16th November 2009

Off to quarantine…

posted in Alaska, Illnesses, Livestock and Pets, NaBloPoMo, Weather |

…Goes one of our chickens.  She’s been coughing and pretty languid for a couple of days; when we checked the chickens this evening, she had a bloody nose.

Dr. Google didn’t help.  But after some digging, the only things I could find that produce a bloody nostril discharge in chickens were avian influenza (ack!) and a piece by the USDA that said “serious avian disease”.

I was meaning to respond to some comments made by new readers to my post Dear Diary, but that will have to wait.  (Thanks to TonguMom for the link!)  Time to go out into the 17 below zero Fahrenheit weather and haul a sick chicken back into the garage…

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There are currently 2 responses to “Off to quarantine…”

  1. 1 On November 18th, 2009, Jean said:

    That’s the trouble with pets, even if just fish, they have personalities and they get sick and die and we feel bad and more or less a touch guilty. Hope none of the others get it too. How’s the ODotter taking it? She’s had quite a bit of exposure to the down side of having pets this last year.

  2. 2 On November 19th, 2009, Tonggu Momma said:

    You are so welcome! I love lurking at your blog.

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