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[B123]

I heard about this a few weeks ago, Sulmet is the only product I've been using, I've been to a half a dozen feed stores trying to stock up on it, but I've came up empty. Sulmet is a very good antibiotic.

Have you tried Amazon?

Havoc, this is coming. They are slowly making it harder to buy antibiotics off the shelf to use as "preventives". It may seem painful initially in the short run, but the scary part is antibiotic resistance is a pretty tough challenge. Many commercial growers simply try to avoid infections in the first place with biosecurity measures, so they do not need to feed preventive antibiotics.

To me, the scariest part of it is for humans. I read a story last week that a type of bacteria, resistant to even the "antibiotic of last resort", was documented in the US. It has appeared in other countries, but I think it said it showed up in a culture from a woman with a UTI. This sort of thing has the potential to change all sorts of things from a common cut to surgeries.

 

[sdm111]

Lmljsl while you're on do you know what's with be bee kills? If anyone would know. Thanks
That scares me

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Ha I do have cameras and let me tell ya after a year or so if I can always have them I would. My wife even said how its nice to view the whole yard whenever. I have a monitor mounted next to my t.v. really convenient

2x4 welded wire 5' high

I figured they would be nice as you can see the area, check on it, and now with all the tech you could even log on at work to check the birds.

Thanks for the info... did you just cut and arch it? I see you are using tarp for the covering, yes?

 

[sdm111]

Mine can be hooked up to a smartphone but I opt not to cause I think if something were to happen I'd rather see the aftermath than watch it go down and not be able to do something.

If I remember correctly a 10' piece of wire arched over makes a 4' high pen. And yes tarps 5x7 I think from harbor freight tools. Been a while since I made any

Ole havoc has a whole lotta experience making them

 

[B123]

Lmljsl while you're on do you know what's with be bee kills? If anyone would know. Thanks
That scares me

I wish there was an easy answer... The general idea is that there are a handful of factors. Honey bees have pests and diseases and we humans move them around the world a lot faster than bees can adapt. Habitat loss combined with a change in farming practices with the use of more herbicides and pesticides. I'm not blaming anyone, we all need to make a living, but the bees sure seem to be like the canary in the coal mine.

 

[B123]

Mine can be hooked up to a smartphone but I opt not to cause I think if something were to happen I'd rather see the aftermath than watch it go down and not be able to do something.

 

[roosterhavoc]

My medicine consists of a big *ss knife and a .22. I have only had a few birds over the years act like there was something wrong.
I would rather cull birds at the first signs of something wrong.
I do my best to keep waterers, feeders and pens clean. This way I am pretty positive I am culling the weak links anyway.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I wish there was an easy answer...  The general idea is that there are a handful of factors.  Honey bees have pests and diseases and we humans move them around the world a lot faster than bees can adapt.  Habitat loss combined with a change in farming practices with the use of more herbicides and pesticides.  I'm not blaming anyone, we all need to make a living, but the bees sure seem to be like the canary in the coal mine.

Well I'm doing my part. Instead of cutting all the honey suckle down to make it easier to mow my lawn I left it and there are honey bees all over the place.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Had not thought about watching it and not being to stop it...

On the bees here is what I know: 1) the pesticides, herbicides (round-up) and even other products used by big Ag kills bees, some GMO crops maybe doing bad things too. Most modern Ag Chemicals for pest control insect or plant where originally developed by companies who make chemical warfare weapons so WMDs have been repackaged as friendly smiley farm supplies during peace time by Ag Companies that are subsidiaries of the Weapons company that developed the toxin... so a lot of this stuff started out as weapons designed to cause mass death of humans or mass destruction of the environment (salt the earth warfare), this has been going on for generations now. 2) Mega-Farms are by their nature monocultures i.e. 1 plant that blooms at a specific time and must be pollenated at that time by the bees but once those 100-1000s of one crop/tree is done blooming it creates an unnatural food desert for the bees, as normally nature creates an environment that allows many different plants to bloom at different times meaning the bees would have food under natural conditions versus Industrialized Monoculture Systems 3) So to counter the monoculture bloom desert & the decreasing number of local hives bee hives are literally shipped across country on semi-trucks by Big Ag on tight schedules stressing the hives and exposing them to lots of different environmental conditions making it easier to spread disease & pests not only to these traveling domestic bees but then to local stationary hives and native populations. 4) Finally, domestic bees are often fed Corn Syrup to create honey which is obviously not normal and probably not healthy for the hives.

Note if the hives do not make it from one part of the country to the next part where the next crop is scheduled to bloom, or the crop blooms early (due to weather conditions) we will have crop failure for that crop because the majority of the pollinators are else where in America. This is a very stressed system right now. This is why farmers are being encouraged to create environments that are native bee friendly, however that means a major change in farming practices. A farmer who wants year round bees is often at odds with neighbors who crop spray and accidentally kill their hives native & domestic.

Many Big Chemical Ag Companies are nothing but the civilian friendly face of a Weapons Company, which either created the facade company or purchased a legitimate Ag company to peddle their poisons and then these companies began buying out other aspects of the Ag Industry creating the Big Monopoly Ag companies of today.

A bit disturbing, isn't it?

Anyhow that is what I learned a bit ago. I have been trying to encourage bees (native & domestic types) in my yard with plants that bees seem to like. I never spray anything so my yard is insect friendly, the down side is I do have to accept pest bugs may eat things but poison free is nice.

 

[B123]

My medicine consists of a big *ss knife and a .22. I have only had a few birds over the years act like there was something wrong.
I would rather cull birds at the first signs of something wrong.
I do my best to keep waterers, feeders and pens clean. This way I am pretty positive I am culling the weak links anyway.

Agreed, gamefowl are pretty rugged. That is one of the things I like about them.