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Post by korfuskluckers on Nov 6, 2012 0:11:15 GMT -5
Who are the gentlemen in the last picture?
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Post by korfuskluckers on Nov 5, 2012 21:26:56 GMT -5
Thanks Lynne. I want to see more pictures of your birds as well. I have always like Mr. Softie!!
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Post by korfuskluckers on Nov 5, 2012 15:47:59 GMT -5
This is the email I recived from the lady at hobby farms. Get out and buy your copy.
Hi Christina,
It was great speaking with you today. I would love to get you into our Jan/Feb Issue. We are including a breed spotlight on the Orpington within this issue. Chickens Magazine is a bi-monthly publication, sold Nationwide + Canada.We have an audience of 80,000+.
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Post by korfuskluckers on Nov 5, 2012 1:34:22 GMT -5
Congrats Gayle and Norm. Nice bird!
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 26, 2012 0:03:58 GMT -5
Here is the winner:
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 25, 2012 15:14:18 GMT -5
Looking forward to hearing about the results and seeing all the pictures all of you will be taking
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 25, 2012 15:13:18 GMT -5
Shes Beautiful Terry, Maybe you could do a nice mock photo at home with her winnings ..Love to see her in the all orp.. Great idea Lynne. What ever you want to do Terry, the All- Orp deadline willbe around the last week of November. Congrats again. It is good to see some nice blacks out and winning
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 25, 2012 0:37:58 GMT -5
Several years ago, I had bought feed from a local farmer. He milled all his own grains. It had ground wheat, oats, corn, peas with the vitamins and copper sulfate. Everything went good for weeks. Finally, one day I noticed one of my pullets had a huge area next to her beak swelling. I picked her up and inspected inside her mouth. It was a white/brownish colored sore on the inside of her mouth in the corner where the beak attaches. I have seen canker a long time ago. One of my pet bantam chickens had it when I was a kid. I researched it a little and found you can treat it with Flagyl (Fishzole) at the pigeon supply stores. A week passed and this pullet was showing no improvement. Concerned, I started to look in other chickens mouth. All over their mucus membranes were tiny White to brownish colored patches, they looked just like canker sores that humans get. I finally broke down and called the state vet. He wanted me to send in one bird for necropsy. It was after I had made all the selections for the year. I decided to put down one of my old blue hens. I got the results back in a few days and it was T-2 mycotoxin poisoning. The state vet asked me to pull the birds off the feed I was feeding. I sent in a sample of the feed and it had high levels of this fungus. I returned the 3/4 of the ton to the farmer. He was quite surprised. I asked him how much copper sulfate he put in the feed. He was putting 1/4 of a pound per ton. The recommended dosage is 2 lb per ton. I was told by the vet I probably saved my birds from liver damage because of the treatment with flaygl. A week passed and all the lesions cleared up. I am glad to be done with that experience and hope no one will ever have to deal with what I went through.
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 24, 2012 21:29:23 GMT -5
I cant get the picture. Can you email it to me Harry?
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 24, 2012 21:27:01 GMT -5
You guys need to start taking more pictures Congrats!
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 24, 2012 21:24:09 GMT -5
Terry do you have another photo of her? So, that I can put it in the next All- Orp. Congrats to all!!
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 24, 2012 21:20:13 GMT -5
Hi Everyone, we are going to have our National for the UOC in the western district in 2013. There are a few venues that we can consider. One is in Chehalis Washington it normally has 700 to 1200 birds. Stockton California 2000-2500, we had our last western National here. I was hoping to rotate it to a different venue this time. Great Falls Montana 300-700 birds. Salem OR 600 this fall show, it use to be in Stevenson WA and would run 1500 ++. I have already eliminated Salem due to the high entry fee of 5.00 per show with an 8.00 exhibitor fee. I am wanting to have it in Chehalis and I am waiting back from the show committee about what they will offer the club. Please let me know what you all think?
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 17, 2012 0:01:35 GMT -5
Great info Gayle. Thanks for posting!
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 16, 2012 23:51:44 GMT -5
When I have a few more minutes I will post what happened to me and mycotoxins. Bad stuff.
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Post by korfuskluckers on Oct 16, 2012 23:50:56 GMT -5
Haha Bill. I will not be there. I wish I could make it to shows back east. Maybe next year. Good luck with the whites!!
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