D'uccle Thread

[hdowden]

You have 2 Pyrenees. Omgosh love her to death, but she escapes for every where. Some people tell me to crate her, but I'm afraid she is going to hurt herself. She is supposed to guard the chickens eventually. She likes to chase the turkeys and likes to molest the chicks with her nose, still think she would eat them if I let her. The plan is to set up a secure brooder in the mud room with her so she learns they are her charge and not food or a toy. One of my d'Uccles just started laying again, so hopefully, I can get enough to set to check for fertility, and sell a few.

not pyrenees but a dashound and her mixed pup (a chawinne) the mom will kill and eat chickens she has to be chained in order to prevent this although i hate chaining a dashound up but her pup, cleo, just likes to run around them and not harm them. i hope to get a good sized kennel that i can set up to were there is a good layer of fencing or something under the whole bottom so they don't dig out and a top so they can't climb. the bottom would be under ground so the wiring wouldn't hurt anybody as they play around.

kennel training would be a good idea though. i like to create train mine, it's like their little get away from craziness if they need to go to their create (a little safe heaven sort of).

all of my chickens have stopped laying. i am getting everyone ready to go to the local fair for the kids to show but been dealing with leg mites and nothing seems to be working right now so they might not get to take them this year but thats ok we have some backups that belong to my parents so if our legs aren't good to go they will still have some chickens to show and they even help take of those as well as their own. they are 4 and 5 and i hope they keep this up

 

[fuzzybutt love]

For leg mites i mix 1 part permethrin with 1 part partially melted vasaline.
The only hesitation i have is the dosage, since that is for a big bird. For such a tiny banty i would use only 1 part permethrin to 2 parts vasaline, see if that works first.
The day before i do it i wash the legs, smear plain vasaline up into the scales, and let it soften (If it's a bad case) Then the day of i take a toothpick and GENTLY pick as much of the mite crud out of the scales as i can without hurting (again, if it's a bad case where the scales are raised) This helps the meds penetrate better.
Then i go to treating, smear the medicated vasaline UP into the scales on the whole leg, toes and all. This treatment not only smothers the mites, it kills them on contact. I have done it on new birds, and it seems to work in one treatment! You can do it again in a week if it makes you feel better Another option would be to use olive oil instead of the vasaline, that may be better for the showing since it won't be as sticky.

This hen's scales were all standing straight up, this is a month after the treatment. All but a couple scales had layed back down, it took a bit of time for them to lay flat again because of how bad it had been. There are instructions that come with the bottle for making poultry spray, if you have wood roosts i would spray them as well just to be sure the little buggers are really gone.

 

[joanie_maine]

My little blue mille fleur pullet. She came from a mille fleur roo and a porcelain hen breeding.

 

[mstricer]

You have 2 Pyrenees. Omgosh love her to death, but she escapes for every where. Some people tell me to crate her, but I'm afraid she is going to hurt herself. She is supposed to guard the chickens eventually. She likes to chase the turkeys and likes to molest the chicks with her nose, still think she would eat them if I let her. The plan is to set up a secure brooder in the mud room with her so she learns they are her charge and not food or a toy. One of my d'Uccles just started laying again, so hopefully, I can get enough to set to check for fertility, and sell a few.

not pyrenees but a dashound and her mixed pup (a chawinne) the mom will kill and eat chickens she has to be chained in order to prevent this although i hate chaining a dashound up but her pup, cleo, just likes to run around them and not harm them. i hope to get a good sized kennel that i can set up to were there is a good layer of fencing or something under the whole bottom so they don't dig out and a top so they can't climb. the bottom would be under ground so the wiring wouldn't hurt anybody as they play around. 

kennel training would be a good idea though. i like to create train mine, it's like their little get away from craziness if they need to go to their create (a little safe heaven sort of). 

all of my chickens have stopped laying. i am getting everyone ready to go to the local fair for the kids to show but been dealing with leg mites and nothing seems to be working right now so they might not get to take them this year but thats ok we have some backups that belong to my parents so if our legs aren't good to go they will still have some chickens to show and they even help take of those as well as their own. they are 4 and 5 and i hope they keep this up  

I'm afraid to crate train Zoe she escapes from everything. My other two dogs are crate trained. Just not her. I don't want her to get hurt.

 

[mstricer]

Got another egg today will collect for 10 days, set check eggs and if they are growing, start collecting again   coffekittie   and away we go. Come November the kids should start laying and all everyone will be moved around. Weather should be good still   for shipping eggs and peeps will be getting bored and wanting to hatch, and bantams stay small so they last longer in brooders and in the basement or garage. Bring on winter. My projects are falling right in place for winter time fun and a nice auction sale in spring. 

If the eggs ship when it's cold out, won't they freeze in the unheated freight compartment of the plane?  Do heat packs in the box help?  Does anyone have experience (including mstricer of course) shipping eggs during fall/winter? Someday I'll have to do it myself, and I'd like to do it properly!

I like falling asleep to the little peeps and trills...big, upset chirps jerk me up out of sleep, lol.  I'm in a tiny space while building my home, so the chicks are practically underfoot - in fact, there are two baby rabbits living with me while they get ready to live with all the others....plus my two cats...I might as well go live in the pen. 
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Bring on the chickees!!

I've bought eggs in the winter. You just have to make sure there are no storms coming and the temps aren't to low.

 

[Stewzoo]

I am having one of those days where I can't remember...ugh. I have some chicks that are about 3 weeks old and another set that are about 5 weeks old. At about what age do the spots start showing up? I am starting to separate ones that I want to keep for show vs pet quality ones.

Also, I had one black chick hatch out of a millie pairing. Not sure where that came from. I am hoping that it may be a black mottled

. I have never had black mottleds. When do their spots start showing. Right now, he/she looks like a little penguin.

 

[hdowden]

For leg mites i mix 1 part permethrin with 1 part partially melted vasaline.
The only hesitation i have is the dosage, since that is for a big bird. For such a tiny banty i would use only 1 part permethrin to 2 parts vasaline, see if that works first.
The day before i do it i wash the legs, smear plain vasaline up into the scales, and let it soften (If it's a bad case) Then the day of i take a toothpick and GENTLY pick as much of the mite crud out of the scales as i can without hurting (again, if it's a bad case where the scales are raised) This helps the meds penetrate better.
Then i go to treating, smear the medicated vasaline UP into the scales on the whole leg, toes and all. This treatment not only smothers the mites, it kills them on contact. I have done it on new birds, and it seems to work in one treatment! You can do it again in a week if it makes you feel better Another option would be to use olive oil instead of the vasaline, that may be better for the showing since it won't be as sticky.

This hen's scales were all standing straight up, this is a month after the treatment. All but a couple scales had layed back down, it took a bit of time for them to lay flat again because of how bad it had been. There are instructions that come with the bottle for making poultry spray, if you have wood roosts i would spray them as well just to be sure the little buggers are really gone.

i'm gonna have to tr this. thank you

 

[FairLeaBantams]

My little blue mille fleur pullet. She came from a mille fleur roo and a porcelain hen breeding.

I got a blue mille cockeral from the same combination, but he is sooo dark, he almost looks like a regular mille, yours is beautiful!

 

[FairLeaBantams]

Love those lemons.. beautiful! Ok so i am in love with my d'uccle... here are my there new ones again. Still working on getting the porcelein roo to not be so skittish. And here are the babies again.... who doesnt need those cute babies around! They are with the buff orp mommie and a silkie sibling. The one I thought was a golden neck has got a little darker color on its wings. Not sure what it will look like when it gets bigger. Hoping my black mottles look nice...that is their real momma in the first pic, the blue mille and the porcelein are both around 4 months old so young still! Is his comb considered big?

Love the black mottled and I am excited to see how the little gold-neck/mille guy turns out!

 

[Helen in the Desert]

I am having one of those days where I can't remember...ugh. I have some chicks that are about 3 weeks old and another set that are about 5 weeks old. At about what age do the spots start showing up? I am starting to separate ones that I want to keep for show vs pet quality ones.

Also, I had one black chick hatch out of a millie pairing. Not sure where that came from. I am hoping that it may be a black mottled

. I have never had black mottleds. When do their spots start showing. Right now, he/she looks like a little penguin.

Takes a while to get the spots, maybe even after the 1st molt. The chick sounds like it will be black mottled.