Arizona Chickens

[jubilation]

Is she the same breed as your other pullets?

I know that the Hamburgs we raised this last year all had their own time for getting combs and wattles.

Some of the girls were well developed at 26 weeks and others didn't get their comb development for another couple of months, and they are all the exact same age and breed. Some advice that was given to me when I asked this question was to look at them as individuals, they will get there. And, they were right!

She is the same age and breed (BO) as the others and larger than the others she was raised with. Just never seen that happen in the BO breed.

 

[mom-to-5]

She is the same age and breed (BO) as the others and larger than the others she was raised with.  Just never seen that happen in the BO breed.

I had two BO raised and hatched with my mixed breed flock. One started laying with everyone else and the larger BO had a late developing comb and just started laying 1 mo ago at 10 months old! I thought she was never going to lay. I think it might have had something to do with how heavy she was???

 

[Billiam]

She is the same age and breed (BO) as the others and larger than the others she was raised with. Just never seen that happen in the BO breed.

We had the same thing happen with us, same breed too. The hen in my avatar is the one that we just lost. If you look at the picture I posted of her in the shower, you will see that she doesn't have much of a comb. She was three years old.

 

[kevs-chickadees]

I would just be up front with the buyers and tell them you have been treating some birds and advise they isolate them and keep an eye out. Which a person who already has a flock should do anyway, but not everybody does. I would not sell them if you see they are infested until you clear them up. If you are selling the males for meat you should not use anything that leaves a residual in the tissue. We really do not know any withdrawal time for that stuff since it is not approved for poultry and Americans don't eat their dogs

 

[City farm]

 wow sry to everyone that is having chicken issues.
I was asked by a friend how often I check for chicken pests like mites, lice and ticks and I thought I was doing a good job but I have lost about 12 birds from one pen in about 4 months and although all but 5 were from one breed I thought ok there has to be something else going on as all of my other coops the birds are fine. This is my grow out pen and I lost some due to an aunt invasion, some after a very bad monsoon rain that flooded everything but a couple I did not know what caused the issue and frankly still dont.
I took this breed as a project breed to help establish it and I have found that they are very difficult to work with. Not their attitude but they seem to die very easily. They are supposed to be heat resistant and ok I agree no major heat issues but every time it rains I lose one or two. I find that odd. My coops have roof's so they should not be drowning but I have no idea what is up.
Then I lost 3 SIAM but they were covered in ants. I put them out 2 days after a big storm and I have cleaned and dusted said coop with DE after each set of birds leaves it. I am not sure why after that storm we had a huge amount of piss ants that covered these chicks and I am guessing that is what came over them. the only other 2 I lost were roosters that were in there together with hens and seemed to get along (a bantam cochin and a silkie) and they passed after the flooded coops within a couple days of each other and they both were sneezing, and coughing with gooey eyes but no one else got it. 
I started checking my birds more closely after talking to this friend and bringing home a rooster. although he did not go into any of the coops he was near them. I found what I think is lice on some of my birds. only about 4 birds but one had nits on its chin feathers and I found some crawling on the back and neck are. I was always taught to look under the wings and around the vent area of the chickens. So I have bought some poultry protector spray but I didnt have enough to do the whole lot of birds but I cleaned all my coops and put sown DE and dusted the 4 birds I found with these lice. I have been reading on what to use and their are so very many products and for every product there is someone that says not to use it. could the lice be the reason of the sporadic deaths of these birds? they do not seem to be infested as I only found maybe one per bird, 3 was the most I saw on one bird and only the one with nits on it.

what does everyone here use?  powdered products or liquid? sprays or dips and why?

I have read not to use powder due to respiratory issues in fowl. but if you use dips and sprays how does that affect the birds? what would cause me to get lice all of a sudden? was it probably the rooster I took in or do they just show up? 

Thank you in advance for your help. 

  so tired of looking at conflicting ideas, stories and articles, just want to help my birds and make them all happy again. **sigh***

Since you mentioned coop/pen.. The wild birds have so many different problems. I think most problems can come from them..
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/some-thoughts-on-general-coop-hygiene-and-ventilation

 

[chicksurreal]

She is the same age and breed (BO) as the others and larger than the others she was raised with. Just never seen that happen in the BO breed.

Hm. I have no experience with that breed. Very interesting...

 

[City farm]

Then I lost 3 SIAM but they were covered in ants. I put them out 2 days after a big storm and I have cleaned and dusted said coop with DE after each set of birds leaves it. I am not sure why after that storm we had a huge amount of piss ants that covered these chicks and I am guessing that is what came over them. the only other 2 I lost were roosters that were in there together with hens and seemed to get along (a bantam cochin and a silkie) and they passed after the flooded coops within a couple days of each other and they both were sneezing, and coughing with gooey eyes but no one else got it. 
I started checking my birds more closely after talking to this friend and bringing home a rooster. although he did not go into any of the coops he was near them. I found what I think is lice on some of my birds. only about 4 birds but one had nits on its chin feathers and I found some crawling on the back and neck are. I was always taught to look under the wings and around the vent area of the chickens. So I have bought some poultry protector spray but I didnt have enough to do the whole lot of birds but I cleaned all my coops and put sown DE and dusted 

OK, newbie here.

Update me on the acronyms! SIAM? DE?

And what is the vent? The butt or something else?

This might help
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-index-of-abbreviations

 

[City farm]

Where do you get the wood ash?

We burn our firewood in a separate fire place, then add to their run.. We have a area that is covered and large enough for more than one chicken..

 

[City farm]

My chickens are running my life!

 

[City farm]

Okay, here's a new one for me.  I have a young pullet that is pretty good size.  The other pullet, that is the same age, and was part of a group I raised.  Anyway, the one pullet has no comb or waddle except for just a little tiny ridge that is really pale and just little buds for waddles.  The others raised with her all have fairly well developed combs and waddles except for her.  She's really good size and I think she's laying.  Any ideas why she has no big girl comb or waddle?

Different breed?? Where did you get the chicks?