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[Faraday40]

A swap meet question for those of you that take birds to sell.

For Sellers:
-When you go with birds, do you usually sell all the birds you take? If not, do you quarantine when you return?
-Is there a way to take your birds and not expose them to the other birds there? (How close are they to other birds?)
-If you have heritage or landrace breeds, can you price them appropriately for what they are?

For Buyers:
Have you actually found good quality, healthy birds at the swaps?


I think I'll have some very nice SFH next year but really don't like the idea of selling at shows/swaps so I'm just wanting to hear your experiences.

x2 I've never been to any kind of bird swap. I may want to check one out someday but greatly fear adding anything I haven't hatched myself.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

A swap meet question for those of you that take birds to sell.

For Sellers:
-When you go with birds, do you usually sell all the birds you take?  If not, do you quarantine when you return?
-Is there a way to take your birds and not expose them to the other birds there?  (How close are they to other birds?)
-If you have heritage or landrace breeds, can you price them appropriately for what they are?

For Buyers:
Have you actually found good quality, healthy birds at the swaps?


I think I'll  have some very nice SFH next year but really don't like the idea of selling at shows/swaps so I'm just wanting to hear your experiences.

[COLOR=900000]Good questions!

I am not a seller, but anyone that is should know that you should always, always, always quarantine birds that come home from swaps or shows, even if they are your own birds! Who knows what they might have picked up while there! That's definitely a point to be emphasized.

As someone who has never gone to a show to buy, only to swap meets, it doesn't seem like a lot of the birds are very high-quality, mostly hatchery quality (and often mislabeled). I have seen some pretty unhealthy looking birds at some of the swaps I have been to. You just never know what might be brought in. I'm hoping the birds at the Lebanon show will be healthy, as I'm not sure how willing I would be to bring home ducks if they are anywhere near diseased birds, even with my strict quarantine practices.[/COLOR]

Wow--I feel like a newbie!  Haven't been on for almost a year with moving and also couldn't get into the site.  BYC kept telling me my cookies weren't enabled with Firefox and Chrome; IE let me log in but not type anything.  On a tablet now and it seems to be working but small and slow.
Anyhow, howdy everybody!  So many new "faces."  No way have I tried to catch up on everything--just the last few pages.
Moved in the spring, got sick during the move, knee went out in the summer, so coop building, hatching, etc. have not gone as planned.  My house looks like a hoarder's with all the boxes; can do that in the cold weather but need to get the peeps settled first.  I couldn't stand it any longer so set up the incubator in the laundry room instead of a dryer--have to get one soon, though.  My lasr hatch for this year is pipping now.
I plan to be at Lebanon; hopefully not all of my entries will be molting then; some already look like ragamuffins.  I may bring a few silkie and Marans chicks if I get them sorted.  Will be in a red Dodge Ram with camper bed.  Hope to meet and greet some BYCers there.

[COLOR=13598B]Hey, welcome back! I plan to be at the show, too, so see you there, maybe! [/COLOR]

I have the infor nation for the next swap meet:

Northeast Indiana Poultry, Waterfowl, and Exotics Swap Meet

~buy/sell/trade birds and supplies~

A great place for breeders to sell and 4-Hers to buy!

Place: poultry building at the wells county 4-H park

Location: bluffton, Indiana

Date: Saturday- April 25th, 2015

Time: 10am-2pm

Vendor fee (1table) = $7

Seller fee (1 cage) = $3

Please register by email(payment will be accepted the day of the swap)

Email [email protected]

[COLOR=900000]Putting this on my calendar! [/COLOR]

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

[COLOR=900000]Well, I'm beat. I finally got the quarantine pen up for my future ducks! It needs just a little bit more work before it's ready for occupancy, but what's left is simple! Now, just to finish the coop they'll live in if they pass quarantine!

Speaking of, we've also gotten the windows hung in the duck coop. It's looking more and more complete! All that's left is finish work; shingles, latches, hardware cloth over vents and windows, and painting inside. We're almost there![/COLOR]

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

[COLOR=900000]Oh, and one last thing I wanted to mention because it makes me smile a little. I was a bit surprised to see an old picture of my Blizzy circling the home page this evening! I miss that girl, she was so silly and such the character!

The Blizzy picture on the home page:[/COLOR]

[COLOR=900000]My personal favorite picture of her:[/COLOR]

[COLOR=900000]Part of the reason why I love this picture. She always seemed to have that heart-shaped patch on her chest. [/COLOR]

 

[Kassafrass]

In my experience, they will go out if they can see ground.  I actually shoveled out the run last year...way too many times.  I refuse to do it this year.

The first year all the birds were the same age and the winter wasn't very bad.  6 birds and they were fine with their quarters.

Last year there were 3 new pullets and another generation in the middle as well.  I had 2 of the original hatchery BR girls that would stand on either side of the pop door - inside the hen shed - and not allow the younger pullets to come in.  It was way too cold for them to be stranded outside most days.  I did provide a safe place they could go in and get away from the others outside in the run and put a dog house with shavings and some yard grass clippings.  But with the terrible weather last year I just didn't want to see them stuck out.

When it was really cold or bad weather last year, I'd not open the pop door.  Not because I didn't want them to have the choice, but because I knew the younger ones would be forced outside.  (My shed is 8 x 16 divided into 2 different areas that can be shut off from each other...there were  9 adults and 3 pullets.)  The space was WAY TOO SMALL for winter.  It was fine for sleeping quarters and when they can be out running around; not in winter.  The year before it was open all the time for their discretion (before any new birds were added).

This year I'm hoping to have a different arrangement set up that gives them more indoor space for really bad weather.

This was really helpful as i am thinking about winter. Thanks.

 

[Leahs Mom]

You know, I never enter through the home page so I wouldn't know if any of my birds were on there!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Got some more of the clean-up and organize done in the pole barn late this afternoon. Actually my husband did...and I swept

Got plenty of kennel panels to set up inside for winter. I could use at least one more gate panel. Put an ad out on CL to see if anyone answers. I did get lots of panels that way for a good price, however

 

[racinchickins]

For those that are interested, I have an update on my Tylan usage for some respiratory issues in my flock.

The Tylan arrived Sunday, but due to other commitments, I couldn't sit down to properly dose their water supply until Monday evening. So this is update is after about 24 hours since starting, and most birds were already roosted, so they wouldn't have drank anything until this morning.

I came home after work and did a quick survey of my birds. I heard a grand total of two 'sneezes' in the hour or so I was out there. As far as the cornish with the swollen 'crusty' eye, the problem is gone. I have 3 cornish, and I couldn't tell which one of them had the issue. I did identify one of them as one of the 'sneezers' today. But the three of them were almost constantly sneezing yesterday (they had gotten worse since I first posted about the issue), so only hearing one sneeze the whole time is a huge improvement. I must admit, I was hoping it would work, but wasn't expecting such quick results.

Another note. I forgot to tell my parents to keep the coops shut today. I wanted to force the birds to drink only from their waterers. So the birds free ranged all day today and had ample puddles and pools to drink from, and I saw them doing so when I came home. So they weren't even getting the full dosage I was hoping for.

I plan to do the whole 4-5 day treatment, but am very encouraged.

Side Info:
Tylan Soluble - I bought 100g on Amazon
Dosage: 1 heaping teaspoon per 2 gallons of water.
Withdrawal: 1 day post treatment for eggs, 1 week post treatment for meat birds.
Put the medicine dose in a dry small container and add water to it. Shake it up until thoroughly mixed, then add the solution to the drinker. If you just dump the Tylan in the water, it will clump and not mix very well.

I'm not one to give medicine for every little thing, and I worry about antibiotic resistance, so this will not be something I break out on a regular basis. But for now, as a treatment for an existing respiratory problem in the flock, I'm giving it a thumbs up.

I'll give another update when the treatment is finished.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

For those that are interested, I have an update on my Tylan usage for some respiratory issues in my flock.

The Tylan arrived Sunday, but due to other commitments, I couldn't sit down to properly dose their water supply until Monday evening. So this is update is after about 24 hours since starting, and most birds were already roosted, so they wouldn't have drank anything until this morning.

I came home after work and did a quick survey of my birds. I heard a grand total of two 'sneezes' in the hour or so I was out there. As far as the cornish with the swollen 'crusty' eye, the problem is gone. I have 3 cornish, and I couldn't tell which one of them had the issue. I did identify one of them as one of the 'sneezers' today. But the three of them were almost constantly sneezing yesterday (they had gotten worse since I first posted about the issue), so only hearing one sneeze the whole time is a huge improvement. I must admit, I was hoping it would work, but wasn't expecting such quick results.

Another note. I forgot to tell my parents to keep the coops shut today. I wanted to force the birds to drink only from their waterers. So the birds free ranged all day today and had ample puddles and pools to drink from, and I saw them doing so when I came home. So they weren't even getting the full dosage I was hoping for.

I plan to do the whole 4-5 day treatment, but am very encouraged.

Side Info:
Tylan Soluble - I bought 100g on Amazon
Dosage: 1 heaping teaspoon per 2 gallons of water.
Withdrawal: 1 day post treatment for eggs, 1 week post treatment for meat birds.
Put the medicine dose in a dry small container and add water to it. Shake it up until thoroughly mixed, then add the solution to the drinker. If you just dump the Tylan in the water, it will clump and not mix very well.

I'm not one to give medicine for every little thing, and I worry about antibiotic resistance, so this will not be something I break out on a regular basis. But for now, as a treatment for an existing respiratory problem in the flock, I'm giving it a thumbs up.

I'll give another update when the treatment is finished.

I have found that Tylan is mixed in with some pork feeds. Do you think that the same results could be gotten by feeding the chickens the medicated pork feed for a week? Or would the dose be too small? The pork feed is medicated at 100g per ton. The chickens would still have to be locked up to avoid eating bugs and such though.

 

[Minminme]

Wow--I feel like a newbie!  Haven't been on for almost a year with moving and also couldn't get into the site.  BYC kept telling me my cookies weren't enabled with Firefox and Chrome; IE let me log in but not type anything.  On a tablet now and it seems to be working but small and slow.
Anyhow, howdy everybody!  So many new "faces."  No way have I tried to catch up on everything--just the last few pages.
Moved in the spring, got sick during the move, knee went out in the summer, so coop building, hatching, etc. have not gone as planned.  My house looks like a hoarder's with all the boxes; can do that in the cold weather but need to get the peeps settled first.  I couldn't stand it any longer so set up the incubator in the laundry room instead of a dryer--have to get one soon, though.  My lasr hatch for this year is pipping now.
I plan to be at Lebanon; hopefully not all of my entries will be molting then; some already look like ragamuffins.  I may bring a few silkie and Marans chicks if I get them sorted.  Will be in a red Dodge Ram with camper bed.  Hope to meet and greet some BYCers there.

Hi glad you are back! I doubt you remember me but I'm like a bad penny, I keep showing up. Just FYI we all got together this year for Chickenfest 2014. We ordered shirts so if we were out n about where other BYCers might be they just watch for the shirt. So for identity sake if you see anyone running around in a dark red shirt with a yellow n black screen printed design on front that says "Indiana BYCers" maybe you could introduce yourself. Of course this bad penny is too far away to go but I'll be there in heart. Lol. Hope you can get settled in there in your new home this winter and the hatch goes well. Keep us posted!