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[RachaelS]

You miss a day or 2 on here and you're done for! lol

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Yes it is Ruston Poultry (Mandy) with the NN's. She does take GREAT pics. To bad she is not on here anymore.

Thank you, I really do like them.

 

[RachaelS]

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your birds are amazing...the have a similar look to my phoenix!!
I have call ducks let me know and I'll hook you up!
oh and an African goose from Wendy's flock...they are due Sat.

You are so right, need to add geese to my wish list!!! O'h and quail!

I know a quail guy for eggs!! or live birds...

Enabler.....

 

[Heidisgran]

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your birds are amazing...the have a similar look to my phoenix!!
I have call ducks let me know and I'll hook you up!
oh and an African goose from Wendy's flock...they are due Sat.

You are so right, need to add geese to my wish list!!! O'h and quail!

I know a quail guy for eggs!! or live birds...

Enabler.....

 

[RachaelS]

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I posted my response saying I needed geese right when you posted this, LOL!!!!

 

[bnjrob]

I've grown up on a pultry farm. Emus actually. But we did have chickens. In my experience birds started outside younger are healthier and overall more hagrid, so to speak. We never babied our chickens and emus but I do now to a certain extent with treats.

Most injured birds are culled. Sick birds as well if they make a bad turn with no looking back.

Cocci is not fun. I've dealth with it when I was younger and we lost many birds. I'm dealing with it as an adult for the first time and I lost one chick before I knew what I was dealing with. Thankfully I knew the signs and knew what to get. Vet tested fecal matter confirmed I was using the right meds.

The babies are perky and happy now, but I've got one thats a failure to thrive I'm debating culling. She's as weak and pathetic as a day old chick and they're almost two weeks old now. She hasn't grown. The others tower over her. If, by Monday, ( one week on antibiotics ) she hasn't improved I will cull her.

Cocci isnt fun. At all. Its certainly not an easy cure either. All of my pens are clean and I bleach regularly. I also feed wild birds. Good chance one of them brought it in or it was on my feet from a trip to town.

Still. I dont feed medicated feeds to young birds. I'd rather they build their own immunities. Makes for a stronger flock.

But... that's just my opinion.

Even if people don't cull as in kill a bird, if they were to take any birds that have shown signs of being sick out of their breeding program, then at least the birds are not passing on any weaknesses that they may have. Most people just aren't able to wrap their head around killing one of their chickens - whether it be for illness or to eat them. It takes some getting used to since most people are accustomed to having their chicken come prepackaged in plastic wrap.

 

[deepeasttexas]

can I chime in??
if they free range they don't need medicated...the medicated feed is for brooder babies...
Coccidiostats and/or antibiotics are the two most common medications added to medicated chicken feed.
Coccidiosis is hard to control by sanitation practices alone.
they come by it naturally in the dirt and become immune...otherwise a brooder baby will be very susceptible to coccidiosis when it finally gets in the dirt and coop

as far as duck and chickens living together mine do!

Darn it !! Looks like we are going to get a duck.

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: awe shoot lol!!!

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: ya my chicken comes in pieces even if I tried to paste it it would resemble my pets!

 

[magpiesing]

we love to go out and sit with our coffee in the mornings and watch "chick TV" they are very entertaining!

I agree...we love to sit out with our tea in the evening and just watch our chickens. They are funny and relaxing and you get a laugh from time to time because of the things they do. Like chasing bugs or jumping up to grab leaves..."chick TV is the best.

 

[bnjrob]

ya my chicken comes in pieces even if I tried to paste it it would resemble my pets!