D'uccle Thread

[Bantamlover124]

Awwww... I lost a d'UCCLE chick, it never hatched and now I have one noisy and lonely Easter Egger chick I hope I have better luck next hatch, a storm happened to come through, wiping out two of my chicks, along with the power.
Then my d'UCCLE was turned too long or too much humidity...

 

[K Epp]

Well if you come through N GA this weekend I will give you a couple of EE chicks. There are a couple dozen in this hatch.

 

[Bantamlover124]

I doubt I will, I live in Wisconsin- where is NGA?

 

[CGinJCMO]

NGA=Northern Georgia

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote:Originally Posted by K Epp
what are the beginning symptoms? Any wheezing? Lethargic? Stumbling? What does the poo look like, is it yellow, foamy, or bloody? Are they feathering right? Are they inbreed at all? Are all the eyes the right color?

 

[Bantamlover124]

Here is my d'UCCLE!

 

[K Epp]

Poo was normal. Some of them did stumble and act lathargic some were fine and just died. They had been vaccinated for Mareks. Feathers and eyes looked fine. They were hatchery chicks so I would say no to inbreeding.

 

[mstricer]

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Good deal. I lost my last d'Uccle chick today, but came home tonight to chicks hatching on day 17 in incubator. Silkie is now named Big Mama. I wasn't prepared so chicks went with her and I locked bator down.

what are the beginning symptoms? Any wheezing? Lethargic? Stumbling? What does the poo look like, is it yellow, foamy, or bloody? Are they feathering right? Are they inbreed at all? Are all the eyes the right color?

Inbreeding has nothing to do with it. It does not cause gentic issues, mutations or anything like that chickens are not like people. When I get home I will quote something's that were in the ABA yearbook I just got in the mail.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

My last hatch ended up being brother/ sister on accident, due to losing the first set of eggs and my broody momma needing a diff set of eggs;

One is ok one died due to what i strongly believe was a bad heart valve.
I thought at first that she had lung problems. Initially she was pooping fine but puffed, then it progressed to a lung crackle, then a popping sound. Very loud. I tried antibiotics to no avail. When i looked up the symptoms a post very similar to mine popped up and that was one of the suggestions. The other possibilities were aspiration and bacterial and fungal infections of the lungs, but again pooping normal and she was being raised in my house by a mom. And a heat lamp at the end because she wasn't making any body heat. The big red flag was her stopping her growth at 4 weeks, feathers and size both.

I haven't found my porcelains to be particularly hardy. Momma is a booted bantam porcelain, the other two are breeder stock. ????? mom had to be nursed on sugar water to keep her alive when i got her home, and the other two were very "quiet" and lethargic acting chicks next to the other ones. (EE's)

 

[Bantamlover124]

How many chicks from that batch hatch?