INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[ellymayRans]

Hello all indiana BYC'ers.

I am in Northern Indiana and looking to get chicks from these breeds:

Black Copper Maran
Legbar
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte


I have 1 rooster and 2 hens of BCM
I have 1 legbar hen
I have 2 BLRW hens (both splash) I would take a darker Rooster, black or blue



If any of you are in the area, let me know and maybe we can get together.

thanks

I have BCM, Blue Copper Marans and Golden Cuckoo Marans but I'm in South Central IN. I also won't have eggs til May at this point! Disappointing but with the weather it's just not been working for me to get some things done for making sure they are pure. Maybe I will gat more accomplished this coming week with our nicer weather!! If so that would put me to mid/end of April

 

[Mother2Hens]

So now I seem to have another issue at hand. I noticed one of the chicks is hopping and not putting weight on his leg. I think it may be a slipped tendon?

Congrats on your hatch! This site is very helpful: PoultryPedia This link is within the site: Chickens' Leg Problems Scroll down until you see what may help the problem.
@kittydoc I'm sure you have access to professional information, but the PoultryPedia site has a section about spurs.
Also, for curiosity, I looked up purchasing kevlar material and there are many sites including: Kevlar Fabric | eBay There's also Kevlar tape, which maybe could be used on certain areas of a traditional apron. Pricey, but if it lasts forever...
Oh, and I was the one who used "conversational" when describing my departed, beloved, BJG. Actually, I find that most chickens are conversational-- it's just that some have louder conversations than others! haha

 

[ellymayRans]

[COLOR=8B4513]Congrats on your hatch! This site is very helpful:[/COLOR] PoultryPedia  [COLOR=8B4513]This link is within the site: [/COLOR]Chickens' Leg Problems [COLOR=8B4513]Scroll down until you see what may help the problem.[/COLOR]
[rule][COLOR=8B4513]@kittydoc
  I'm sure you have access to professional information, but the PoultryPedia site has a section about spurs.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=8B4513]​Also, for curiosity, I looked up purchasing kevlar material and there are many sites including: [/COLOR]Kevlar Fabric | eBay  [COLOR=8B4513]There's also Kevlar tape, which maybe could be used on certain areas of a traditional apron. Pricey, but if it lasts forever...[/COLOR]
[COLOR=8B4513]Oh, and I was the one who used "conversational" when describing my departed, beloved, BJG. Actually, I find that most chickens are conversational-- it's just that some have louder conversations than others! haha[/COLOR]
[rule]

Have a safe return home!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

morning everyone...still waiting on the last bird to hatch looks like its malpositioned...so i have been taking pieces of every 4 hours...and it still has no chance on helping itself out...its starting to fluff up in the shell....ill keep everyone posted but...i think it will finish hatching by itself now...hopefully

I might be getting a very cheap but broken compressor wine cooler on Sunday. If so I'll be posting asking for step by step help. Just a heads up.

Hello all indiana BYC'ers.

I am in Northern Indiana and looking to get chicks from these breeds:

Black Copper Maran
Legbar
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte


I have 1 rooster and 2 hens of BCM
I have 1 legbar hen
I have 2 BLRW hens (both splash) I would take a darker Rooster, black or blue



If any of you are in the area, let me know and maybe we can get together.

thanks

I have male legbar chicks at least 3 that hatched yesterday. It will be a while before I have any new legbar chicks though as my hens took a break for a couple weeks and just started up again yesterday. The roo has been on break too as 1 of the 2 eggs I tested was not fertile.

I think I have a darker BLRW roo. He would be about 8 weeks old if he is a he. I'll check more closely on Sunday. I have a few pet quality CCL hens that are 6-8 weeks old as well but it sounds like you are looking more for breeding purposes.

I'm close to @ellymayRans but not close to you at all.
@bradselig is closer to you maybe. He will have BLRW too.
@racinchickins is close to me and EllyMayRans and will have the CCL soon.

I have 6 blue sumatra chicks I'm going to list on craigslist. They are straight run and hatched 3/5 (yesterday).

 

[birdman55]

no problem just chat away with the questions...and ill try and do my best to help with that wine cooler...

 

[Acornewell]

@birdman55 I think we did catch his slipped tendon in time. I put a little bandage to hold it in place. Now we also have him in a little makeshift swing, sling thing! Fingers crossed it works!

 

[kittydoc]

With various forms of avian influenza getting closer to us all the time (Minnesota now), here's a good article written specifically with backyard flock owners in mind. http://www.oregonlive.com/pets/index.ssf/2015/03/pet_talk_protect_your_backyard.html

 

[kittydoc]

I need help of the more experienced poultry kings and queens on this thread. As a veterinarian, I hate to have to throw medical questions to the group because I feel like I should know, or be able to find the answer at least, in this case, I have been unsuccessful.

I have a 36 hour old chick that can't stand. On either leg. It is NOT splayed/spraddled (I wish it were that simple). It does NOT have curled toes. This completes my diagnostic powers--I know what it isn't. Based on photos I've seen, it also is not perosis (slipped tendon).

So I expect this chick to get up and start moving around well after it gets dry. It doesn't. It can move both legs and both feet, but it only moves around by wriggling with its body pretty much flat on the brooder bottom surface. It "sits up" by holding itself up on the backs of its hocks/ankles. When it's flat, it doesn't seen to be able to pick up its head, but it can hold its head up when it "sits back" or when I hold it. Basically, its leg muscles just feel weak to me. It has sensation in its feet.

It's a big, heavy chick (probably a cockerel based on its thick legs and giant feet). It peeps a TON when it is awake because it is aware of its distress.

I have hobbled it for splay leg even though that isn't the problem (I've had a couple of these, so I know what it looks like and it's always responded quickly). I started PolyVisol without iron drops today after reading a few articles online plus posts on BYC. It can't hurt.

Does ANYONE know what I'm looking at? Any additional ideas? I figure it will either get better (or not) within 4-6 days, and if it doesn't, I'll cull it (or sooner if it starts to suffer). It is bright and alert now.

I am very bad and usually assist with hatching. After this chick pipped, I waited over 12 hours, then slowly chipped it out partway, made sure it looked OK (yolk sac absorbed), then slipped it into the world. It was Day 22. If its legs were like this in the shell, which I can only assume they were, it would never have kicked itself out and probably died.

If I could figure out how to do it, I have been tempted to "sling it" with its feet just touching the ground. I don't know if that would help or not. I tried to splint both legs with soft bandages, but they were too bulky and the chick had even more trouble moving around because of the bulk of the bandage. I have not tried a less bulky wrap (like just a layer or two of Vetwrap) around its hocks, but might get up and try that now.

It's a spunky chick because it fights me all the way! Fortunately, right now it only shares quarters with one other chick hatched the previous day, and it generally leaves the sick one alone and goes about its own business.

TIA for any and all suggestions. This one is just a head scratcher for me. Whether it makes it or not, I always try to learn something that may benefit my chickens (or those of others) in the future.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@kittydoc
This sounds like typical symptoms that come with a B vitamin deficiency. Riboflavin deficiency is the most usual culpret. (Take a look at the section on Riboflavin on http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html )

Niacin also comes into play in these situations.

eTA:
HIT ENTER TOO QUICKLY. I'LL CONTINUE IN A SECOND POST.

 

[Leahs Mom]

QUICK (NOT SO NATURAL) APPROACH:
Children's poly-vi-sol NO ADDED IRON. Add to the drinking water. You can also dose this particular kiddo directly. (I say "not so natural" as these are synthetics but folks have good luck with them working.)

NATURAL APPROACH:
Get some liver and chop it into very tiny, chick-sized pieces. Feed raw. (Get some good quality liver from a grass-fed source if possible.) Folks have seen a turn-around when feeding the raw liver within a day. (I routinely give my baby chicks some raw liver a couple times a week.)

Brewers yeast is also a good source of the nutrients needed. Lewis Labs is the only source I know that grows their yeast on a non-gmo substrate and doesn't add anything to it. You can mix it in with the feed or feed it by itself. I find that if I put some in a little dish, they love eating it plain. Not sure if a little chick would take it that way as I haven't used it with the babies.