to do originally but ended up doing the bucket and nipples because it was what I had readily and easily aviable...think I'd like to install this in the new coop

I like it better than a nipple bucket.... and the fact that hes using a standard heater for a bird bath.... Robust. i am very uncomfortable with using the Aquarium heaters because of the glass. And once the big 20 gallon tank heats up it will radiate heat into the coop... for winter use.

even though I don't like nipple waterers for other reasons I like this one a lot.

I also appreciate the source for the pressure regulator.... I have tried to use garden regulators for drip irrigation but they leak horribly.
The GCF one has a dial on it and I love that. Its very useful when you are using float valves because they dont fail because the pressure goes up suddenly

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Anyone else see that vid a guy breaks a larger egg into a bowl and it has one yolk and another egg with shell intact inside it? I think it was fake. He was like and lets see what's inside it, another egg and then cracks that one open. Didn't look shocked to me like he was just expecting a double yolker.

I have seen several online pictures of double eggs like that....

http://www.poultryhelp.com/oddeggs.html

scroll down there are a couple of pictures of em.

I think what happens is something slows down the final stage of the little one and another egg moves into production next to it.... Viola double egg.


deb

 

[Ravynscroft]

I hatch out over a thousand chicks a year. I might keep 50. Tons of those are shipped eggs. I cull hard.

See??? Yup! lol...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Hey @Brandi9!

Come say Hi and tell us a bit about yourself! Don't be shy, lol...
@Amberjem is the Dixie thread OP and is an awesome thread host!

Jem, got room for another newbie misfit?

 

[chickisoup]

Do You Know the Biosecurity Steps to Protect Your Poultry from Avian Influenza? Get Advice From the Experts with #chickenchat2015 on April 16​

Posted by Joelle R. Hayden, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, on April 14, 2015 at 11:00 AM
Since December 2014, USDA has confirmed several cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 in the Pacific, Central, and Mississippi flyways (or migratory bird paths). The disease has been found in wild birds, as well as in a few backyard and commercial poultry flocks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers the risk to people from these HPAI H5 infections to be low. No human cases of these HPAI H5 viruses have been detected in the United States, Canada, or internationally.
Anyone who owns or works with poultry—whether on a commercial farm, in the wild, or at a hobby/backyard farm—should take proper steps to keep HPAI from spreading. The best way to protect your birds is to follow good biosecurity. Even if you are already familiar with biosecurity, now is a good time to double-check your practices. You are the best protection your birds have!
Be sure to join Dr. Catherine Woteki, USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, and others for a Twitter chat aimed to empower poultry owners with the information they need to protect their birds’ health. Participants include: USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and Forest Service; the United States Geological Survey; the Food and Drug Administration; Department of Agriculture representatives from Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin; the National Turkey Federation; and the National Chicken Council. Andy Schneider, a backyard poultry expert, also will be joining the chat, along with Healthy Harry, the spokesbird for USDA’s Biosecurity for Birds outreach campaign.
Tune into @scienceatUSDA or @USDA_APHIS and follow along with #chickenchat2015 on Thursday, April 16 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PT) to learn how YOU can protect your poultry from this virus.
As part of its safeguarding mission, the USDA helps protects the health of our Nation’s livestock and poultry. We respond to major animal disease events, helping to keep dangerous diseases from spreading. We also work to reduce the economic impact of disease events.

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2 Responses to “Do You Know the Biosecurity Steps to Protect Your Poultry from Avian Influenza? Get Advice From the Experts with #chickenchat2015 on April 16”

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1. christine says:
   
   04/15/2015 at 8:35 AM​
   will you be making this information available in some other form? I don’t tweet
   
2. Ben [USDA Moderator] says:
   
   04/15/2015 at 12:53 PM​
   @christine – thank you for asking. You can find general information about biosecurity in this factsheet: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_health/2015/fs_hpai_biosecurity.pdf. Additional details on backyard poultry biosecurity are available at healthybirds.aphis.usda.gov.

- See more at: http://blogs.usda.gov/2015/04/14/do...kenchat2015-on-april-16/#sthash.fvdjsHUw.dpuf​

 

[Amberjem]

 

[perchie.girl]

Awesome work

deb

 

[Amberjem]

I like it better than a nipple bucket.... and the fact that hes using a standard heater for a bird bath.... Robust. i am very uncomfortable with using the Aquarium heaters because of the glass. And once the big 20 gallon tank heats up it will radiate heat into the coop... for winter use.

even though I don't like nipple waterers for other reasons I like this one a lot.

I also appreciate the source for the pressure regulator.... I have tried to use garden regulators for drip irrigation but they leak horribly.
The GCF one has a dial on it and I love that. Its very useful when you are using float valves because they dont fail because the pressure goes up suddenly

deb

they have fish heaters that are not made of glass now