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My silkie is getting worse he cant hold his own head anymore. if it was a deficency wouldnt it effect all the silkies? Someone on the silkie thread said maybe brain damagr. What are the symptoms of brain damagr and what do i do

i hate seeing him suffer

Deficiencies do not always affect all the birds...at least not in the same way. Sometimes you are provifing everythinh they need, but for some reason one bird may not be conuming everything, may not consume adequate amounts or may not be able to assimilate it in the correct way. For example....you can give calcium supplements to everyone at the same rateand they may all cunsume the same amount, but if one is a loner and spends all of it't time in the coop with no exposure to the sun, it may not be getting enought D3 to allow it to process and make use of the calcium.

That said, I tend to agree with some of the others that it is sounding more and more like some sort of injury. You may have to consider culling.

There is an post here on another forum on head injuries in chickens with links to a Youtube and an article. Many of the symptoms described are early on. Your bird may have progressed beyonf the initial symptoms here. Steroifs is one of the things I am seeing here as treatment, but you might have to get that from a vet.

http://dlhunicorn.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=casestudiesemergencies&action=display&num=1160927052

 

[Kaylish]

today we said good bye to a good friend and member of our family

Freda we miss you already


putting a friend like her down really Stinks

I'm so sorry.

Losing family is never easy.

 

[Happy Chooks]

here are my latest babies and the ones I am sitting for laura

The deep yellow in the back has me scratching my head. I thought the only brown eggs I had under her were Dels but that baby is a yellow chipmunk?? It may be one of Godiva's but I wouldn't have expected her chicks to be yellow when she is brown and dad is Red but it is definitely not belonging to one of the Australorps or a Del or Norma or my Speckled Sussex.




And the Marans crew plus a couple of Isbar crosses

Adorable, congrats!

today we said good bye to a good friend and member of our family

Freda we miss you already


putting a friend like her down really Stinks

I'm so sorry Jason.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

To my fellow Pita Pinta breeders (Megan, Ron, Candy, Karen, Jules, Brice):  I just discovered some things to look for when choosing which birds to use for breeding.  I was spending time sitting in the pen with my 4 older Pita Pinta pullets when I noticed that 1 of them had white legs with black spots and the other 3 had yellow legs with black spots.  I looked at my younger PP's and sure enough about 1/4 of them have white legs.  The Spanish standard calls for yellow legs with black spots.  I am going to have to take a look at my breeding flock at the farm and move any white legged pullets to the layer flock.  Someone is passing on white legs to the chicks!  At hatch their legs look pinkish but by 4-6 weeks, you can see the yellow.  I also learned on the Spanish sites that less than 75% white feathers in primaries, secondaries, and main tail feathers is a disqualification.  My flock has way too much black so I will be culling for that, too.  They are supposed to get more white with each molt just like Speckled Sussex do.  

Here is a list of disqualifications for the breed:

[COLOR=22292B]DISQUALIFICATIONS[/COLOR]
[COLOR=22292B]White wattles.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=22292B]Feathers in legs, feet and toes, more then 4 toes.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=22292B]Presence of beard and or crest.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=22292B]Less then 75% of white feathers in primaries, secondaries and main tail in the mottled roxa and mottled.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=22292B]Eggs with white shell and/or rough to the touch.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=22292B]Any comb other then simple.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=22292B]Presence of red/orangish feathers, other then in the “ ROXA “.[/COLOR]

Also, Ron, I found an article written in Spanish that shows several pics of white and yellow chicks.  I think that the article talks about it but I need to put it through a translator or find someone to read it for me.  

http://migallinero.webcindario.com/LA PITA PINTA 1995- 2003.pdf

I don't have any laying yet but I should
Sort now. I hope the boy we kept is good in the leg. How many molts
Before feather assessment ? Or is or right at pol?

Jason I'm so sorry about your girl!


Everyone thanks so much for the well wishes.

Aletheia Danae Purcell ...

 

[tommysgirl]

today we said good bye to a good friend and member of our family

Freda we miss you already


putting a friend like her down really Stinks

It is one of those things that hurts forever...I am sorry. They are worth it and you did the right thing but that doesn't make it less painful.

Aww,,,,that is so great for Gracie! I'm so glad she has some babies to raise!

You just never know with those broodies!. My Blue Wyandotte (in my avatar) has been raising the chicks from the BLRW eggs from PapaBrooder. Only 2 of 12 hatched because of the arm breaking on the Brinsea turning cradle. One was a splash and the other I was hoping was blue, but is looking black now. The splash started to fade for some reason even after feathering out fairly well. It just got weaker and weaker and finally died a few days ago. Anyway... the broody decided that she wanted to sleep the coop again so I started locking the remaining BLRW chick in with the 5 Mottled AM chicks. They are about 2 weeks different in age. The broody was pecking at them if they got too close to her or the chick the first couple of days, but now se seems to have taken them on. She calls them when she finds a goody and sticks pretty close to them now. She chases off the other birds if they threaten them. I am very glad she is taking care of them because I think it helps them intergrate into the flock. It doesn't hurt that the Broody is the top hen in a flock with no roosters either...

gs (at least the ones I can see into). Lots are developing. A couple of blood rings (SS). The seramas are looking like no-go's though.

I will keep you posted!


Adorable! Surprise chicks can be fun!

Well I gave the 3 littlest Marans...4 days old...to my broody sizzle last night. A covert op carried out in the dark. This morning she was chattering a way to them and was fiercely protective of her nest space...she was already a very grumpy broody and has not allowed anyone to lay in the nest box next to her for days. My first successful graft! Hope the one next week with the PPs and Konzas goes as well.

The crests aren't something I'm actively seeking out. I'm just not really wanting to support Silkies that are being bred to be very fragile and vulnerable for looks. The only Silkies I've had before were non-vaulted skull hatchery birds and they were tough little things, that is why I was thinking/hoping maybe the little flatheads had 'safer' skulls. I'm going to look at Papa Brooder's birds to try ot see what he has, I was wanting to get some eggs from him.

I will have pet quality hatching eggs when all this broody business is done.I All pet quality dad is white, moms will be blue (gracie) and black sizzle I will also have my Silkie/D'Uccle girl in that pen her chicks should be kind of fabulous...but who knows when they will be available. I am guessing now that both girls have chicks it will be another 6 weeks to 2 mos or so before they lay again and the cross is not at POL yet.

Then you should look along those lines and you won't have to deal with vaulting at all.

They still don't make the best mixed flock birds because they are such little marshmallows. They don't see well, can't fly and (in my experience) aren't aggressive. Of course if you want a chicken that will sit in your lap for a cuddle and will brood eggs FOREVER if necessary, they make a great little bird.

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Adorable, congrats!

Thanks

Aletheia Danae Purcell ...

I Love it! It is unique Is the first A long or short?

 

[PetRock]

Aletheia Danae Purcell ...

That's a beautiful name for a beautiful little girl!

I don't have any laying yet but I should
Sort now. I hope the boy we kept is good in the leg. How many molts
Before feather assessment ? Or is or right at pol?

If you get a chance in the next few days, would you please check out the legs on your PP's and get back to me on their color? I'm not sure when the Spanish assess the feather coloring. The article that I was reading just said that after first molt, they will have more white feathers. Another article said that the coloring they have as a chick will be an indication of how they end up as an adult. I'll have to mark the darkest and lightest chicks that I keep and see if that holds true. My breeding flock is still under a year and they are all more like 75% black instead of the other way around. It will be interesting to see what happens after their first molt.

 

[ronott1]

That's a beautiful name for a beautiful little girl!

If you get a chance in the next few days, would you please check out the legs on your PP's and get back to me on their color? I'm not sure when the Spanish assess the feather coloring. The article that I was reading just said that after first molt, they will have more white feathers. Another article said that the coloring they have as a chick will be an indication of how they end up as an adult. I'll have to mark the darkest and lightest chicks that I keep and see if that holds true. My breeding flock is still under a year and they are all more like 75% black instead of the other way around. It will be interesting to see what happens after their first molt.

It is too bad we can't get megan involved. Hers have gone through the first molt and will be working on the second now.

 

[PetRock]

It is too bad we can't get megan involved. Hers have gone through the first molt and will be working on the second now.

She must be very busy. Do you know when she was planning on getting married? Maybe she has been busy with school and a wedding?! She hasn't been on BYC since April.

 

[ronott1]

She must be very busy. Do you know when she was planning on getting married? Maybe she has been busy with school and a wedding?! She hasn't been on BYC since April.

That is probably it!

Maybe she will come back from Spain with more!

 

[debs_flock]

Aletheia Danae Purcell ...

Beautiful.

ADP...............sounds like she has a career plan all laid out.

Sorry, I worked in the payroll field for 30+ years.