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[FirewifeJess]

Another thing I'm wondering...why do my 2 new girls go to bed a full hour earlier than all my other birds?! They're always on the roost around 5pm! Weirdos.

 

[Hinotori]

Geez!! midnight!! that's a bit much!!

I couldnt hear it until I went outside. There is a good distance between us and everyone here. Of course, I can't hear the roosters in the morning either unless I'm in the back nearest their coop.

I've freaked out when DH has let them out before he left and I had crowing outside my window.

 

[hallerlake]

Another thing I'm wondering...why do my 2 new girls go to bed a full hour earlier than all my other birds?! They're always on the roost around 5pm! Weirdos.

They just have their own rythm. I've had birds I could always count on being the first or last to roost.

 

[Chickielady]

Of course -- it was a light over dose

 

[Hinotori]

Another thing I'm wondering...why do my 2 new girls go to bed a full hour earlier than all my other birds?! They're always on the roost around 5pm! Weirdos.

I have certain birds that go to bed much earlier than anyone else. Even scratch cant entice them off. If you're up early, you get the spot that you want.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Can Humans get Cocci ?

I've perused my Parasitology book from Vet tech school and no where does it say it is Zoonotic.
Here are the Zoonotic diseases associated with birds
Toxoplasma gondii      ( Toxoplasmosis)  Ingestion of raw meat
Schistosomatids    ( Trematode)  contact with organisim in water  ( swimming)
Biting lice              contact with infected birds

**taken from  fourth addition   Veterinary Parasitology Reference Manual by William J Foreyt  1997 **

I went looking it up because I know I've been told there are Cocci that do infect humans. This one is about dog cocci but has a little info on human cocci at the bottom and zoonosis capibilities. 

http://animalhealthcare.com/handouts/general/coccidiosis.htm

Thanks for the research time; I've known at least one person to be infected with Coccidiosis, but it was long ago, and I can't remember the exact circumstances. It is one of the reasons people object to hay from ground fertilized with chicken manure. If I recall correctly, transmission is by direct consumption of infected feces, which means wash your hands, wash your hands, wear gloves and yeah, wash your hands anyway.

 

[Chickielady]

Oh I can hardly waite for the rain !!!!!!!!!
The dust, heat & flies/bugs are driving me crazy here !

There will be a price to pay though...MUD.
It has been so dry that chookies have rototilled everything to a fine powder, and being clay, we can fully expect to become inches taller with every step we take, and have to use a butter knife to slice the mud off our boots.

But it will be so nice to not have all this DUST !!!

Everything is covered in dust, our black van looks tan................

 

[Chickielady]

On the subject of egg laying.
Fall usually does slow the laying down a bit.
Hopefully with 16 hrs of light, must be bright enough to well illuminate the coop, will help.
But you also have to realize that not all breeds lay the same amount of eggs per year.
Few lay anywhere close to 365 a year.
On the old BYC there was breed pages which compared egg laying capibilities of the various breeds, I do not see it here any longer.

Another common misconception is the bigger the bird, the bigger the eggs they will lay: not true.
LF Cochins, for example, are noted poor layers and lay a medium egg at that, despite being huge birds.
Jersey Giants are huge and lay a Jumbo egg, each breed is different !

So if you have a mixed flock, you may score lots of eggs one day, and few the next.
Fall is also molt time, so be pateint if they are in molt, laying will resume shortly provided they have sufficient light.

Ok...think that's all I was going to comment on.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Hi everyone,
I have a couple questions after I visited the state fair in puyallup this year.... I saw a couple chickens that I wish I could have stuffed in my purse, left a check and took home with me

Does anyone know the following owners of these?

Black bantam Cochin pullet (Rob Smith)
Huge buff Cochin hen (Paige Preece)
A Mille fluer Cochin pair (I forgot the name on them)

I would love to know who bred those and if they sell eggs/chicks or would be willing to sell the actual chicken when they ate ready to change projects...

They were gorgeous

I think we may know a relative of one.

 

[hallerlake]

This is an interesting looking nesting box. Thoughts? http://www.greengardenchicken.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=20_64&product_id=65