Illinois...

[cavemanrich]

. I need a name though, lets hear some ideas!

I like to name my girls the first impression that come to mind... This one come across to me as BLIZZARD.

 

[ChicagoClucker]

I like it @cavemanrich !

Came across this on the Vet Corner

Basically, by January 2017 all water based antibiotics will be by prescription. Here is a link to the list: http://www.fda.gov/.../DevelopmentApprovalP.../ucm482106.htm

 

[Junibutt]

@mothergoose
How are your wyandottes as far as friendly and being good with a mixed flock? We have some silver laced wyandottes but they kind of bully our mixed flock and they're not very friendly. Perhaps it's just the strain? I love the looks of them but I don't want them to bully the other birds.

x2 I want to know. I love the look of laced birds, but I've heard mixed reviews about wyandottes.

I have tried Wyandottes twice and both times they were mean to others (once they got higher up) and never became very friendly. 1 was silver laced and the other gold laced. I also raised some BLR chicks which I gave to a friend and they are also very mean to others but not mean to each other. However again, they are not as friendly like red stars, orpingtons or australorps.

 

[Junibutt]

New addition is doing better today. Up and active, eating and drinking. And by the way, she is a major cuddler!

certainly looking a lot better.

 

[Pixie]

I like it @cavemanrich
!

Came across this on the Vet Corner

Basically, by January 2017 all water based antibiotics will be by prescription. Here is a link to the list: [COLOR=0066CC]http://www.fda.gov/.../DevelopmentApprovalP.../ucm482106.htm[/COLOR]

Should people stock up just in case? I have never purchased any, but now I wonder if I should just to keep on hand.

 

[ChicagoClucker]

Should people stock up just in case? I have never purchased any, but now I wonder if I should just to keep on hand.

I plan on purchasing some to tide me over for a while. But I am sure there are exertion dates. So don't over buy.

 

[Pixie]

I plan on purchasing some to tide me over for a while. But I am sure there are exertion dates. So don't over buy.

I wonder what the ripple effect (if any) will be on small & large producers? Where does the price of going to the vet outweigh the cost of culling outright? It will be interesting.

 

[Faraday40]

I wonder what the ripple effect (if any) will be on small & large producers? Where does the price of going to the vet outweigh the cost of culling outright? It will be interesting.

That's my big question. In the suburbs, we have avian vets who treat exotic birds. However, there's a big difference between treating a $2K macaw & a $5 hen. When I was researching vets, we just couldn't find any that would cost under $150. When my sister lived on a farm, her vet would come out to check horses, goats, sheep, etc, but the chickens were basically "expendable." There's just not a demand for poultry vets - even in rural areas. Basically, their opinion was to take a best guess & treat it or cull all to start over. (She never had the quirky names like we do. Her flock was all RIRs. Every hen was named "Mable" & the roos were jokingly named "Dinner.")

 

[chickendreams24]

I too have been worrying about this as I saw it on another thread several months ago, I have not been able to find that thread since then so have not been able to even get a farmer's (aka my DH2B's) opinion on it. We don't have vets around here that would treat poultry that I'm aware of expensive or not. And I don't know any vets that would give an antibiotic to an animal they haven't seen or treated.

 

[ChicagoClucker]

I too have been worrying about this as I saw it on another thread several months ago, I have not been able to find that thread since then so have not been able to even get a farmer's (aka my DH2B's) opinion on it. We don't have vets around here that would treat poultry that I'm aware of expensive or not. And I don't know any vets that would give an antibiotic to an animal they haven't seen or treated.

I posted the link to the website above if you want to show him. I know that antibiotics are overused, but when this goes into effect, it is going to really hurt people like us who try to raise healthy chickens for our family and use the antibiotics sparingly and only when needed.