Washingtonians

[Ogress]

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Dun-dun-dun!

Yeah, there's a town called "Mirable" in MO, but we all just refer to it as Miserable, Misery. It suits it.

I did my basic training at Fort Lost-in-the-woods, Misery. (Ft. Leonard Wood, MO)

LOL & LOL

I think I would rather go to Boring Oregon

 

[Ogress]

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My personal experience. i have top to keep out hawks and owls....but mostly to keep out wild song birds as they carry diseases, mites and lice. I have been hit a few times with Cocci. Lost quite a few birds last year too. My main run is now tweety bird proof. The other two runs are 95-97% wild bird free I don't think CL puts tops on hers....but she does have protection at the top to keep out racoons and other vermin.

I do have netting on top of all my coop runs.
(But my birds are let out at least evey other day to free range...)
I also have 2x4" fencing, 6 feet tall, with the rip wires on top, and no-dig at least 12" on the bottoms...BUTT, the 2x4 wire allows weasels and rats and tweeties in.
I have never had any issues with Cocci, here or in OR or in CA.
Lice & mites come & go throughout my lifetime.
best to just keep on top of it with bird dust baths, poultry dust and Permectrin II............and every 6 mo a good worming.
I have ordered Eprinex for this fall's worming..excited about that !
This worms and kills off all parasites so birds can go into winter with no parasite load.
Good night all~~

I'm liking the Eprinex. Early in the spring, quite a few of my birds got mites, not a bad case, but some. I treated all with permectrin poultry dust and gave all birds older than 20 weeks a dose of Eprinex. I checked all my birds again yesterday, and I found a few mites near the vent on the younger birds, but no mites at all on any of the birds that got the Eprinex. In September, I will be treating the entire flock with Eprinex (need to wait for cash to pay for the new bottle as DS accidentally spilled the other one in the coop.)

 

[CarolynF]

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Thank you, mom's a wealth of information and funny stories and she's a native Washingtonian!

 

[Kaneke]

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I did my basic training at Fort Lost-in-the-woods, Misery. (Ft. Leonard Wood, MO)

LOL & LOL

I think I would rather go to Boring Oregon

if you've got to go to Oregon, might as well go to Sublimity instead

or Enterprise

you could even go to Dallas !

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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She is sooo lucky I didn't know that or I woulda been finding her purse while she was here.

 

[Kaneke]

by the way, Toni, those eggs I gave you are FERTILE -- if you want to try to hatch a few

hint hint !

great to see CR and Diane today, likewise CL ... thanks for all the goodies

regret that I was so tired, but that's why they call it Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

(also, I hadn't planned ahead for an extended trip, thought it was a fast-dash down and back, so I didn't pack the usual supplies for an all-day jaunt)

twas fun anyway

 

[T Hi]

Why do my friends have to tell all my secrets!!! Guess your gonna tell everyone what a insane duck Daffy is too!!!

Yes... My name is T HI..... and I am addicted to CL's bread and butter pickles.....

Isn't this considered my step 1 in the program?

 

[eenie114]

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No, 'cause we already know.

 

[T Hi]

Oh it was quite a trip Candy! I learned sooo much today! And I owe all the credit to you!

Thanks for the company! Get some rest!

 

[T Hi]

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No, 'cause we already know.

Your lucky that I like ya!!!