I need some insight from more experienced chicken people. Last year we bought a naked nake, hambergs and some ameracaunas from MM and Meyer Hatcheries. We lost 5 of them when they were about 16-20 wks old. All would have similar symptoms and then just die. Start to finish, it would take maybe a...
My children are suppose to take turkeys to the fair in August. We just had 3 attacked by raccoons(obvious footprints around there pen). Turkeys have various injuries but all look like they are going to make it, BUT not to the fair now. If we keep them, Can we eat them this fall, or is there some...
Our Russian Orloff Rooster became sick and died. Our hen looks great, in fact she never got sick!. Would like a 1-2yr old if possible. The pair was spangled too. Please let me know if you have something. Thanks.
2 purebred Ameracauna Roosters. 1 is almost all black with a few white speckles and both born this last Febuary. the other rooster is multi-colored and is mainly blue. We are asking $5.00 a piece. We also have a Golden Sebright bantam rooster that was born in May, we are asking $3.00 for it...
I posted an earlier problem about 2 weeks ago. The chicks I received from MM in the end of February were sick. We sent one of the chicks to MSU for necropsy. The pathologist diagnosed Avian Encephalomyelitis. The necropsy cost $140, and it was worth the piece of mind to know, that was why we...
We are taking chicks to MSU in next 3 days to have then checked for AE. Everything was fine in our home incubation, and hatching until I received chicks from hatchery. Now we have several chick that will not eat or drink. Difficult time walking, they fall over, they try to use their wings to...
My son started hatching ameracaunas in early February. We had a great success rate. All of our chicks were and are doing fine. We received a shipment of chicks from MM. We lost a Buttercup within 24 hours. Within a week we started having problems with a Columbian Wyandotte, Partridge Rock and...