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[Mother2Hens]

chick rookie ~ I am so sorry to hear about your flock!

I can't imagine going through that, but you're doing the right thing. I'm so glad you went to the vet to find out for sure what the illness is and what to do. At least in 60 days it will be May, which is a great month for chicks. That's something to look forward to after going through the sad part of culling.

It's good that ChickCrazed is going to keep an eye on her flock, but as you said, germs and bacteria can be transferred many ways-- from people's shoes to visits from wild animals.

It's a good lesson for all of us about biosecurity-- and good for me to note because the two raccoons were back last night. They seem to be interested in the dropped squirrel corn even after I thought I had cleaned all that up. I'm going to investigate under the deck today. It's strange because my coop is just a few feet away, and it hasn't been disturbed. I turned on all the lights last night and put a radio on. DH installed a motion detecter light yesterday, but apparently it didn't deter the raccoons. Two nights ago, my cat was sitting on the deck a few feet away from a raccoon. My cats have always co-existed with raccoons and opossums. Anyway, I'm googling info on alarm systems. I'd like a way that I could be alerted if the coop is being disturbed. I wonder if there is an app for that.
CRSelvey~ Get well soon!! You and your family need to escape your quarantine. Maybe you should spray your house with that chemical you're going to use on your coop to kill Marek's.

At least you've been dealing with all the illness during crummy weather and will be healthy for spring. Only four more days until the end of February!!!!

racinchickins ~ Good luck with your hatch!
Cluck Acres ~ Your new babies are really sweet.
kabhyper~ Forget Gus, I'm now in love with Cricket! lol He's an EE isn't he?


Btw, how do you get your silkies to pose? (stand still!) You photos look like professional ones taken of show birds.

I'm sure you know that jchny has lots of experience with ducks and geese and could advise you. I love her geese, but I don't know if they eat slugs. I hate slugs, too. Our deck is crawling with them the summer, ugh!

About dyeing chickens-- Didn't pbirdhaven say that some of the shows had chickens with dyed areas? Someone who shows birds mentioned that.

Here's an alternative idea to transform your dogs:

 

[racinchickins]

Been crying all day. I never want to go through this again and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Wish I knew someone close, I would ask them to hatch them for me. but I don't so will just have to be happy with ALL the pic's I have and I do have allot.

I would love to but I don't have an incubator and right now with DH out of work no way we can even buy a cheep one.
Got to go out and sanitize the coop so I can start the 60 day thing, I figured it out and the chicks wont be held up from getting out long.

If you wanted to try to save some eggs, I'm sure that there is enough spare incubator capacity between the people on this thread to hatch out a few. I know I have some capacity, and would be willing to help out.

 

[lilmizscareall]

[COLOR=4B0082]chick rookie ~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I am so sorry to hear about your flock![/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I can't imagine going through that, but you're doing the right thing. I'm so glad you went to the vet to find out for sure what the illness is and what to do. At least in 60 days it will be May, which is a great month for chicks. That's something to look forward to after going through the sad part of culling.[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]It's good that ChickCrazed is going to keep an eye on her flock, but as you said, germs and bacteria can be transferred many ways-- from people's shoes to visits from wild animals. [/COLOR]:/ [COLOR=8B4513]It's a good lesson for all of us about biosecurity-- and good for me to note because the two raccoons were back last night. They seem to be interested in the dropped squirrel corn even after I thought I had cleaned all that up. I'm going to investigate under the deck today. It's strange because my coop is just a few feet away, and it hasn't been disturbed. I turned on all the lights last night and put a radio on. DH installed a motion detecter light yesterday, but apparently it didn't deter the raccoons. Two nights ago, my cat was sitting on the deck a few feet away from a raccoon. My cats have always co-existed with raccoons and opossums. Anyway, I'm googling info on alarm systems. I'd like a way that I could be alerted if the coop is being disturbed. I wonder if there is an app for that.[/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=0000CD]CRSelvey~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Get well soon!! You and your family need to escape your quarantine. Maybe you should spray your house with that chemical you're going to use on your coop to kill Marek's. [/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]At least you've been dealing with all the illness during crummy weather and will be healthy for spring. Only four more days until the end of February!!!! [/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=3399CC]racinchickins ~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Good luck with your hatch![/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=CC6600]Cluck Acres[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]~ Your new babies are really sweet. [/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=008080]kabhyper[/COLOR][COLOR=8B4513]~ Forget Gus, I'm now in love with Cricket! lol He's an EE isn't he? [/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Btw, how do you get your silkies to pose? (stand still!) You photos look like professional ones taken of show birds. [/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I'm sure you know that jchny has lots of experience with ducks and geese and could advise you. I love her geese, but I don't know if they eat slugs. I hate slugs, too. Our deck is crawling with them the summer, ugh![/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]About dyeing chickens-- Didn't pbirdhaven say that some of the shows had chickens with dyed areas? Someone who shows birds mentioned that.[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Here's an alternative idea to transform your dogs:[/COLOR]

Yes! That's what my friend does. She's done a few competitions! I think she groomed hers to look like a Clydesdale. Which is cute, because her and I met driving drafts horses.

 

[kabhyper1]

[COLOR=4B0082]chick rookie ~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I am so sorry to hear about your flock![/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I can't imagine going through that, but you're doing the right thing. I'm so glad you went to the vet to find out for sure what the illness is and what to do. At least in 60 days it will be May, which is a great month for chicks. That's something to look forward to after going through the sad part of culling.[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]It's good that ChickCrazed is going to keep an eye on her flock, but as you said, germs and bacteria can be transferred many ways-- from people's shoes to visits from wild animals. [/COLOR]:/ [COLOR=8B4513]It's a good lesson for all of us about biosecurity-- and good for me to note because the two raccoons were back last night. They seem to be interested in the dropped squirrel corn even after I thought I had cleaned all that up. I'm going to investigate under the deck today. It's strange because my coop is just a few feet away, and it hasn't been disturbed. I turned on all the lights last night and put a radio on. DH installed a motion detecter light yesterday, but apparently it didn't deter the raccoons. Two nights ago, my cat was sitting on the deck a few feet away from a raccoon. My cats have always co-existed with raccoons and opossums. Anyway, I'm googling info on alarm systems. I'd like a way that I could be alerted if the coop is being disturbed. I wonder if there is an app for that.[/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=0000CD]CRSelvey~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Get well soon!! You and your family need to escape your quarantine. Maybe you should spray your house with that chemical you're going to use on your coop to kill Marek's. [/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]At least you've been dealing with all the illness during crummy weather and will be healthy for spring. Only four more days until the end of February!!!! [/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=3399CC]racinchickins ~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Good luck with your hatch![/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=CC6600]Cluck Acres[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]~ Your new babies are really sweet. [/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=008080]kabhyper[/COLOR][COLOR=8B4513]~ Forget Gus, I'm now in love with Cricket! lol He's an EE isn't he? [/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Btw, how do you get your silkies to pose? (stand still!) You photos look like professional ones taken of show birds. [/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I'm sure you know that jchny has lots of experience with ducks and geese and could advise you. I love her geese, but I don't know if they eat slugs. I hate slugs, too. Our deck is crawling with them the summer, ugh![/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]About dyeing chickens-- Didn't pbirdhaven say that some of the shows had chickens with dyed areas? Someone who shows birds mentioned that.[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Here's an alternative idea to transform your dogs:[/COLOR]

. Cricket is Gus's son. His mom is peaches my EE. I don't pose the silkies, lol it takes about 10 pics of each to get one good one.

 

[minmin1258]

I love my mutts. Cricket Pickles Raven I think someone is figuring out how to lay an egg! ........................................................................................................................................................................ And this one, she has been watching too much 19 kids and counting I think. Her chicks are just now 5 weeks old and she has layed an egg nearly everyday for a week. She is an ambitious one, I'll give her that.

Your Mutts are precious! Your Silkie needs a break! Lol Our eggs have resumed their hatching... Have another pip and one is zipping so we r gonna b Mommies! ROFLMBO soon I hope!

 

[minmin1258]

I'm worried about them still, the ones that had pipped still haven't zipped... I wanted to be here for the hatch now looks like I won't be and the ones I promised Lilmizcareall aren't going to be hatched...let alone dry and ready to transport. It's ALWAYS something! I swear my life is a soap opera...lol without the se.....x !! Hehehe

If you have time, my DH says that Radio shack or best buy might have a converter thing that you plug into the car lighter and the incubator plugs into the converter.  He says they are not cheap but it could be saved as a backup for the next time the power goes out.  As long as the car is running the converter should work great, when the car is off, the converter might drain the car battery.

Thank Your DH for me. I have an inverter already. I also have a "warming blanket" that plugs into the cig lighter. So I can and will use it IF I ever end up in that situation again! After the Marans and Silky Eggs that I'm picking up this week I don't plan on hatching anymore until my own Silkies start giving me hatchable ones.

 

[kabhyper1]

Your Mutts are precious! Your Silkie needs a break! Lol Our eggs have resumed their hatching... Have another pip and one is zipping so we r gonna b Mommies! ROFLMBO soon I hope!

Thanks Min! Snow is just an over achiever. They are definitely not fertile lol.

O I am so happy to hear they are hatching. I've been worried for you all day. The silkies do tend to take their time from internal pip to zip, but once they start zipping it's pretty quick. Let me know what you get!!!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

 Well just got back from the vets my chickens have [COLOR=333333]coryza.  The vet says they could have had it for a long time and it just now showed up, or they could have just got it, or the coons I had in my coop a few days ago could have carried it in.  [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333] It can not be cured, IF they make it through the long treatment, they will be carriers for the rest of their lives, cant sell them, cant bring in new chickens. Can be transferred from coop to coop by your shoes ect...  A friend of mine wants Big Man and Linus, the only 2 not showing signs, and she has a flock affected with this already. She has chosen to keep them, that's up to her, but I feel differently, I want more and I sell the eggs and ( no eggs are not affected unless you hatch them ) I cant do that with this illness, if people were to find out it would kill my sm business. and I cant watch them suffer, this is a painful thing to the birds.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333] I am going to give the roo's to my friend and keep my finger crossed for them and for her. They are pets to her and only pets, she don't even eat the eggs, she don't like eggs....  she just spoils them and treats them like kids.   [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]  I have chosen to cull  my whole flock. Not a thing I want to do but some of these hens I have a bond with and I refuse to see them go through this.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333] After we cull we will burn and sanitize and not put any poultry on the place for 60 days. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333] We have not decided what to do with all the chicks I have in the house, don't know how I could keep them in the house after they get bigger, don't have enough cages with enough room for them. So I may have them for sale soon, they are not infected, and they are getting vaccinated by the vet just as a percausen  ( cant spell ... just in case thing ) vet said it would be a waste of my money but doing it anyway.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333] Thank everyone for the support you have given me and letting my rant from time to time. [/COLOR]

This so sad to hear! I do think you made the right and vey brave choice. Insert hug symbol (On my phone again so can't use hug symbol)

 

[amwchickin]

Chick rookie - I feel so awful for you. I had the exact same thing happen this past fall. First time I had chickens and it all went belly up. My dad and I culled the flock together. I started out with new chicks a week ago, but I keep remembering my favorite girls, filling me around looking for treats. It will be tough for awhile.

I have learned so much about poultry and biosecurity from my chicken woes already. And this group of BYCer's is the best support group a chicken lover could ask for. Hugs, and if you ever need to vent, let it out. Having chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc is the most frustrating and rewarding thing, all at the same time!

 

[CluckAcres]

Is there a "get together" this summer?

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