Oregon

[LeslieDJoyce]

That happens to me alot 
I am so touchy right now and i am sorry waiting Is like hiorrible i can not sleep i keep running and checking on my chicks its mostly the young Dark Brahmas i got from a show Breeder im just so mad i could stomp someone in the Never mind Guy thing .............. i think you all underatnd it hurts bad ... I Culled my D brahmas for the Best 6 out of 15 pullets and 3 roosters 
now i may loose everything because i trusted someone who just showed up .......... I think he is working with the Allegded ONLY SELLER OF DARK BRAHMAS ON THE WEST COST . HIS words guy acts liek he is all that too Do not deal with  mr Warnicke Its confirmed all of his chickens died 5 weeks ago and he burned the bodies 

I'm still confused. Do you think your birds were infected by other birds or by the human visitor? If it was by birds, how did the infected birds spread it to your flock? Same question if it was spread by a human -- how?

You can probably only guess about this, but what is your best guess? It would be very helpful to know more specific details about your sad experience, if and when you feel like sharing. Hugs and crossed fingers for you while you stress it out.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

So why would anyone want to come to anyone's chicken coop to make the chicks sick is that how they get their you know what off that is just so sad that someone would call that fun.
I'm sorry to hear how sick your chicks are here's to hoping they all recover fast.:yiipchick

Karen

One "problem" I've encountered is that some people just don't care about consequences or procedure and/or seem to be immune to any feelings of responsibility for unintended outcomes. Some people believe it is enough protection to not intend any harm -- as if the brain power of their desires is enough to alter reality. It is very difficult to educate a person like this, and sometimes takes a fair amount of interactions to figure out they operate on "magical thinking" instead of reality. You can't trust these people to answer questions honestly or follow directions.

My point is that the person might not be trying to spread infection, and may not understand that's what they are doing or believe any of the evidence if someone tries to tell them that's what they've done.

 

[Tammy N]

Quote: The only person that has been here said his birds died of a dog attack .......... He was here 2 hrs i believe he may have handled his birds then came here and got new from me . my birds are now sick NO One else who has biirds have been here

 

[Tammy N]

So why would anyone want to come to anyone's chicken coop to make the chicks sick is that how they get their you know what off

that is just so sad that someone would call that fun.
I'm sorry to hear how sick your chicks are here's to hoping they all recover fast.

Karen

Meow Back at ya Grins love your avatar , If this is what the vet thinks it is my birds will all be retested for carriers in 2 months all of them if ay make it threw this . I have 100 eggs in the bator i do nto know why but i just wanted to hatch eggs this is just before the guy came to my home so due soon. Regardless if it is another disease i will have to put all my birds down and burn the carcas NOT a DUMP Trip as there are birds there that can and would eat off the hides and become sick and carry them selves . So chances are i need a IBC full of Bleach so i can spray down everything coop , yard or maybe burn the coop and Spray my fence down Either way its not good .
I do not think this guy knew or maybe he did but please if he calls DO NOT LET HIM ON YOUR PROPERTY and IF you love your birds do not sell that means the ones he got from me are now dead . He wanted to buy birds from my friend Roy who lives 10 miles from me he got roys name off craigs list went there unannounced then came here Unannounced .... sorry was wierd but when he used roys name the red flag left,. Yes i have warned roy and everyone about him and what is going on this is the only way i know to protectwhat we all love is to 1 get the word out and 2 be honest about what happened according to the vet ths is all over Oregon right now and i am case 19..... How many more have not reported it ? i know this guy did not

 

[Suzierd]

I was just chatting with Suziard about germs the other day too. I am so sorry that your heart is breaking.

This is why I don't go to swaps, these germs can get on your shoes, clothes, hair. Chicken dander gets everywhere. Just don't want to risk it.

 

[Sonja73]

Hi,
Do we need to white wash the walls of the coop? I did not see anything that talked about doing this.

Thank You

Karen

What are your walls and floor made of?

 

[meowoui]

plywood, we thought of putting down linoleum then covering the lino with shaving.

 

[Sonja73]

plywood, we thought of putting down linoleum then covering the lino with shaving.

My walls on 3 of my coops are plywood as well, and I left them alone. As long as it isn't OSB you should be okay. The next coop is going to have an linoleum floor! lol. As we build each one, we learn from our mistakes.

 

[Sonja73]

My walls on 3 of my coops are plywood as well, and I left them alone. As long as it isn't OSB you should be okay. The next coop is going to have an linoleum floor! lol. As we build each one, we learn from our mistakes.

Oh, and on the full grown pens I use straw, many people use shavings and pellets as well. I use shavings in the brooders. PINE shavings that is.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

The only person that has been here said his birds died of a dog attack .......... He was here 2 hrs i believe he may have handled his birds then came here and got new from me . my birds are now sick NO One else who has biirds have been here

Thank you for the clarification. You've just helped me re-think how I'm going to go about selling birds ... I've got some ducks to sell, and might be selling a lot of chickens, too, depending on if/how I decide to reorganize things here. I'd really like to move away from hatchery birds, and that would mean buying from local breeders, which will mean a whole other learning curve. And I would have to count on people giving me good recommendations about where to get the birds.

For selling the ducks, instead of inviting people to my bird area, I will put any birds I want to sell in a portable pen well away from the rest of the flocks. I'm not sure how to decide about letting someone handle the birds to inspect them ... I hate to be a jerk about it, but I would rather be a jerk than be a victim.