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[Wickedchicken6]

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Bee movies must have been huge right then.

Thank you!
I'm not sure if I can even remember the exact movie, but I will look those up.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

There are 2 poultry labs in Missouri. I haven't worked with the Ag Dept. lab in Springfield but always hand carry or ship to the vet school in Columbia.

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Missouri

Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
University of Missouri
810 E. Campus Loop
Columbia, Missouri 65211-0001
Phone: 573-882-6811
IAV-A, CSF, ND, FMD, PRV, IAV-S*
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Missouri

Missouri Department of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
701 North Miller Avenue
Springfield, Missouri 65802-6460
Phone: 417-895-6861
IAV-A, ND, CWD*

Usually vets will send the animal to Columbia so cut out the middle man and send it directly. It will save you money.
Call the lab and they'll send you a Fed Ex shipping label and tell you how to pack the bird.

I always get complete lab work so I know everything that may be running through the flock. Necropsy with complete lab tests is imperative if one loses that many birds.

Quote: That's good information as well, thank you!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by everyone having illness, sickness and the Mico's poor birds. I am so sorry for your loss of Chester Micro!
I lost my Welsummer rooster a few months ago. I tried like crazy to get him well. And finally I told the the lord if I can't heal him to please take him quickly.
And the next morning he was gone.
Here's a hug for everyone!

I bought some Hibiscus seeds off of ebay and I put some in seed starter mix and some I put in a damp napkin but all were nicked. The ones I put in the napkin I put on top of my dryer
and they sprouted in 5 days 8 out of 10 while the ones I nicked and put in seed mix still have not sprouted.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: I was going to say just treat him like any of your domestic bunnies as far as food and water and have the area quiet with places to hide and feel safe. But do you have bunnies? I think I'm thinking of someone else.

You're brooder may do the trick. We gave the baby wild bunnies we had hay and a bit of grain. The crumble is grain, I'm not certain if the trace minerals etc would be detrimental to a bunny. It's very possible that he was just trying to blend and that his mom was in the vicinity. The female only visit their young once or twice a day to feed them.
Raccoons....a trap/traps with fresh marshmallows! (My traps are wire box traps) Haven't met a 'coon yet that wouldn't take that bait.

Or skunk.
Rats are more elusive but the 'mallows get them in the end too.

That way kitty doesn't trip your trap.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Our farm was down in coon hunting country. Guys would stay out all night running their dogs. They could tell by the sound if they had one treed or if one went into the water. It was common for the dogs to go in after the coon and one would end up being drown by the coon. Coons are excellent swimmers, extremely strong and can hold their breath longer than a dog.

Wow...that's incredibly interesting. So different than here. There's nothing like that type (or any type) of 'coon hunting here. Closest thing to this is the dog trainers than come up from the south but I believe that's for birds.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by everyone having illness, sickness and the Mico's poor birds. I am so sorry for your loss of Chester Micro!
I lost my Welsummer rooster a few months ago. I tried like crazy to get him well. And finally I told the the lord if I can't heal him to please take him quickly.
And the next morning he was gone.
Here's a hug for everyone!

I bought some Hibiscus seeds off of ebay and I put some in seed starter mix and some I put in a damp napkin but all were nicked. The ones I put in the napkin I put on top of my dryer
and they sprouted in 5 days 8 out of 10 while the ones I nicked and put in seed mix still have not sprouted.

Right back at you.

Can the sprouted seeds be planted and will they take successfully? Or is that strictly to determine germination?
We do the paper towel germination test for some of our grains but it's tossed after the count.

 

[Kusanar]

As for the humongus raccoon, Mr Raccoon needs to go away real fast. Our vet told us once about a client who had a raccoon drown their dog. I was shocked to hear that. He said it wasn't uncommon for raccoons to lure a dog out into the water,then climb up on it head and push it under, effectively killing it. He said it had happened more than once in his practice. The bigger raccoon the higher the risk.

The people that own the barn I use had a Westie killed by a raccoon several years ago, they came outside and he was floating in their little ornamental fish pond under the deck...


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Oh, BTW-----ATTENTION ANY BUNNY FOLKS, HELP! We rescued a baby wild bunny yesterday my hubby came across sitting frozen out in the middle of our bare field. Thinking it might have been dropped by a hawk but didn't appear to be injured, just very wet, cold and refusing to move. Small enough to sit in the palm of my hand but just big enough to be weaned. It's started eating and munching on kale and unmedicated organic chick starter crumbles. Otherwise it's happily curled up and hiding under a warm brooder plate. Guess my freshly set up brooder is good for something anyway. I plan to release it as soon as the weather breaks but in the mean time???

A lady at work recently caught one about that size that was frozen in the parking lot at shift change, a few people chased him out of the lot but he kept going back, he was going to get run over or stepped on so she caught him and took him home.

He is eating mixed grass hay, clover, kale, grass from the yard, I gave her some alfalfa cubes for him to chew on, he's not big enough to do much to them yet, but he will eat them eventually.

http://rabbit.org/category/care/diet/

Check out that link, lots of rabbit info

 

[pennyJo1960]

We are fortunate sitting here with our dogs as there
has been 0 predator attacks the 2 1/2 years we have been here with birds
no bunnies I feed wild birds on in front of the house mostly treat blocks our
Del's sells a whole bird block that fits in the cages I could buy stock in the company

 

[microchick]

Thanks Chickadoodles. I share your grief. Chester started out to be a bit of a turd but as he matured turned into a sweetheart. He always had a tricky hock and walked a bit bowlegged. I suspected two BO cockerels ganged up on him when he was 6 months old and hurt his leg. The hens adored him and he was always gentle with them. It was weird looking up this morning and not seeing him sitting on his favorite roost spot. He was the last rooster from my original flock of chicks. All I have left are their offspring.

I feel a bit relieved having called the Mizzou diagnostic vet lab. Still waiting for a call back from them.

The hibiscus seeds....are those perennial or annual hibiscus? I planted three rose of Sharon bushes last year and one of them gave me 4 seeds. I planted them in starting soil and all four germinated and grew. Unfortunately only three survived thanks to my plant munching demon of a cat whom I love dearly but plan to pull all her teeth.....just kidding. If I did she'd just gum them to death.

I may try that with my Hyacinth vine seeds. It's so darn wet and chilly out today nothing is going to germinate till the sun comes out and warms things up a bit.

Kusanar. My husband told me that before we met he got up one morning to find a dead raccoon in front of his garage door. He called the local vet and asked him if he needed to send it anywhere to be tested. Vet said no, it was probably rabid and then told him about a state of IL study done on raccoon road kill. 70% were rabid.

Scary. Raccoons stopped being cute to me the day a sick one chased me and treed me on top of a car. It wouldn't let me come down. Animal control had to rescue me.

 

[microchick]

Update: I heard back from Mizzou's Lab. I'll be sending the next death there, rather we will be driving it down when it happens. Lots cheaper that way and it is only an hour and 20 minutes from home Looks like basic Necropsy and parasite panel will be about 70 dollars if I hand deliver the bird. 120 if they do any cultures. We had a nice talk. Nice doctor. I told him about buying resistant birds and he laughed saying, yes, and by the time you find out that they are resistant they are no longer laying fertile eggs.

I feel like this right now.

Gonna go out and see my babies and enjoy them while I can.