MARYLAND THREAD!

[madamwlf]

Smart move!

Someone was asking what we have.

I am trying to get the first Swedish Flower Hen flock in MD going. I should have eggs available by fall from them.
Silkies in black and blue. Using them right now to hatch eggs, lol.
Bantam Cochins. Honestly, I have three beautiful buff barred Cochin roos who need homes. I was going to keep them, but too many roosters! Lovely guys. I will hate to part with them. Also have black mottled and blue mottled. We eat their eggs. I like the smaller eggs they lay.
Mutts. But they are the best layers. Australorpe crosses. I have two roos in there and like them very much, but I wish I could find them a home elsewhere. Are not all laying yet.
Marans.
Easter Eggers. But my favorite EE, a gorgeously stunning white one, sure looks like a rooster. He needs a new home. I will have him NPIP tested if anyone wants him. Such a nice bird.
I think that's it.. Except for ducks.

Well, let's see.

I have Crested Cream Legbars. I've had these guys for over a year now and love them. UK Bantam Chocolate Orpingtons, 2 hens have gone broody on me, American White Bresse (awesome alternative meat bird), Black Barthuhner and a mixed flock of breeds for eating eggs. These are all my layers right now.

What I will have by the end of the summer or later: UK Bantam Chocolate Wyandottes, Partridge Barthuhner, Blue Columbian Brahmas, Double Laced Blue Barnevelders, and Augsburgers. Plus Easter Eggers for eating eggs.

 

[SunnySkies]

Anybody going to the swap in June? I'd love to, but I work weekends Should take the day off and go unload some of these roosters...the barred buff bantam Cochins and the EE rooster would probably sell well.

 

[madamwlf]

Anybody going to the swap in June? I'd love to, but I work weekends

Should take the day off and go unload some of these roosters...the barred buff bantam Cochins and the EE rooster would probably sell well.

I plan to go. Not sure if I will be selling. Just remember if they are older then 12 weeks they have to be tested.

 

[Lynndaybrown]

Does anyone here know what the process is to get you chicken flock certified NPIP in MD? I'm considering getting mine certified so I can ship birds but am not sure where to start.

Thanks,
Lynn

 

[Lynndaybrown]

Quote: I've got a couple of Swedish Flower Hen Roosters that need a home if you want any - I'm in Clarksburg ( western Montgomery county, very near frederick)
I'd be happy to give ( not sell) them to you if you'd like them.

Lynn

 

[SunnySkies]

MD Dept of AG, Animal Health, has a list of certifiers. Just call, as the list online is kind of old, and I'm pretty sure some of the people listed are no longer doing it. I need to get my whole flock done so I can ship or sell or take birds to shows. Not looking forward to that process, lol.

Don't forget everybody with more than 5 birds needs to register with the state too.

 

[SunnySkies]

I've got a couple of Swedish Flower Hen Roosters that need a home if you want any - I'm in Clarksburg ( western Montgomery county, very near frederick)
I'd be happy to give  ( not sell) them to you if you'd like them.

Lynn

I have at least five, lol. Not counting the chicks I can't be sure of! LOL

 

[Lynndaybrown]

I have at least five, lol. Not counting the chicks I can't be sure of! LOL

Oh well- It was worth a try

If anyone else local wants them, I'm happy to give them a new home!

Also thanks for the NPIP info- I sent in registration with the state a year or two ago, but never heard anything back- Of course I only had six chicken then- HA!

 

[madamwlf]

Oh well- It was worth a try

If anyone else local wants them, I'm happy to give them a new home!

Also thanks for the NPIP info- I sent in registration with the state a year or two ago, but never heard anything back- Of course I only had six chicken then- HA!

You should have gotten a card in the mail. I did.

 

[fiddlebanshee]

Urgent request please. I have a New Hampshire Red who is 9 months old and she is now totally paralyzed in both legs. I suspect Mareks, although she has been vaccinated. I got her through Meyers and requested the vaccination. She wasn't eating a few days ago and I thought she would die pretty quickly. But after taking her in the house and giving her electrolytes and pureed chicken mash she is now eating and alert, but the paralysis remains and I have the feeling it is getting worse rather than better. I think the kindest thing to do would be to euthanize her as she can't be in the coop like this and I can't keep her in the house till she dies, which could be months. I work full time and can't give her the care she needs 24/7.

So the request is: which vet in/near Frederick could I go to to have this done. Are there any vets in Frederick who would see a chicken even? Your advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jo