Ribh's D'Coopage

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Hi Marie!


Seems like it might be an escaped pet. You should get a big cage and keep it safe in your house

Nah, I think he's a native bird who is used to people feeding him. They are native to this area and there was no ring on his ankle or anything.
There were actually a pair of them and they were both happy to come to my hand. There is actually a place in Queensland where they are so used to being fed by tourists that you can be covered in them!

Here's an internet photo to show what I mean. The girl is holding two trays of food.

 

[RoyalChick]

That is very similar to my prefab. I feel like I also paid $300 for it. That was nearly 9 years ago.

I wonder if I should get one like that too - I have the hospital ward/brooder built into the Chicken Palace - and I have dog crates and some portable dog play panels.
Hmmm. Not sure what I would do if I needed to do a prolonged quarantine.

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning/evening everyone

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[BY Bob]

Caturday

Éowyn was in an OPEN window yesterday as it was 64°F (17.7°F) here. IN FEBRUARY!

All this fresh air has made Davis sleepy.

Of course being awake makes Davis sleepy!

 

[BY Bob]

Mine too!

Caturday!

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It took me a while to find Blossom in there.

 

[RoyalChick]

Caturday

Éowyn was in an OPEN window yesterday as it was 64°F (17.7°F) here. IN FEBRUARY!

All this fresh air has made Davis sleepy.

Of course being awake makes Davis sleepy!

That yawn of Davis’s is infectious. Now I need a nap.

 

[BY Bob]

I wonder if I should get one like that too - I have the hospital ward/brooder built into the Chicken Palace - and I have dog crates and some portable dog play panels.
Hmmm. Not sure what I would do if I needed to do a prolonged quarantine.

Putting a prefab up in your coop would not be a proper quarantine for diseases. It would be a good solution for the integration process after a proper 2 week quarantine for diseases.

In my last integrations I have not done a proper quarantine for diseases. Mostly because I knew the tribes my birds were coming from carried a very low risk of disease and because I am really not set up for one because of my property. So I take a calculated risk.

A proper quarantine requires 6 feet of separation between the chickens. You must not use the same footware or clothes to enter both locations. It is much more involved than what I have done.

What I am doing is a controlled integration which you do after quarantine.

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy Caturday.

 

[RoyalChick]

Putting a prefab up in your coop would not be a proper quarantine for diseases. It would be a good solution for the integration process after a proper 2 week quarantine for diseases.

In my last integrations I have not done a proper quarantine for diseases. Mostly because I knew the tribes my birds were coming from carried a very low risk of disease and because I am really not set up for one because of my property. So I take a calculated risk.

A proper quarantine requires 6 feet of separation between the chickens. You must not use the same footware or clothes to enter both locations. It is much more involved than what I have done.

What I am doing is a controlled integration which you do after quarantine.

Oh yes I know. What I meant was for proper quarantine - not in the Chicken Palace.