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[iamfivewire]

although not a great photo, but here is our young cockerel (aprox 5+1/2 months).
not the best for cushion comb (his is bumpy), but seems to be a nice boy.
He is available 4sale if anyone is interested in trying out the breed - otherwise he'll most likely end up being dinner in 3 weeks

I didn't take any photos of our adult group - they are molting + muddy from all the rain this past week

 

[Candy442]

My EE Tyrion is molting. She always gets a hard molt & is currently bald in a few places. This year it's her comb that has me worried.
For the past month, I've noticed white bumps on her comb. At 1st I thought pieces of sand wedged into the grooves. But cleaning/wiping her comb didn't help. It can't be picked off (& I didn't want to fuss with it too much) I thought a mild injury & tried triple antibiotic. Then dryness & tried Vaseline. Nothing worked yet. She seems OK & is very active within the flock. No personality change. No other chickens affected.

Has anyone seen this before????




This is what she looked like in July.

this was interesting read: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270380/white-spots-on-my-hens-comb-pic. From fungal to a possible metabolism issue from Febendazole type worm medication.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Thanks everyone for the breed discussion! Very interesting and helpful.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Sorry for the repeat post but just wanted to post again in case someone is interested. Contacting 4h tomorrow to see if anyone is interested, then advertising PM if interested

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Still have the goat wethers looking for a new home. Hoping to find a pet home for these guys.

Vet was outand gave them a clean bill of health. No need to worm. She thought someone might want to train them for cart pulling for 4h. (Not sure if they can do 4h with horns, however. Probably varies from location to location.)

They are 5 yo Spanish/Boer cross. I got them for brush clearing. Have been on browse and hay with a free-feed mineral; and they were fed the same way where they came from.

Strong healthy guys and great pets. Very friendly, follow you around like a dog!

 

[Indyshent]

So wide awake after 230 am... @Indyshent t I do not have any other birds left to offer. Reading posts just not able to be here a lot. As far as layers and dual purpose, my experiences.
Leghorn are an awesome large white egg layer, and do earn their keep well. Roosters are pretty small, not much there for dual purpose ideals.
RIR really fit well for dual purpose! Good layers. "Production" Roosters can be real jerks. I tried to always keep a heritage bred rooster.
Love the rock breeds and Orpingtons. Both hardy, good layers and dual purpose. Eggs are slower maybe 4-5 eggs a week per hen.
Australorp didn't work for us, good layers but way too broody. Roosters were an issue! Tried 4 total all 4 were human aggressive.
Heritage and production breeds will always give different results. its all in what you want to spend on your chicks and if you plan, IF you want to breed.
We are down to very few chickens. I still have my Leghorn and some RIR. My best layers. And my OEGs, just pets honestly. I plan to be totally out of chickens and pigs soon. Having a hard time letting leghorn, RIR and the OEGs go

Looking at the feeders I have and a few heated water dishes.
Have to focus on being able to be gone a few days at a time.
We all chose a path for our life. My choice was to support, care for my parents the last few years I have them. From this point that's what I have to do. Chickens can be replaced, as much as I will miss them. My Mom not so much.

Have you considered building a wall feeder and installing a nipple system? Or you could do a cheap wall-mounted waterer on the same gravity-fed design. They would allow you to be gone several days. I'd say Fort Know your Leghorns and keep them at least. You want eggs and company to help you decompress. OEGB would help a bit with that, too. Neither eat much, so your feed bill will be drastically reduced. Two small groups could be kept closer to the other livestock, so you won't have to walk as much out of the way to tend to them or look out the window to enjoy watching them.

 

[pbirdhaven]

So wide awake after 230 am... @Indyshent t I do not have any other birds left to offer. Reading posts just not able to be here a lot. As far as layers and dual purpose, my experiences.
Leghorn are an awesome large white egg layer, and do earn their keep well. Roosters are pretty small, not much there for dual purpose ideals.
RIR really fit well for dual purpose! Good layers. "Production" Roosters can be real jerks. I tried to always keep a heritage bred rooster.
Love the rock breeds and Orpingtons. Both hardy, good layers and dual purpose. Eggs are slower maybe 4-5 eggs a week per hen.
Australorp didn't work for us, good layers but way too broody. Roosters were an issue! Tried 4 total all 4 were human aggressive.
Heritage and production breeds will always give different results. its all in what you want to spend on your chicks and if you plan, IF you want to breed.
We are down to very few chickens. I still have my Leghorn and some RIR. My best layers. And my OEGs, just pets honestly. I plan to be totally out of chickens and pigs soon. Having a hard time letting leghorn, RIR and the OEGs go

Looking at the feeders I have and a few heated water dishes.
Have to focus on being able to be gone a few days at a time.
We all chose a path for our life. My choice was to support, care for my parents the last few years I have them. From this point that's what I have to do. Chickens can be replaced, as much as I will miss them. My Mom not so much.

Enjoy your parents! My mom is 96, and it's hard to imagine being without her.

 

[pbirdhaven]

The Lebanon show is in two weeks--the 15th. Usually a lot of sale birds there as breeders have decided who they are keeping and offering the rest.

 

[wheezy50]

Finally got around to taking a few pictures. These are my Lavender orps and black split to Lavender roo. I have 6 lavender hens, one black split to lavender hen. I still have 2 more young black splits that I think are pullets but can't tell for sure yet. Some of these are 1.5 yrs and a couple are from Feb-Mar of this year. I lost around 15 of my grow outs to a raccoon attack.

 

[wheezy50]

Can't get the other pics to load right now. I forgot to mention, I got my birds originally from @kittydoc and @jchny2000

 

[wheezy50]

There are some directly from them and some I've hatched and added to the flock. I had some cocci problems this spring/summer as well. Lost a few more lavenders throughout the year.