Thank you so much chooks4life. That was very well written and really helpful. You cleared up a lot of the Qs I had so I thank you again for that.
No more birds have shown symptoms or died so just 2 dead in total. I will try to bring in one for testing just to be sure. Vaccinating for...
Hello I have 4 weeks growers succumbed to the symptoms of MD but they are going for testing soon. They are indoors and my question is will my other indoor pens and outdoor pens all have MD? I have a mix of young birds and adults both in and out
If the MD is confirmed I feel the best...
Hello I have 4 weeks growers succumbed to the symptoms of MD but they are going for testing soon. They are indoors and my question is will my other indoor pens and outdoor pens all have MD? I have a mix of young birds and adults both in and out
If the MD is confirmed I feel the best...
The other day I noticed in my indoor growers pen that ones leg was slowly twisting around. I thought it was just splayed as the same bird had this problem when a few day old. It is now completely backwards facing, the bird couldn't walk, I culled it. Now I notice white scabs on the other 4s skin...
Does anybody know if there is a difference in the standard between UK and U.S. bred birds and are certain points of the breed seen as more important (for example shape more important than coulor in the U.S. and vice versa in the UK? Or is it the same?) between the 2 countries?
Thanks