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An aside here: A couple of years ago i got CX birds from TSC, and then couldn't schedule processing until they were fourteen weeks of age. The ten birds had Flock raiser (20% protein) free choice their first three weeks, and then restricted to about eight hours daily, in feeders ten feet from...

Ingredient list on package?

Here too, it's out near the pond, like mint, a happy plant. Mary

Sorry you aren't coming, but rebuilding and helping is more important. Next year! And I'm not sure what to bring yet... Mary

More AI, this time in Ionia county!

It may take three years before newly planted asparagus is ready for even a small harvest. it's longer term than most veggies! And one of our dogs loved the stuff, and cleaned us out completely. Mary

Good response, but this thread died in 2020. Mary

HPAI: highly pathogenic avian influenza, it's been here for two years, and with millions of poultry and many wild birds and some wild mammals dead. Now it's also involving dairy herds, at least the cattle are only mildly sick, and a very few people, also not dying. Look at the CDC's website...

I too have hatchery chicks, birds from breeders (not often!) and raise some of my own. I have chicks from hatcheries vaccinated against Marek's disease, and my own birds aren't vaccinated for that. They are the 'canaries in the coal mine', who would get sick well before any of the vaccinated...

Best to use permethrin on your clothes, and something safer if you insist on spraying the yard, rather than that product you mentioned. And that daily tick search will be necessary anyway! Here in Michigan, the MSU Veterinary path lab will test individual ticks for the five commonest diseases...

:goodpost: Dog crates or cat crates will work, with some food on the bedding for them, and those waterers attached to the door that can be filled without opening the doors. There are transport cages designed for poultry, if that's what the airline wants. Get all your paperwork done as soon...

It's too soon to be sure about how we can bring birds to Chickenstock June 29th. If shows are cancelled, we still might be able to bring birds as requested, and keep them in our cars/ trucks, or on plastic under carriers outside. Or something. Mary

More lessons, more time in the saddle! And no horse wants to be left behind, away from his herd. Polite and horse smart riders would never leave one of their group alone, and canter off like that! Horses are smart enough to know how unsure and nervous you are, and will get more upset. Best to...

No issues here, may it stay that way! We will manage a tighter ship again, and hope to avoid disaster. Glad we don't have cattle any more, limiting visitors, and we do have many fewer wild geese this year. A very good thing! May all our critters stay healthy! Mary

:goodpost: I'm not that computer savvy... Mary