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[TerrorBird]

So I've got my quarantine coop with the two buggy birds and my big coop with my bug-free girls. They're well-separated, so airborne things aren't an issue. However, moving from coop to coop raises a question or two. I already plan on washing my hands and switching clothes when I move from buggy coop to non-buggy coop. Is that sufficient? Do I need to shower to eliminate any possibility of transmission?

can't you work in the non buggy coop first, then go to the buggy coop, then change/shower, etc?  Or am I missing something?  

My only concern is that I go to each coop multiple times. If a shower is completely necessary, I will be the cleanest person in the world for a month.
If a shower is not required, then I will just change my clothing and call it good.

 

[VelvettFog]

Quote: My only concern is that I go to each coop multiple times. If a shower is completely necessary, I will be the cleanest person in the world for a month.

If a shower is not required, then I will just change my clothing and call it good.

TB

The very best way to approach this is to always care for your current flock - and then your new birds. This keeps you from taking something icky from the new birds to your current flock.


Here is where I break the rules -- I do not change my clothes or shoes when I go from the old flock to the new -- I personally don't care if I transfer an icky from my current flock to the new one - the new one will be exposed anyway once I combine them, so I don't delay. There are folks who will be shocked at my approach - so be careful

Dave

 

[FirewifeJess]

Quote: My only concern is that I go to each coop multiple times. If a shower is completely necessary, I will be the cleanest person in the world for a month.

If a shower is not required, then I will just change my clothing and call it good.

TB

The very best way to approach this is to always care for your current flock - and then your new birds. This keeps you from taking something icky from the new birds to your current flock.


Here is where I break the rules -- I do not change my clothes or shoes when I go from the old flock to the new -- I personally don't care if I transfer an icky from my current flock to the new one - the new one will be exposed anyway once I combine them, so I don't delay. There are folks who will be shocked at my approach - so be careful

Dave

Meh, there's worse approaches. I don't quarantine at all.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Quote: This one I would say is the Orp/PRed mix. Looks just like mine of the same, nearly black but is Blue. Mine is a cockerel and has some pretty red leaking on breast and hackles. But I still think Leia is a pullet at this point.

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3 and 1/2 hr drive for me -- one way -- unsure if I'll go or not.

I'd go in a flat hot hurry if I knew I'd be able to pick up a decent number of New Hampshire pullets.
I drove 4+ hrs to go to Monroe. No excuses

So I've got my quarantine coop with the two buggy birds and my big coop with my bug-free girls. They're well-separated, so airborne things aren't an issue. However, moving from coop to coop raises a question or two. I already plan on washing my hands and switching clothes when I move from buggy coop to non-buggy coop. Is that sufficient? Do I need to shower to eliminate any possibility of transmission?

Work with the quarantine birds last. Wash up as best you can, but I don't shower between visits and I have one in quarantine right now, My Silkie cockerel(special needs boy)

Meh, there's worse approaches. I don't quarantine at all.

You are such a rebel.

Hope it doesn't bite ya some day.

 

[mikeyb]

You can quarantine til hades freezes, but if you free range it is all for naught. Unless of course you have a forcefield dome over your property so no other life forms can enter.
Now if you never free range (including tractors) and keep your birds locked up in a coop or cage then you might succeed. Of course as always, it's just my opinion and I'm kinda use to being wrong.
PS, chickens are pretty dern hearty animals. They survive small kids, owls, hawks, dogs, coyotes, cats and other chickens. They're omivorous but are decended from raptors.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

chickaudie, here is my Orp/PRed mix hatched same day as yours.

 

[LaughingFeather]

yes, it is the oxolates in spinach that is the problem. lettece doesn't have it. canaries/finches can have very limited amounts of spinach, but I don't see the point in giving them any when there are other greens to feed them. (I have 7 finches). excessive oxolate consumption in humans can lead to kidney stones, gout, other things . Oxolates are the same thing that are in the toxic houseplants dieffenbachia and philodendron. It's also in rhubarb, which people say is toxic to chickens, so why feed spinach, which has more of it?

Didn't Comfrey fall from grace because of this?

 

[FirewifeJess]

Are you sure that is not the pure Orp? Looks like Buff leakage, not Red. And I am gonna say pullet at this point, but post a new pic in a couple of weeks.

Well, the one I thought was the Orp is a lot darker, blue, but almost black. Leia always had a little red above her beak and was the lighter of the two chicks, here's Aurora Borealis: ETA- she's not so very photogenic

This one I would say is the Orp/PRed mix. Looks just like mine of the same, nearly black but is Blue. Mine is a cockerel and has some pretty red leaking on breast and hackles. But I still think Leia is a pullet at this point.

I'm going, and showing my Wyandottes. I'm also going to the PNPA show this month.

I might go still not sure yet.

3 and 1/2 hr drive for me -- one way -- unsure if I'll go or not. I'd go in a flat hot hurry if I knew I'd be able to pick up a decent number of New Hampshire pullets.

I drove 4+ hrs to go to Monroe. No excuses

So I've got my quarantine coop with the two buggy birds and my big coop with my bug-free girls. They're well-separated, so airborne things aren't an issue. However, moving from coop to coop raises a question or two. I already plan on washing my hands and switching clothes when I move from buggy coop to non-buggy coop. Is that sufficient? Do I need to shower to eliminate any possibility of transmission?

Work with the quarantine birds last. Wash up as best you can, but I don't shower between visits and I have one in quarantine right now, My Silkie cockerel(special needs boy)

Meh, there's worse approaches. I don't quarantine at all.

You are such a rebel. Hope it doesn't bite ya some day.

Well, I should write this differently. I was quite a chicken trader last year, birds in, birds out, no consequence. BUT, now that I've got my grown flock and babies, I see no reason to ever get an. Adult bird again. I anticipate a broody or two every year and if not I'm comfortable raising chicks on my own. So, I might not quarantine now, but I also don't ever intend to buy adult birds again. Sorry about the mistakes above, my iPad loves punctuation where it doesn't belong

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Well, I should write this differently. I was quite a chicken trader last year, birds in, birds out, no consequence. BUT, now that I've got my grown flock and babies, I see no reason to ever get an. Adult bird again. I anticipate a broody or two every year and if not I'm comfortable raising chicks on my own. So, I might not quarantine now, but I also don't ever intend to buy adult birds again. Sorry about the mistakes above, my iPad loves punctuation where it doesn't belong

Sure, blame it on the technology

. I actually brought in a bird without quarantine(before I was on BYC and knew better). It was my big rooster. Thankfully nothing happened, but it is like playing Russian Roulette.

 

[LaughingFeather]

I live in the Greenwood neighborhood and just finished my coop. One of my neighbors has started complaining before we have gotten any chickens. They are concerned about noise and rats.Has anyone else helped smooth over their neighbors. When laying begins, I will be happy to give them some eggs. Neither of these things seems like a real concern as chickens make a great sound compared to cars, barking dogs, and the construction the same complaining neighbors are doing. Of course we don't want rats. The feed will be in a sealed container inside the house. Our feeder is a PVC pipe that prevents most of the feed from being spread around. We also have a cement floor to prevent predators from burrowing. I don't want my chicken dreams cut short, if anyone has any past experience, please let me know.

Thanks!

If I where you I would record with video camera some of the times when noise is loud next door so that if they complain you have some proof they are noisier than you. Do it before you get the chickens.