Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Ok everyone, I still have 3 Marans rooster that have to go. Free of charge! They are handsome boys and well tempered thus far. P.m. me if you would like a free rooster or three

Add Ole to the list......

or Trade you one Ole for one Maran.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Last night my grandma's Springer spaniel that her and her husband use for hunting, killed 2 chicks and one chicken, and she blamed it on my 9 year old sister because my grandma's dog wasn't tied up, even though anyone who owns some sort of hunting dog should know that it's going to try to chase kill and birds!!!!! And then she tried giving me some money! and I told her "No, I will not take your money".

I am sorry you lost your birds. Grandma is partly right, I think. It is up to the humans to keep watch on dogs that may go after chickens too. I have dogs that kill chickens and we went through everything to train them to leave the birds alone. I finally got frustrated that nothing else was working and gave my one dog a smack with the dead chicken she most recently killed. (No, I do not condone abusing and hitting dogs, and I doubt that what I did with her injured any more than her pride) That was enough for her, but the male never stopped. We now have an in-ground fence and the dogs are on their side and chickens have a big pasture and they stay on their side (unless the gate is open), and everyone is happy and no birds have been killed in 3 years, and the last one was a rooster who came all the way up to the garage.
I disagree with Ralphie in that all of the dogs can be trained to stop that behavior, some just get the taste of feather and that is it, you can no longer trust them around birds. So, the bottom line is that the humans have to be the most vigilant.
Don't be too hard on your grandma, she does have a point, but little sister is only 9 and everyone makes mistakes. It IS your responsibility to provide safety to your birds, especially when other people's pets are around.

 

[duluthralphie]

WHAT!! You disagree with me? Say it ain't so.






BTW. When training my dogs to leave chickens alone I used the in ground fence too. Along with their hunting collars AKA electronic brains.


And to set the record straight I disagree with you! No one disagrees with me....

and I like to think all dogs can be trained but thinking back about 35 years ago I had to get rid of a dog that could not be trained. I gave him to my FIL, who gave him to someone, who gave him to someone. It was a pass along dog because it was so stooopid. As I recall I got it from someone who said it was too dumb to be trained.










And Louise died last night from her weasel injuries.
Just to show you what the Darn Weasel did..




I took this last night, sorry it is so poor, she refused to hold her head still. You can see the whole top is missing. I doubt even if she had lived she would be "right" in the head.




I am sorry I keep adding to this post but all these things are happening here. I heard a lot of noise in the incubator =, I looked,,, and I have a new baby Cochin! Feathery legs and all!!

 

[holm25]

Well there is another sick turkey poult this morning. We r going to vaccinate for Cocci.

 

[duluthralphie]

Well there is another sick turkey poult this morning. We r going to vaccinate for Cocci.

Good luck,

You might want to try worming (de) all the poultry.

 

[lalaland]

holms sorry about your sick chickens. Are you seeing loose droppings? blood in them?
hope you can figure out what is going on.


I finally resorted to the cold water dunk on a broody who was on day 4....and wow was that slick. worked like a charm. It was below 60 this morning so waited til about 10, put her in a shallow bath making sure her belly and vent got the cool water - put her in the sun. She was pretty mad. Few hours later she was all dried off, so I opened the cage, thinking she's gonna beeline for that nest - but she went straight to the dustbathing area and had at it.

Next time I have a broody, which should be, oh say, this afternoon - I won't wait 4 days, think I will even go to the cool water bath first unless its chilly out. So fast and easy!

 

[nordicacres]

Well there is another sick turkey poult this morning. We r going to vaccinate for Cocci.

I'm sorry you are losing birds. I think it is too late to vaccinate, though. My understanding is that the vaccination is a preventative not a treatment for the disease. Sorry.

 

[nordicacres]

Poor Louise . I love our Cochins. They are such sweet birds. My four year old named ours New York City and Statue of Liberty. Quite a mouthful.

 

[Cyrus83]

If these three beautiful cuddly roo's don't find a home, their all going to end up being props in some good old "I put a rooster in your garage while you were sleeping" pranks.

 

[duluthralphie]

If these three beautiful cuddly roo's don't find a home, their all going to end up being props in some good old "I put a rooster in your garage while you were sleeping" pranks.

Good Idea! I never thought of that..


I put an ad on craigslist for Ole, appealing to peoples sympathy.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/grd/5076858850.html