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[Minniechickmama]

I thought you were not supposed to feed the eggs back to the chickens if treating with antibiotics. I don't know but I thought I read that on here (BYC). Maybe it was the worming medication. I don't know. Just thought I would mention it if anyone knows for sure.

I look at it like this, if you feed them back after treating them, you are just extending the meds in their system. Doesn't make sense, you are reducing even if it is a trace amount. Toss them for the two weeks and start eating again or feeding them back.

 

[holm25]

Can you imagine being at a party and someone asks you what you do for a living?

"Ummmm..... I collect semen from Bulls"

 

[holm25]

Can you imagine being at a party and someone asks you what you do for a living?

"Ummmm..... I collect semen from Bulls"

Or at a class reunion!! lol

 

[Minniechickmama]

Can you imagine being at a party and someone asks you what you do for a living?

"Ummmm..... I collect semen from Bulls"

You'd be surprised how many people are employed in this field. Also, the number of people who are artificial breeders that go around and stick their arms in cows' bums and breed them. My brothers were certified so they could breed ours AI when needed. We bought most of the semen and did almost all of our cows through AI to breed them. Keeping a bull on a farm is convenient, but very dangerous too. We kept them for "clean up" (when a cow wouldn't settle with AI) or if we had a good bull we raised ourselves that was worth using. Most of the time though, we didn't keep any because they would be too aggressive to keep around once we started using them to breed with.
My brother had a bull we raised from one of his cows, Clyde. He was a pet as a calf and he and my calf, Ginger would run in an out and come when we called or whistled to them. They were really cute. Then they grew up. Ginger ended up being one the best cows our family ever bred and stayed around until she became and old cow and her legs got bad. Clyde got to 2-years old and he was running with the heifers in the pasture. My brother went to feed that group and Clyde cornered him in the hay rack. Someone distracted Clyde long enough for my brother to get out of there. The next day Clyde went on the trailer. Our neighbor was mauled as a young man and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Not worth it.

 

[Minniechickmama]

One more story then I have to go.

When I was in the Navy, I was an air traffic controller. One day we're all in the control tower and talking and this guy from Texas turns around with this expression of pure horror on his face. I think I was talking about living on a dairy farm growing up. He says, "You won't believe what I saw on TV the other night!! They were artificially breeding cows! And you won't believe what they do to do that!! The guy puts his arm inside of a cows 'you know what'!" I laughed so hard. The only reason I didn't go to the school is because I am so short and couldn't reach to do it! LMBO! Mind you, I didn't have a desire to have my face up by a cow's rear, but I thought it would be beneficial to be able to take care of that kind of stuff like the guys could. I have no regrets not having gone through with it. I am quite fine. I have no desire to AI my chickens either. Just to make sure it goes on record

 

[holm25]

Bulls can be dangerous. We have found them easier though. I want to be a vet when I am older. Preg checking cows and giving shots looks fun. Well I have gave cows shots and its only fun with a head gate. Not when u get them on a halter and have to be tough enough to hold them there.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

If you live in Minneapolis, read this!



All,

Today the HECE Committee of the City Council voted to postpone a final vote on the proposed Animal Care and Control ordinance due to concerns brought forward by a chicken rescue group. The rescue group spokesperson spoke to the committee asking them not to pass the proposal that would allow for more chicken ownership in the city.

Chicken owners, if you support backyard chickens and want to see more responsible bird ownership in the city, please call or email the city councilors on the committee to let them know you support the policy changes that would make it easier to own birds in the city.

The members of the committee are:

Cam Gordon, [email protected] (612) 673-2202
Andrew Johnson, [email protected] (612) 673-2212
Elizabeth Gliden, [email protected] (612) 673-2208
Jacob Frey, [email protected] (612) 673-2203
Alondra Cano, [email protected] (612) 673-2209
Lisa Bender, [email protected](612) 673-2210

Here’s some of the proposed changes:

• Neighbor signature requirement dropped for anyone keeping 6 or less birds
• Licenses renewed one year from date received (instead of everyone renewing in January)
• Commercial licenses available for anyone wanting to raise up to 30 birds for egg sales
• Composting of chicken poo will now be allowed
• Roosters still allowed with special permit
• Permits classified into three (3) tiers, allowing for more birds with Tier I consisting of one (1) to six (6) hens, Tier II of seven (7) to fifteen (15) hens and Tier III of sixteen (16) to thirty (30) hens

Chicken Rescue Group?

I forgot, why can't you eat the eggs? am guessing you must be treating the flock with chemical wormers or perhaps some antibiotics? I would go back and find out but....I'm lazy (

nice selection of colors!

They got a round of antibiotics. Some folks still eat them, some don't. I figured I better not since I'm pregnant. I also figure if I'm questioning something, I better not do it! I learned that in my early twenties.

I'm excited to see what my black copper marans bring to the selection. They should start laying in another month or two.

I thought you were not supposed to feed the eggs back to the chickens if treating with antibiotics. I don't know but I thought I read that on here (BYC). Maybe it was the worming medication. I don't know. Just thought I would mention it if anyone knows for sure.

I read a few threads on that as well. Some people argue you're still medicating the birds since traces of antibiotics are still in the eggs. Others disagree. It makes sense to me I suppose. Eventually it'll cycle it's way out. Maybe a week before we start eating them again, I'll cut them off of scrambled eggs. Bunch of egg junkies.

 

[athalia17]

I interned with a large animal vet in high school. It was what I wanted to do for a living, and they had this great mentor program. The vet was super nice, and I got to see all that stuff- checking the age of calves by putting on the long glove and shoving it in there... the vet judged how old they were by his theory of comparing them to a rat, a cat, and a dog. I was able to see a displaced abdomen surgery on a heifer. That's where I learned living things can have hollow areas in their bodies... who knew?! The vet cut a big hole in the top of the cow that he could fit his arm in, and there was quite a smell to that body cavity. He looked at me and asked if I was going to pass out. I was like, no- this is really fascinating. He said the last girl that interned with him passed out- so he was nervous about that. lol. Then, he told me not to become a vet, especially large animal- if I wanted to have a life. That threw me off, and I asked what he meant by that. He said he gets called in regularly in the middle of the night, day, any time- all the time. He said he got sleep occasionally. That was when I decided it wasn't for me. I like my 8 hours of sleep, or I'm cranky. I would have been the world's crankiest vet... most likely trying to administer shots to those who dared call me out of a deep sleep.

 

[scandiafowl]

Good night, everyone!

 

[scandiafowl]

Found the rescue group, Chicken Run Rescue in Minneapolis. Could that be them?