NY chicken lover!!!!

[rancher hicks]

Thats so sad...I remember witnessing the same types of things years ago when I was in the rabbit hobby. I raised Holland Lops and Jersey Woolys and would go along with friends to the fairs/shows. And I'm glad I did always attend them with someone who was knowledgeable enough to inform me who to stay away from and who were the reputable breeders. There was this one woman who would attend and always have at least 10 rabbits with her - mostly that was selling. She was more a rabbit hoarder than show quality breeder. I just couldn't believe they would let people in with rabbits that were sneezing, didn't look all that great and here they would be passing it on to whatever rabbits were close by. Chickens I can see being a little harder to tell whether or not they are actually sick or carrying disease other than if they are dirty, or have cloudy eyes/pasty butts - but if thats the case why on earth would they let them in?!? They should have people checking this stuff upon entry!

As I stated earlier Stress can kill chickens in that while they may appear fine, stress can trigger any underlying health problems. This can happen with anything. Adding new birds, frights, feed changes and even changes in the coop. This is why I don't let children chase my birds. Even a new person that they're not familiar with.

It's quite possible that Lou's birds were fine but the stress of being at the Fair with all the strange birds and people could have stressed them to the point they got sick. Another reason to quarantine and keep the birds calm.

I used to show guinea pigs and experienced exhibitors never took their best to the fair.

 

[ChickPrincess]

I know this is a chicken forum, but...
I'm nervous. It's our goat's first night outside in their own shed. They are Nigerian Dwarf and about 6 or 7 months old. We built them a shed (about 5' x 7' x 4' tall) out of pallets and lots of screws. It's on dirt, so I placed large retaining wall stones all around the outside to prevent a coyote from digging. Dh also installed a motion sensor security light. It just makes me nervous, since we do hear coyotes in the middle of the night.
(Sigh) Yet another thing to lose sleep over.
Anyone else on this thread have goats?

Now that the goats are out of the garage, the Black Australorp chicks can move into their pen in the garage. Yay!

 

[Lapeerian]

Oh am I so done building myself! LOL I'm on to shopping for a new one, that will now hold 4 silkies seeing as I how I have a silkie roo (that I thought was a hen), the new silkie hen from Tab, and I'm still getting the roo from Adoravachick because it's just so cute, I can't pass it up. I now want another hen. LOL There's no sense in having two roos for one hen, I might as well add another hen. And that is it!!! I will be done after that, I swear. I cannot have any more chickens!

Craigslist had a wooden shed for free (under 'Free' listings) in Seneca Falls I seen within the past two days. The type of small shed you store a pushmower or small riding mower in. Add some windows/vents and you have a chicken coop.
Processed 177 ears of Silver Queen sweet corn for freezing today at mom's. Still have another 3 doz to go, hope to finish up tomorrow morning. In chicky news, went 2-3 days with no strange eggs, yesterday and this morning found the empty balloon eggs again under the roosts. I'm beat, off to bed.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

I'm still on cleanup detail. Trees in the yard, dog flea baths, laundry, dishes,etc. Miss a day on here and pages go by! Good luck everyone with their chickies, old and new.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Oh am I so done building myself! LOL I'm on to shopping for a new one, that will now hold 4 silkies seeing as I how I have a silkie roo (that I thought was a hen), the new silkie hen from Tab, and I'm still getting the roo from Adoravachick because it's just so cute, I can't pass it up. I now want another hen. LOL There's no sense in having two roos for one hen, I might as well add another hen. And that is it!!! I will be done after that, I swear. I cannot have any more chickens!

She says she's done!

Cant have any more!

Ahahahahaha! Should we tell her she has morehens disease?

We dont have drugs for that!

A beautiful, cool day finally. Todays project is a complete cleanout of the Hens coop and a partial on the terrorist coop. Olof is behaving himself again since I booted his butt. Going to start moving the stone wall from where I want to set my silkie coops permanently. That should be a good workout for a long time. The spirit is willing, the body?....remains to be seen! So it seems the grasshoppers are done and now we have lots of stinkbugs. Hopefully the cheeps eat those as well. Anyone else notice lots of spiders too? I dont mind them too much if I know they are there. Its when I am surprised and I have to use large objects to kill them that I mind!

Enjoy the day everyone!

 

[ChickPrincess]

She says she's done!

Cant have any more!

Ahahahahaha! Should we tell her she has morehens disease?

We dont have drugs for that!

A beautiful, cool day finally. Todays project is a complete cleanout of the Hens coop and a partial on the terrorist coop. Olof is behaving himself again since I booted his butt. Going to start moving the stone wall from where I want to set my silkie coops permanently. That should be a good workout for a long time. The spirit is willing, the body?....remains to be seen! So it seems the grasshoppers are done and now we have lots of stinkbugs. Hopefully the cheeps eat those as well. Anyone else notice lots of spiders too? I dont mind them too much if I know they are there. Its when I am surprised and I have to use large objects to kill them that I mind!

Enjoy the day everyone!

Thankfully, my dh has Morehen's disease, too! I'll mention I need another coop for another flock and I get "Okay". Gotta love him! He likes to build.

My goats did just fine in their new shed last night. No visitors. I even accidentally left an egg on the step from a late layer and it was still there this morning. I was SURE I'd be teaching a raccoon where to go for eggs. Phew!

 

[County Boy]

She says she's done!

Cant have any more!

Ahahahahaha! Should we tell her she has morehens disease?

We dont have drugs for that!

Not me- I have Moreroos disease.

 

[featherz]

Not me- I have Moreroos disease.

=) Hey, roos are sometimes more interesting than hens, that's why the ones I keep always have names but I still have un-named ladies. If only they didn't make such a ruckus (if they laid eggs, that would help also LOL).

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

I love my roos. My two big rir boys, Olof and Hane, and my little silkie boys, Little Man, Legolas and Frodo keep me entertained and arent too noisy. Funny watching them trying to keep track of all the ladies! I too have unnamed ladies.

 

[stonykill]

Mine wait around the edge of their pool for me to finish filling it, and then all plunge in and crud it up within minutes.

I still want some of those runners - egg trade!