MSU informed me that West Nile would not kill my chickens. I was worry because mosquito traps in our area often test positive for West Nile.
Geese are the only known natural hosts of WNV among domestic avian species.
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM in Michigan
On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:18 AM, "Noemi Teleky n_teleky@yahoo.com [CHICKENS-101]" <CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Sounds like a small dog, a while back I had almost the same situation. Left for work everything was fine, came home had a dead guinea hen and a dead large rooster. When I looked at both, no blood, nothing , not even a lot of feathers around. Thankfully it happened on a Fri, so I was home for the weekend, the next morning I let my girls out and sat inside the coop where I wouldn't be seen and watched, brought a book and my coffee.
About an hour later my girls started running around like crazy, and I noticed a small rat terrier looking dog charging toward my hens. Before i could get to him he grabbed one of the younger guineas and shook it till it stopped moving and then dropped it and went after the hens.
I scared the dog away, thankfully I knew who it belonged to, and I spoke to my neighbor, who chose to do nothing so I had to keep my girls in for a few days till the dog warden convinced the neighbor to keep his dog on his own property.
On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 8:31 AM, "BuddyPsheltie@verizon.net [CHICKENS-101]" wrote:
That would be West Nile. Wiped out most of the crows around here. Spread by mosquitoes. But it doesn't kill instantly, think you would have noticed the roo looking sick the day before... and blood around the beak indicates some kind of trauma?
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