The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

When my last batch of turkey started hatching and I put them in a brooder the older poult in another brooder with some chicks started throwing a fit wanting in with these poults so I let him in with the. He is not 3 wks. old yet. And before he was two weeks old he was strutting for me.

He has taken on brooding these babies and teaching them to eat and drink. I take him out a few times a day for a break and he lets me know when he wants back in with them.
This is my second young tom to brood babies for me! I love it!

 

[chickisoup]

The Chicken Whisperer
2 hrs ·
Folks, this is not good. Not good at all. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza confirmed at Iowa farm with 5.3 million laying hens. That happens to be 10% of Iowa's laying hens. All 5.3 million laying hens must be culled. This is just devastating news.

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Bird flu confirmed at Iowa farm with 5.3 million chickens
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the bird flu virus has been found at a farm holding nearly 10 percent of Iowa's egg-laying chickens.The confirmation of the highly infectious and deadly H5N2 virus means up to 5.3 million hens must be destroyed at the farm in north…
BOSTONHERALD.COM


and so it continues.........................sigh.



Terez Kinnick‎Poultry Exchange- Wisconsin
13 mins ·

Next update regarding the avian flu outbreak:
http://m.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/300692441.html

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Walker declares state of emergency over bird flu in Wisconsin, makes National Guard available
MADISON, Wis
M.STARTRIBUNE.COM

 

[perchie.girl]

I suspect thanksgiving is going to be very different this year and maybe next.... sigh

 

[bamadude]

I suspect thanksgiving is going to be very different this year and maybe next.... sigh

I got possums for the low low

 

[drumstick diva]

Maybe they can shape ham to look like poultry on a platter.

 

[Cynthia12]

We also have horses, but horse pens aren't as pretty. lol





-Kathy

Oh, now I'm really jealous! I've wanted a place for horses for yrs. Who is that pretty one there?

 

[casportpony]

Oh, now I'm really jealous! I've wanted a place for horses for yrs. Who is that pretty one there?

That is one of our Section A Welsh Pony mares.

-Kathy

 

[Alaskan]

When my last batch of turkey started hatching and I put them in a brooder the older poult in another brooder with some chicks started throwing a fit wanting in with these poults so I let him in with the. He is not 3 wks. old yet. And before he was two weeks old he was strutting for me.

He has taken on brooding these babies and teaching them to eat and drink. I take him out a few times a day for a break and he lets me know when he wants back in with them.
This is my second young tom to brood babies for me! I love it!

That is so great! You just might change my mind about turkey!

I suspect thanksgiving is going to be very different this year and maybe next.... sigh

we prefer eating our own homegrown muscovy anyway. So no problems here.

IT will be interesting to see what happens though.

 

[drumstick diva]

Chickadoodles, there has been nothing decent at the Movies for weeks on end. I know I'd rather see a video of your turkey poult caring for the young'uns instead. PUL-LEASE!!

pretty please with sugar on top.

 

[Alaskan]

sugar? did someone say sugar?