EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[ChickenCanoe]

I killed the thread.

Again!

 

[daxigait]

@Fire Ant FarmWould you be willing to send me a few seeds?

 

[daxigait]

We have 2 labs in MO. The Mizzou vet school (which is where I take mine) and the MO Dept. of Ag lab near you in Springfield.
[TR] [TD] 29 [/TD] [TD] Missouri [/TD] [TD] Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory University of Missouri 810 E. Campus Loop Columbia, Missouri 65211-0001 Phone: 573-882-6811 IAV-A, CSF, ND, FMD, PRV, IAV-S* [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] 30 [/TD] [TD] Missouri [/TD] [TD] Missouri Department of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 701 North Miller Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65802-6460 Phone: 417-895-6861 [/TD] [/TR]
I usually drive mine to Columbia but it is about 6 hours round trip. I found that if you call them, they'll e-mail a FedEx express mail shipping label. You can drop it off at a FedEx office or arrange a pickup. The store is only about 2 or 3 miles from my house. You don't pay the shipping till they bill you for the necropsy. I think the shipping is at a reduced price but I don't know because I haven't been billed for the last one yet. I do have a beef with FedEx though. I went by the office and asked what time I had to get a package in to get to Columbia by the next day and they told me 7PM. I got it there and the driver was just arriving to pick up. The package went to the distribution center and stayed there till Tuesday night and finally arrived in Columbia Wednesday morning. So a bird that died on Friday took 5 days to get where I could have driven it in 3 hours. If you drive there, someone is on call 24/7 to meet you and accept the animal. But they don't pick up at FedEx on weekends. I dropped one off at midnight on a Friday night once. @daxigait You can cut a bird open and often see abnormalities. I've done it a couple times. However, since raising Penedesencas, I find it essential to know exactly what killed a bird and any other health issues they may have had and that knowledge only comes with complete lab work. If you choose to do so yourself, open it up from the vent to the neck by cutting through the ribs and then spreading it open to expose all organs so you can examine them one by one. Pay special attention to the liver, kidneys and heart. Look for excessive fat deposits. With the kidney segments, look for them to be uniform. Sometimes I think the more docile ones are those more prone to issues. At least, I know that if I can pick up a bird, they're on their last legs.

Thanks. I think CA will do them free though. I need to check. Otherwise it is too expensive here I think. What was your last one?

 

[campingshaws]

@ChickenCanoe we're staying the night with DH's BFF in StL tonight. I'll wave at you.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@Fire Ant Farm Would you be willing to send me a few seeds?

Speaking of sending something, I'm pretty sure we're headed to Carthage Saturday. Do you want a rooster? I have a few nice ones going to the pot if you don't.

Thanks. I think CA will do them free though. I need to check. Otherwise it is too expensive here I think. What was your last one?

Don't you have to be a resident of CA to send one there?
I think my first one was about $75. The second was a little more. I think that was because I used their middle of the night drop off service. This one will have the added FedEx fee.
Keep in mind that price is for the whole enchilada. Every possible test they can do.
I've never checked to see the cost at the Springfield lab.

Here's a list of Mizzou's fees. http://vmdl.missouri.edu/t_f.html

Another thing to consider is that they give you forever to pay.

@ChickenCanoe we're staying the night with DH's BFF in StL tonight. I'll wave at you.

What part of town?

 

[campingshaws]

[@=/u/350041/Fire-Ant-Farm]@Fire Ant Farm[/@]Would you be willing to send me a few seeds?

Speaking of sending something, I'm pretty sure we're headed to Carthage Saturday. Do you want a rooster? I have a few nice ones going to the pot if you don't.

Thanks. I think CA will do them free though. I need to check. Otherwise it is too expensive here I think. What was your last one?

Don't you have to be a resident of CA to send one there?
I think my first one was about $75. The second was a little more. I think that was because I used their middle of the night drop off service. This one will have the added FedEx fee.
Keep in mind that price is for the whole enchilada. Every possible test they can do.
I've never checked to see the cost at the Springfield lab.

Here's a list of Mizzou's fees. http://vmdl.missouri.edu/t_f.html

Another thing to consider is that they give you forever to pay.

[@=/u/72519/ChickenCanoe]@ChickenCanoe[/@] we're staying the night with DH's BFF in StL tonight. I'll wave at you.

What part of town?

"Right in the middle," DH said. It's close to the zoo.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

We're going to the Garden Glow at the Botanical Garden tonight. It is in the same neighborhood.
You should join us. @campingshaws

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I killed the thread.

Again!

Naw - I'm sure everyone is out getting stuff done. I've been busy- the tarp over the Frat House tractor coop had broken down from the UV over the summer and had started to leak at the apex. It rains rarely, but VERY HARD when it does, and it's supposed to storm tonight so.... time was up! I've been doing other puttering around the yard as well. Finally had to take a break and hydrate.

@Fire Ant Farm Would you be willing to send me a few seeds?

I would be happy to!!! (But you should be able to find the seeds at a nursery, too - that's where I got them to start.) You will want to wait to plant it once all risk of frost is over, and you need to think ahead and plan a trellis, as it will grow fast and climb very high. My volunteer grew 20-30 feet high into an old loquat tree here. Needless to say, I didn't get to harvest the ones that grew that high. If you do it right, you'll get a wall of green - I used cattle panels cut in half (so, 4' wide by 8' high).

PM me if you want me to send them.

OK, break over, gotta get back to work - my to do list is SOOOOOOOO long today.

- Ant Farm

 

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