B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

[countrygoddess]

Ok, have tried to read up on this thread, there is a lot! These birds sound very interesting! I am seeing on this page, the egg color is a pinkish color?

Now for the silly question..what does sg stand for? A color? Thank you..oh, and how often do these hens lay? Thanks again.

Mine have been laying pretty well, so far. They started laying 10 weeks ago and I'm getting 4-6 eggs/day. I have 6 pullets.

 

[LilyD]

Cynthia12~

SG stands for Silver Gray it's the color of Dorking that's in my avatar.

I have two hens and I am getting two eggs every day to every other day although they are still small. They started laying at the end of October so they haven't been laying that long yet.

 

[pysankigirl]

RIP Spike:



He had turned into a very good Rooster. I was worried about him at first, but he settled down lot when he became top roo (got rid of ther top roo)...he took care of the girls , had learned not to be too rough with them and was polite to me and my husband. He is missed already.

He was "not right" for several days and I went to pick him up today and he was having serious trouble breathing.
I think he had gapeworm. He died in my arms. but I am glad because I saw what was going on so now I know to treat the other chickens.

off to try and figure out where I can get a different wormer.
do you need a prescription for Levamisole?

 

[ki4got]

RIP Spike:



He had turned into a very good Rooster. I was worried about him at first, but he settled down lot when he became top roo (got rid of ther top roo)...he took care of the girls , had learned not to be too rough with them and was polite to me and my husband. He is missed already.

He was "not right" for several days and I went to pick him up today and he was having serious trouble breathing.
I think he had gapeworm. He died in my arms. but I am glad because I saw what was going on so now I know to treat the other chickens.

off to try and figure out where I can get a different wormer.
do you need a prescription for Levamisole?

sorry to hear you lost him... i treated for gapeworm and everything else same time with ivermectin first, then followed by fenbendazole (Panacur i think?) a week later. there's debates whether one or the other is more effective, from what I read, but figured i'd do both and cover the bases...

i used the injectible ivermectin, orally, then used the panacur paste for horses, also orally. only lost 1 bird who i think also had gape at the time (about 3 months ago) and everyone else seems fine.

gapeworm is 'heard' by clicking when the bird breathes. if he was gurgling, that's probably a respiratory infection of some sort. dealt with that and big guy last spring. found him almost comatose and gurgling hard. brought him in and dosed with penicillin fo 7 days and he got better. so guess it was a good guess. (IM in the leg muscle twice a day)

 

[pysankigirl]

I've been using "Safeguard"...but in reading I think it isn't effective against some things maybe?
he wasn't gurgling, I don't think. but I also wasn't aware how serious whatever was going on with him was.
but hindsight...his crow wasn't right the last week or so and he was pulling his neck into his body...so he looked like a little tank.
I thought he was just cold!

and this time of year, I leave the house at dawn and come home at dusk...not alot of time to watch the chickens for unusual symptoms.

I have some horse ivermectinpaste for the goats...same stuff?

 

[ki4got]

well, got my new camera and took some pics today... found one that was usable. LOL

Meet Thing2 - my tice/horstman cockerel of about 7 months old... all i can say is WOW!
now to get my breeding pens started/finished. LOL

 

[pysankigirl]

wow is right. lovely coloring.

 

[RedBugPoultry]

well, got my new camera and took some pics today... found one that was usable. LOL

Meet Thing2 - my tice/horstman cockerel of about 7 months old... all i can say is WOW!
now to get my breeding pens started/finished. LOL

Very nice boy!

 

[capayvalleychick]

RIP Spike:

...
off to try and figure out where I can get a different wormer.
do you need a prescription for Levamisole?

I'm so sorry. He was handsome.

If you have a university or lab that will do a necropsy, it's always a good idea to have that done. That way, you know for sure what went wrong, whether it is contagious or if you can do something to prevent it happening again with your future birds. Many labs will do this testing for free as part of a state wide poultry health program.

Here's a link about parasites, including gapeworm: http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/disparas.htm

Looks like Safeguard (fenbendazole) should have helped if it was gapeworm. Ivermectin is a different type of wormer.

 

[capayvalleychick]

well, got my new camera and took some pics today... found one that was usable. LOL

Meet Thing2 - my tice/horstman cockerel of about 7 months old... all i can say is WOW!
now to get my breeding pens started/finished. LOL

Thing2 does not suit that beautiful boy. He needs a more regal name.