D'uccle Thread

[wegotchickens]

Mine didn't register as anything other than "Shipper has regstered ths package, but it may not have actually shipped yet" right up until the time it said "package out for delivery."


Carolyn, my daughter thinks it's kinda funny, but is also getting bored and is ready for the social aspects o school. We have no kids her age in our neighborhood.
She was really ticked off that she had to help wash chicken feet tonight

Birds are spit-shined, boxed and ready to go. They'll get some water and light feed tomorrow. Right now they're covered with a blanket to help them stay warm and make them rest. None of mine are used to being washed, so even the ones who are 'old hands' at being shown were a little upset and freaked out.


I need input: The TX birds came to me with ugly feet. Not just the nails needing to be trimmed, but the scales on their toes aren't just rough, but some are exaggeratedly large. I thought it was scaly mites, and wiped them down with vaseline for weeks, but there was no change. They've also been dosed with Ivomectin (the drops kind. Ivermectin/Ivo?).
Anyway, could there be anything else that causes funky leg scales? They don't pick at them or act aggitated over them in any way, there are no other issues.... But nothing would make them sleek (if they were ever sleek to begin with?) the way my birds have sleek-ish feet

 

[speckledhen]

I have a couple girls whose first couple of scales above the toes are raised up, but I treat and treat and they never seem to change. It's right where the toes grips and bends just above the nail. I don't think those are leg mites now.

 

[wegotchickens]

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These are all on the toes, the legs look perfectly sleek (where there aren't feather shafts, anyway). That's what threw me about the leg mite thing.

Some of these gals are older, so maybe it's an age thing....

 

[GypsyChic]

Thanks Lori, I appreciate the packing complement. I do the best I can to make sure my babies arrive alive.

AC, thanks hun, I sent them fresh pick and divided the 2dzn between you and CP, they are FRESH eggs, so...

That's wired CP that they said yesterday they were scanned and on truck, and today a different story

WHERE ARE MY (YOUR) Eggs??? I cant immagine this happening, I mean really

after everything else. GAWD, I'm gonna go

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now. if ANYONE gets and update, please let me know. Otherwise I'll be

about the whole deal. Thanks gang...Nyt.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

Misty, my eggs were process thru Harrisburg this morning at 3:14 am, so I WILL get them today. Not sure what time I will get them, but they will get to me today. Now let's hope the ride from Harrisburg to here is safe.

 

[GypsyChic]

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Oh Wonderful Christine!

Thanks for the update hun, I sooooo appreciate that. Now if CP's eggs will show up too, that would be perfect! Let me know what condition they are in when you unpack them AC. After being out so long I hope the PO took care of them and they arent scrambled.

 

[Carolynspeeps]

OH GS....

our poor eggies. No one seems to know where they are. My PO said the system shows a delivery date of 1/13 however, it never arrived at my PO.
The tracking info is useless, it only shows that the electronic info was sent.

 

[wegotchickens]

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[GypsyChic]

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Bless your heart, hang in there, maybe today will be the day, if not, I'm

they arrive tomorrow. What good is a tracking number if you cant track it till it arrives at your PO? I dont get it.

WGC, I'm not sure about the bird feet thing. Wish I could help but honestly it sounds like 'older bird syndrome' to me. I've never delt w leg/scale mites sorry I cant help more

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

Here you are all teasing me with talk of eggs and hatching.
All of my D's are still not laying as we do not supliment the light.
On a happier note one of our Faverolles and 2 EES started to lay this week so they should be coming sometime???????

I hatched some last Feb that were really cold close to freezing for hours before we collected them. THey all hatched but hte only problem was one hen that here one wing would not feather out properly. It was about 9 Months before she had all of the wing feathers.