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Well, he didn't make it. I'm really leaning toward mycotoxicosis from the symptoms and the monsoon season timing. I noticed that with Mareks, they birds have flaccid paralysis, but mine have had a rigid, contracted paralysis. also 2/4 have recovered. I'm building a raised, covered spot for...

Thanks, he is drinking well, as the infection in the foot is better maybe I'll lessen the dose of sulfamet. He's looking like he's giving up on life today though, so it might be a moot point.

I just checked on him since it's morning here, and the swelling in the foot has gone down. It's also not hot anymore. So maybe the sulfamet worked on that. You can see from the pictures how his legs are just retracted to his body. I can extend them with resistance, but they go right back. He...

Thanks for the reply! 1- no nasal discharge or rattling/rales. 2- no facial swelling, eye bubbles etc, although a month or more ago he had done sneezing as did a few of my birds. 3- Eating and pooping like a champ, with clear crop in the morning. Yesterday it was very hot and he went through a...

Hello! I have a polish crested cockerel that is about 7 months old. Wednesday i found him sitting in the garden, not wanting to walk. His left foot was swollen, but there was no visible wound. The next day he was getting around better, going on the one good foot. Friday, he was having a hard...

Just wanted to add an update: Someone suggested probiotics right away after hatching, and I found a research paper suggesting that electrolytes given as soon as they are dry helps survival rates. So I decided to do an experiment. I had 20 polish/polkies hatch on Dec 28. I have them electrolytes...

Sounds familiar- I would very much doubt it's possible to have a closed, totally uncontaminated flock here. But I do understand why so many Thais raise their fancy chickens in tiny elevated cages and never let them out... I don't really want to do that, though. The good thing here is that you...

Thanks for that, the antibiotics are for secondary infections, I thought with last one they might have e. coli going around, too. Another person suggested salmonella. The only vaccine I have been able to get here in Thailand is for Newcastle. I contacted the state office for agriculture and...

Thank you all for your support and good advice! I live in Thailand and I cannot find medicated feed anywhere. The feed I have has vitamin supplements, but no medicine. I did look up the medicated feeds that are available in the states, and I saw that it's usually amprolium that added. I was...

I have a mixed flock of Sikie, Polish, and Japanese Bantams. I started out letting the hens raise their chicks outside, and lost about 90%. I had some that made it to 2-3 months, got sick, and started dying. I had those examined postmortem, and they came back with IBV and Avian Leucosis. Then...

Thanks for the speedy reply. I'll keep them separate for now then.

I have 6 3-month old silkies that got pox a couple weeks ago. 4 are all healed up, the lesions turned black and have fallen off. But two developed wet pox. I separated them a few days ago as soon as I saw the lesions in their mouths. Fortunately they are getting better, but still have lesions in...

Ok thank you! I was worried they were bites or something worse. My older birds have always recovered from pox, so if that's all this is, that puts my mind at ease. I'll give the betadine a try.

I have 9 8-9 week old silkie, polish and satin chicks. They are in an isolated pen with no contact with other chickens or wild birds. about 2+ weeks ago, one developed a blister on his toe. Then a second chick got one on a toe. Since then, all but one have been developing swollen bumps on their...

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This is my Polish Frizzle rooster Frazzle Dazzle Fantastico...

Thank you all for the replies. I'm looking forward to seeing what a blue paint will look like! My satin paint hen has the extra toes and dark skin, and she has some leg feathering as well, so I guess the chicks will have those traits. Thanks again, all!

Hello, I have a splash silkie rooster, and I want to breed him to my satin (polish X silkie) paint hen. Does anyone know what colors I might expect from that cross?

Thanks so much! I forgot to say that Lando also has blue ears, so that fits with you saying she's mixed with silkie. I'll try breeding her to my silkie rooster once she starts laying. I'm dying to get some satins, and eventually some frizzled silkies from my frizzle hen... Who knew chickens...