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Chickisoup and Puddin thanks for the update. I have been trying to keep up with it on my Facebook page.

All my new pens are covered but my coop runs only have a couple area's that are covered but with all the rain here my birds are staying under cover. We have not had the migrating ducks land at any of the local catfish ponds yet crossing my fingers they will go else where.
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chickisoup said:

Hi JerseyHen! Welcome to our little flock
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yep, as you probably already know it first showed up in BC Canada, then Washington state. Just recently wiped out a commercial turkey operation in Minnesota (aka now in the Mississippi flyway), then a commercial operation in Missouri and the spread continues. So far no appearance that I know of in the Eastern flyway. The above is the first report of it hitting a backyard flock. I think I would take note of the first "report". I wouldn't be surprised there are at least a few that haven't been reported for a number of reasons.
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The way birds are shipped and moved around from both commercial and "backyard" flock operations, in addition to the wild bird migration, I imagine this will be on the east coast before we know it. Somehow backyard flocks will get the blame despite the concentration of viral load in a commercial flock being so much more dense. There is no way for me to keep my birds inside, so I am going to have to just keep a close watch (like everyone else). At least the pheasants have isolated pens and won't come into contact with wild birds, although they won't be spared if AI hits our little homestead. I literally live across the street from a protected watershed/wild bird area......
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chickadoodles said:
Jerseyhen is there any way you could throw some tarps over your runs or pens to keep your birds safe till this passes?
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It is a good idea, but even if I tarp the runs and don't let the layer flock out to range, the smaller wild birds flit in and out of the runs through the fence all day long. I would have to put chicken wire up over the garden wire to keep them out (cost prohibitive). I have about 400+ linear feet of run (not counting new additions this year) at 6 ft high and would need to put up some kind of support posts in the middle to tarp the wider runs. I am not sure it is worth it. As much as I would hate to start over, it would probably cost me less...

It doesn't help that my nearest neighbor is a huge bird watching enthusiast and has hundreds of feeders on her property.

Will this ever pass? I mean, they have yet to eradicate it from the asian countries. Given the mortality of this disease you would think it would burn itself out after a while, but then I suppose that assumes the infected bird dies before contacting a new host.
 
campingshaws said:
I am in the EXACT SAME SITUATION with chicken eggs. I used the app and it was off by a day, but my temps were off. Day 23 and two hatched, two died, and 11 eggs are still in there sitting. Thing is, only my mixed breed chicks are hatching. So all the people who were lined up for the sussex chicks are just going to be sad.
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sorry you are going through it too... but nice to commiserate.
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It looks like maybe the two I helped were positioned wrong (because rotation stopped way too soon), but truthfully, it is super hard to tell... the little things are so tiny.. it is hard for me to really tell.

Anyway.. of the two that I poked at a bit.. one was completely hatched out this morning, the other one I helped out this morning. The one I helped.. navel was perfect (always a giant fear with me), but it is right now drying off, so now I am worried about feet.. those tend to curl up if the chick is mashed in the egg too long... as long as I stretch the toes out and tape them, he should be fine in a day... but anyway, I don't know yet if he needs help... I need to give him at least an hour, if not 3.

I saw 2 more pips...

I wonder if because the turning stopped too soon, and with the too high humidity for too long... that that is why they are all hatching so slowly?

maddening!

So, 3 out, 2 more pipped... not sure how that will add up to 12
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maybe more will make it...

@campingshaws very frustrating that the mixes are hatching better for you. Is it just due to hybrid vigor? Or, are your mixes on a better diet?

I have been having such a stress with the diet of my birds... I need to go buy some more nutritional yeast to add to their diets, but it is mind blowingly expensive and I ran out maybe 2 weeks back....

I need to find something less expensive to help enrich their diet... I am going to the next biggest town nest Wednesday, I guess I will check to see how much their Calf Manna runs (don;t have any down here)
 
OK Yeast

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritional_yeast

http://theprovidenthomemaker.com/1/post/2014/01/make-your-own-nutritional-yeast.html

http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/34558/how-can-i-make-nutritional-yeast


My guess is after reading all three you can use Brewers Yeast and just sterilize it by throwing a cup in a frying pan and roasting it till it smells nutty. May not taste the same in human recipes but for chickens???

Nutritional yeast Is Completely Deactivated yeast.... So just growing it yourself is only one step.

The very last link gets technical but there is some good advice in there.

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