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[sealer39]

Thanks everyone for the help. I’ll talk to the local feed stores and make a decision from there.

 

[RUNuts]

I am pretty sure that your wry neck problems did not come from the feed. I never have wry neck problems with any of my poultry. I do not give rooster booster or supplemental niacin. I also don't try to save defective hatchlings.

You have me interested now. I remember wry being caused by vitamin deficiency. Did I get that wrong?

A couple lasted to 8 weeks for butchering. A couple passed before then. I don't separate or expend effort.

I've got a small one in the last hatch of 4. The other 2 caught up to the big egg Rosetta looking one.

 

[R2elk]

You have me interested now. I remember wry being caused by vitamin deficiency. Did I get that wrong?

A couple lasted to 8 weeks for butchering. A couple passed before then. I don't separate or expend effort.

I've got a small one in the last hatch of 4. The other 2 caught up to the big egg Rosetta looking one.

I usually see people trying to treat wry neck with vitamin E.

Wry neck can be a symptom of several different problems. If it is a symptom of a vitamin deficiency, it would be cause by the deficiency in the brood stock. If it is a symptom of a disease that is a different story.

There is also the possibility that the tendency to get the symptom may be genetic.

Curled toes definitely can be due to genetics.

Everyone wants a simple answer but for the most part things are complex.

 

[RUNuts]

I usually see people trying to treat wry neck with vitamin E.

Wry neck can be a symptom of several different problems. If it is a symptom of a vitamin deficiency, it would be cause by the deficiency in the brood stock. If it is a symptom of a disease that is a different story.

There is also the possibility that the tendency to get the symptom may be genetic.

Curled toes definitely can be due to genetics.

Everyone wants a simple answer but for the most part things are complex.

Interesting. Thank you for sharing the knowledge. I hope I don't see it anymore.

 

[R2elk]

Interesting. Thank you for sharing the knowledge. I hope I don't see it anymore.

I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

 

[Pyxis]

The first hatch from my Le Creme project just finished:

It would appear to be two Egyptian females and one pharoah of indeterminate gender. I wasn't really expecting to get a Le Creme since I only have about a 6% chance of each egg being one in this generation, haha.

Also, one of my new Celadon hens laid her first egg. It's blue. Which leads me to believe the male I was using might actually have been carrying Celadon. So I'm quite possibly looking at more Celadon layers right away.

 

[Fishychix]

I use Purina Game bird & Turkey Starter 30% for the first 8 weeks then switch to MG layer formula. Works well. Getting nice growth.

Add niacin in the water for the first 6 weeks.

Niacin? For quail? I thought that was just for waterfowl?

 

[Fishychix]

Niacin? For quail? I thought that was just for waterfowl?

Nevermind! I kept reading and found my answer.

 

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[sealer39]

Went by TSC to to see about them ordering the Purina game bird starter to be shipped to their store. It would only cost $81.00 shipping for two bags of feed. Needless to say, that option is out.