Michigan

[KrisRose]

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I certainly know where Dryden is!!! It is my Dad's hometown.
I spent Christmas there when I was young and an old memory popped into my head when I saw the name Dryden. Almost got my hide tanned by my mother when I called Grandmas Christmas dinner "good grub". WHEW Grandma to the rescue lol

 

[KrisRose]

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So sorry for your job loss. Hoping bad luck turns into something good

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[chicken grandma]

SJ and Erinlee - what beautiful roosters!
And a hen like Cadbury is a dream come true! Love her!

 

[KrisRose]

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Me, too! I'm attending a Solstice banquet this Wednesday. Food, drink, friends, laughs. Can't wait!

chickendales - So sorry about the job. I've been there. You're in my thoughts.

We don't do anything formal. I wish we had something to go too, but oh well. We will do something here. So nice to know I am not the only one!

Olive get outta my stump!!! lol!!
I dance naked and make it rain so I must be a heathen too!

I am kinda a live and let live person. You believe what you want, or feel, inside of yourself.

 

[Olive Hill]

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We don't do anything formal. I wish we had something to go too, but oh well. We will do something here. So nice to know I am not the only one!

Olive get outta my stump!!! lol!!
I dance naked and make it rain so I must be a heathen too!

I am kinda a live and let live person. You believe what you want, or feel, inside of yourself.

You're not just any heathen, though. You're a nekked one!

 

[chicken grandma]

O.K.
This is interesting!
My hen who had pneumonia? It was caused by E.Coli in her respiratory tract.

Vet said there are two ways to get that - environment or she could have been hatched with E.Coli in her respiratory tract because her mother had it!
Wow, that is a mind twister for me........
I did not know that a hen could give her chick a bacterial infection through the egg!

We bought this d'uccle and a seabright as chicks from Farm and Family 2.5 years ago. The seabright has had no health problems and the d'uccle just sneezed once in a while.
We thought nothing of it until this Fall when the d'uccle had pneumonia.

Bobbi is still with me and doing well after being treated with amoxicillan. Vet says no need to worry about other birds or visitors to our backyard. (I did not want to spread anything to the wild birds or my friends with chickens). Are there other infections/viruses that can be passed in an egg?

 

[RaZ]

One presentation down with one to go.
That one may prove to be a problem; data kept blowing up on me all afternoon. Even the GA couldn't get the dang thing to work. Computers were running slow for everyone in the lab. Nobody in the class is ready for Wednesday.

 

[NovaAman]

good evening everyone!

wow. I had a lot of pages to read, so, I just skimmed.. Sorry bout you job chickendales.

I am thinking I don't like escape artist ducks... I got home from work today, and all the ducks were GONE! I was so worried and getting more and more upset. I looked thru my yard and both the neighbors and no where could I find them. I finally found them across the street in the big ditch. Its more a stream that always has running water in it. So great. I couldn't get them out. I had to call the previous owners to come and help me cuz it was getting dark and I wsnt having any luck. They finally got here to help me, and it was a funny production. Needless to say, after a few duck tackles we finally got them back to there pen and they were ticked. Now I have to rethink there pen an find their escape hatch. Now that they know where the water is...

why is it people stop for ducks, but not the rabbits and squirrel? Lol.

I told Jace about miss legs, and he tells me he saw the dogs loose. OMG! What! So... He got his new toy taken away. He knows the dogs will hurt the chickens. I asked him why he did not at anything and he said he didn't think about it. He is lucky he is only turning 6 or I would have done more than take away his PSP. :domino

 

[NovaAman]

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that doesn't surprise me actually when I think about it. I was strep b positive when I had aiden, and was on a drip while in labor then had to stay 3 days... So, I know its not the same, but, well you get it I am sure...

 

[chicken grandma]

I had to look that up Nova - but good comparison.

Having chickens is a great education! I was reading tonight that Salmonella is occasionally in eggs which is why we should cook completely.

I did not know that a hen can pass things to incubated chicks via the egg. That is new to me although logical now that I think about it. So if we buy hatching eggs, they can arrive with respiratory disease in the chicks. I wonder what else travels in the egg with the chick.

Darn chickens - fragile creatures.