Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[Batty about Banties]

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Shelly may turn into a Sebastian but she (

) got stuck on her shell when hatching.

Shelly was the last chick to hatch out of that batch of eggs and was a little sticky towards the end just before hatching with about 1/2 of the shell zipped...so I went in after little Shelly which I normally do not do, but very glad I did because Shelly is going to have a great home with her/his new chickie mamma and daddy. Sweet Batty..Thank you for posting them! So excited for you.

Thank you pink for meeting me with these precious little fluffs!!!

 

[youngbiddy]

Well, I'd go with about two tablespoons per gallon for 3 days and back off to a tablespoon per gallon for about a week after. That'll wipe it out, garlic is powerful stuff. I'm much more experienced in using it on humans though; I've successfully treated ear, eye, and sinus infections with it. I've only used it occasionally as a preventative with the chickens, none of mine have ever contracted anything..yet. There was some talk about this earlier in the thread when a poster bought some blue marans that turned out to be sick. Here, I found the thread about it, this is a link to a post about treating infections with garlic..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5769338#p5769338

 

[VillageChicken]

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Geebs, I have heard of this theory. If I remember correctly, it is evolutions way of ensuring the survival of the males since it takes longer for them to mature to be able to survive the winter. Something like that, right?

Assuming I don't loose all of the chicks in my brooders to a Sulmet resistant strain of Cocci (I will never use Sulmet again), based on this hatch I might put my incubator away for a while. All girls would be really nice for a change

Like Lisa said, there is NO VACANCY at the Roo Inn LOL. We're completely booked!

Have you tried putting minced garlic in their drinking water? It's a fabulous natural anti-bacterial agent.

Isn't cocci a living parasitic organism with resistant eggs and a complex life cycle, not a bacterium?

 

[youngbiddy]

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In chickens, yes. Garlic is also an anti-parasitic.
Cocci is a term that can be used to describe any bacteria with a spheroid shape, so my inner biology geek reverted to form.

 

[heather112588]

The 3 free chicks that i got and was trying to sex (though now have a good idea- thanks to the ppl that posted pics of theirs)
(please bear with the pics-taken from a camera phone):

chick #1

chick #2

Chick #3

they are 8 weeks

 

[heather112588]

Also, i had another question though the pic probably wont help much (i will send updated pics as soon as i can):

I got these chicks from tractor suppy last month. They were suppost to be jersey giants...however i am now doubting that.
Out of 7, 5 have copper feathers all around their necks and backs now at 4 weeks. Thinking that they could be marans....

 

[youngbiddy]

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Boy, think it's a blurry boy, girl.

 

[Vickir73]

Can anyone help me? I'm very interested in adding Marans (preferably the black cooper, but I like the blue also) to my flock, but am having trouble finding a breeder. Can anyone help? I'm not necessary interested in showing (maybe in a few years when the kids get older), but mostly would like them for our enjoyment. They are absolutely beautiful birds. Any help would be appreciated. I've contacted Bev Davis. She referred me to H&H poultry, but I'm having a hard time getting in touch with April. Her voice mail box is full and I keep getting an error when I try to send her a email. Are there any other breeders you would recommend. Thank you. If it's been previously posted on this strand, I'm sorry I've missed it, but there's 206 pages on this post and although I'd love to read every page, I just can't. I'm sorry if it's already been asked and answered

 

[Bravo]

At this point I am willing to try anything. Last Monday morning I noticed I had a BCM chick in the brooder that looked almost dead. The crop was empty so my first assessment was that it wasnt eating. I immediately made a porridge with chick starter, a hardboiled egg and Smart Water. Got some Poly Vi Sol in it and slowly but surely it looked like it was getting better. Then I made the stupidest mistake every--I put her with day old chicks thinking she was fine just needed a break away from the other heathens. That night she looked worse. I separated the day olds from her and left her by herself. Kept hand watering and feeding. I didnt think she'd make it through the night--same scenario on Tuesday night and around midnight the bloody poo started. None of the older chicks she was with showed any symptoms. First thing Wednesday AM I got to a local feed store and got Sulmet because they swore up and down it was the best thing and they were out of Corid. I treated both brooders (except for the day old chicks) and her. No improvement until Saturday AM on the sick chick. I've been had watering and feeding for a week now. On the upside, she seems to have made a tremendous improvement over the last 2 days.

Saturday I went and got Corid as a backup plan and sure enough, Saturday night ALL of the 3 week old chicks in 2 brooders were now showing symptoms--while on Sulmet.

I've never dealt with this before. I just cant figure out how they had been exposed either as they havent been outside or on the ground at all.

Soooooo frustrating. I'm desperate here--if garlic has worked for others I will give it a try.

I've been mixing chick starter, hard boild egg and milk together to make a wet mash and everyone is eating. Something about the milk coating their stomachs.

So far my BCM day olds that were exposed are now a week old and not showing any symptoms yet...I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Off to go home for lunch and feed and water my littleones

 

[youngbiddy]

Yes, powdered milk/buttermilk/yogurt are good as well, and clean with ammonia, not bleach...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=5933787#p5933787

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