Recent content by Prettypenny

Thanks so much for your help! I think I've got it figured then which 2 are the black cuckoo orps. I love this place. :)

It doesn't make a difference that my rooster is a lavender cuckoo, does it? Looks to me like your chicks have completely black faces. What do you think about this one?

Thankyou! Mine are double barred. And I have a whole bunch of crossbreeds in there that have barred rock in them. Needless to say, I'm a confused beginner. Lol!

Hello?! Why did that post? I was only half done typing! Whatever. Anyways, i tied yarn around all my mixed breeds legs to keep them straight and now i notice a whole bunch of them have lost it. Oops. And i hadn't gotten around to taking pictures yet cuz I've been so crazy busy...so if someone...

I couldn't figure out how to start a thread so I'll just ask here...does anyone have a pic of a black cuckoo orpington chick that they could share? I hatched out a group on Sunday and put

I'm not on fb...ok thanks. Maybe it was even on this thread...i didn't have time to read through everything.

Have any of you ever ordered from DC Heritage Poultry in Quebec?

I'm embarrassed to admit it's been so crazy around here what with pigs farrowing and prenatal appointments for me and getting ready to leave, that I haven't even got around to talking to the vet! Is there a window of opportunity that I'm going to miss, or how does that work?

That's the sticker. I could do it tonight and observe tomorrow, but then we are gone for 5 days. Clementine is a wonderful momma but she already gives her babies a lot of independence. So I would lean towards trying the other hen, in a confined area. I think I better just not do it, tho, what...

Hey guys I've got another question for you. Thanks for the help and advice earlier! My first two broodies successfully hatched 5 chicks each, and I added a few from a neighbor to my second broody, Clementine. They are now 3weeks old. My question is this. What would happen if I'd give her 2 more...

Okay I will talk to me vet tomorrow and see what they say!

I have no clue where to begin with testing. I know my local vet clinic would look at me like I was cuckoo. We don't really live in chicken country! How do you go about it?

Then again, it really seems to have responded to the tetracycline so that would point to it being bacterial. I'm just glad everyone sounds so much better. Hope long would you all recommend I keep on with the tetracycline? And I can put all the birds back together, right? I eventually gave up...

*without help

After reading most of the info on the links you posted, I agree it would be hard to make a diagnosis with help from a lab. As far as the symptoms however, they definitely had most the IB symptoms and only a few of the Mycoplasma symptoms. When you say to not add or hatch new birds for a year...