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| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 4:42:02 PM
Right now, I have 27 8 month old girls, and 10 5 month old mixes- roosters and hens.
Today they ate mouse poison. 
Our neighbor was supposed to tell us this morning, that the guy who leases the apple trees was putting out poison for the mice over the winter. He did not tell my husband until after husband had let them out this afternoon for their afternoon free range time. By the time I noticed him frantically trying to get them all back in the run I had about 5 minutes to help him before going to work. He thinks the big hens probably ate quite a lot before he could get them away. The younger ones might not have ate any or maybe not much, because they tend to stay by the house rather than go out to the trees.
I am just so upset about this. Neither one of us knew what to do, and I just found out they should get vitamin K, but can't get any until tomorrow.
My hens are a pain in the butt, but I love them and they've been giving us almost 2 dozen eggs a day. And my speckled sussex roosters and Jersey Giant roosters are my favorites.
Just wanted to let you all know, so you know if you live by apple tress find out when they will be putting out mouse poison.
Brenda
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| eskimobirdlady |
Posted - Nov 22 2010 : 5:53:57 PM
i am glad to hear that your chickens are not suffering ill effects but i would do 2 things. first i would check with the manuafacturer of the poison to see if it is residual type because you may need to start over with a new batch of hens for eggs. the other thing i would do is to put chicken wire around the perimeter of the property (its not that expensive) and that way your hens canbbe free range and safe at the same time! anywhere you live you will have neighbors and there is always the chance of poison or other dangers to your babies. i let my hens free range the first year but it was with the full knowledge that something could, and most likely would happen to at least some of them. if you have a "leash law" in your area (which is rare as hens teeth to not have) then believe it or not you are liable by law to keep even your chickens "under control" at all times! i was told that by the animal control officer in our area and we live on a mountain 30 miles north of fairbanks alaska where you cannot even see the nearest neighbor! good luck to you!
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| rachaeltolliver |
Posted - Nov 16 2010 : 10:23:12 AM
I am glad to hear your chickens made it. They are great animals. We have about 40 chickens ourselves & some eggs in the incubator. Good luck on finding a farm of your own. We recently got one of our own & it's wonderful to look out & say it's all ours. |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Nov 15 2010 : 4:33:38 PM
Thank goodness Glad to hear it is turning out well.
Diana
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| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Nov 15 2010 : 4:11:50 PM
Well, all but the one chicken are still alive! I am so thankful that they didn't all die! I was so worried about them, and guess I will never know if they just didn't eat any poison, or didn't eat enough....they are starting to get used to being penned up all the time, and I have been giving them lots of treats. I even have hubby asking me: "wait, why are you giving that to the chickens, isn't it still good?" lol!
And yes, we are looking for another place to live. We are just renting here, but it is time to buy our own little farm.... :)
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
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| grace gerber |
Posted - Nov 15 2010 : 07:32:57 AM
I hope all is going with the chickens... I am so sorry to hear about the change of your ability to free range. Finding out about the orchard now is a good thing because it sounds like you need a different location to live the way you would like to.. Please keep us advised about the chickens. I still have them in my prayers.
Grace Gerber
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Nov 14 2010 : 06:05:55 AM
Brenda, I hope your chickens are ok so far.
Kris
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| debbies journey |
Posted - Nov 13 2010 : 8:26:43 PM
Brenda
I'm thinking of you, hope all is well today
Debbie |
| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 4:14:38 PM
Update- So far the rest of the chickens seem to be doing fine. I fed them loads and loads of Spinach, Kale and Collards, before I found out that it wasn't the regular type of mouse poison with Warfarin(vitamin K can reverse the effects). It is a new super strong poison that doesn't wash away in the rain, dissolve, etc. It takes 2-3 days to kill a mouse so we are not out of the woods yet. Unfortunately there is nothing I can give them to reverse it, but I have heard everything from, "if they're not dead yet, they're fine" to "it may take days". I worked all day today so have not had a chance to check on them, but husband says so far so good. And at least they are loving all their extra greens. My dad- who is a retired physician says to give the eggs a good week, then we can start eating them again.
Their free range days are over though. Everyone knew we free ranged, late afternoon to sunset, so much better for them and our eggs. We also found out that they(the apple farmers) are trying to get the apple orchards gap certified, which means they can't have any livestock within 100 yards of the orchard. Sigh.... time to find a new place to move.
Thank you for all your well wishes.
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "~ Mary Pickford
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| nampafarmgirl |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 12:07:53 PM
Liliian and Alle, good points not to eat their eggs for a while. I wonder how long you should stay away from possibly tainted eggs?
Kim
Farmgirl Sister # 302 |
| grace gerber |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 10:58:23 AM
Oh I am so sorry for your loss - the others are O.K.?
I would tell my neighbor that he owes you for the death of the hen and that this practice will not be allowed. I am so careful here first because I am organic but second the food chain is vital to my farm and one slip up even with mice can cost us dearly.
Again, I am so very sorry for your loss.
Grace Gerber
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| Ms.Lilly |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 07:52:42 AM
Brenda I agree with Sherry, get some activated chalcoal into them. Also DO NOT eat the eggs for a while. We do not use any poison around here because of the animals. I have outdoor cats, dogs and chickens that keep the mouse population down and if I do happen to get one in the house a trap works just fine. I would let your neighbor/guy leasing yout trees know because of his error you are out chickens and eggs. Even if he doesn't stop using the poison he will at least be on top of letting you know next time. So sorry you lost a girl:(
Lillian |
| Alee |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 06:02:56 AM
Oh Brenda- I am so sorry that one of them did succumb to the poison. I hope the others pull through well. I assume if they pull through you will have to toss the eggs that are laid for a while, right?
Alee
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| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 05:56:03 AM
Thank you girls. This morning one of my 2 Partridge Rocks was dead. She was the smallest of all the chickens.... As of right now else everyone seems to be doing good, no bleeding, good appetites, active, etc. We are still trying to get an answer as to what type of poison they used, the newer ones work differently than warfarin.
I am so angry at my neighbor though. I don't use mouse poison at all, and worry if I see a mouse around because one of my dogs would eat it.
I will keep you all posted.
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "~ Mary Pickford
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 05:23:31 AM
Brenda, I hope they are ok this morning. Maybe they didn't eat enough to harm them. That's horrible that ya'll weren't told about this.
Kris
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| Alee |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 7:26:25 PM
Oh that is horrible! Is there anyway to run to someplace like Wal-Mart and buy the vitamin in pill form?
Alee
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| sherrye |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 7:16:59 PM
charcoal you need to feed them charcoal as soon as you can. it will carry out the poison. then vit. k if you can but you can feed brewers yeast for vit. b farmgirls what food has vit. k i dont know. they will eat what you give them. you could mix charcoal with wet corn or ground corn meal wet with milk and charcoal in it. just a thought sherrye
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| grace gerber |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 5:26:50 PM
OH Brenda - I am so so sorry I will be praying that they pull through and that with this information we all will be a bit wiser.
Again, I am so very sorry
Grace Gerber
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| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 5:16:03 PM
I am so sorry, I hope they pull through. I know this sounds silly, but maybe posion control can give some advice? Thank you for the warning also, I do not use mouse posion just because I am afraid the dogs will eat a dead mouse and get ill from that. Best wishes, Carol
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