"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[chickenbelle]

It's ok

I'm the crazy animal loving nutcase over here at McNeese! We actually have a couple over here, so don't feel bad! We actually had a swarm of bees get into one of the classrooms last night while some students were taking a test. What was their solution? They called McNeese PD

I can just picture them walking into the classroom with tazers drawn!

That's just sad!

The little guy sat on my desk all day in his container. We have a small container that we usually house crickets in for our classroom's bearded dragon. We stuck him in there. He has cleaned himself and watched the kids and I doing our activities over probability. Wonder if he learned anything...

 

[TerriLaChicks]

How much is the cost of the bottle? And why we are on this topic should I be using medicated feed?

Terri, are your birds vaccinated yet? Guessing so.

Not my young ones -- do you want to go halves on the meds? Let me know. I have 13 to vaccinate here.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

You know how there's always some crazy nutcase you work with that is either eccentric or has odd knowledge no one uses so when something REALLY ODD comes along....you refer those crazy things to the crazy person??? Well, one of the janitors caught a tiny wild bunny that was being tormented by some kids on campus today. Guess who they brought it to for looking after?

ME! That makes me the crazy nutcase on my campus.

Good luck with him - wild rabbits are so hard to raise -- I've tried but never had much luck.

It's ok

I'm the crazy animal loving nutcase over here at McNeese! We actually have a couple over here, so don't feel bad! We actually had a swarm of bees get into one of the classrooms last night while some students were taking a test. What was their solution? They called McNeese PD

I can just picture them walking into the classroom with tazers drawn!

Too funny! I'd like to see how they wrote up that call!

 

[1MrsMagoo]

You know how there's always some crazy nutcase you work with that is either eccentric or has odd knowledge no one uses so when something REALLY ODD comes along....you refer those crazy things to the crazy person??? Well, one of the janitors caught a tiny wild bunny that was being tormented by some kids on campus today. Guess who they brought it to for looking after?

ME! That makes me the crazy nutcase on my campus.

You are in good company. I am the crazy animal nutcase in my town. Have a sick goat....call Rhonda she'll take it. Tiny baby squirrels, swing them by her house, she'll nurse them. A spare parrot you hate...hey that crazy bird lady will take that too. That's okay...I like my free animals most of the time and already know I am nuts, so am not offended when others think it too!
Embrace the inner crazy

...just don't listen to the voices: They are scary.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

One of my turkey hens stole eggs from the chickens she sweet talked into laying in the same nest and tried to set them but she was too heavy and crushed some and made a big, STINKY mess, so no more of that! Silly birds!

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Well Julie, it looks like I have converted Twiley over to the dark side. No, I did not send her home with any showgirl silkies!

I think we have a future hair sheep lover on our hands! She is going to be taking one of my newborn ram lambs later this year. We got to the property yesterday to find 3 new babies. A single and a set of twins! That puts my total up to 3 boys and one girl. I wish I would have had more ewe lambs, but I can't complain since they are all healthy.

This is our new little girl. She will most definitely be staying with us.



This is the little ram born last Saturday. I love the color on him. Someone is coming to take a look at him on Friday, but if they pass on him I think we will keep him!


This is my favorite girl and her twins. They were very vigorous babies, and momma seems to be taking very good care of them.


One of the twins was all tuckered out. Love these little guys!

AWWWWWWWWWW Who wouldn't fall in love with those???

 

[Celie]

Fowl Dry Pox

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/63/fowl-pox-pox-avian-pox
Fowl Wet Pox

I found this pic of a chicken with wet pox online.




Avan Pox Vaccines
http://www.jefferspet.com/chick-n-pox-tc/camid/LIV/cp/F7-JE/cn/3501/

http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/pox_vaccine.html

Julie, thanks so much for the info and the pictures! Last summer, these little ants that sting like the dickens, invaded the lawn and garden, so bad that I let it go to weeks, rather than try to fight them anymore. Well, the turkeys decided that they tasted good and would eat them, all the while, they would get bitten. I could not isolate them since the ants were everywhere. Only the turkeys came down with something that looked like the second picture. All of the turkeys, except my 2 older turkey hens got it. The chickens, ducks and geese must have been immune to it, because not one out of over 300 that lives with the turkeys got it. I thought it was infected ant bites. Some were worse than others. I cleaned the scabs and wiped with a little peroxide to get any dirt off and rubbed Antibiotic ointment on them. Most only lasted a week or so and I cleaned ant ointmented, two or 3 times. Just on one male turkey, they kept spreading and looked like a soft cheese, that oozed and everywhere it touched, it spread to. On him, I lanced the swollen, blistery spots and cleaned them good with peroxide, after which, I covered his face and head with several tubes of Neosporin ointment, mixed with anti- itch cream and it took another 2 weeks to eliminate. If this was pox, I don't know why none of over 200 chickens, 150 ducks, and the few geese I have, got it? They live and eat together and roost side by side! I am getting the vaccine for the young poults hatching out this year!

You are in good company. I am the crazy animal nutcase in my town. Have a sick goat....call Rhonda she'll take it. Tiny baby squirrels, swing them by her house, she'll nurse them. A spare parrot you hate...hey that crazy bird lady will take that too. That's okay...I like my free animals most of the time and already know I am nuts, so am not offended when others think it too!
Embrace the inner crazy

...just don't listen to the voices: They are scary.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Fowl Dry Pox

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/63/fowl-pox-pox-avian-pox
Fowl Wet Pox

I found this pic of a chicken with wet pox online.




Avan Pox Vaccines
http://www.jefferspet.com/chick-n-pox-tc/camid/LIV/cp/F7-JE/cn/3501/

http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/pox_vaccine.html

As to vacination, what does " Chickens well before production" and "wing web administration" mean? Can it be bought locally or does it have to be ordered by mail?

 

[PrimroseMom1]

It's ok

I'm the crazy animal loving nutcase over here at McNeese! We actually have a couple over here, so don't feel bad! We actually had a swarm of bees get into one of the classrooms last night while some students were taking a test. What was their solution? They called McNeese PD

I can just picture them walking into the classroom with tazers drawn!

Someone said to me today, "I heard you were retiring to spend more time with your chickens, hahaha." I said, "it's true." SILENCE.

 

[chickenbelle]

I'm glad I'm not the only animal nutcase around. I suppose I must accept it and move on.

I have never vaccinated for pox. Do the local feed stores also carry the syringes? I have a TON of young chicks that I suppose I should vaccinate. We are trying out some new breeds to see how we like them so I have in the neighborhood of 80 birds between the ages of 24 hours old to 4 months. I better get busy. Wing web--under skin, but not intramuscular? That's a fine area of skin to be poking through.