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[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: I want to add that if there is not enough water, the crumbles will sink and become very hard to get out of the bucket. I have found it best to put water in first and stir then add more water and more water as the crumbles keep expanding for a while.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I want to say a big Thank you to @racinchickins for his help with our rooster today.
Thank you so much.

Any one have any great ideas for a small pen to grow out a bunch of roosters.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Update on my hatch I posted about Friday. I took a pic this morning because I'm just so happy it pulled through. I honestly thought it was dead until before I gave it a burial I realized it was just barely breathing! So glad I caught it!

Close call! Glad you caught the little guy!

Oh, you know I had to chime in here as well! First of all, not only check out his operation, but check out the birds before you take them home as well! Look for signs of respiratory illness (runny noses or eyes, clicking while they breath, etc.), signs of parasites (scaly leg, lice, mites, etc.), and anything else that's just night right (deformed bones, tumors, signs of diarrhea, etc.). In the case of parasites, for the most part you can fix that, so it's your call whether you want to put that effort in or not. However, if there are any signs of deformations, tumors, or respiratory symptoms, I absolutely would not bring those birds home.

Quarantine ideally is over the length of at least 4 weeks. CCCCCCCHICKENS was saying something about 6 weeks. I would go as long after 4 weeks as you can tolerate, but no fewer than 4 weeks. The birds should be kept somewhere at least 100 feet from where your chickens roam. You are absolutely correct that some things can transmit through the air, such as Marek's transmitting through dander that can be carried on the wind, which is why 100 feet is recommended. That distance can be difficult to attain, though, so if nothing else, you can quarantine in a barn or garage that's completely closed off from your flock and your new birds will just have to live inside until they pass quarantine.

I highly recommend you take your least favorite bird from your flock and quarantine him or her with the new birds as well. I was just recently reading about someone who did the recommended quarantine of 4 weeks and then introduced the new birds into his flock only to find that they were asymptomatic carriers of MG. The only way to find out if the new birds are asymptomatic carriers of something is to introduce one of your birds to them, cruel as it sounds. It could save the rest of your flock from devastation, though. This is a mutual exposure, too, because it gives the new birds some contact with your flock's flora (such as your native cocci, which is usually not a problem in older birds but you never know).

I assume you know what to look for during quarantine--anything respiratory, anything abnormal, anything that makes you suspicious--so I will leave that out of this post as I think it's getting lengthy enough. As far as clothes, I think if they are washed right away, they should be fine to wear out to your current flock. I would try to have a completely different pair of shoes to wear with the quarantine birds, though, as cleaning them could be difficult. Try to have a boot wash ready as well so that you can make sure you aren't tracking anything around. (I can look up a boot wash recipe for you if you need. I lost mine when my computer attempted suicide earlier this year.)

Whether it's worth it or not will have to be up to you. Best of luck, either way!

Yes I did mention 6 weeks, a poultry vet recommended it at the blood testing class.

 

[hoosiercheetah]

I want to add that if there is not enough water, the crumbles will sink and become very hard to get out of the bucket.  I have found it best to put water in first and stir then add more water and more water as the crumbles keep expanding for a while. 

Great tip, thanks!

 

[Indiana Dave]

Hi there! I don't post much, usually a reader, but I'm looking for some Lemon Cuckoo Orp chicks or hatching eggs here in IN. Also wanting a variety of Orp hatching eggs to hatch now for 4-H birds for next year for my girls. I am near Terre Haute and hoping for an hour drive or less. Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[bradselig]

Hi there! I don't post much, usually a reader, but I'm looking for some Lemon Cuckoo Orp chicks or hatching eggs here in IN. Also wanting a variety of Orp hatching eggs to hatch now for 4-H birds for next year for my girls. I am near Terre Haute and hoping for an hour drive or less. Any help would be much appreciated!

Trey22250 on ebay typically has lemon cuckoo eggs and lives in corydon. Once we are south if Indy, I'm not too familiar with city locations. So not sure how close that is to you, I just know its in southern Indiana lol.

 

[CharlemagneRoost]

Hello Indiana friends - This is a bit off-topic, since it doesn't have to do with chickens, but I know there are some folks on this thread who keep goats. We have two larger sized pygmy goats that we would like to rehome. We are in a co-op situation and they presently just aren't fitting with our co-op partners' priorities. They are does and are approximately two years of age - just the right age for breeding. We are asking $75 each. If anyone on the list is interested or knows of someone who might be interested, please send me a private message. They are both sweet natured. The black one, Wendy, is a bit shy at first. Tinkerbell (the one in the foreground), is more out-going. Obviously, we'd like for them to go to a good home. Thanks!

 

[raisinemright]

Did some chick moving today!! Moved the RIR's & BR's out to the big coop in a divider until I feel comfortable with letting them mingle with the older chicks. Then the chickens I hatched from kabhyper1, are in the big grow out brooder. And finally the SLW chicks that just hatched are moved to the indoor blue brooder. All but one. The smallest chick I put back into the incubator for the time being. It's do small it just might be iffy fingers crossed for that one.

This is the little chick that is iffy to make it!

It had some shell stuck to it so I have it a warm bath and tried to wipe and loosen it witch worked but I decided to put it back into the bator for a little while!

 

[Indiana Dave]

Trey22250 on ebay typically has lemon cuckoo eggs and lives in corydon. Once we are south if Indy, I'm not too familiar with city locations. So not sure how close that is to you, I just know its in southern Indiana lol.

Yeah, I've seen his CL listings. It's about 3 hrs from me. Same with Akers in Salem. Thanks for the info tho!

 

[hoosiercheetah]

I'm starting to feel like the boy who cried wolf. But this time it's legit. For reals.

I have a wheezy raspy chicken with a very slightly runny nose and it's keeping its right eye closed a lot.
The eye thing was the first sign I noticed, day before yesterday, I thought maybe she got too close to Queen Penny's food dish and got a warning shot to the eye or something. But now she's definitely got rumbly breath.
I dont really have anywhere to isolate her. I think I have enough plywood and chicken wire to whip something up. Do you think it's still necessary, or is it already to late to prevent this spreading to the others? I don't know how fast chicken germs travel.