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[Chicken Egg 17]

I am going to have to get on nesting boxes soon....

I need to get those two turkeys gone so I can get the breeding pens built. I have the coop I just need to put s wall up in the middle and put two runs somewhere.

 

[meltel]

I need to get those two turkeys gone so I can get the breeding pens built. I have the coop I just need to put s wall up in the middle and put two runs somewhere.

I'm going to have to move the BCM's, icelandics and CL's outside. I am used to having seramas so when I hatch bigger chicks I forget they make bigger poop!!! I have a brooder box I can use out in the garage-just have to set it up. Those little buggers are already trying to hop out of the bin!!!

 

[meltel]

I need to get those two turkeys gone so I can get the breeding pens built. I have the coop I just need to put s wall up in the middle and put two runs somewhere.

what are you going to breed?

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

The neighbors texted this morning they said a grey fox got four of there chickens, 1 duck, and 2 Guineas between 6:30-7:00. He said his wife shot at it but missed. I think they have gotten 3 fox alreay this year. We haven't seen any fox over here I hope I don't either.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

what are you going to breed?

I have silver partridge non bearded silkies, and I want to find a breeder pair of seramas but so far I haven't had any luck finding any and come spring I want to maybe find a pair of pheasants, ducks, peafowl, or something idk well see.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

This is the coop that will be two breeding pens and it has no nesting boxes either so that we will have to figure out also

Then this is the coop that the mixed flock stays in but once they die off I don't know what I will put in there or just keep the mixed flock going for now.

 

[campingshaws]

So, if parent chickens had coccidia as babies, survived, grew up, and layed eggs. The eggs were incubated in an incubator, and upon hatch were immediately sent to another farm all together with no coccidia in the pens, would the newly hatched chicks still get coccidia?

I'm tempted to say yes, because it is a natural occurring protozoa present in all chick and chicken guts and outbreaks usually have environmental factors (wet ground or bedding, dirty water for examples). But maybe one of the smart folks will answer also.

 

[meltel]

This is the coop that will be two breeding pens and it has no nesting boxes either so that we will have to figure out also

Then this is the coop that the mixed flock stays in but once they die off I don't know what I will put in there or just keep the mixed flock going for now.

I like a mixed flock-some of my favorite birds are mixed! But I have several sets of 3 & 4 birds that I would like to breed on top of a few that have more like my BCM's & lavender orps.. And we will see how the next hatch goes. who knows what I will end up with next!!!

 

[weegarden]

I'm tempted to say yes, because it is a natural occurring protozoa present in all chick and chicken guts and outbreaks usually have environmental factors (wet ground or bedding, dirty water for examples). But maybe one of the smart folks will answer also.

So basically does every single chicken carry it, even very healthy ones, but it just gets out of control when environmental conditions are bad?

 

[BullChick]

Interesting. Funny how life works, isn't it?

I probably would have had 20 kids, if I didn't have infertility issues. Having a big family was something I took for granted as a kid... I just assumed ifI wanted it, it would happen with no effort. Boy, was that wrong.

I understand infertility issues. In a family of seven children, I am the only childless one.

did you know there's a did you know thread???....... Oh crap wait i"m on the wrong thread!!!!

I keep trying to start posts with "did you know?"