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[Chaneys Ranch]

2 more goslings out this morning, 2 eggs left!

 

[Indyshent]

darn, y cant I have someone drop off hens... or a pair, always Roos........Well no forget I said that. I had a BR hen show up out of nowhere and a WR hen, so I guess its 2 for 2 now. But I still don't need any non-breeding Roo's... But I like this one he likes to "cuddle".

So will rehome the other one anyone want him? PM me.

Just keep in mind they " just showed up " so I know nothing about him.

Definitely both roosters. Look like silver laced and white-crested-black mix breeds. Both are pretty common colors, but neither of them is solidly one color pattern, so they're likely the result of a cross between Polishes of those two colors.

 

[kittydoc]

Update on AI vaccine from a Reuters article:

Health | Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:07pm EDT

Related: HEALTH​

USDA awards first manufacturing contracts for bird flu vaccine stockpile

CHICAGO | BY P.J. HUFFSTUTTER

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it has awarded contracts to two drug companies to manufacture doses of avian influenza vaccine for poultry, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus later this year.
The two contracted firms - Iowa-based Harrisvaccines, and France-based Ceva Corp. - will manufacture an undisclosed number of vaccine doses and store those doses for up to 5 years, USDA said in a statement released late Tuesday.
In addition, the companies are required to test the vaccines regularly for potency, as well as deliver finished vaccines anywhere in the United States within 10 days of a request for them from the National Veterinary Stockpile.

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Separately, the agency and Iowa State University have translated USDA biosecurity training materials from English into Spanish, in an effort to help farmers and on-farm workers better understand ways to prevent bird flu infections ahead of the potential resurgence. Iowa is the country's top egg producing state and was the epicenter of the worst ever U.S. bird flu outbreak, which forced the culling of almost 50 million birds nationwide.
The agency's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has not approved the use of an avian influenza vaccine in birds, and has not made a decision whether to use such vaccines in a future outbreak, USDA said Tuesday.
But in August, the agency said it wanted to create a stockpile of vaccine for the Eurasian H5 strain seen in the outbreak in the United States earlier this year. At the time, APHIS issued request for proposals (RFPs) from vaccine manufacturers.
USDA said APHIS will continue to issue such RFPs quarterly from now through September 2016, in an effort to have vaccine makers develop and produce other products that can help bolster the vaccine stockpile if another avian influenza outbreak happens in the U.S.

(Reporting by P.J. Huffstutter; Editing by Andrew Hay)​

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Got a bit ahead of myself last weekend-was passing a feed store a couple towns over and stopped in on a lark to see about feed with animal protein (my preference). They had a turkey feed with pork protein so I bought a bag. Got home and really liked at it. ....it's medicated with monensin. So, useless to me. Not really sure when I'll be back over there or even if they'd take it back--anyone here have a use for it? I could haul it to Lebanon with me this weekend and will give it to you.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Bummer. Wonder if they sell it without.

 

[Indyshent]

Brienne of Tarth is scoping the office loveseat out for a potential egg depository. If she isn't laying yet, she ought to be really, really soon because she been squatting and rummaging around for places to lay. She is such a silly girl, and probably my favorite hen. I like the broody Australorp a lot, too, but Brienne is just an irreplaceable gal. she's so huge and preposterously fluffy and sweet and talkative (always sounds really grumpy so people think she's mean). Nope, she's just being talkative and gabbing your ear off. Gotta get her out of the house (she sneaks in every chance she gets).

Really glad I picked up those bargain Dark Brahmas in the mystery straight run bin on super sale at RK. All three survivors have grown into some really sweet, fluffy, beautiful birds. I'm told they're good winter layers, so we'll see how Brienne and the two Light Brahmas (Shakira and Rosy) lay when everyone else slacks off.

Not sure, but we might wind up keeping the Muscovies after all. Between my daughter and my dad, two have names now (and we all know how getting rid of an animal with name goes). "Groucho" has a black bean and a black mustache. I'll have to get a picture of it. I might have given him a different name because he has the Guy Fawkes mustache and soul patch combo (when you count his bean). He's pretty friendly and, after he's been held awhile, calms down pretty quick. "Reaper" is a tiny duck hen who is all black except for a little white around her face. She looks kind of like the Grim Reaper, I guess, when you think about the little bone white face and long black "cloak". Been calling two more hens "Saddle Oxford" and another "Mad Cap". They're all pretty shy still, but nowhere near as flighty (temperamentally) as our Mallard-derivative ducks.

 

[chick rookie]

Definitely both roosters. Look like silver laced and white-crested-black mix breeds. Both are pretty common colors, but neither of them is solidly one color pattern, so they're likely the result of a cross between Polishes of those two colors.

ok so I'm guessing that this one is the Silver Laced cross?

And I ask google to tell me how to tell the difference between hen and roo and all it does is show me pic's without explanation. So can you tell me how? Are they just like other roo's in that they have saddle feathers only on roo's ? Being so hairy I don't know if all them are feathered like that or not? I cant find Much of a comb at all on either of them and the bearded one has NO waddles that I can feel or see. The tail isn't real high and they don't have the curvy tail feathers. Is that cause they are young? Or do they just not have them.
Anyone with a good link about this breed? I'm giving myself a brain ache trying to find out more about them.

 

[ellymayRans]

ok so I'm guessing that this one is the Silver Laced cross? And I ask google to tell me how to tell the difference between hen and roo and all it does is show me pic's without explanation. So can you tell me how? Are they just like other roo's in that they have saddle feathers only on roo's ? Being so hairy I don't know if all them are feathered like that or not? I cant find Much of a comb at all on either of them and the bearded one has NO waddles that I can feel or see. The tail isn't real high and they don't have the curvy tail feathers. Is that cause they are young? Or do they just not have them. Anyone with a good link about this breed? I'm giving myself a brain ache trying to find out more about them.

Hens will be more of a poof of rounded feathers on the head vs the long pointed ones this is displaying. Only Roos have pointed saddle feathers.

 

[Logan12]

NyBody from Clinton

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Polish/BRKPolish.html
here is a start!