I have what I think I will call the 'Porcelain Curse!'
It all started with the death of our favorite mille fleur d'Uccle, Dolly, around 6-7 years ago. We tried for years to get new mille fleurs, but long story short; they all either died or were roosters. We were finally able to get a mille fleur hen (who survived against all odds), but that's beside the point!
Since we were sick of dealing with roosters, we decided to buy from MPC since they sexed their bantams. In our order, we included one mille and one porcelain. The mille survived, but the porcelain was dead within 24 hours. This is where the 'porcelain' part of the curse comes in.
2 years later, and we buy from MPC again to retry our luck. We order a porcelain as well as one assorted bantam. When the box gets there, all chicks are alive and healthy. The assorted bantam is another mille, which is a bit annoying since we already had 2. But whatever, that's fine. The chicks are all looking good. One day I look at our porcelain, which we named Holly, and go 'uh-oh.' Because she is developing a scissor beak. This isn't even the first time we've gotten a scissor beak from MPC. UGH!! We finally put the poor thing out of its misery, but the stress of new introductions in the flock has caused another one of our hens to contract Marek's. We put that one down too.
I've been looking for ages trying to find an ADULT porcelain literally anywhere, but there are none to be found. Anyway, that's my curse.
Now tell me, have you ever had bad luck with a particular breed or type of chicken? Please share with us!!
It all started with the death of our favorite mille fleur d'Uccle, Dolly, around 6-7 years ago. We tried for years to get new mille fleurs, but long story short; they all either died or were roosters. We were finally able to get a mille fleur hen (who survived against all odds), but that's beside the point!
Since we were sick of dealing with roosters, we decided to buy from MPC since they sexed their bantams. In our order, we included one mille and one porcelain. The mille survived, but the porcelain was dead within 24 hours. This is where the 'porcelain' part of the curse comes in.
2 years later, and we buy from MPC again to retry our luck. We order a porcelain as well as one assorted bantam. When the box gets there, all chicks are alive and healthy. The assorted bantam is another mille, which is a bit annoying since we already had 2. But whatever, that's fine. The chicks are all looking good. One day I look at our porcelain, which we named Holly, and go 'uh-oh.' Because she is developing a scissor beak. This isn't even the first time we've gotten a scissor beak from MPC. UGH!! We finally put the poor thing out of its misery, but the stress of new introductions in the flock has caused another one of our hens to contract Marek's. We put that one down too.
I've been looking for ages trying to find an ADULT porcelain literally anywhere, but there are none to be found. Anyway, that's my curse.
Now tell me, have you ever had bad luck with a particular breed or type of chicken? Please share with us!!
Seemed to be the curse of the Javas, just like you had the curse of the porcelains
