cochins

[bantyman]

Thats why she is kept penned up

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I'll take four of those along with a cockerel!!

 

[chikkinlittlesc]

Chiknmama,
Hope you find out what is wrong with your flock. Hope you don't lose anymore. Hope you able to keep your cochins well. They are a wonderful breed.
chikkinlittlesc

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Thanks, I am hoping for the best, but fear the worst.

I currently don't have any sickies, the last one had to be put down this morning (a bantam black tailed white jap cockerel- beautiful bird). I am afraid the rest might be carriers, though (I suspect IB, but have not confirmed. I burned the carcasses, don't have time to take them over 100 miles to be tested).

I can still sell hatching eggs, since IB doesn't carry over to the eggs, but my flock is closed, now, except for what I hatch out myself.

I really only had four that got sick - two of which only had a snotty nose for a day, then got better. The bantam cochin that had to be put down looked like he was getting better (just had snotty nose, too) but one morning he was laying on his side and could not get up or move at all. Still breathing, but I figured that was it for him, so I culled him.

The young Jap had swollen sinuses. No stink, so I don't think it is coryza, but his eyes swelled shut, and he could not find the food or water. His eyes were even leaking puss (sorry for the graphic depiction).

The odd thing is, no other birds are sick - no symptoms at all. They were in a pen with at least 20 other bantams.

I am watching carefully to see if any others get swollen sinuses, or begin to get snotty.

It's just so depressing when you realize that bringing in a couple of healthy looking birds (that were more than likely carriers) can spell disaster for your flock. How do you protect from that? Other than never buying another strange bird, there is no way to tell if a healthy seeming bird is a carrier of something horrible. Even quarantine won't give you any clues if they don't show any signs.

So, from now on I'll hatch any chickens that add to my flock, and hope they don't catch some lingering thing from the rest of them who are running around.

Other than killing off all of my chickens (a little over 50 of them) I don't have any other choice but to not sell chicks or chickens to anyone.

I still just don't understand how two can get so sick they die within a week, and the rest are fine and dandy - no signs of illness at all.

the bright side is I have some standard cochin eggs set to hatch next sunday - I hope I have at least a trio out of the 8 good cochins eggs that are left.

meri

 

[Msbear]

That really stinks, Chicknmama

I had gotten a couple "free birds" I was going to integrate in my flock. I got them home and they were snotty and stinky. I had them on tetracycline for 5 days (separated from my birds) and they never showed improvment so I sent them back after hearing stories about how they can still be carriers. I suspected coryza

Im only buying from certified flocks and hatching eggs from now on too. Maybe your other birds never caught it. If no one else gets sick, you probably lucked out.

Wishing you all the best

 

[onthespot]

not sure if it is practical or possible, but maybe you could have your flock tested. Then you would know for sure.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Thanks

What kills me is the new birds never showed any symptoms - they looked and acted healthy, but they must have been carriers. Makes me angry that people would knowingly sell birds that could make someone else's flock sick and make them carriers, also.

I hope no one else gets sick, and I hope they are clean.

meri

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I could take the dead birds to Louisville to have them tested, but that is over 100 miles from me, one way. I just don't have time right now with the holidays coming up (I got company coming down from Michigan the rest of the month, off and on) to take them up there.

I have heard there is a vet in town I could take a sick bird to to have it tested, but I haven't had the chance to do that even. The two that got sick and died did so within a few days. Not much chance to plan a trip to the vet with it going so fast.

Heck, the antiibiotics didn't even have enough time to help them much before they died. I am continuing antibiotics to the others that were in the pen, and maybe I can prevent something from passing that way.

meri

 

[cruzinTbird]

This young pullet is from bantyman. He sells his good ones!

 

[Laskaland]

OMG! I think I am in LOVE with those FRIZZLES. I don;t know if I have ever seen one. I'm in trouble now!
BEAUTIFUL
Christina

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