Michigan

[RaZ]

Maybe it is you Raz...I already have a crush on you anyways lol.

That could be a problem, Sarah. You might draw the wrath of my loony neighbor.

 

[Farmerboy16]

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Originally Posted by Farmerboy16 What is MG? Is it something treatable? I'm new to chickens (3 or 4 years) so I am still learning. I could go down stairs to find out what MG is, I'm sure MSU has information in out NPIP folder but I'm too tired.

MG- Mycoplasma gallisepticum It can be treatable, but the birds are carriers for life, and the disease transmits vertically into the eggs, and chicks that hatch out of the eggs that came from infected stock are infected. I am doing an experiment on dipping eggs in antibiotics to see if the chicks can hatch out clean from my infected stock. Those chicks are due to hatch on Sunday, and I will swab them when they are a week old, and send the samples to MSU. Please pray that the results comes back negative! You can read more about how I have been dealing with my flock in the link in my sig.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

RaZ, just went to close up the chickens and I forgot to get the measurements

No shock there. However I did remember to put vaseline on one of my hens. Hopefully I will remember in the morning, maybe.

I hope the chickens enjoyed free ranging today since they may not get to anymore. I really like watching them roaming around the yard however so does the wildlife. I lost another hen today from right behind the house. DH found it way in the woods with only a couple of puncture wounds. We thought maybe a hawk got it but then later I found the feathers behind the house alongside this paw print. Strange that the hen got carried so far from the house and then left. You can see where he slid a bit as this was on a steep embankment. Darn it all

 

[1muttsfan]

Here is a link to the instructions for building the nellabean brooder

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/kathyinmos-brooders

 

[M.sue]

Sarah....if you are having heart palpitations and noticing them more frequently please get it checked out. I'm no Dr. but heart issues run in my family on my father's side. The more a heart goes into irregular rhythms the harder it is for it go back to a normal one. The heart becomes conditioned to it and with each episode the irregularity will last longer....some cases resulting in having the heart shocked back into normal rhythm. I'm mot trying to scare you, just inform you....Do not play around with the heart.


The brooder would be great to have....I'll have to run it past my DH.

 

[Olive Hill]

I didn't say that I was trying to refute generations of peer reviewed research.

This is a semester project not a dissertation. Data collection were controlled for the 2 variables; number of eggs laid and minutes of daylight for each geographical location. The project is for the student to conduct an analysis of data and use the most powerful statistical tool available to support or refute the hypothesis.

I selected this topic because so many people merely parrot the old saw that chickens need 15-16 hours of daylight. (It makes me wonder how chickens near the equator fare.) All of the recent research papers focus on production facilities comprised of chickens bred specifically for egg production in a contained environment. The professor liked the concept and OKed the project. Asking questions is a cornerstone of science.


I understand. No college assignment is going to be perfect, my issue is that you have consistently and repeatedly insinuated that you're actually demonstrating something important here when we both know full well the project is full of holes -- or shoot, maybe you don't, but you present yourself as a man of science so I assume you probably do. You've studied two variables, you haven't controlled anything. Variables you would need to control to have a valid research project would be breed, age, diet, environment, intensity of light, spectrum of light, actual daylight hours vs those the hens were exposed to, etc. There's a reason the research has been conducted in confinement operations -- even aside from the fact that industry equals money -- in confinement variables can be isolated. No one is saying a hen needs 16 hours of daylight in order to lay, what they're saying is that free from other variables that impact reproductive productivity 14-16 hours of daylight maximizes production.

I'm not trying to be mean, and I know I probably should have bit my tongue like I have all the other times you've talked about how your research is showing that day length isn't significant, but it is what it is, I guess. It's a neat project and I'm sure it'll earn you a decent grade, but given the design, it doesn't have the capacity to tell us anything about egg production -- even in backyard flocks. Like I said, I'm not trying to be mean though I know I'm probably coming across harshly despite my best efforts not to. I'm just off put by misinformation and I guess my quick fingers got the best of my self control this time. And with that I'll go back to my corner and re-insert my gag because I can hear RB putting me there in my head.

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Originally Posted by Wickischickies



What is MG? Is it something treatable? I'm new to chickens (3 or 4 years) so I am still learning. I could go down stairs to find out what MG is, I'm sure MSU has information in out NPIP folder but I'm too tired.

Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Treatable? Kind of.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Thanks 1muttsfan, I was trying to find it. That is where I got the idea from

I guess I broke the multiquote button this morning, it's not working for me now

 

[RaZ]

I'm mot trying to scare you, just inform you....Do not play around with the heart.

I'm going to have that tattooed on my chest. Along with the lead-in, "Dear future ex-wife"...

 

[M.sue]

I really like watching them roaming around the yard however so does the wildlife.

We had a hawk alert tonight. The girls were out free ranging and while we were cleaning up dinner dishes we heard one starting to get worked up. DH said "What's that the egg song?" Then all of a sudden they were all by the sliding door sounding off all at once. I told my DH to step outside and see what's what. Just has he stepped onto the porch he saw a hawk swoop in sorta low and fly over the shed out into the field. Smart girls.... they were saying.....LET US IN, LET US IN!!!

 

[Chickmate]

Will you post or Pm me the dimensions and price? Thank-you!

Me too please! I love that brooder!

Anybody here have heart issues? Like palpatations and stuff? I get them randomly but regularly, but tonight they are happening a lot and it is freaking me out. I hope its just stress and lack of sleep.

Oh Sarah, please get to the Dr. as soon as you can. I have them once in awhile, not too often, but they scare me when I do have them.

I hope the chickens enjoyed free ranging today since they may not get to anymore. I really like watching them roaming around the yard however so does the wildlife. I lost another hen today from right behind the house. DH found it way in the woods with only a couple of puncture wounds. We thought maybe a hawk got it but then later I found the feathers behind the house alongside this paw print. Strange that the hen got carried so far from the house and then left. You can see where he slid a bit as this was on a steep embankment. Darn it all

I know I'm taking a chance every day when I let mine out. I know the foxes are out there but I keep telling myself one more day they'll be safe, it's too early for the kits to be here already. It's so hard when I go out to turn the coop porch light out and they're all pressed up against the run door waiting for me to let them out. I really hate keeping them cooped up when it's so nice out. So, I'll probably be posting a message much like yours soon, HH.