California - Northern

[ChickNmamma]

okay, so I have a weird question. I hatched out 5 chicks from grocery store eggs. They're white with a few small black spots. Well, they're growing right along & I just switched out their heat lamp to a smaller watt bulb that happens to be a blacklight. I've used the blacklights before - they work just fine as heat lamps.

The bizarre thing is... two of the chicks have bright orange spots under the black light - the other three just look normal.
Anybody know why? I'm just really curious. Now I'm gonna have to take pics of the other birds under a blacklight...


Here's a pic of them when they first hatched last week:



Here they are tonight under a black light:
The middle one looks normal, but see the orange spots on the back of the other heads? They're a lot brighter in real life.

COOL - you have Black Light Birds!

That would be really cool if it comes out the orange glow ones were all of one sex - black light sexable birds - just cool. Maybe mark them in some way so you can see what they come out to be when they grow up.

It will probably turn out to be something mundane.. like they got food on their head...

Although from my experiences of black light - it works better on real white than it does on diluted white - so maybe those have a "barring" spot on their heads?

 

[ronott1]

okay, so I have a weird question. I hatched out 5 chicks from grocery store eggs. They're white with a few small black spots. Well, they're growing right along & I just switched out their heat lamp to a smaller watt bulb that happens to be a blacklight. I've used the blacklights before - they work just fine as heat lamps.

The bizarre thing is... two of the chicks have bright orange spots under the black light - the other three just look normal.
Anybody know why? I'm just really curious. Now I'm gonna have to take pics of the other birds under a blacklight...


Here's a pic of them when they first hatched last week:



Here they are tonight under a black light:
The middle one looks normal, but see the orange spots on the back of the other heads? They're a lot brighter in real life.

Has Mork from Ork been visiting your place?

My guess it that there is more pure white there.

Bye the way, those are Austra Whites--A cross between an Australorp and a White Leghorn. They will be great egg layers!

 

[PetRock]

okay, so I have a weird question. I hatched out 5 chicks from grocery store eggs. They're white with a few small black spots. Well, they're growing right along & I just switched out their heat lamp to a smaller watt bulb that happens to be a blacklight. I've used the blacklights before - they work just fine as heat lamps.

The bizarre thing is... two of the chicks have bright orange spots under the black light - the other three just look normal.
Anybody know why? I'm just really curious. Now I'm gonna have to take pics of the other birds under a blacklight...


Here's a pic of them when they first hatched last week:



Here they are tonight under a black light:
The middle one looks normal, but see the orange spots on the back of the other heads? They're a lot brighter in real life.

Very cool! I never thought about black lighting my chicks!

 

[PetRock]

Oh, pshaw! This assistance and camaraderie is what BYC is all about - being there for others. Many of us have had similar needs, or WILL, and are just paying it forward. As have you on other occasions.

Don't struggle alone.

Thank you!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

And the drama continues...There are some days that I am so discouraged that I think about rehoming all of my chickens. Sigh... One of my little 4 wk old OE chicks is sick again. The 6 days of treatment with Sulmet for Coccidiosis ended last Thursday. Since then, they have been getting probiotics and electrolytes in their water. All have been healthy and thriving. Then this morning, when I checked on them, I heard a big sneeze. It was one of the biggest OE chicks. I'm pretty sure he is a he! When I picked him up, he was gurgling/crackling so I immediately separated him from the rest of the chicks. He is kicking back in his own private cat kennel with food and Denagard in his water. He doesn't have any nasal discharge or any signs of eye problems. He just sneezes occasionally and sound horrible when he breathes. I haven't seen him eat at all and I have twice given him medicated water by syringe being careful to drip it on the end of his beak so he wouldn't aspirate it. I just checked on him and found a large bloody poo. Coccidiosis, again? I have been feeding them King natural starter crumbles dry and also fermented. They do make a mess with the fermented feed and I waited an extra day to clean out their brooder so it was day 3 on the same pine shavings. Does it sound like a respiratory infection or maybe mold? The other chicks seem fine but I am dosing them with a preventative dosage of Denagard. Any advice for me?

Also maybe try some Vetrex on the comb and wattles and legs. Vitamins and ACV in the water.
Sulmet is also good for chickens with discharge conjestion I was told it is also good for coccidosis . it could also possibly be allergic to the dander ( not sure on that but there is alot of things in the air )
wet shavings could also play a roll.
I guess I am no help.

 

[mendocinosunris]

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I was kinda thinking about that - black light sexable chicks - wouldn't that be awesome???
I don't quite understand the genetics on whites. So there's a white that would cover barring? Is that what's called "dominant white"?

Has Mork from Ork been visiting your place?

Bye guess it that there is more pure white there.

Bye the way, those are Austra Whites--A cross between an Australorp and a White Leghorn. They will be great egg layers!

Mork is probably as good an explanation as any. My place has always been a bit spacey.

Australorp x leghorn - sounds like a good cross. I've been wondering what the heck they are! Wonder if they'll lay brown eggs or white...

Very cool! I never thought about black lighting my chicks!

Haha! the black light was sort of an accident last year. I needed a heat lamp & the store was out of red bulbs. Actually, I like the black light better than the red. The chicks are a lot calmer at night. I don't think they can see the black light very well at all.

 

[mendocinosunris]

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I wish, I wish I knew what would help. All I can do is

I didn't think coccidosis caused respiratory issues. It does sound like a respiratory infection as well as cocci, maybe.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: They will lay white to cream colored eggs. They lay like a leghorn but are very friendly and not high strung like leghorns. They like you right? Leghorns always think I am going to kill them....

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: I believe it's an hour, twice a day, for ten days. Good luck!

 

[mendocinosunris]

Quote: They will lay white to cream colored eggs. They lay like a leghorn but are very friendly and not high strung like leghorns. They like you right? Leghorns always think I am going to kill them....

Cool. They seem pretty mellow. They climb all over my hands when I'm refilling their feeder - and they'll do ANYTHING for a mealworm.