Fife, I'm so happy for your great news.
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Well, I really hope you can find a care giver. If I were closer, I'd offer to go and do it for you, but I am not. I'd even make sure I wore different shoes and coat and gloves so wouldn't have problems... Oh well...
"Speaking of noises... Has anyone else ever heard their roo's do and egg song? Last night, I hear the egg song going again about 4:30, and so I go and see which girl is trying to lay her egg in the tree line. It was Mr Fluffers! I was surprised! He was just going on and on and on. And half the girls were just standing there looking at him. I think they were wondering if he was about to pop a squat or something."
What is the egg song??? I've heard about it but mine just get real quiet, unless it's a big egg, then they make painful little noises. My rooster kinda "sings" with a squealy noise when he's being lovey or when he "makes a nest" for the girls. He will find a spot and get his big butt in there and do circles and mostly just kick hay, then plop down and sing about it!
this is him doing it. He was a super daddy to the chicks i bought, even though they turned out to be mostly roos! the hens were awful, but he did the deep eye stare thing and brought them food. Wonderful boy.
What is the egg song??? I've heard about it but mine just get real quiet, unless it's a big egg, then they make painful little noises. My rooster kinda "sings" with a squealy noise when he's being lovey or when he "makes a nest" for the girls. He will find a spot and get his big butt in there and do circles and mostly just kick hay, then plop down and sing about it!
this is him doing it. He was a super daddy to the chicks i bought, even though they turned out to be mostly roos! the hens were awful, but he did the deep eye stare thing and brought them food. Wonderful boy.
how do you answer back so the other post is highlighted? I feel like an idiot
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Never mind. now i'm an even bigger idiot!
Never mind. now i'm an even bigger idiot!
No idiots on this Michigan thread Fuzzzy! There are one or two of us tech challenged and notice that I include myself in that group.
Off to doctors with DH.
Off to doctors with DH.
All this about MS, MG, etc. got me wondering what is was. So I went to the university library for some research. I found 12,106 published papers with 2812 devoted to poultry science. I only read a few but I did find this one which pretty much says that medication after infection just eases the symptoms of the flock but doesn't cure the disease. That supports what some here have said about the hens becoming carriers.
The best solution is biosecurity which means keeping the disease out in the first place. Another paper I read describes an experimental commercial farm with over a million birds that has been disease free for over 15 years. They use dedicated apparel when going into the barns, so each of their barns has a clean changing room for the workers who can only enter thru a single point entry.
Us backyard chickeneers can do a similar thing with a little bleach and hand sanitizer. I have a dedicated pair of slip-on shoes that I wear in the coop and nowhere else. Also going to stock up on those pocket size hand sanitizers.
If anyone is interested in learning more and does have access to Web of Science or a University library, let me know and maybe I can help.
The following cited electronically from Halle Library, EMU, 18 NOV 2011.
Title: Control of Avian Mycoplasma Infections in Commercial Poultry
Author(s): Kleven S. H.
Source: AVIAN DISEASES Volume: 52 Issue: 3 Pages: 367-374 DOI: 10.1637/8323-041808-Review.1 Published: SEP 2008
Times Cited: 5 (from Web of Science)
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"Control of pathogenic avian mycoplasmas can consist of one of three general approaches: Maintaining flocks free of infection, medication, or vaccination. Maintaining flocks free of pathogenic mycoplasmas consists of maintaining replacements from mycoplasma-free sources in a single-age, all-in all-out management system. Good biosecurity and an effective monitoring system are necessary aspects of this program. Medication can be very useful in preventing clinical signs and lesions, as well as economic losses, but cannot be used to eliminate infection from a flock and is therefore not a satisfactory long-term solution. Vaccination against Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) or M. synoviae (MS) can be a useful long-term solution in situations where maintaining flocks free of infection is not feasible, especially on multi-age commercial egg production sites."
The best solution is biosecurity which means keeping the disease out in the first place. Another paper I read describes an experimental commercial farm with over a million birds that has been disease free for over 15 years. They use dedicated apparel when going into the barns, so each of their barns has a clean changing room for the workers who can only enter thru a single point entry.
Us backyard chickeneers can do a similar thing with a little bleach and hand sanitizer. I have a dedicated pair of slip-on shoes that I wear in the coop and nowhere else. Also going to stock up on those pocket size hand sanitizers.
If anyone is interested in learning more and does have access to Web of Science or a University library, let me know and maybe I can help.
The following cited electronically from Halle Library, EMU, 18 NOV 2011.
Title: Control of Avian Mycoplasma Infections in Commercial Poultry
Author(s): Kleven S. H.
Source: AVIAN DISEASES Volume: 52 Issue: 3 Pages: 367-374 DOI: 10.1637/8323-041808-Review.1 Published: SEP 2008
Times Cited: 5 (from Web of Science)
Abstract:
"Control of pathogenic avian mycoplasmas can consist of one of three general approaches: Maintaining flocks free of infection, medication, or vaccination. Maintaining flocks free of pathogenic mycoplasmas consists of maintaining replacements from mycoplasma-free sources in a single-age, all-in all-out management system. Good biosecurity and an effective monitoring system are necessary aspects of this program. Medication can be very useful in preventing clinical signs and lesions, as well as economic losses, but cannot be used to eliminate infection from a flock and is therefore not a satisfactory long-term solution. Vaccination against Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) or M. synoviae (MS) can be a useful long-term solution in situations where maintaining flocks free of infection is not feasible, especially on multi-age commercial egg production sites."
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My boss shot 2 bucks last night while a co-worker and I was milking cows. They look nice type of bucks, but I do not like deer meat.
My boss shot 2 bucks last night while a co-worker and I was milking cows. They look nice type of bucks, but I do not like deer meat.
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