ATTN: Yokohama Lovers!

[Amalthea]

Ii have heard that cackle has some good stock! They still have pea combs but they are good!
I don't have grass.... I have weeds... they are in a 4x6x4 breeding pen... youtube Yokohama! There are some nice bids of yokies in a grassy yard!

Thanks! I was looking in the hatchery thread last night checking on Cackle and everyone seems to agree that they are good as well. I don't want the 15 chickens they require you to buy, but my local feed store is going to buy the rest off of me. Phew!

 

[chickletteSarge]

Thanks! I was looking in the hatchery thread last night checking on Cackle and everyone seems to agree that they are good as well. I don't want the 15 chickens they require you to buy, but my local feed store is going to buy the rest off of me. Phew!

well that may not be a bad thing... get the 15 and you can have a better choice of breeders you keep!
then post the ones you don't want to keep and sell them off on here!

 

[Amalthea]

well that may not be a bad thing... get the 15 and you can have a better choice of breeders you keep!
then post the ones you don't want to keep and sell them off on here!

I never thought about that! Thanks for the idea!

 

[chickletteSarge]

Had to let mother nature hatch for me! So far I have one Yokohama chick out of 3set! Waiting for more to hatch! 3 more in the nest.. thinking I may put them back under the broody that hatched th 1st....

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Awesome! Congrats!

 

[NovaAman]

I need help. I have/had a white yoko chick out with my phoenix that I hatched from Decoyman's eggs. Such beautiful birds... ANYWAY they are 10 weeks old now...

3 days ago, the yoko started to be puffed up, and would literally run to me everytime I went out to the yard. Let me pick her up. She was clearly distressed, and I looked at her bum, nothing, watched her eat, drink, poop, all looked good. BUT she started puffing up and calling in distress, then to not moving to much where I had to put her up in her coop. I brought her in to the house, set her on a white towel, her own food and water and waited to see a clear poop sample, looking for blood...

Nothing.

Yesterday early afternoon, she died.

There was no paralysis, eye dialation, nothing that would look like mareks, though I know that it can manifest in different ways. I am thinking cocci, but again, no blood and poops looked normal.

The other 7 birds, 6 phoenix, one Jap bant seem to be fine. I do have one phoenix that I am concerned about, she seems to be a bit less active.

They are on flock raiser. They live in their own coop, but are free ranging most the day, they pretty much stay around their own coop though. My other birds, a dp flock don't pester them other than to get into their coop and lay an egg here and there. The neighobors leghorns are also regular visitors, and can be pests, but they've not pecked the chicks relentlessly, just usually take over their feed dish. There are multiple feed dishes for all the birds too.

None of my other birds or dp chicks are showing any of these problems. SO, do I need to do something different? Different feed? Supplement? Treat for cocci? The yoko was gone with in 3 days of showing distress. Oh.. and their pen is crushed concrete...

Please help, I am asking here because this is my first time with these birds, and they are so lovely...

 

[chickletteSarge]

have you asked about it in the 911/disease forum? I have not had any do that to me... im sorry for your loss
I had a hatchling that faded after a day! now I have broodies to do my hatching! they take so much better care if the chicks than I could ever do!

 

[championsumatra]

No you should not change food I use the same stuff and non of my chicken have had any problems. It sounds like she could have died of internal cancer. I Could be wrong but I know the food had nothing to do with it.

 

[NovaAman]

I am wondering if I should give them a broad spectrum antibiotic, but I hate the thought of building a resistance.

I prefer broody raised birds myself too, but hey... Will post pics later. I have 2 five week yokos in the garage. One red shouldered, one white. So far so good with them. They are on medicated feed.

I hate losing birds to unknowns... Well, I hate losing birds period.

 

[Cockle-Dood]

here are my two. along with my slws