Quote:Originally Posted by 1muttsfan 
I've thought of this, but from what i've read (could be wrong, correct me please if i am) salmonella is an incurable thing if the chicken carries it, and this was the reason behind putting down the chickens in the commercial industry at the time of the salmonella contaminated eggs???
So couldn't i simply get her tested for the diseases that could be passed to me? (If she has salmonella it really would be a need-to-know thing anyway, since i could get it from her eggs too! I've had parakeets since i was a kid, and i didn't really think of it much differently except for the initial risk since she's been kept outside for almost a year. At any rate i've been coddling these birds the whole time, so if they have anything i have it too more than likely. :/ People that buy direct from hatcheries, wouldn't that be less of a risk? Idk on this whole issue, i never expected to be a "chicken nut", that's for sure!
I really loved her mother (in my avitar) . She acted more cat than chicken, and her daughter is the same way. Don't fit in with the others, getting picked on terribly. Too nice, too smart. My intentions were to bring her mother in before the last winter, but the summer heat took that option away from me.
I've been searching since i first got that bird for others like her, and even through breeding "hope" is the only one that fits the bill, even her other daughter isn't this way. When i find the right rooster i want to try to hatch more, but right now the thought of losing her is terrible for both the emotional and the practical reasons, so she's getting treated "as if" she was one of those expensive chocolate colored ones!
I've thought of this, but from what i've read (could be wrong, correct me please if i am) salmonella is an incurable thing if the chicken carries it, and this was the reason behind putting down the chickens in the commercial industry at the time of the salmonella contaminated eggs???
So couldn't i simply get her tested for the diseases that could be passed to me? (If she has salmonella it really would be a need-to-know thing anyway, since i could get it from her eggs too! I've had parakeets since i was a kid, and i didn't really think of it much differently except for the initial risk since she's been kept outside for almost a year. At any rate i've been coddling these birds the whole time, so if they have anything i have it too more than likely. :/ People that buy direct from hatcheries, wouldn't that be less of a risk? Idk on this whole issue, i never expected to be a "chicken nut", that's for sure!
I really loved her mother (in my avitar) . She acted more cat than chicken, and her daughter is the same way. Don't fit in with the others, getting picked on terribly. Too nice, too smart. My intentions were to bring her mother in before the last winter, but the summer heat took that option away from me.
I've been searching since i first got that bird for others like her, and even through breeding "hope" is the only one that fits the bill, even her other daughter isn't this way. When i find the right rooster i want to try to hatch more, but right now the thought of losing her is terrible for both the emotional and the practical reasons, so she's getting treated "as if" she was one of those expensive chocolate colored ones!
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