Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[bobrut]

I have a turkey vulture hanging around, it is huge! should I be concerned?

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

This is NOT me (I wish!) but the pic is funny and I wanted to share. Any guess on breed of the Roo?

 

[fisherlady]

This is NOT me (I wish!) but the pic is funny and I wanted to share. Any guess on breed of the Roo?

black australorp

my BA is a friendly ham also, he thinks nothing of hopping up on a lap or joining us at the picnic table.


Named Gabby because he constantly chats with us.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Hello everyone I'm new to this lol just trying to figure things out I'm in ligonier pa and my chick's are due to come tomorrow I'm excited getting everything ready fist time chicken owner lol well just wanted to know if anyone out there was close and wanted to chat have a good one !

Well..Hello & Welcome..

, always glad to have another enthused new-peep in the mix!! I still haven't settled down & i have had mine for over 2yrs now..haha
I am in north central pa...so i am farther out from you...but there are tons of "us" out there..hahaha, you are bound to run into someone to talk chicken with!!
And you always have us here!!

Several I snapped on Sunday. Sure was a relaxing time. I was surprised to see them this early, even the toads weren't awake yet.

oh my gosh!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE dragonfly's..damsels..oh, that is so cool Troyer!

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

black australorp

my BA is a friendly ham also, he thinks nothing of hopping up on a lap or joining us at the picnic table. 


Named Gabby because he constantly chats with us.

That's what I was thinking too. Our BA, Mary Poopins is a Yakker too. I can hear her every morning while the coop is still locked up. She makes almost a bellowing sound. Glad to hear it a breed trait, good to know!

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

This is good news! Mope they got that fire under control. I didn't realize that you kept Marans. We've got Black Coppers and just got a new flock of White and Cuckoo. I hope to show them at Sussex... That is if this Avian Influenza doesn't find it's way here. The latest news that I've gotten is that the high Path H5/H7 hasn't gotten here yet....but there are confirmed cases of low Path AI in Pennsylvania now. This is an e-mail I received yesterday morning from Nan Hanshaw.



Good morning,
PADLS has reported several avian influenza PCR positive samples collected at one market as part of PDA/USDA routine LBM surveillance in our Philadelphia markets.
The PCR positive samples were collected from red fowl and guineas. A suspect PCR was reported from a pool of water duck swabs. Samples are being sent to NVSL and the market has been quarantined. Major distributors have been notified.



It appears that the birds which were test positive and suspect were purchased at a PA auction. An investigation is underway.


Thank you,

Nan Hanshaw, DVM, DACVPM/Chief, Animal Health Division
PA Department of Agriculture/Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
2301 N. Cameron St./Harrisburg, PA. 17110
Phone: 717.783.6677/Fax: 717.787.1868
[email protected]
www.agriculture.state.pa.us

yeah..got that one too...it is very informative to be on the CPT list huh?!...This stuff makes me think too much sometimes...just have to be calm & go with the flow i guess, with our fingers crossed.

..BIO-security is the key here..some just don't understand that concept...unfortunately for the rest of us.

I'm getting 14 golden laced wyandotte hens and one GLW rooster

 

[barbiegirl]

I'm getting 14 golden laced wyandotte hens and one GLW rooster

GLW are very pretty birds.





These are my 2 boys. I am trying to sell them or they will be going to freezer camp. I no longer breed GLWs, going to focus on silkies

@AnneInTheBurbs That rooster looks like my BA. He is a good looking boy. He lost the tips of his comb this winter to frost bite He is a good boy, never tries to flog me even with his hormones coming in.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Troyer feeds cracked corn and mealworms to his dragonflies to put on some size before processing them

..omgosh..that is funny..

South Central! Harrisburg Area!

Hello & Welcome

..love your avatar!!

Message for the locals around me,
Today and Friday will be processing day for roosters and older rabbits... nothing fancy, all skinned quickly and bagged for canning over the weekend.

If you have anything that you need done, get it over here and I can add it..

you are way too cool, you know that?!

......
I am sorry you lost your protector Wing....

My little Cochin is not broody

.....Not yet...

duct tape works....

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Most people try to avoid broodiness and it gets bred out of "production" lines of large fowl. Bantams are not bred for high egg production and most go broody a lot (silkies and cochins being extreme examples of this). In large fowl, I would pick a breed you like and get stock from someone that raises them for fun or showing.

Some breeds have a reputation for broodiness, but I think it varies a low between strains and even individual hens. Here are some LF breeds that are know for broodiness:
Buff Orpingtons
Marans
Sumatras
Games
Cochins

ahhhh, ya forgot WYandottes....those girls drove me crazy last spring...

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

GLW are very pretty birds.





These are my 2 boys. I am trying to sell them or they will be going to freezer camp. I no longer breed GLWs, going to focus on silkies

@AnneInTheBurbs That rooster looks like my BA. He is a good looking boy. He lost the tips of his comb this winter to frost bite He is a good boy, never tries to flog me even with his hormones coming in.

they are beautiful Barbie...