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[Kyzmette]

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SuhWEET! I'm so glad to hear this! Coral, your skill at crochet is phenomenal. You could quit your job and support yourself doing that, I'm pretty sure. There are parents that would pay BANK for some of those hats you make.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Is it possible she has/had an impaction and instinctually ate a bunch of gravel to try to relieve it? Maybe she needs/needed extra time for it to grind up.

And doggoneit, Peng and Pong are finally starting to show flashes of that deep rooish red. Drat! I'm convinced that Ashtree cursed them into a sexchange. Or maybe Rinda *looked* at them...

Wasn't me....

don't know for sure but this morning she is all cleared out

Yay!!!!

 

[TipihlowLadies]

What is best humidity with still air Inc.and doyou keep that humidity throughout

 

[NanaKat]

Is it possible she has/had an impaction and instinctually ate a bunch of gravel to try to relieve it? Maybe she needs/needed extra time for it to grind up.

don't know for sure but this morning she is all cleared out  e

So glad to hear your hen is better.

What is best humidity with still air Inc.and doyou keep that humidity throughout

I let the eggs form the humidity level...same as a dry hatch...by not worrying about the humidity until I move eggs to the hatcher for lockdown. Then I fill the middle wells and set two small containers with either a sponge or paper towels soaked in water to bring the humidity to about 65%.

 

[NanaKat]

 
RFDTV  Farm  News  Report this morning showed a map of the United States showing which states have reported cases of the Avian Flu (H7N9)

i got this info fro a friend in washington state-

according to vets, virus is killed by oxine, lysol and bleach- so follow biosecurity, spray pens, don't let your birds free range- the virus is spread by migrating waterfowl, don't let your birds have access to ponds frequented by wild waterfowl.

Thank you for that important info. I wondered about using Oxine. I'm still looking for info on what symptoms the birds will show.

This definitely means any purchased birds need to go thru a full quarantine if they come from a farm with wild waterfowl.

 

[TipihlowLadies]

Thank you for that important info. I wondered about using Oxine. I'm still looking for info on what symptoms the birds will show.

This definitely means any purchased birds need to go thru a full quarantine if they come from a farm with wild waterfowl.

right now there is hundreds of wild geese flying around my farm they fuel up on winterwheat here on the south canadian river one bunch flies while a second bunch eats all day and night they poop everywhere so how do you combat that Poo

 

[artsyrobin]

this was put out in Oregon-


one of the recommendations out there was covered pens- like with a tarp and no wild bird access- not sure how feasible that is, but that was the recommendation

 

[millbrookfarm]

Ok y'all I'm on a search for my perfect chicken breed and I'm not sure it exists. I'm hoping that I can get help from multiple threads here.

Here is what I'm looking for:

Multicolored (something like an Icelandic)
Meat build (8-10lbs)
200-250 eggs per year

Any thoughts?

 

[BetsyOK]

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture will send out NPIP testers who also swab for Avian Influenza. The cost is only $5, which is for the certificate. Mine have been tested for a number of years and are all in covered pens, so I feel pretty secure about AI. Not completely, as there are always exceptions. I originally had mine NPIP tested for peace of mind. It's definitely worth it.

 

[greenbeetle]

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture will send out NPIP testers who also swab for Avian Influenza. The cost is only $5, which is for the certificate. Mine have been tested for a number of years and are all in covered pens, so I feel pretty secure about AI. Not completely, as there are always exceptions. I originally had mine NPIP tested for peace of mind. It's definitely worth it.

I am wanting to become NPIP. I heard it was just 5.00,, it just seems like a lot of work for the tester to spend all day on say a large flock for only 5.00. Do you tip them or something.