Just curious - with all the posts on diseased birds being "rescued" or purchased, how many folks on here have a closed flock and won't let anything come in?
I am almost to that point - other than buying chicks (hatchery) and hatching eggs (will be done with both by end of month, too), I'll be at the point this month where I have my birds for my breeding flocks, and then I can hatch out anything I need (once the chicks are old enough to lay, that is).
btw - is it still considered an enclosed flock if you sell?
just a terminology Q, cause I'l be selling, but not bringing anything new into the mix.
I sort of can't wait til those chicks get here and I can be done with buying chickens. I'll sleep better at night
Had a scare back this last summer, but it turned out ok - made me think, though, that I don't want to expose my flock (and all the money, time and love invested in them) to something nasty that would make me cull every one of them. Nothing like a few sleepless nights worrying about something like that to make ya want to close your farm off from the world.
meri
I am almost to that point - other than buying chicks (hatchery) and hatching eggs (will be done with both by end of month, too), I'll be at the point this month where I have my birds for my breeding flocks, and then I can hatch out anything I need (once the chicks are old enough to lay, that is).
btw - is it still considered an enclosed flock if you sell?
I sort of can't wait til those chicks get here and I can be done with buying chickens. I'll sleep better at night
Had a scare back this last summer, but it turned out ok - made me think, though, that I don't want to expose my flock (and all the money, time and love invested in them) to something nasty that would make me cull every one of them. Nothing like a few sleepless nights worrying about something like that to make ya want to close your farm off from the world.
meri
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