Very cool, Dennis, thanks for the info! I’m kind of wondering if any of your birds’ fly-tie DNA snuck into that bantam Silkie/Cochin group you gave me. The rooster especially is something special, and the one hen’s strange coloring (very like Mille Fleur) is a bit of a mystery. They are so fun...
It might not be mycoplasma, then, as they have never responded to Denegard and I have tried multiple times. Thanks for the info, @dheltzel , I’m just going to enjoy the birds I have while I have them and someday when they’re gone I’ll figure out something.🙂
I’m so sorry. It sounds like what I have been struggling with in my flock since day 1, which I have always suspected was mycoplasma, but I can’t afford necropsy to be sure. Likely it came from their feed. I’m down to 25 chickens from 50 and have stopped buying or hatching any more. Sadly my...
@Lelanae do you still need Corid? I have some you can have, you’re still in Kennett Square, right? I’m in Oxford. I got mine at Tractor Supply, it was a fairly small quantity. If you still need it, let me know and I’ll dig it out😘
Hmm…I wonder how Naked Necks would fare in my flock. I’m not overfond of their look, but I didn’t know they had strong immune systems. That and their heavy meaty frames might overcome the weird factor, IF I can find good ones. Praying now…:fl
I swear they talk too. Once at the Plumpton Park Zoo in Maryland, a peacock called out to me “Come back!” clear as a bell while I was heading back to my car! Shocked the hell out of me!! (Yes I’m CERTAIN it was the peacock!)