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Lady Who, your chickens are great! I think the little bantam we hatched is a girl! I also think the BO we hatched is a girl! Yay!

Katsdar, I'm so glad your chicks are hatching!

I ended up taking all the eggs away from the two broodies. They were just getting smashed in there. I tried to move the eggs and broodies to another private nest area, but they wouldn't sit on the eggs. So, I ended up tossing them. They were only 4-5 days old. But, I did fill up my incubator with 49 eggs! Due in April.
 
BantamBonzo said:
What arw the signs and symptoms of avian flu?
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Clinical Signs

The severity of the disease ranges from inapparent (mild) to rapidly fatal. Lethal strains of the virus can strike so quickly, particularly in young chickens, that there may be no clinical signs other than sudden death.
Avian influenza viruses of low to moderate pathogenicity are identified regularly in the United States in the domestic poultry populations. Avian influenza virus is reintroduced into domestic poultry by migratory waterfowl, which are carriers of the influenza virus.
Clinical signs vary greatly and depend on many factors including the age and species of poultry affected, husbandry practices, and the inherent pathogenicity of the influenza virus strain. Clinical signs may include:
  • ruffled feathers
  • soft-shelled eggs
  • depression and droopiness
  • sudden drop in egg production
  • loss of appetite
  • cyanosis (purplish-blue coloring) of wattles and comb
  • edema and swelling of head, eyelids, comb, wattles, and hocks
  • diarrhea
  • blood-tinged discharge from nostrils
  • incoordination, including loss of ability to walk and stand
  • pin-point hemorrhages (most easily seen on the feet and shanks)
  • respiratory distress
  • increased death losses in a flock
The clinical signs of avian influenza are similar to those of other avian diseases. Avian influenza may be confused with infectious bronchitis, infectious laryngotracheitis, fowl cholera, and the various forms of Newcastle disease.
Typical history, signs, and lesions may be suggestive of mild forms of avian influenza. Confirmation of a diagnosis is by serologic testing and virus isolation and identification. Because virulent strains of avian influenza are considered to be exotic to the United States, they are reportable to the USDA. Virulence level is evaluated by virus isolation and controlled laboratory challenge of experimental chickens.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps032
 
Lady Who said:
Thank you everyone <3
I love my lavender orb (her name is flowers BTW) she has never had a health problem in her whole life and lays a dark egg ever morning
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Great news Flowerbh!
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How old is Flowers? Could you please post a picture of one of her eggs? I would love to have a flock of lavenders that look like her.
 
GAMarans said:
It is crazy how many stories are going around about who said what and so on. haha  It doesn't help when even the Georgia Ag Dept is apparently not consistent on what they are telling callers.  
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We never have wild waterfowl coming in our yard... and my free range flock is pretty mad that we put up a covered 10x10 dog kennel that will be their home for the foreseeable future. $300 on the off chance some duck or goose flies over my house and poops in my backyard. I already have one that escaped and she's MIA. Can't find where she's sleeping, and she's too fast to catch during the day. She comes back in the yard to eat when I feed everyone. She can fly, she's probably roosting on the roof.
 

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