****! A friend from the floods needed some chickens that needed watched and I kept them separate for a couple weeks but needed the pen for my new chooks. Anyway some scabs have come up and since I can gather it's not frostbite and the chicken is sneezing... it must be fowl pox.
Clearly I can't keep these birds. I have told my friend about it and she has not replied but if she does not have immediate adequate shelter, I don't know what I'm going to do. I know they can stay alive, they'll just have a bad lay rate - but I use my other hens for egg sales and I have my Hamburgs I do NOT want getting infected (they're still under quarantine, but they might have to go with my flock that may/may not have picked this up, so far so good).
Can I give them away or are they a cull? (if my friend can't get them back, that is).
Clearly I can't keep these birds. I have told my friend about it and she has not replied but if she does not have immediate adequate shelter, I don't know what I'm going to do. I know they can stay alive, they'll just have a bad lay rate - but I use my other hens for egg sales and I have my Hamburgs I do NOT want getting infected (they're still under quarantine, but they might have to go with my flock that may/may not have picked this up, so far so good).
Can I give them away or are they a cull? (if my friend can't get them back, that is).