Peeps in Europe!

[sumi]

Yes i have.

Beautiful!

 

[Morgank]

Beautiful!

She is 8 month old- no eggs. Next month i hope to get my first blue egg. Cant wait!

 

[Morgank]

Beautiful!

As you see, she is my favorite chicken.

 

[sumi]

As you see, she is my favorite chicken.

I can see why! She is gorgeous and she looks friendly too.

 

[Cragg Klefor]

Glad to meet you!
Those temps are what I reference every time someone here in Ireland complains about their weather. Absolutely do not miss frozen nose hairs and shoveling snow. Also, now glad I can skip all the posts about coop heating.

I gotta say, when I came across this forum I breath a Huge sigh of relief, I was Convinced my chickens were going to freeze to death during the winter, especially if it got below minus 2/3 (celcius)

 

[PouleChick]

Sorry my english, sometimes i have to use google translate. I learned English at school but it was 30 years ago.

Your English is great, and you'll be surprised how quickly it improves chatting on here. My Dutch friend wasn't great when she first started posting on my cloth nappy forum but now you'd hardly know it isn't her first language!

Fwiw, giving them a place to stand in water (I used to run a hose in a shady spot in the run), so they can cool their feet down helped a lot. Cold weather.. I have no clue!

I'm blessed that our coop / run area is in heavy shade in the summer. On the really hot days I'd hose down the hazelnut tree in the run and it was crazy the difference in temp that gave - they'd all go and hang under there with the odd drip of water on them! I don't think the 'cold' we get is ever an issue - I dont' even think about it. There is a guy here that has his chooks in an open coop all year round so say down to -5 on a normal winter is obviously nothing to them!

Yes i have.

She is 8 month old- no eggs. Next month i hope to get my first blue egg. Cant wait!

She is really, really gorgeous! My Araucauna girl started laying in November (6/7 months) but then stopped for 'winter' after about 6 eggs and has only just started back up in the last week or 2 so hopefully yours will start laying soon. My girl is the most timid chook I've ever seen and won't come anywhere near me!

 

[Morgank]

Hi! This problem does not leave me alone. I copy here my last topic which I posted to general BC- s forum. I didn´t get any answers.
Here it is:
Hi! I have a question: if you suspect there is a marek disease in your flock, what you do to find out?
I sent my rooster to the laboratory and suprise, surprise- my country don't do the analyzes about this disease. Even the neighboring countries do not ( Baltics, Scandinavian countries) My rooster sample was sent to Poland! I also know there is six different mareks variant.
We are a two-language family, so I often read a chicken forum from another country. I am not a member there, its scandinavian. I'm not telling which country it is. I understood that there is in every other flock marek disease.
I'm like - I have been hit with a tree. Is there anything I do not understand? Or this disease is like flu that goes tomorrow? Of course not!
We don't know when we will get a response from Poland. Spring is coming soon and our plans are all confusing. We are not capable to built new place on the other side of the plot, when new chicks will hatch.

 

[PouleChick]

if you suspect there is a marek disease in your flock, what you do to find out?

There is someone who is very good with Mareks - is it @rebrascora ?
Also how long ago did you post - don't forget there is a big time difference between us and the US where most of the members are. I'm sorry I can't help you - I have no knowledge at all of Mareks.

 

[Anaray]

Awww thanks Ana - same for you! My hardcloth actually came from Germany - was cheaper and cheaper to post and got here quicker than anything sent from France would have! So maybe well packed eggs would be OK!

It might be worth a try! Who knows.

Hi everyone! I am glad to see europians in here. I am from little country called Estonia, North Europe. We have cold winters in here, yesterday morning temperature was -22 C (-8 F)

Brrrrrrr. I don't feel so cold anymore.

Hi! I have small flock ( almost a year now) There is 3 faverolle hens, 1 black brahma hen, 1 sulmtaler hen, 1 wild araucana hen, 5 ayam cemani hens and faverolle rooster. I still mourning, week ago we have to put cochin rooster down. He was first in our flock,who went behind the rainbow. Sorry my english, sometimes i have to use google translate. I learned English at school but it was 30 years ago.

Your English is perfectly understandable.

Hi! This problem does not leave me alone. I copy here my last topic which I posted to general BC- s forum. I didn´t get any answers.
Here it is:
Hi! I have a question: if you suspect there is a marek disease in your flock, what you do to find out?
I sent my rooster to the laboratory and suprise, surprise- my country don't do the analyzes about this disease. Even the neighboring countries do not ( Baltics, Scandinavian countries) My rooster sample was sent to Poland! I also know there is six different mareks variant.
We are a two-language family, so I often read a chicken forum from another country. I am not a member there, its scandinavian. I'm not telling which country it is. I understood that there is in every other flock marek disease.
I'm like - I have been hit with a tree. Is there anything I do not understand? Or this disease is like flu that goes tomorrow? Of course not!
We don't know when we will get a response from Poland. Spring is coming soon and our plans are all confusing. We are not capable to built new place on the other side of the plot, when new chicks will hatch.

I am no expert, but from what I understand is that Marek is more common than people think. Some birds may be resistant, but even if they do not show the illness, they can still be carriers of it and it does not go away.

 

[sumi]

@Morgank I sincerely hope it's NOT Mareks! I'm afraid I don't know a lot about the disease, but I do know of a great article we have here on the topic that may help you:

The Great Big Giant Marek's Disease FAQ

And here's another one:

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Marek's Disease: Things every chicken keeper should know.

Fingers, toes and eyes crossed you'll get the result you're hoping for