INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[Chaneys Ranch]

got a few minutes to ask a question; would a warm bath help 2 Silkies that were attacked by big chicken and almost drown them in a big mud puddle? they are cold and caked with mud cant find any damage, just wet muddy and cold. I'm going to go ahead and bath them just would like to know if it will do any good. thank in advance.

I agree with the posts, warm bath and take them in to check.

finally getting to see green again !

Oh goodness, my waterfowl are in heaven!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

the smaller the goat the harder milking can be for large hands. Goat milking pumps are not cheap like chicken nesting boxes but instead can cost as much or more than a chicken coop. I got one of the cheapest versions I'm hoping lasts the first couple of years. It was close to $175 with shipping. I won't know if I like it until at least May.

I did get a milking pump and its really saved my hands. Mine was from coopsnmore, there are a few choices on eBay. The glass jar is easy to replace, my Sophie has already broken one

its just a half gallon ball jar. I have also seen it on valleyvet, and a few other popular livestock suppliers.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Congrats to my son who will be wrestling for his Confrence championship on Thursday! He battled hard for the first of the two day event tonight!! Couldn't be more proud.


Oh and here is a pic of a larger Nubian doe

big girl!

Quote: I do boil my water now to avoid the buildup. Still plan to add the clear door soon. The cheap trays work, but sure need TLC to keep in place. I use small bungees. I am slowly buying the true GQF trays and doing away with the others. I will be so glad to add a clear door, feel like I am standing on my head at times to look at all the trays

 

[ellymayRans]

Mealworms are in the unheated but attached garage, in plastic totes. I use a mask and nitrile gloves when I work with them, and take the bins out... outside, they are really dusty when the bins are mature. I have psoriasis and some allergies so some stuff will really get me! Mine lived thru the sub zero, and I do still have live beetles! So I will be sorting and freshening bins next day its not raining.
I am doing good, Dads checkup at the heart hospital went very well today. Mom sees her family Dr thursday for follow up on the intestinal infection. The nurse that did the dismissal told me to watch for too much fried food (also means no chicken sandwiches from BK...DAD) Both of them like processed fried food way too much,

All such good news!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Goodnite all. Busy day again tomorrow.

 

[ellymayRans]

he looks great! Reminds me of my buff silkie Gordy who passed away last week.

I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[kabhyper1]

For everyone looking for answers about avian influenza, the best information will be on the BOAH (Indiana Board of Animal Health) website, as well as USDA, CDC, and APHIS websites (federal agencies which all include monitoring or oversight over avian influenza).

I was asked what happens to eggs that may be AI infected. Honestly, I have not found a QUICK answer to that question. I don't know if they survive to hatch or not. For those of us who use incubators and brood artificially, it's less of a concern because any illness that might potentially occur will happen before the chicks are old enough to put outside. For those who use broodies (the "old fashioned" way man has used since we domesticated poultry), it's less clear. An infected chick, if it survives to hatch, could certainly infect the broody and other birds it has contact with. What I do not know is whether these infected eggs survive to hatch. It may depend on whether they carry the low pathogenic (less bad) AI, or the high pathogenic (very bad) AI. In all cases, AI causes hens to decrease egg production and produce thinner-shelled and misshapen eggs.

Here is a more comprehensive website that I came across today: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/ It deals with the illness in birds and people, and what is being do to monitor it (surveillance). A month ago, most HPAI cases were found in backyard flocks. That has not been the case since then. It has hit some very large hatcheries in several states.

I think we are OK to continue to buy hatching eggs and set only the ones that look "normal." I think most of us do that anyway because we're more likely to get a generally healthy chick out of normal looking eggs with normally thick shells. However, if you wish to err on the side of caution, don't use broodies on hatching eggs obtained from untrusted sources. You can certainly use broodies on your own stock. If you are buying from Indiana breeders, you might ask them if they have at least had their flock screened (the free screening of a dozen eggs that I posted about a day or two ago). Testing clear is not proof that 100% of your birds are clean, but that plus knowing there have been no unusual deaths or illnesses among that flock should be reassuring. I would be disinclined to buy hatching eggs from locations near the areas where outbreaks have been known to occur, though my understanding is that besides culling infected flocks, the USDA does surveillance on all nearby flocks for a while to make sure they are NOT infected as well.

The Oxine pre incubation wash may have some impact on AI. I can't be sure, but it is effective on other diseases. I did the Oxine, Denagard soak on my 4 little cochin chicks that hatched last month. They are strong little boogers. Something to look into maybe.

 

[lbaur2]

I'm sorry for your loss.

Thanks he was a good rooster. thankfully a friend is hatching all my eggs while i incubate the emu egg and one of his chicks hatched and it is also the grand chick of my first rooster a little buff feed store silkie.

 

[ellymayRans]

Update on my prolapse girl. She's moved on out to the garage as she has been intact with proper bowel movements since Sunday now. I felt so bad not giving her feed but it seems to have done the trick to allow her to recoup. I was dosing her water with poly vi so vitamins and today she's gotten to eat. All day she's eaten and done well. True tell sign will be how she handles picking back up laying.

 

[ellymayRans]

In other news I was happy to see my little cochin girl layed today. I have my pair separated for breeding and will be setting her eggs for the Easter HAL. Then gathering near end of the month for a fellow BYCer!

So gotten past the grueling tasks of treating prolapse then today I noticed one of my white silkie girls soaked to the bone and after everyone was up for the evening before dark though she kept walking around head cocked sideways looking up through the ladder at the coop door but not going up. So I went out to observe and she wasn't straightening her head out..?? I have to admit I've had them on game bird breeding feed but it's only 18% they free range but with all the Peafowl and cold I figured that it would be beneficial for everyone. I brought her in and gave her a nice warm bath. Blow dried etc..but I'm not quite sure what to think. She can see. But the way she's holding her head..?? I noticed her crop was just Huge! Mind you my white silkie hens are some of the smallest silkies I've ever had or have. I held some vitamin water to her and she drank it. I'll take some pics of her tomorrow if she's not improved. Going off to do some research. I know silkies are prone to vitamin deficiency and wry neck so I'm wondering if it's that and maybe even a combo of cold wet stress. Hmmm