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Glad you joined us! Do you have any chickens?
My hatching update: 7/13 Quail, 5 white & 2 chipmonk.
Hatching in the cabinet.... Everything !
I see 6 out.
can't see through this crummy little window. It is going to be a loooonnng day or two !
critterpaws
Very NICE ! Allabout
Hatching in the cabinet.... Everything !
Very NICE ! Allabout
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glad to meet ya
WELCOME BACK EM!! We missed you!!
Chicken update: Just had to share with you all that....
By the way...what is NPIP testing?
Have a great day everyone...working on the coop tonight and tomorrow!!
NH, tell your hubby he got off easy.
Our rooster, Red, is two years old today. He's been in several fights lately, so he's been sleeping on the sun porch. He wasn't waiting on the steps when I went out to lock up the babies. He wasn't near the runs. I decided to check the front flowerbed. He was there. Were it not for predators, I probably would have allowed him to sleep there.
"Hey boy, come to mama," I said as I slowly approached him.
He BIT me!
I had to get rough to hold him still (classic neck and tail grab) and prevent further damage to me from wings and claws. The 8 inch long wing mark on my left arm is gone this morning. The two inch bite next to it is still evident. He broke the skin just barely.
I think someone is getting the "spa treatment" for his birthday. We'll start with the beak trimming and work on the claws and spurs, too.
The stinker BIT me! Still shaking my head about it.
My husband sits (squats above, actually) any bird that gives him attitude. They ALL know he is the Alpha Male. I am The Mama which apparently means I'm Number Two on the totem pole. The chickens are most "terrified" of Hubby when he is riding the lawn mower. If he turns the mower off and approaches with something in his hand, all the girls come running. They know it is a buggy treat (most likely a grasshopper).
Our rooster, Red, is two years old today. He's been in several fights lately, so he's been sleeping on the sun porch. He wasn't waiting on the steps when I went out to lock up the babies. He wasn't near the runs. I decided to check the front flowerbed. He was there. Were it not for predators, I probably would have allowed him to sleep there.
"Hey boy, come to mama," I said as I slowly approached him.
He BIT me!
I had to get rough to hold him still (classic neck and tail grab) and prevent further damage to me from wings and claws. The 8 inch long wing mark on my left arm is gone this morning. The two inch bite next to it is still evident. He broke the skin just barely.
I think someone is getting the "spa treatment" for his birthday. We'll start with the beak trimming and work on the claws and spurs, too.
The stinker BIT me! Still shaking my head about it.
My husband sits (squats above, actually) any bird that gives him attitude. They ALL know he is the Alpha Male. I am The Mama which apparently means I'm Number Two on the totem pole. The chickens are most "terrified" of Hubby when he is riding the lawn mower. If he turns the mower off and approaches with something in his hand, all the girls come running. They know it is a buggy treat (most likely a grasshopper).
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Welcome, I am in Iredell County
By the way...what is NPIP testing?
Natinal Poultry Improvement Plan:
The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)
was started in the early 1930s to coordinate
State programs aimed at the elimination of
pullorum disease from commercial poultry.
Pullorum is a bacterial disease of poultry
that is transmitted from a hen to her chicks
via the egg. By testing adult birds and
eliminating disease carriers from the breeding
flock, commercial chicken and turkey
producers have eliminated this costly disease.
In NC they also test for avian influenza. and offer to certify you AI free after testing quarterly and being clean a for a year.
Once certified you can only purchase birds and eggs from NPIP sources.
this does not gauarrantee that the flock are free from other bugs, but it shows that the person is serious about healthy birds.--I hope- speaking for myself at this point.
Carolyn
Natinal Poultry Improvement Plan:
The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)
was started in the early 1930s to coordinate
State programs aimed at the elimination of
pullorum disease from commercial poultry.
Pullorum is a bacterial disease of poultry
that is transmitted from a hen to her chicks
via the egg. By testing adult birds and
eliminating disease carriers from the breeding
flock, commercial chicken and turkey
producers have eliminated this costly disease.
In NC they also test for avian influenza. and offer to certify you AI free after testing quarterly and being clean a for a year.
Once certified you can only purchase birds and eggs from NPIP sources.
this does not gauarrantee that the flock are free from other bugs, but it shows that the person is serious about healthy birds.--I hope- speaking for myself at this point.
Carolyn
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I love reading your post... because you are a wonderful chicken Momma and are so good to the babies I helped bring into the world.
It is hard not to have favorites - some of our birds are so friendly and cuddly you can not help yourself ( or at least I can not ) ...
I love reading your post... because you are a wonderful chicken Momma and are so good to the babies I helped bring into the world.
It is hard not to have favorites - some of our birds are so friendly and cuddly you can not help yourself ( or at least I can not ) ...
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National Poultry Improvement Program - gov program to benefit the welfare of the poultry industry
Basically once a year you have a state poultry inspector come test your flock for Pollarium Typhoid and Avian Influenza. If all is clear they will give you an NPIP number that puts you into the program. You then don't bring anything else into your flock that has not been NPIP tested as well. You can find all the info online. There way of trying to keep the US poultry disease free, that and keep track of those with poultry.
National Poultry Improvement Program - gov program to benefit the welfare of the poultry industry
Basically once a year you have a state poultry inspector come test your flock for Pollarium Typhoid and Avian Influenza. If all is clear they will give you an NPIP number that puts you into the program. You then don't bring anything else into your flock that has not been NPIP tested as well. You can find all the info online. There way of trying to keep the US poultry disease free, that and keep track of those with poultry.
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