Easter Egger club!

[summerb123]

That sucks I'm sorry for your losses!! That is terrible. To raise them and lose them so young would suck.

yeah it sucks big time and the worst thing is there were gave to me as a early b-day present......I guess that EE's aren't ment for me!

 

[AmandaMBG]

Awe don't give up because of a few losses. Maybe you can try again down the road.

yeah I did. they have fowl pox (dry form) i don't know why they keep dieing? i only have 3 left and 2 are cockerels and the other one i'm not sure she will make it :/

 

[summerb123]

Awe don't give up because of a few losses. Maybe you can try again down the road.

but i have NEVER lost that many chicks in that short period of time

 

[Selsley]

but i have NEVER lost that many chicks in that short period of time

have a thought for a guy whos blog i was reading, he was writing about creating his own breed. after a few generations and over 2 years in, a fox killed his whole flock,can understand after the time and feelings invested in that enterprise he would be in 2 minds about restarting again.



funny how you accidently find all these interesting facts about chickens when your looking for something else, but never find them again when you really want them.

 

[summerb123]

have a thought for a guy whos blog i was reading, he was writing about creating his own breed. after a few generations and over 2 years in, a fox killed his whole flock,can understand after the time and feelings invested in that enterprise he would be in 2 minds about restarting again.

oh that must of sucked! but still

 

[Sylvester017]

but i have NEVER lost that many chicks in that short period of time

When there's a contagious illness losses are expected. In my hot humid SoCalif climate I don't have luck with EE or Amer because they are too heavily under-downed. But if you have a milder climate EEs will do fine. Just don't get more birds until your current contagion has passed and been sterilized.

 

[summerb123]

When there's a contagious illness losses are expected. In my hot humid SoCalif climate I don't have luck with EE or Amer because they are too heavily under-downed. But if you have a milder climate EEs will do fine. Just don't get more birds until your current contagion has passed and been sterilized.

i live in a hot humid climate also i know but my dad plans to get more when they get better also trading my cornish pullet for a Polish rooster and i'm afraid that she will get stressed and the pox come back and effect his flock

 

[Sylvester017]

i live in a hot humid climate also i know but my dad plans to get more when they get better also trading my cornish pullet for a Polish rooster and i'm afraid that she will get stressed and the pox come back and effect his flock

Biosecurity warning. Don't be trading chickens until the contagion has passed and everything sterilized.

 

[summerb123]

Biosecurity warning. Don't be trading chickens until the contagion has passed and everything sterilized.

no fowl pox can stay in them for life and if they get stressed uot they will start to show up again once the bird travels from here to there she will be stressed and the fowl pox will appear again and its highly contigous

 

[Sylvester017]

no fowl pox can stay in them for life and if they get stressed uot they will start to show up again once the bird travels from here to there she will be stressed and the fowl pox will appear again and its highly contigous

I still would think you wouldn't want to move the chickens around that could pass contagion onto others later especially if it is a latent carrier type symptom. But that's my ingrained biosecurity talking.