Wow, hope all of your chickens and animals are ok. It's bad here in Broken Arrow, but I think you got more rain and ice then I did.These are pics of my chicken coops, quail coop and rabbit hutch today. I cannot even get to my NN coop to check on my birds. Still raining and ice is still accumulating on everything. Luckily I fed enough feed for a few days and locked my chickens up last night, just worried about their water being froze. Will work to get to the water tomorrow.
I lost this beautiful girl early this morning. I don't know what brought her down.
She is beautiful. Hugs
WOOHOO!! It let me log in! only way i could do it all day was with taptalk....
Met Rinda! AWESOME LADY!! she graciously kept this boy for me- and e rode on a blanket on my lap home, now in a cage for quarantine, i think he knows what a camera is, as soon as i brought it out he posed!!
he actually has a quieter crow than my silkies
here are my two pretty girls i got from MJ
I finally called the poultry division at the ag dept in okc. I got to talk to Dr. Herrin . What a nice and pleasant man. I've talked to him before and he is always so helpful. He takes time to answer your questions and seems genuinely concerned for your feeling on our poultry.He said the samples have come back and the one that had the necropsy died of a pasteurellosis infection. I thought they would have shown symptoms, but maybe I missed them. I did look up several sites, trying to find out more about it, and one site said sometimes it does't show any symptoms.
The vet said, botulism still couldn't be ruled out as a secondary. Anyway I am so paranoid and worry so much about my animals(kids, grandkids, husband, etc,) Just a worry wort.
Dr. Herrin said it is safe to butcher and sell them. Just look for signs of illness. I check everything and count heads. Now, I get them up to see how they are walking and try to pay particular attention to make sure they all have an appetite.
He e-mailed the lab report so I thought I'd post it, but it is 4 pages.
Lonnyandrinda------Yes, the eggs are fertile. Hubby used to raise chickens years ago and showed me how to tell.Thank you for the info. I do want to see what I get, but if they don't hatch I won't go bonkers. I've had really good luck on my broodies hatching eggs. Except for one hen, long story/ Poor thing she finally hatched two and after I let them out of the broodhouse at 8 weeks, she disappeared. The kids are doing great though.
Kassaundra----------They have been laying for over a month. I really can't remember when they started, but it's been awhile.
After seeing all the pictures of everyone's gorgeous birds, I got all excited last night and got the fever again, so I started looking up different breeds. The biggest reason, I usually get them from hatcheries is because I know they are healthy and don't come with any disease. I know they cull any sick bird to make sure they never have any carriers. Auctions, scare me. I've only been to one, but there were some sick looking birds. And one guy bought most of them and then stuffed them in several cages, with the roosters fighting and drawing blood. It made me sick to my stomach. So, I've never been to another one. There were some beautiful birds, but not knowing the background makes me nervous, even after quarantining them, you still don't know if they are carriers of one of the two respiratory diseases that they can carry. Am I too crazy. I don't mean to be. I don't sell any of my chickens, only eggs, but I'd hate to think a wild bird caught, something from one of my birds and then carried it to someone elses flock. That's why I'm so upset about the ducks. I have no idea where they caught this , if letting someone come in my yard and buying ducks, carrying it. I'm going to have to do something different when selling the ducks. I know people like to pick out their own, so I'll figure something out. Dr. Herrin assured me that it's ok to butcher and sell what I have, that it's like strep, they won't be carriers. Anyway, I'm praying and hope I get an answer about selling anymore. I'm such a wimp I can't kill my own. I do pluck and dress them out though. Sorry I've been so windy. Just needed to talk. Sometimes I get pretty lonely.Will post the lab report a little later.
It is so hard when you can not pin point what it issue is, and you try everything you know to do and it still continues. It will get better. HUGS.
Coffee, water for the critters....pretty top priorities in my book...
Of course. That's how it works. It's my kid's but it is mine until they get a job and move out on their own and take it with them.
