It's a tiny Serama
not large, not Heritage
I'd really appreciate anyone who's come across such a thing sharing, thanks so much!!
I'd really appreciate anyone who's come across such a thing sharing, thanks so much!!
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It was suggested to me when looking into getting chanteclers that they would not do well in my desert environment. I'm at almost 4,000 ft elevation and my winters get really cold but my summers are quite hot too, not as bad as further south but hot nonetheless. The chantecler was bred for extremely cold winter environments so San Diego, like northern Nevada, probably would not be a good location for them either.Hi Robert, thank you for the information.
I picked breeds that 1. very rare and need conserving 2. are good for meat and eggs. 3. appeal to me look-wise 4. have good variation between them.
I really want to do Colored Dorkings and I found them at Sandhill, what do you think about the quality of those? The reason I picked those was because one of my customers suggested them and I looked into them and really liked the way the Coloreds look, and they need conserving, plus I want to taste the fabled meat.
I picked the Black Java because I ran across a farm website that's here locally by me that raise them and I really liked them. I'd like some really nice quality Black Javas, are Duane Urchs' good?
I picked the Chantecler's because I thought they were really pretty and rare.
The Dominques are the other breed I was looking into. I will definitely check that thread out!
Hi Lacy Blues! I can say that you put up with a lot more than I would have. You're only going to breed from the best of the best, so, barring the possibility of internal/external parasite, which are just part of the environment, I cull for any sign of any illness. The best way I heard it explained is that in the poultryman's first aid kit there are two things: lice powder and a hatchet.
Lacy Blues,
The white heart sac does suggest pericarditis. The yellow fluid indicates ascites, which is congestive heart failure. Commercial broilers (cornish cross) get it all the time. It is known as 'flip' as in the birds just flip over and die. They get it from their body growing faster than the internal organs. A bird with ascites would not be harmful if eaten. Culling is the best cure.
==========It's a tiny Seramanot large, not Heritage
I'd really appreciate anyone who's come across such a thing sharing, thanks so much!!
It's a tiny Seramanot large, not Heritage
I'd really appreciate anyone who's come across such a thing sharing, thanks so much!!
That's as good an explanation as you're going to get without sending it off for a necropsy.Could she have just had a bad heart?
That's what my young frizzle chick looked like. I wonder if you've got some sort of funky frizzle gene mixed in with your Seramas?