- May 27, 2010
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I wonder if that is what is up with my SFH Rooster. I had the vet out to look at him and he could find nothing wrong with him. He just acts puny. When he is not eating or chasing women, he will fluff up and "roost". He also never crows. He is in with our eating eggs hens and I really never thought about giving him any vitamins. When I got him he was really beat up. His feathers were all ratty and "pulled".I can go through this chat all day long and not contribute because I will have at least 15 to read before I catch up and by the time I get to the end I forgot what I was going to say. Go figure- if its important enough I will quote it on a separate tab.it gets exhausting.
Madamwlf- I feel your pain with the not knowing what you are getting. When we purchased our first BLRW we just thought they were all the same- now we know there are a lot of color variations.
I am starting to learn to do my research completely before I jump into a breed. I am head over foot into SFH's and am learning that they need vitamins added to keep them tip top shape. I actually give all my birds poultry drench and ACV everyday, I have found I have no need for meds by doing this and have virtually no sick birds and the ones that get sick were not very healthy to begin with. I had a SFH that acted crippled and couldn't walk. I thought about culling him but, I loved his color and crest so I kept babying him. I started him on extra vitamins and about a week later- all better and hoping around like everyone else, that was a few months ago and still doing good.
Recently I took icelandics from a swap and didn't think anything about it till they were in the hatcher and realized I have them with SFH's. Not a good idea, can't tell any difference- hopefully when they grow up I can tell them apart- hopefully...
