Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

And here are a couple other pix of the girls(@desertmarcy take a look at your girls): This is Croquembouche, the Blue Copper Maran. I love this pic ... the light is awesome and shows off her copper. If only the ugly spray painting wasn't on the back of the shed. (The landlady's daughter did it ... I think with permission.) I renamed her from "Bluey," which was boring. Croquembouche is a French dessert. Crannie: She loves me now since I've been giving them treats ... in fact, she pecks my hand even without anything in it. I don't want her to get too demanding. I might have to stop hand feeding her for awhile. How do you teach chickens manners? Crannie More Crannie. She's my shadow now. Silly dove caught in netting. She got out herself.

Good photos, how many eggs are you getting a day?

 

[City farm]

I just candled my eggs from the guy in Missouri that I shipped in. Of 36 eggs only 6 were clear OMG. I have 18 Guinea eggs 3 Jaerhorn EE and some assorted bantams developing.

I bet you can't wait to see them. Hatch date?

 

[City farm]

 
I found one of my chickens very listless this morning, not able to hold up her head or sit straight, curled up in a corner of the coop.  Her breathing seemed normal, clear nose and mouth, not egg bound.  Her normally bright red comb was pale.  I did not feed yesterday my DH did, so I did not get to observe anything unusual until I found her like that this morning. She did roost in her normal place last night.

I called @CityFarm
and she came over, we both decided to end her suffering. Thank you @CityFarm
for helping me humanely dispatch my chicken!  We did a necropsy, found normal looking digestive system, liver, heart, ovary and duct. No tumors. No visible pox. She had yesterday's veggies in her crop not today's and there wasn't much. The only thing we did find was black stuff in her lungs even though she was not gasping and was breathing normally. It was worse in the left lung.

Caution, graphic necropsy pics.


If anyone can give any feedback on this I would greatly appreciate it!  It almost looks like smoker's lung, but I'm not sure what caused it and if that was what really caused her to go downhill so fast.

Here is veterninary college pdf "manual" on poultry diseases with pictures. I haven't gone through it, but maybe there is something:
http://www.vdl.umn.edu/prod/groups/cvm/@pub/@cvm/@vdl/documents/asset/cvm_asset_350829.pdf

Here is a slide show from Cornell vet of different lesions:
http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avian-atlas/search/lesion/385

Love to have actual photos.. Thank you..

 

[City farm]

Your new silkie mix looks like a rooster..

That's ok. He's adorable. I can have one. Unless he's arse. LOL. Where do you think the blue-white cheeks come from?

They are that color because he is a barnyard mix.. Ours silkie rooster has the same ear coloring..

 

[K9Dave]

You are so welcome, it is always good to help others.. You are so close & with all the chicken deaths lately I am glad we checked her out further.. Maybe we could go out & help Dave with his bunch? We can figure it all out later.. So possibly anther processing party.. I know, but rooster are good if you make Coq AU Vin. Takes a while, & is delish

What a nice offer. I made them a new pen today. I think that she plans on using her share for dog food but I'm sure she would split the meat for the help. That sound like something you'd want to do?

Sounds good to me!

Thanks

That is a black tailed buff Japanese Bantam hen.

What a cool name. She'll be happy to know what she is. Crazy wild and doesn't like me to be near her.

I just candled my eggs from the guy in Missouri that I shipped in. Of 36 eggs only 6 were clear OMG. I have 18 Guinea eggs 3 Jaerhorn EE and some assorted bantams developing.

Are you going to be selling any of them? I want some guinea I think.

I love all my ducks but Muscovy are quackless and they are both meat and great egg layers. They are great broodies. they grow very very fast and they are very friendly.

Thank you

what is Tylan and where do you get it? I if I understand its for respiratory issues?

 

[City farm]

You are so welcome, it is always good to help others.. You are so close & with all the chicken deaths lately I am glad we checked her out further.. Maybe we could go out & help Dave with his bunch? We can figure it all out later.. So possibly anther processing party.. I know, but rooster are good if you make Coq AU Vin. Takes a while, & is delish

What a nice offer. I made them a new pen today. I think that she plans on using her share for dog food but I'm sure she would split the meat for the help. That sound like something you'd want to do?

We would do it for a class.. Education.. Don't want anything.. Well maybe a beer..

Sounds good to me!

Thanks

That is a black tailed buff Japanese Bantam hen.

What a cool name. She'll be happy to know what she is. Crazy wild and doesn't like me to be near her.

I just candled my eggs from the guy in Missouri that I shipped in. Of 36 eggs only 6 were clear OMG. I have 18 Guinea eggs 3 Jaerhorn EE and some assorted bantams developing.

Are you going to be selling any of them? I want some guinea I think.

Read the guinea Fourm, they don't always stay close by.. Unless you keep them pinned up in a run. They are good "watch foul"

I love all my ducks but Muscovy are quackless and they are both meat and great egg layers. They are great broodies. they grow very very fast and they are very friendly.

Thank you

what is Tylan and where do you get it? I if I understand its for respiratory issues?

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

Good photos, how many eggs are you getting a day?

None yet, for the most part. I get one white egg from Agatha, my rescue leghorn, occassionally. (Twice a week, when it's not too hot ... which it usually is.) Eminem, my olive egger has given me three eggs so far. She is a year and half I think? Crannie hasn't laid for me yet either. My original BPR, Polly, has a pretty red comb, so maybe she will start soon. She is a production BR and about 30 weeks. My other BPR and my BCM are heritage bred and still has aways to go before laying, according to @desertmarcy

My last BPR is the one with Marek's.

I can't wait until they are laying consistently.

 

[cyborg]

That's ok. He's adorable. I can have one. Unless he's arse. LOL.

Where do you think the blue-white cheeks come from?

Meditteranean breeds have white earlobes like Leghorns, Andalusians. I think some of the Dutch and German breeds also.

 

[702marine]

I second that. Looks like a roo...

Your new silkie mix looks like a rooster..

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

I second that. Looks like a roo...

I'm just in love with him. So, so cute. If only my boyfriend would let me have a house chicken ... and a house bunny ...