Show off your Peas!

[zazouse]

Is it in the wild bird population?

I read it was carried mainly by waterfowl and wader type birds which my dogs run off before they have a chance to even get close to the ponds most of the time

Here is a bit of info, the net is full of info on it.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/facts.htm

 

[3BirdGirlz]

Just use good cleaning practices and bio security. Don't let wild ducks or geese near your birds. Ducks and geese land in my field all the time, so I'm going to let the dog chase them away whenever they land.
Standing water where wild birds can get to is really bad because the virus lives very well there.
There will be no antibiotics to cure it, if anyone wonders. Antibiotics only kill bacteria...this is a virus. It's spread by droplet/aerosols...so by sneezing or poo exposure.
I'm hoping the spread of this slows down! And I hope everyone's flock stays healthy!

 

[zazouse]

I got a few dogs here that chase off any bird that tries to land here cause i have 3 ponds

 

[KsKingBee]

Our ducks free range up and down the creek, a couple hundred yards both ways. There is no keeping them away from migrating ducks.

 

[margaret8]

I gathered pea poop and free range guinea poop (uck) about a small baggie full. I then took it to the vet. He mixed it all up, etc. He just through calling me. There are no worms, eggs, or anything else. This is good news! I don't have them ckd again until fall!

 

[ChristyLou]

This is Bobbi, she was so confused about our surprise snow storm today, we normally don't see snow.

 

[thndrdancr]

Poor Bobbi, she does look confused. My summer hatch boy had snow on him one night, first time he had seen snow and he got covered as he has his head under his wing. He woke up and couldn't stop staring in shock at the strange white critter on his back!!! If I could have captured his expression!!

Now quest for everyone, when I go to sell some of my ib hens and yearlings, how can I tell them apart? I already can't tell my early July hatch girl from the others! Annie is getting big and I definitely am keeping her. I just don't want to get the wrong one by accident in the chaos.

 

[KsKingBee]

Poor Bobbi, she does look confused. My summer hatch boy had snow on him one night, first time he had seen snow and he got covered as he has his head under his wing. He woke up and couldn't stop staring in shock at the strange white critter on his back!!! If I could have captured his expression!!

Now quest for everyone, when I go to sell some of my ib hens and yearlings, how can I tell them apart? I already can't tell my early July hatch girl from the others!

Annie is getting big and I definitely am keeping her. I just don't want to get the wrong one by accident in the chaos.

I use colored plastic split rings or zip ties. Zip ties are more likely to break and come off and the rings are not perfect either. I put a different color on the right leg of each bird that is also used in beekeeping to mark queens for identifying the year they are hatched.

Years ending with 1 or 6 get White
Years ending with 2 or 7 get Yellow
Years ending with 3 or 8 get Red
Years ending with 4 or 9 get Green
Years ending with 5 or 0 get Blue

 

[zazouse]

Found this in photobucket.
it is suppose to move hope it works.

 

[Birdrain92]

Found this in photobucket.
it is suppose to move hope it works.

That's so cool! I just find it weird how the legs though don't move like the rest of the peafowl moving like water.