D'uccle Thread

[Lorilyn Farms]

Thank you soooo much~!

You aren't selling Merlin, are you? Just his babies?

 

[nothingbutbirds]

Game started is high in protein. I would put them on a Layer type of feed. I don't know about wry neck. I would lower your protein. 

my layer sais not to feed them it till they are 18 wks of age they are only 10 wks

 

[wwmicasa1]

thanks my hen is better today but now another one has it . is there something wrong with there diet.i feed them
game bird starter
grit calcium mix
sraps on occasion
corn as a trest every couple of days
i have never had wry neck before or anything else really like it

Wry neck is caused by the bird not being able to absorb enough Vitamin B 12. Have you ever seen "Rooster Booster"? It is liquid Vit B 12 with K added. Sometimes it is just a "one time thing". Other times you might have a bird that continues to need the extra vit B 12 once or twice a week forever. I also think the game bird is too high in protein. I would go to a 16 or 17 % layer pellet or crumble. Good luck~!

 

[wwmicasa1]

my layer sais not to feed them it till they are 18 wks of age they are only 10 wks

I think game bird is still too high in protein for a 10 week old.

 

[wwmicasa1]

You aren't selling Merlin, are you? Just his babies?

Nooooo...Merlin is "my man" & will live here forever. I do have 2 of his sons who are nicely marked.

 

[nothingbutbirds]

I do the SAV_A_CHICK  electrolytes, plus a vitamin E popped into warm water and feed by eyedropper. Then put bird in warm place and let him/her rest. Keep feeding the water  and if the bird has what it takes to recover, it will.  Some birds I'd swear were on death's bed, but I did this and they recovered just fine. Usually happens if there is a hard enough peck on the head from another bird. It happened to my shipped birds. Mailmen must have thrown the box and by the time I got them, they were both out of sorts and thought I would lose them both, but I didn't.

getting hit on the head can do it . maybe thats why silkies are prone to wry neck. i just dont understand why the game bird food would bevaffecting yhis batch only i gave other batches of chicks the same diet and never had this happen before. im confuzzled

 

[hdowden]

The cockerels are $20 ea. If you could give me your zip code, I can get a shipping price

71446 leesville, LA

 

[nothingbutbirds]

Wry neck is caused by the bird not being able to absorb enough Vitamin B 12. Have you ever seen "Rooster Booster"? It is liquid Vit B 12 with K added. Sometimes it is just a "one time thing". Other times you might have a bird that continues to need the extra vit B 12 once or twice a week forever. I also think the game bird is too high in protein. I would go to a 16 or 17 % layer pellet or crumble. Good luck~!

rooster booster is what i got for them yesterday. im also giving them electrolytes and vitamin e or whatever other vitamin u told me to use. i use dumor chicken food and there are three stages
maybe i should give them the grower finisher till i can get reg chick food

 

[mstricer]

Quote: Nice Blue, I won't breed him, his wattles might qualify for a DQ. Tail feathers may have too much white. If the black is young, he still might get tips on his tail feathers. The blue has too much white in tail feathers. Not Judging, just observing

 

[wwmicasa1]

Nice Blue, I won't breed him, his wattles might qualify for a DQ. Tail feathers may have too much white. If the black is young, he still might get tips on his tail feathers. The blue has too much white in tail feathers. Not Judging, just observing

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