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[perchead]

Ran to the Feed Store yesterday, and couldn't help but snap some pics of these Beautiful peacocks and handsome rooster.

beautiful birds

 

[Leahs Mom]

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Here is something to consider on this. (And it's just a question and something to consider...)

Could it be that the "commercial flocks" that are allowed outdoors were the source of the outbreak in the first place? Meaning...that migratory birds came into contact with the commercial flocks and have become carriers outside rather than the other way around?




If that is the case, it would be to our advantage that those commercial flocks be contained indoors so that it doesn't continue to contaminate wild birds outside of the factory farms. Of course those that work with those confined flocks would be potential sources of spread outside the buildings too if they don't practice extreme biosecurity with clothing, etc. And honestly, this kind of outbreak has been documented in the past as having started in the "commercially raised" confined flocks and then spreading out from there.


Again...just some food for thought.

 

[kittydoc]

[COLOR=8B4513]LOVE this article! Thanks for posting the link![/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Speaking of a good life…my DH always says, "Our chickens don't know how good they have it." He said that again today as the three top tier hens were throwing a pity party because it was sprinkling.[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513] I leaned out the door to take this picture of them staring us down. About fifteen minutes prior to this sad scene, all of the flock were treated to sliced strawberries, bananas, grapes, kiwi, and Soylent Chicken.[/COLOR]

I would expect nothing less! Ours love fruit, too, Love "Soylent Chicken"! Do you or anyone else know if it is safe to feed adult chickens raisins? On a different subject, DH and I has a small venison roast last night. I found a yummy recipe using cream of mushroom and dry onion soups, and red wine. It was delicious!

 

[bradselig]

@AngelLaydee ~[COLOR=A52A2A] [/COLOR] [COLOR=A52A2A]Welcome to the Indiana Thread![/COLOR][COLOR=8B4513] Hope one of our northern Indiana members can help you. At the bottom of my post, clink on the link to our members' list that includes the area of the state where they live. Also check out the other link to find out more info about our great thread![/COLOR] [rule]@chickiefreak [COLOR=8B4513] ~ Congrats to you and your MomFlyLadyRocks for your one year anniversary of raising chickens! I bet you learned a lot this past year. Great pictures! What breed is Clara? She reminds me of my (RIP) Jersey Giant-- I love that U-shape between the head and tail.[/COLOR] [rule]@browncow15 ~ [COLOR=8B4513]Whew! I was glad to see your pics of the two chicks that made it through the hatch! Congrats![/COLOR] [rule][COLOR=8B4513]@jchny2000 Your hatch was making me nervous, too. Great news about your new little turkey poult![/COLOR] [rule]@bradselig [COLOR=8B4513]Just wondering if you're selling double laced silver barnvelders or are you just taunting us?[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513] They are so gorgeous! [/COLOR] [rule]

Just taunting for now! Definitely not old enough to lay.

 

[kittydoc]

Here is something to consider on this.  (And it's just a question and something to consider...)

[COLOR=FF0000]Could it be that the "commercial flocks" that are allowed outdoors were the source of the outbreak in the first place?  Meaning...that migratory birds came into contact with the commercial flocks and have become carriers outside rather than the other way around?[/COLOR]




If that is the case, it would be to our advantage that those commercial flocks be contained indoors so that it doesn't continue to contaminate wild birds outside of the factory farms.  Of course those that work with those confined flocks would be potential sources of spread outside the buildings too if they don't practice extreme biosecurity with clothing, etc.  And honestly, this kind of outbreak has been documented in the past as having started in the "commercially raised" confined flocks and then spreading out from there.


Again...just some food for thought.

The scientists are certain this strain originated with wild migratory waterfowl, not domestic poultry. In particular, H5N2 is a new combination of North American and Asian strains that migratory birds could readily pick up, but most definitely not commercial poultry. There are a lot of things wrong with commercial operations, but THIS AI epidemic's origin is definitely not one of them.

Sure, there are "regular" AI outbreaks every year, but these highly pathogenic strains are less frequent but much more severe. This is the worst outbreak in over 30 years. The government and producers have every imaginable reason to rigorously investigate and control it to the best of their ability. They gain nothing by lying or hiding the facts.

I highly recommend that everyone read the CDC and/or USDA websites about this highly pathogenic AI outbreak. There is no advantage to be had by reinventing the wheel.

 

[raisinemright]

I like chickens

 

[Nwchickma]

Some pics of the Bantam Cochins babies from @ellymayRans they are a week old. hard to tell in these pics but at least 2 of them look frizzled already!!

Please excuse the mess they made with their food.

 

[raisinemright]

Some pics of the Bantam Cochins babies from @ellymayRans they are a week old. hard to tell in these pics but at least 2 of them look frizzled already!!

Please excuse the mess they made with their food.

Ok more chicks!!! Like the Cochins..
Let's keep the chick pics going!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Pretty excited to have gotten a bit more of the forest ground area cleared this spring!

We had an area that is almost an acre that was overgrown forest that hasn't been tended to as it's on my dad's property and he hasn't been able to work on it for more than several years. We found a great crew that has been just getting all the fallen logs/dead trees out a bit at a time, but it has opened up almost another 1/2 acre that the chickens will be able to use.

There's a lot of clean-up that's needed to happen on the property as there were items on the ground that could be picked up ("hardware disease") by the birds so it's been a slow process getting it ready for habitation. It was pretty frustrating knowing that there was a lot of area we could use for the animals that we couldn't...and time-wise we wouldn't be able to get it done very fast.

So thankful to have found a crew that is trustworthy and is doing a great job for a reasonable price!

 

[Indyshent]

Husband was playing Wii when our poults decided to love on him. Rather than picking the up and getting them back to the brooder, I got my phone

Whole ordeal reminded me of this card (provided anyone else around is familiar with Munchkin):