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[BullChick]

Searching for a buff brahma rooster near mifflin county.
Would also consider hatching eggs or chicks.

 

[DLA]

Hi I tried writing to the sick chickens forum, but so far no help so I am writing here. I have a 4 month old frizzle bantam chick who is very lethargic. I have been spoon feeding her (putting the food in her mouth) and giving her water with an eyedropper. I am giving her corid drench and also Vitamin E with selenium. Feeding her egg yolk and/or a little feed with yogurt.

Her poops were initially all white but now that I am force feeding her, the poops look 100% normal. She perks up while I am feeding her and the rest of the day sleeps with her head down. I have a little makeshift roost for her which she enjoys, but I have to put her on it. Once on she will stay several hours and eventually jump off and go into the corner. I have her inside in a pack n'play, nice and warm and cozy. She likes it dark == when I turn on the light she tends to move into the darker areas.

No one else in the flock appears sick. She was Mareks vaxed at birth. No sign of mites or anything like that. Her feathers are well kept. Crop empty in the morning.

I'd love to save her -- any other suggestions?

Perhaps some brewers yeast mixed in with her food might perk her up. This is kind of expensive but it sure did the trick with one of my chicks that was having trouble and seems to be a good quality product. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D11ZC9PS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Searching for a buff brahma rooster near mifflin county.
Would also consider hatching eggs or chicks.

Hey Wing! Long time no see! Local livestock swaps should be starting back up in March.

 

[feliciadawn]

Perhaps some brewers yeast mixed in with her food might perk her up. This is kind of expensive but it sure did the trick with one of my chicks that was having trouble and seems to be a good quality product. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D11ZC9PS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

My little frizzle died & now another pullet from the same batch has one leg/wing paralyzed. I assume it is Mareks, even though they were vaccinated. Probably brooding them in the coop with the other hens was just too much exposure. Oddly enough, their broody silkie mother hen was not vaccinated and has never shown any sign of Mareks. The frizzle was sent into the Penn state ext for necropsy, so should know definitively in a few weeks. Meanwhile I am giving palliative care to the newly sick pullet in the hope she will improve.

 

[DLA]

My little frizzle died & now another pullet from the same batch has one leg/wing paralyzed. I assume it is Mareks, even though they were vaccinated. Probably brooding them in the coop with the other hens was just too much exposure. Oddly enough, their broody silkie mother hen was not vaccinated and has never shown any sign of Mareks. The frizzle was sent into the Penn state ext for necropsy, so should know definitively in a few weeks. Meanwhile I am giving palliative care to the newly sick pullet in the hope she will improve.

Aw I'm sorry you lost one and another is having trouble. Could it possibly be AE ( https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/avian-encephalomyelitis/avian-encephalomyelitis ) instead. The young and old chickens are more susceptible to this, it could kind of look like mareks. Please let us know what you find out from the necropsy.

 

[dheltzel]

I just added a page for the latest rare breed I am working with.
http://welbars.com/rare-breeds/scots-dumpy/

I very rarely name my birds, but the pullet in the pics is exceptional, so she got a name.

 

[Sefirothe]

@dheltzel just curious if you have a minimum order?

I’m looking to add 2-3 blue and/or green layers, sexed females only to my flock.

And having to had to recently rehome a couple chickens to solve some flock dynamics, which blue/green laying breeds that you have are the most docile, or at least the least spicy?

Thanks!!

 

[dheltzel]

@dheltzel just curious if you have a minimum order?

I’m looking to add 2-3 blue and/or green layers, sexed females only to my flock.

And having to had to recently rehome a couple chickens to solve some flock dynamics, which blue/green laying breeds that you have are the most docile, or at least the least spicy?

Thanks!!

No minimum, other than what is good for the chicks.
All of the colored egg laying breeds have very docile hens. Opal legbar and Ameraucana roosters often develop an attitude, but the girls are all very sweet.

Adding just a few pullets can be challenging, as the older ones are often quite intolerant of the newcomers. If your existing birds are more aggressive breeds, like Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, etc, then I think the hybrids I make, Olive Eggers and PA Blue Eggers, are more suitable (than the Legbars) as they get larger and are not as easily pushed around.

 

[Sefirothe]

No minimum, other than what is good for the chicks.
All of the colored egg laying breeds have very docile hens. Opal legbar and Ameraucana roosters often develop an attitude, but the girls are all very sweet.

Adding just a few pullets can be challenging, as the older ones are often quite intolerant of the newcomers. If your existing birds are more aggressive breeds, like Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, etc, then I think the hybrids I make, Olive Eggers and PA Blue Eggers, are more suitable (than the Legbars) as they get larger and are not as easily pushed around.

All mine came from Meyer hatchery so far. I have one each of white crested black polish, wheaten marans, olive egger, green queen, black sexlink, salmon faverolles and silver laced Wyandotte. I like diversity!

The SLW is head hen but is not a bully about it. The rest are all pretty mellow.

The last batch of chicks I was pretty successful at integrating by brooding in the coop and when the chicks were fully feathered, opening a small door only they could fit thru so they could start integrating on their own terms. Lots of clutter and hiding places in the run too.

Do you have any pictures of adult PA Blue Eggers? And will you continue to set eggs to hatch thru summer? I’m thinking I might be better off to wait to add more to the flock until I get my run expansion done this spring.

 

[dheltzel]

All mine came from Meyer hatchery so far. I have one each of white crested black polish, wheaten marans, olive egger, green queen, black sexlink, salmon faverolles and silver laced Wyandotte. I like diversity!

The SLW is head hen but is not a bully about it. The rest are all pretty mellow.

The last batch of chicks I was pretty successful at integrating by brooding in the coop and when the chicks were fully feathered, opening a small door only they could fit thru so they could start integrating on their own terms. Lots of clutter and hiding places in the run too.

Do you have any pictures of adult PA Blue Eggers? And will you continue to set eggs to hatch thru summer? I’m thinking I might be better off to wait to add more to the flock until I get my run expansion done this spring.

I hatch many breeds all summer. I tend to stop hatching the hybrids whenever demand drops, but this year I expect demand to be high much longer, and the hybrids are the most exceptional layers, so hatching more of them, longer into the summer seems to make sense.

The PA Blue Eggers look so much like a purebred Black Ameraucana I stopped raising them in my pens to avoid confusion. Black feathers, dark legs, muffs and a beard.