BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[Beekissed]

VERY pretty bird....love his coloring!

 

[DesertChic]

VERY pretty bird....love his coloring!

Thank you! So do I!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I managed to get some semi-decent photos of Andres. I'm overdue on weighing him, but he's a big boy and, in my opinion, amazingly beautiful.

Oh, wow!!!!!! Such a handsome boy!!!!!

 

[dan26552]

The first of hopefully many

 

[DesertChic]

The first of hopefully many

Yay! Congratulations!

 

[dan26552]

Yay! Congratulations! e

My first ever duckling. It's bill is really cool looking.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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This is so amazing, especially after your incubator scare!!!!!!!

 

[dan26552]

This is so amazing, especially after your incubator scare!!!!!!! 

You're not kidding! I've had four new pips so far today.

 

[Kev]

I also know a few people who swear by plain old fashioned petroleum jelly for mites and beginning bumble foot...though in my experience it's not always the start of bumble foot, but a kind of callous that forms in chickens with plumper than usual cushions on the bottoms of their feet. I butchered a rooster that had a large spot like the one in your photo and it really was nothing more than a large callous. There was no core beneath the callous and it never seemed to impede his activity in any way while he was alive.

Or...maybe in my inexperience that's just what it looks like to my untrained eye.

In regards to your scaly, feather-footed boy....I've noticed that my lone feather-footed NN has larger than normal and slightly raised scales around the areas where the feathers grow, though not as bad as what appears in your photo. I've also noticed that ALL of my Bielefelder boys have unusually scaly feet. I've checked them for mites and over and over again and have never seen a single one, but treat with castor oil and/or petroleum jelly on a regular basis...just in case. None of my other birds display this scaliness, so I have to wonder if some birds are simply genetically predisposed to the condition.

All of that said, I've been reading diligently and learning as much as possible since my assumptions about what I see can most definitely be wrong.

Scaly leg mites burrow into and stay under the skin, usually don't see them just the symptoms they cause.

if medication is acceptable- worming the whole flock with ivermectin will work wonders as they are blood sucking mites, so.. No need to do anything else besides treating a second time to make sure.

literally anything sticky will work. it works by smothering them, no need to get fancy with mite killers via this route. cooking oil spray will work= very easy to apply but so many freak out over this, shrug. shampoo.. vaseline.. anything that will stick to the legs. in the old days, many used WD-40, and according to them it works wonders but err...

they are very contagious.. really best to treat whole flock even if just one or two birds show it. otherwise the chances of passing it back and forth or round robin can happen. this is where wormers can do wonders, especially with a large flock with chronic cases.

 

[lpatelski]

The first of hopefully many

Awe welcome to the world little one.