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[Chaneys Ranch]

Hey I just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. I am from Tell City and have just started my journey with chickens I have 3 Ameracaunas, 3 Black Australorps, and 6 ISA Browns. Any advice you all can give will be GREATLY appreciated!

and our thread

feel free to post any questions you have. Lots of wonderful helpful people here with years of chicken experience!

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I am so sorry to hear about Anna.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

M2H Thanks, when I get far behind on this thread, I seem to just ignore it and go to some less active favorites, I'm trying to get back on this one more often, and therefore not behind. went to Dinky's and came home kicking myself because I wasn't in the small animal room when the few things I wanted to bid on was sold. hopefully next time.....
BTW anyone with an Orschleners near by and want still air incubators they are on sell for half off because they are eliminating them from their stock. I had to get one. now just biding time to see if the accessories I want will be marked down....

Great post!
http://www.orschelnfarmhome.com/
is the website to find one near you.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Correction. Its northern. Someone got misinformed. Etna troy township. That makes it northwesternish whitley county . I apologize for the misinformation. It came from a reliable source, she just told me that she was told wrong and was just clarified. If you have waterfowl near whitley county, keep them away from the wild waterfowl.

Praying for all of you close to the area. This isn't good at all, and we have a few more cool nights yet.

 

[kittydoc]

HAPPENING NOW on TV

The Trouble with Chicken | FRONTLINE | PBS

If you missed this, please check out the PBS.org/frontline website which has more information about food safety (or the lack thereof). Salmonella has been a huge problem, particularly in poultry products, for decades. It's one reason I think people who feed their dogs raw diets are just plain nuts. It's also something that we backyard flock owners can avoid if we are careful with out poultry. Key word is careful. You can't assume your flock is free of Salmonella without testing. However, even if you lack that knowledge, if you process your own birds for your own consumption, you know whether you took all necessary precautions for sanitation, storage, and cooking. It's no guarantee, but I think the more we know, the better we are armed against food-borne disease.

Bottom line: cook the heck out of ground meat from any species. And don't eat poultry with any pink tinge to the meat or any blood tinge in the juices. You can eat a steak that way as long as it has a good sear on the outside and reaches 145 degrees internally (medium rare), but poultry needs to be cooked to 165 degrees at MINIMUM (preferably 170-175 for non-breast and ground poultry per Food Network). 165 is the USDA standard. Part of the reason poultry needs these higher temps is that chiller bath that's supposed to suppress bacteria can actually spread it around from contaminated carcasses to relatively clean ones, so poultry has a much greater surface area exposed to bacteria than the inside of a steak does.

There are some really good meat safety and related courses free on Coursera. The one I'm taking now is pretty pro-producer, but it tries to be fair. The students raise lots of objections/concerns, so all perspectives are offered and evidence offered.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I need help identifying what kind of bird I have here. She is super sweet and I got her in a batch of cochins and other "special" breeds, does anyone have any ideas. SHe kinda looks like she's getting a mohawk. She's around 11 weeks old if that helps.

The colors look very much like silver duckwing on an OEGB. They don't have crests tho!

 

[Mother2Hens]

Originally Posted by Mother2Hens
HAPPENING NOW on TV
The Trouble with Chicken | FRONTLINE | PBS

I'm quoting my own post — Lol. After watching that program this evening, I think they should have named it, "The Trouble with Greedy Conglomerate Businesses"!

 

[pginsber]

I received an email from Dr. Lossie today with this information in it. Not sure why it won't copy the top part so it can be read, but it says Indiana State Board of Animal Health Veterinary Advisory 11 May 2015.
Indiana State Board of Animal Health

Veterinary Advisory

11 May 2015

First Case of Highly Pathogenic H5N8

Avian Influenza Diagnosed in

Indiana Backyard Poultry Flock

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INDIANAPOLIS (11 May 2015)—The Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has been notified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory that poultry from a backyard (hobby) flock in Whitley County tested positive for highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza.
Avian influenza does not present a food safety risk; poultry and eggs are safe to eat. The Centers for Disease Control considers the risk of illness to humans to be very low.
BOAH veterinarians collected samples from the flock, after the owner reported several chickens became ill and died. The hobby flock contained 77 birds of various species, including ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys. In a rapid response effort, all of the birds were removed from the site, to ensure no ongoing risk of disease spread. BOAH is reaching out to poultry owners in the Whitley County area to raise awareness and determine if the disease has spread.
Initial response to this finding has been swift and focused, with coordination among BOAH, USDA, Indiana State Poultry Association and the Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. Governor Mike Pence has been fully informed and has directed all relevant agencies to provide a robust response in support of BOAH’s efforts. Indiana is a leading poultry-producing state, nationally ranked first in the production of ducks, second in egg-type hatch, third in egg layers and fourth in turkeys.
REPORTING
Backyard poultry owners are encouraged to be aware of the signs of avian influenza and report illness and/or death to the USDA Healthy Birds Hotline: 866-536-7593. Callers will be routed to a state or federal veterinarian in Indiana for a case assessment. Dead birds should be double-bagged and refrigerated for possible testing.
Signs include: sudden death without clinical signs; lack of energy or appetite; decreased egg production; soft-shelled or misshapen eggs; swelling or purple discoloration of head, eyelids, comb, hocks; nasal discharge; coughing; sneezing; incoordination; and diarrhea. A great resource for backyard bird health information is online at: www.healthybirds.aphis.usda.gov
UPDATES and INFORMATION:
Situation updates and status reports about ongoing avian influenza activities, along with critical disease-related information, will be posted online at: www.in.gov/boah/2390.htm . Users may subscribe to email updates on a link at that page.
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Sent to you by:

Denise Derrer

Public Information Director

Indiana State Board of Animal Health

Phone: 317-544-2414

Email: [email protected]

He also sent this link to another article.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102668309

This was also included in the email

At this time we have a block of fourth year veterinary students starting the 1st of June. We will likely be available for backyard flock testing for avian influenza and overall flock health examinations. Please let me know if you have any friends or other poultry keepers that would be interested in having us come out to their farms for surveillance testing (Including name and number). We would be in full biosecurity gear including tyvex suits, as well as boots or possibly masks.

If anyone is interested in this I will get in touch with him to let him know.
I wish the symptoms didn't say the generic "decreased egg production"...I feel like my girls have been in a decreased production mode for about a month.

 

[chicknmania]

If they are in decreased egg production for that long, I doubt it's avian flu. From what I read, it kills pretty quickly. You'd be seeing other symptoms by now.

 

[twoboystwogirls]

The friend of mine in Wisconsin with AI said that egg production dropped significantly almost overnight. She was getting three dozen eggs a day and then just a few eggs a day and then several chickens showed up dead in one day, then several more the next day. It happened pretty fast. It took longer to find out the test results but she already "knew".

 

[chicknmania]

The friend of mine in Wisconsin with AI said that egg production dropped significantly almost overnight. She was getting three dozen eggs a day and then just a few eggs a day and then several chickens showed up dead in one day, then several more the next day. It happened pretty fast. It took longer to find out the test results but she already "knew".

How sad for her.