Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Chickielady]

LOL~

 

[Chickielady]

I like them. I'm doing now. I'm going to start the Farmer Wife soon.

Please show a pic of that Farmer Wife

 

[Chickielady]

Now I am sad My muscovy drake killed one of my female muscovies I found her with a broken neck in the corner of the pen.

WOW that is terrible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[2chicks poultry]

I know that this is a little off topic lol but Im looking for a young rooster or cockerel for my daughters 4-h project this year and I need him to be big!! The breed doesn't matter, and I live by Tri-cities so it needs to be somewhere around that Thanks! Pm me or reply if you have one.

 

[Totalcolour]

I know that this is a little off topic lol but Im looking for a young rooster or cockerel for my daughters 4-h project this year and I need him to be big!! The breed doesn't matter, and I live by Tri-cities so it needs to be somewhere around that Thanks! Pm me or reply if you have one.

You mean something like this -

The girls are LF Ameraucanas, the splash is an Am/Australorp and he is a young (35 weeks) Jersey Giant. He still has a lot of filling out to do. But then, you are at the other end of the state from me. But do think about the J.G. for you youngun - they are big, but really calm and gentle.

 

[2chicks poultry]

Thanks totalcolour for the reply!

And yes my daughter has done jersey giants before and would do them again. But the problem is that the chicken show we usually go to in Vancouver was canceled because of the that Infectious bursal disease. The show is usually where we pick up her projects. So now I have to find someplace else to get one from.

 

[BGMatt]

Thanks totalcolour for the reply!

And yes my daughter has done jersey giants before and would do them again. But the problem is that the chicken show we usually go to in Vancouver was canceled because of the that Infectious bursal disease. The show is usually where we pick up her projects. So now I have to find someplace else to get one from.

Can still contact breeders. Sher Jennings would be the Jersey Giant person to talk to. Or if you want something different I highly suggest the Langshan, not sure what time frame you're working with though.

 

[2chicks poultry]

Thanks for the reply BGmatt

and Yea I have gotten Jersey Giants from Sher before and I need it to be close to maturity by September and how much do Langshans roosters weigh at full maturity?

 

[Chickielady]

I never made a claim, I simply pointed out that I couldn't find anything to support that adults are 100% immune and can never spread the virus. Taking a look at several resources, they reported the clinical infection (symptomatic/harmful) infections occurred as late at 18 weeks old. It however does not say that older birds are not capable of contracting the virus and having subclinical infection. I would love to find more information about the virus but the journal articles do not really discuss whether or not adults are 100% immune, I couldn't find any support for that claim, they only state they are more resistant to clinical infection. I did read an article about IBDV and how clinical infections are related to the age of contracting the virus, when the bursa is in development and birds are developing their immune system it is the most deadly. If birds truly are 100% immune after 18 weeks, as you are suggesting, then as long as you take in chicks every 6 months(or longer) you should never have the virus in your field as it would have died off.

I haven't seen this type of response outside of the pure bred section in a while... this usually is a great, supportive community even when we disagree with each other.

Hang in there, most of us DO support each other, the rest you should learn to ignore, and above all, avoid arguments.
Each has an opinion...and some push a wee bit harder on their opinion than others.
This does not make them 'right'
It just makes them 'pushier' and hopefully I've spelt that correctly, otherwise our resident Englishwoman may correct me...would not be the first time...oh I miss ya Katy !

In any event, everyone can voice their experiences here, and hopefully not be hurt or "stung" by another's personal opinion...but learn....research before you react, in all situations of your life, not just here !

 

[Chickielady]

You mean something like this -

The girls are LF Ameraucanas, the splash is an Am/Australorp and he is a young (35 weeks) Jersey Giant. He still has a lot of filling out to do. But then, you are at the other end of the state from me. But do think about the J.G. for you youngun - they are big, but really calm and gentle.

Oh did you see pics of his Daddy at the show ???


The best Jersey Giants in the world, Maria Hall lines.