Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

Thanks!!!

I think I am going to go. Not sure if I will bring any birds to sell or not. I have not heard from the State on my NPIP testing and approval of my "hatchery". As I understand it you cannot bring birds without the health certificate.

In Illinois they now have a tester at the sale barn . All birds that are not NPIP must be tested before selling .

 

[duluthralphie]

In Illinois they now have a tester at the sale barn . All birds that are not NPIP must be tested before selling .

I think that is how it is here too, the exception being chicks, they must originate from a PT free flock or an approved hatchery.


I just looked it up in my book. If I brought 100 chicks to sell the tester would go nuts and it would cost me more the test them than I could sell them for.

Adult birds can be tested the day of sale or have tested negative within last 30 days. unless from a PT free flock.

 

[duluthralphie]

Turkeys are a real pain to sell legally at a swap. They need to be tested within the last 30 days (if not a NPIP flock) and testing of turkeys requires you to send in a blood sample it cannot be done on the spot like chickens.

It will take 2 weeks or more to get the results back, if they get a false positive on the first test it could be 3 weeks, which means you have 1 week to sell your turkeys before they need to be tested again.

 

[KlopKlop]

Back to work I go. Hopefully my chicks are warm enough. They were eating, drinking and running around so they seemed happy

 

[holm25]

OH THE JOYS OF FARMING! So Sunday morning Pumpkin a giant RWF went into labor so she was put in a calving pen. Well she thought the nice fluffy straw wasnt a good enough spot to give birth so she of course jumped right over the wood fence back into the corral. While jumping the fence she collapsed the top row of boards so we had to fix that so once she calved she could go back in. So we fixed the fence and got mom back in. After she was back in we patiently waited for the calf to nurse so we could band and tag the calf... And we waited... And waited... And waited some more! The calf tried to nurse many times but was trying to nurse on her flank... By now we realized this calf was pretty stupid... So we waited to see if he could figure it out... Then last night we realized he wasnt going to figure it out. So drove to town got a small bag of colostrum and he ran over and nursed off the bottle with no issue but wouldnt nurse off mom. There was no way we were going to lasso his mom and tie her up because its not her fault the calf is stupid... So he got 1 quart of colostrum. He didnt get to fill his belly in hopes he would get a taste for it and would try to nurse on mom again. Well this morning when they were checked on mom was laying down and the calf was nursing! So got mom up and he ran to the other side and nursed another quarter! Finally the calf that we thought was never going to learn finally learnt how to nurse at 2 days old!

 

[KlopKlop]

So here is what I heard back from the hatchery after explaining to them the headache they created...

Sorry for the confusion. We had to do some last minute adjusting and in a rush we must have not sent the email notification. We are sorry about this. Glad you received some happy and healthy chicks!

So do I just chalk it up to poor luck and let it be and hope that the next time (probably late fall) I order more CXs they have their processes figured out? do I gripe more? I don't really know what I want done about it other than that I can trust that future orders wont be all screwed up

 

[KlopKlop]

@duluthralphie did you get your butt feather snippers??

 

[I Love Layers]

Would any of you be interested in breeding chanteclers of this color?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1093750/new-chantecler-color/0_10#post_16810274

 

[duluthralphie]

I would try them again in the fall, as long as the birds are what we are use too, But if they fall short, I would try someone else. I am big on second, third, 4th chances...

 

[KlopKlop]

I would try them again in the fall, as long as the birds are what we are use too, But if they fall short, I would try someone else. I am big on second, third, 4th chances...

You are right... after a few weeks I probably will forget all about it

I think I am just a bit worn down.... I didn't sleep well last night due to my DW snoring like a freight train. I woke her twice and she went right back at it. she was so congested. I ended up abandoning ship and heading for the couch. couple that with the anxiety of getting up to check chicks in the night to make sure they are warm enough.....