Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 22 - Corvallis @ the Fairgrounds!!!

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and are they answering? Really hard to tell....I keep looking at mine and I can only make a good guess on 3 of them. They are just more upright and roo-like. You should be able to get a better idea in another 2-3 weeks, 4-5 at the most. I can usually tell by 5-6 weeks. They look great! Have you named them???
 
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I hear you! It is the most stressful thing for me. I don't sleep from the minute the first pip happens. Of course with my incubator I have to monitor the humidity constantly so not sleeping is a good thing. I keep telling myself I'm going to buy that pump...

Maybe we should get together and hatch and smoke and drink lol
 
Looks like some more out of that coop, including my wonderful blue-egg stock rooster from Lensters, are infected as well with the respiratory disease. Thought I had a handle on it. Looks like I may have to cull an entire coop of blue-eggers and marans. This is just devastating. I'll probably end up culling everyone obviously infected, clean, wait to see if anyone develops symptoms. Whatever this is causes sneezing, rattling breathing, watery and irritated eyes, clear to white mucus from the beak, respiratory distress, and finally death. From everything I've read, it appears this is either Coryza or CRD, and you can treat it with Tylan, but they'll still carry it and possibly infect new birds. So, my friends, should I just cull everyone in that coop (I have 2 other unaffected coops), or just the infected ones and take the wait and see with the ones that don't appear infected? I could really use some advice.
 
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Cindy, I feel awful you are having to go through this (on your birthday too!!!) I wish I had advice. From what I've read, the right thing to do is to cull everyone especially if you are going to have an open flock. For closed flocks, people just treat with Tylan. Since my flock is closed, this would be my course of action but.... Sorry, not much help. I hope others here with more experience can help.
 
Cindy, I highly recommend sending a couple of birds for necropsy to OSU. Then you'll know exactly what you're dealing with & how aggressive you need to be with culling.
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Just had to take a break from cleaning cages to announce that the first babies from my first shipped Serama eggs have hatched in Port Angeles, WA to Cackling Hen! I am so excited!!!! Out of 9 shipped eggs, 2 have hatched, 5 more have pipped and hopefully the last 2 will make it out as well! She has posted photos in the Serama thread.
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Well I had a 'scare' today!
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What is up in this chicken world?!!
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Walked in and found my Serama hen, Jonnie, laying in the floor of her cage! (I must of screamed louder than I thought) Because I nearly scared her to death! She had just been trying to 'dust' herself in the wood chips! I must have caught her in the middle of a 'roll'. I thought she was dead! I nearly had a heart-attack while almost giving her a heart-attack!
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It's funny NOW! But at the time, no!
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ZooMummzy: Congrats on the new 'chicks'!
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Menagerie: So sorry about your birds.
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I do hope you find what's going on.
 

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