Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[snowflake]

Another day spent in chicken court. There was a TV crew there and I thought they were from Court TV, it was actually Comedy Central.
OK, not really. There were cameras, but this comedy of errors continues...
We got the written opinion from the case that was tried in Wayne just minutes before our hearing. That was a win for chicken keepers (Pete's case).

Is it really your neighbor pushing this, seems like they are scarred to death to go in your favor for some reason?? to keep moving this out and causing you to come back,and back,and back again, should embarrass them. by now they should know you are not just going to give up and go away, witch I am sure is their hope.

They really are acting like the last part of the word embarrass!

 

[Amy PT]

Thinking ahead to chick days.......

Does TSC get bantams (and specifically silkies) in for chick days, or is it pretty much just LF layers? looking at Townline's website (which they've re-vamped btw) I don't see silkies listed, but they DO have bantams listed. Someone that is kind of local to me has silkies listed on CL and I'm trying to decide if I *need* another 1 or 2 to be incubators for me, or if I should just wait until spring and get some babies.

I was looking at Townline's website for specific bantam breeds, and couldn't find any info other than the fact that they have bantams.

Raz, you're a chicken foster parent now, eh? Good luck with your next steps in your legal fight. What a headache.

 

[1muttsfan]

Raz, you now have a business raising replacement pullets? Oooh, bad boy!

 

[BobBry]

how did your MRI come out?? did you have it yet??

Had it this AM. Looked great to me. muscles, bones, vessels, blood, all kinds of stuff. Clear as a picture in an anatomy text. Of course I do not know what it means but by Friday

The radiologist should get the reading to my Dr. I am happy they do not rush into things. The technician was nice, said I did good, didn't cry too much and was almost motionless. (required)

 

[naglady]

what fun

nice to have it done,,, you know you can use ivermectin pour on in the water also
if you have them in the house a lot of people are using sand seems much less dusty don't forget to ask if their rooster is active


that is soo cool, some people are so creative!!!

Yes they had several active roosters..

 

[naglady]

what fun

nice to have it done,,, you know you can use ivermectin pour on in the water also
if you have them in the house a lot of people are using sand seems much less dusty don't forget to ask if their rooster is active


that is soo cool, some people are so creative!!!

thats a good idea, yes they had several active roosters.

 

[snowflake]

I was looking at Townline's website for specific bantam breeds, and couldn't find any info other than the fact that they have bantams.

Raz, you're a chicken foster parent now, eh? Good luck with your next steps in your legal fight. What a headache.

Had it this AM. Looked great to me. muscles, bones, vessels, blood, all kinds of stuff. Clear as a picture in an anatomy text. Of course I do not know what it means but by Friday

The radiologist should get the reading to my Dr. I am happy they do not rush into things. The technician was nice, said I did good, didn't cry too much and was almost motionless. (required)

keep us informed, Glad today wasn't to bad
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[naglady]

thats a good idea, yes they had several active roosters.

one of these post can deleted,, thought i was editing

 

[snowflake]

so, Dr. Fulton from MSU called today. I brought 3 birds down for necropsy Jan. 16... first call he said no parasites inside or out (that was good)' 3yr old Leghorn had internal eggs,
next 2 birds were emaciated pale superficial and deep pectoral muscles fibrotic, ,white mass on liver, possible Mareks. Today he finished the lab work and confirmed it was (is) Mareks,

The Dr. says Mareks is very prevalent every ware and the best thing to do is vaccinate.Birds that survive ;Mareks become immune and are carriers. They usually do not show any sign of the disease.

As my first 2 groups of birds came from hatcheries and were vac. I had no problems for 3 yrs. It wasn't till I got birds from breeders that were not vac. that the unexplained deaths started and it was always the new chicks after they reached about 6months. Most likely the disease was here already The chicks my birds hatched could have been immune but became carriers so new birds were infected.

solution is to vaccinate all chicks before they are a week old,

It is the Dr. opinion that it is of little use to vaccinate older birds even those over 1 week as they have most likely already been infected. I think if I had chicks in the house right now, but they were not vac. I would get the vaccine and vaccinate ASP. I don't think they would be infected inside??

I did vaccinate all my birds as soon as I suspected Mareks. Some sources say vaccinate at any age as long as they have not been exposed (and of course there is no way of knowing that)
can't hurt

the vaccine is not to costly and well worth the effort.

I have lost at least 14 birds in the last 2yrs. to this disease,(maybe more), they go down slowly some times 3 or 4 weeks apart . symptoms for me were healthy birds all of sudden are puffed, listless. start losing weight then they can't walk or stand up, they are so weak, nothing you can do helps. It does not always show the signs your read about on line. a very sad thing to watch,
You feel so helpless

I hope some of you will think about vaccinating, even that is not a 100% guarantee.

 

[mrcush]

Maybe we could work out a deal...

Say you buy a couple for you and an equal number for me at the same time. I'll raise them here until you can keep them. Just split the cost of food.

We could have them this weekend. <nudge, nudge, wink, wink>

Alright, let me talk to my other half and I'll pm you by tomorrow and let you know! Thanks