Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[RaZ]

Uugh. Well, i just was informed officialls are going door to door swabbing birds in my area. A bird was found to be a carrier of something that would cause "trade implications" and lameness.......? Idk more but i am going to the township this morning when they open. Mine are only outside bits at a time and are very protected so are pretty safe but it is still scarey. If it is involving officials i would assume it is something that would require euthinising.

The sooner i get mine tested and moved the better i'll feel. I knew that auction was asking for trouble, allowing obviously ill and dying birds to be sold.

Personally I would not let any "official" come onto my property without a proper warrant. And even then, I would insist that a licensed vet or vet tech be the one doing the examination. Plus they would have to be wearing protective gear since it is quite possible that they just came from a contaminated location and are now a carrier for a disease that may not even be present at my location.

And make sure your have a camera phone or video recorder handy.

 

[misfitmorgan]

The ones who do celebrate...don't need reminding

Wishing a Blessed Winter Solstice to everyone!


The SUN is out!!!
It's blinding after so many cloudy days.....pretty chilly out tho, 17F in the coop this morning, 24F now.

i almost forgot lol

.....only because so many other things are going on i didnt realize it was already the 19th, i was thinking yule was next weekend and christmas the week after....i need to buy 5 more gifts and quick

 

[misfitmorgan]

Scratch, BOSS and corn are best fed as a side treat, and in small quantities. As you found they will pick through their food and waste a lot. In addition they are not balanced in nutrition and very high in fat to use as more than a treat.

Well my thought was they would use it as a treat and keep eatting their crumbles but wrong.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Uugh. Well, i just was informed officialls are going door to door swabbing birds in my area. A bird was found to be a carrier of something that would cause "trade implications" and lameness.......? Idk more but i am going to the township this morning when they open. Mine are only outside bits at a time and are very protected so are pretty safe but it is still scarey. If it is involving officials i would assume it is something that would require euthinising. The sooner i get mine tested and moved the better i'll feel. I knew that auction was asking for trouble, allowing obviously ill and dying birds to be sold.

Personally I would not let any "official" come onto my property without a proper warrant. And even then, I would insist that a licensed vet or vet tech be the one doing the examination. Plus they would have to be wearing protective gear since it is quite possible that they just came from a contaminated location and are now a carrier for a disease that may not even be present at my location. 

And make sure your have a camera phone or video recorder handy.

It was verified through the usda and the local p.d.; took the key out of the door of their shed. My friend's birds are free range. So far it has been the other side, coopersville/nunica. Mine are not carrying anything reportable that i am aware of, but i was thinking the same thing. I want to be the one handling my bird if they need a swab. Also, they are coming in blood and mucus tissue so infection is a concern! Whatever it is being a virus, spread to other bird species, and something they can recover from and only carry antibodies narrows it down significantly! I am ruling out mareks since that is a carrier disease, as well as ib. I had thought pullorium, but that is bacterial. Pox isn't reportable that i know of. I thought newcastle was not in the u.s.???

 

[RaZ]

i almost forgot lol

.....only because so many other things are going on i didnt realize it was already the 19th, i was thinking yule was next weekend and christmas the week after....i need to buy 5 more gifts and quick

That would be 6 more gifts. You forgot about me.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Pretty bummed here. I have a hen that has been wasting away all week. I'm gonna have to cull her tonight after work. She has been on corid and no improvement. No super skinny and green/white stinky poop and no energy. This
sucks cause it came from nowhere and she's my sq best mottled Cochin.

Is it mostly clear with strings of green and a slime of white? Could be fungal, which is treatable. If you give her cracked corn and birdseed and it comes out whole that is it. They waste because they aren't digesting!

 

[mindylee]

Pkitty...

Sorry to hear this for you. It dose suck when having to cull.
I have seen this but it was 2 yrs ago so hate seeing it again in my flock. I hope with her being quarintened it dose not continue to spred and with for you too. Good luck and sorry to hear ur dealing with it too.

 

[RaZ]

It was verified through the usda and the local p.d.;

What does the local PD have to do with it?

 

[misfitmorgan]

That would be 6 more gifts. You forgot about me.

Well Raz i just dont know what to get you...i mean you obviously like cows but i think even a little cow would get you in more trouble then the milk would be worth. How do you feel about a mini goat....living in the house?

 

[fuzzybutt love]

I guess a couple people called the local p.d to verify, as a few of them didn't own any birds and a few of them were not visable from the road. So looked suspicious! Also means they aren't messing around if at least in that area they literally went door to door. First step from what i know is always to find ground zero, then spread in a circle from there to contain. Never good! But being that birds can be recovered i am confused as to whether they have to be destroyed. I thought only carriers did. And you'd think they would put out some info in the community, but instead they are being super quiet and deliberately vague.

Mindy, check your girl for impacted or sour crop, and here is a link to fungal info. https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/chicken-fungal-infections