Let's Talk About Why You Should Quarantine New Birds

[Azhtann]

I've been considering just working my flock once or twice a year, like you do horses as a preventative.

 

[Mamilo]

My first flock of six Jersey Giants was wiped out by not quarantining. Before I started putting locks on my cage doors, I had someone decide to add a rooster to my chicken pen. At the time, I only wanted six (silly, I know!) and had no desire for a rooster. I came home to an extra bird, and me being the only one in my neighborhood with chickens. I didn't have another cage to put him in, and he ended up not being a gentleman. He killed my hens. I wish I knew who dumped him so I could have returned the favor. I also wish that I had removed him and found somewhere to put him instead of letting him stay for fear he would be eaten by predators if released.

My first flock of six Jersey Giants was wiped out by not quarantining. Before I started putting locks on my cage doors, I had someone decide to add a rooster to my chicken pen. At the time, I only wanted six (silly, I know!) and had no desire for a rooster. I came home to an extra bird, and me being the only one in my neighborhood with chickens. I didn't have another cage to put him in, and he ended up not being a gentleman. He killed my hens. I wish I knew who dumped him so I could have returned the favor. I also wish that I had removed him and found somewhere to put him instead of letting him stay for fear he would be eaten by predators if released.

 

[Kay-T-Hammer]

Yeah I was looking at those, so many off brands with offshore parts that use thirdparty offshore cloud storage, which all seem to trace back to 1 or 2 companies. Then I went down the rabbit hole of questionable cloud account practices, and lawsuits for holding on to subscriber accounts/media even after accounts were closed.

Just kinda makes you wonder who has access to your cameras.

You can buy a trail cam that records straight to a memory card if that would be a more desirable solution.

 

[Azhtann]

You can buy a trail cam that records straight to a memory card if that would be a more desirable solution.

That sounds like a good solution for me, if no Internet is required.

 

[Tunie B]

Our Chickens are free-range so they're pretty healthy. If we had new adult birds we would absolutely quarantine. Our new chicks come from our broody hens. To get to our coop you have to go two gates. The outside gate sign is no trespassing, then you would walk 100' through the livestock catch-pen to the second gate with its sign. As far as we know, no one has tried to get to our coop.

One day we did come home to find a full grown Saint Bernard dog sitting in the driver's seat of our cattle truck. The County Sheriff took care of him for us. Felt bad for the dog, but we didn't need a dog with unknown behavior problems. View attachment 3909723View attachment 3909725

“Took care of”….What happened to the dog?