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[marndan]

So when can you move chicks out to the coop...I've heard 8 wks but I want to make sure I also want to wait until it is nice out and stays nice out....

 

[cheryl98117]

Ok this is taken from Bloodhorse.com


Equine herpesvirus is highly contagious and can cause a variety of ailments in horses, including rhinopneumonitis (a respiratory disease mostly of young horses), abortion in broodmares, and myeloencephalopathy (evident in the neurologic form). The virus is not transmissible to humans. Clinical signs of the neurologic EHV-1 form include fever, ataxia (incoordination), weakness or paralysis of the hind limbs, and incontinence. The virus is generally passed from horse to horse via aerosol transmission (when affected animals sneeze/cough) and contact with nasal secretions.



Read more: http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=18257#ixzz1Mon6ILxd

So going by this, things should b fine so long as proper biosecurity is in affect.

 

[pettec63]

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yep I concure!!!

 

[pettec63]

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Not an expert but mine have been out in their coop since they were 4 weeks, with heat lamps on till they got more feathering, they have done just fine and they were able to actually access the yard a week ago and they are just a little older than yours

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I tried tying a dead chicken to our LGD, she ended up getting it off of her and ate the whole thing. I ended up taking her into the chicken run and sitting with her for 30 to 60 minutes a day. I felt she was getting better with the chickens but I did not have any birds I wanted to experiment on. I sold her with all the goats we sold.

 

[Kaneke]

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Is that geek a short guy with some really big dogs, by any chance?

Dangerous Dan??? I don't know about the dogs, never seen any in his shop .... what I always notice about him is he talks very fast and talks computer but anyone speaking only standard English, has to ask him to slow down and speak as if to a stupid person --- does business as D&D computers & jewelry ... but yes, he's well under six feet ... LOL

 

[Kaneke]

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I tried tying a dead chicken to our LGD, she ended up getting it off of her and ate the whole thing. I ended up taking her into the chicken run and sitting with her for 30 to 60 minutes a day. I felt she was getting better with the chickens but I did not have any birds I wanted to experiment on. I sold her with all the goats we sold.

cannot answer you about the chickens, but we have had to train our lab/shep mix, recurrently, about "where our yard is"

we do have an "invisible fence" installed, but we supplement that by putting him on leash, walking the allowable perimeter, and yanking on properly-set-up choke collar, saying NO and STOP, when he moves even a millimeter to the outside

(the power does go off, now and then; it's important that he stay ON our property, no matter what)

he looked at the chickens, not very alertly, and we told him NO and STOP then too, and he hasn't gotten within four feet of the edge of their run, nor has he gotten close to the chicken tractor (he might also have started to learn via the neighbor's hens, when neighbor had them, they were RIR/Production Reds and would run at and peck at, anything approaching their chain link fence)

we told the cats NO too, they seem to understand ... I think they had some run-ins with neighbor's hens too

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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At the clinic I am working at, there are multiple phone calls daily wanting information. At this point there really is no information other than don't take your horse around other horses. If you go to a rodeo, training clinic, show, etc....even without your horse, you can still carry it on your person, ie, shoes or clothes. Everyone is just being told to be careful.

Also, there are so many rumors floating around and un-truths. People are beginning to get hysterical...had a person swearing at me on the phone. I put them on hold. Another told me she heard there was a vaccination....grounds over here are being shut down too.

I am sorry for your local barn owner too. this just causes so many problems. Feel bad for her.

ok?? doesnt the 5 way cover equine herpes virus?? or is this a different strain??

also, now you know why I hated covering the front when I was a Tech and why I became a tech, people suck!!!!

No. There is no vaxination. This hits the neurological system. Originated in Utah at a reining class. But I heard that there was a that there was a positive horse in wenatchee. That horse had been at the utah class

ETA: I typed this from my phone during my break at work so I am apologizing for any typos. or inaccuracies.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Ya know I just had the vet out got everyone their vaccines, she didn't say anything but, my sister came out yesterday ( she works with bovine vet, her boss is my vets husband) and she asked me if I had heard of the outbreak?? I said no?? she didn't say it was in this state just said it's coming up from UT??? Ok, this is bad!!

well for me I'm not sweating it too much I don't take my horse out so and although I was planning to do some trail riding this year, I'll just lay low till it blows over!!

It has an incubation period of 2-10 days.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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At the clinic I am working at, there are multiple phone calls daily wanting information. At this point there really is no information other than don't take your horse around other horses. If you go to a rodeo, training clinic, show, etc....even without your horse, you can still carry it on your person, ie, shoes or clothes. Everyone is just being told to be careful.

Also, there are so many rumors floating around and un-truths. People are beginning to get hysterical...had a person swearing at me on the phone. I put them on hold. Another told me she heard there was a vaccination....grounds over here are being shut down too.

I am sorry for your local barn owner too. this just causes so many problems. Feel bad for her.

Oh so do I. She's a great gal, and I have quite a bit of respect for her. Im hopeing that it will blow pass and she can get back to business and life as normal. There is one confirmed case of EHV in Bremerton. Im not panicking, I havnt taken my horses anywhere but on the local trails so far this year, oh and the beach once. lol I am perfectly happy poking around my moms field. I prefer to ride without an audience!

I dont exactlty look pretty up in the saddle, a little to much extra padding here and there. lol

I think the biggest personal bummer about this situation for me is that the benefit rodeo that I was going to volunteer for is probably going to be shut down for the season. I thought there was no vaccine, that this is a mutated strain, so the vaccine that we have available will not be affective against this particular strain. I try to not pay to much attention to the rumors flying around, I get weekly updates from my Vet, he's awsome at keeping his clients updated on whats going on around here. So I tend to take the rumors with a grain of salt, and if I feel there might be something to them, I just email or call the office.

I think right now the best thing for everyone to do is biosecurity. Seperate water buckets for each horse, same with brushes, tack, paddocks, ect. Thats what Im doing, plus obviously not taking them to public show grounds, or really anywhere where large numbers of equines are. My three, soon to be four, are pretty closed off from outside sources, all except my cousins horse who comes over on some weekends. But we are even stopping that, just to be cautious. Im not overly worried about the new gelding who will be coming home in a couple weeks, as I am his caretaker at his private barn. So I know where he goes, and how he is treated.

It really came as quite a shock to everyone around here. Alot of people were just plainly blindsided by this, and to find out yesterday that we have a confirmed case here in Kitsap county. Well precautions are definately being taken. And I am glad that they are.

Sorry that your having to deal with freaked out clients, and there really is no reason for someone to curse at you over this. Its not like you opened a vial of this crud. So again sorry that your getting brow beat over the phone. Thats not cool.

Oh I'm fine. I agree biosecurity is best bet. Vet just told me go ion quarter horse association or rodeo association website and they have info.