The Front Porch Swing

[LindaB220]

Check out this "Chinese" egg carton. They seem to have the cheapest egg cartons... I think. But you have to order 1,000!
http://m.alibaba.com/product/1605795396/Single_wall_corrugated_egg_cartons_box.html

I didn't see a price on these. Not that i need a thousand. But......

 

[LindaB220]

Hi! Is there room for one more on your porch? Winter is getting long and feeling cold (-30F last night) here in Saskatchewan, Canada. The thought of sitting outside on a porch with friends and seeing flowers, hearing birds and watching chickens outside sounds wonderful. I started reading this thread from the beginning, but skipped ahead now to say hi. Thanks for starting this thread. I'm planning on going back and catching up on what I've missed.
I'm amazed at how hardy my chickens are. They are in an insulated, unheated little "barn". It's usually 10 or 15 degrees warmer than outside. On days it gets as high as 10F, I open their outside door and they push each other to get outside first. I put straw on the snow and they love scratching through it. We've had a long 3 week stretch when they've had to stay inside and I'm hoping it will warm up soon. Once it warms up here, you're all welcome to come sit on our verandah and enjoy our long days in the summer

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Oh honey, we had our air on most of the day. Hot in Louisiana. By the way,

 

[bruceh]

hello all. I'm coming back. been sick. having a bout of lung infection.
we all know them guys who had chickens since 1902. you know the ones . when you talk to them. they hack and cough and you swear the going to die in front of ya. well it is now official I'm one of them old guys. i got the old time chicken man cough. the only thing I'm missing is the part when the old guy says, yep had a bout of TB back in 42
so the hospital gave me this inhaler and some meds to take home. then i got to see the doc for more crap to take. i will say this i put and end to it when the respiratory people said you must wear a mask around your chickens. i said no i will not. i told them i will die in my coop before i wear a mask. them things are just to darn hot on my face.
before you all ask i have brooder pneumonia. it is an infection of the air sacs in the lungs.

 

[Beekissed]

Histoplasmosis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoplasmosis Or Aspergillosis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillosis

We're sure glad you are back, Bruce!

 

[Triple Willow]

I didn't see a price on  these.  Not that i need a thousand.  But......

FOB Price: US $0.01 - 0.79 / Box
Get Latest Price
Port: Guangzhou
Mini Order: 1000 Box/Boxes
Supply Ability: 500000 Box/Boxes per Month Payment Terms: L/C,D/A,D/P,T/T,Western Union,MoneyGram

 

[Triple Willow]

@Bruce... Dang, hope you get to feeling better!

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Welcome back, bruceh. You take care of yourself.

 

[bruceh]

Histoplasmosis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoplasmosis Or Aspergillosis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillosis

We're sure glad you are back, Bruce!

you know bee i did not ask . when i see the dr this week i will ask him.

 

[Triple Willow]

http://m.alibaba.com/products/egg_cartons.html

I like this one too.

 

[bruceh]

thanks for all the welcome backs. i have a lot going on. however there is no chicken germ that will keep me down. the truth of the matter is my birds were very ill back in early December. i am the type of person who gets right into the birds and see what is going on. my sniffer is not as good as it once was. so if my bird has a runny nose i get right in the beak and inhale. this is how i check for the earliest detection of coryza..
well my birds ended up with mycoplasma . mg and collera. long story one that. well after 3-5 days of having sick birds and putting them all down. i got what i thought was a bad cold. so i went to my Dr with lab results in hand from the dept of agriculture. my Dr checked my lungs all clear and put me on a antibiotic. needless to say it did not do much good. so the other night i had a difficult time getting air just winded and a bad dry cough. i said enough is enough 3 months of this. i better get this looked at the hospial. they did a chest x-ray. this lady comes in and says she is from the respiratory dept. well no surprise there. she had asked me if i had been around sick birds. so i told her look raise chickens and had a bout of illness in my flock. the response was. well that makes sense . they explained the x-ray and what the air sacs looked like. then she breaks out this inhaler. i thought it was a treatment. when i was done . she explained i will be going home with it and here are the instructions.
i am a tough old bird. so i asked her. are you nuts ? she responded very nicely . we can to this out patient or in patient.
i told her no in patient. i got some barred rock eggs i got to get home and set. funny she knew chickens. her dad was a chicken man. we talked a bit on chickens. then she broke out that mask wearing thing.
i will keep you posted as to what the dr says this week. i bet i end up on some anti fungul antibiotic, humm there is a fungus among us.
this year is going to be a fun year for me. i raising my breeders for next year. these will include large foul barnevelder , silver penciled rock, barred rock, wc polish and orpington for some nice color projects. im also doing a color on barnevelder called a silver laced. look them up stunning bird.under google images.
im not sure about reds this year. will see. bantams i may raise are the cornish. jury still out.

all my breeders for next year, i will be concentrating on dual purpose traits as well as type. the long term goal is to get these birds to where they were years ago before they were ruined by greed. it is work . however it is fun for me.as the color projects add a mystic adventure