Re: RC: Horses, Chickens, & Diseases

[BMcCrary27@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/27/99 11:19:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Katnmaj@AOL.COM 
writes:

<< One other thing. Does there have to be a rooster for a hen to have 
chicks?? 
 There aren't any roosters at my barn. Luckily the coyotes/foxes got the 
 rooster before the chicks were born in April and as far as I can tell, they 
 were all hens. >>

I grew up on a chicken farm.  I don't know about any diseases that can 
transmit from chickens to horses, as diseases evolve over time and it's been 
too long since my childhood and the chicken farm.  But I DO know one thing 
... there definitely has to be a rooster for there to be baby chicks!

Barbara


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