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[Indyshent]

I am sure fighting this odd sinus and eye infection in a few of the turkeys
I will try to find out from where they came what the breed is with the bell bottom feathers and white earlobes,. Dying to know the breed! Very unusual nostrils also. My dynamics here are changing since we have added my FILs older Boston Terrier. Very bird aggressive lil dog. She loves our pug mix and they have had play dates for years. Suzy is at least 9 years old so she is being a real challenge to train.
With the recent additions I took in, am not offering hatching eggs or chicks period until I know that the lil roosters are all gone or clean. Its been a painful learning experience I won't do again. My 2 Hollands have me so worried and I thank you for helping them

I gave the turkeys a pseudo-bath yesterday. I didn't want to wash off the medicated dust, so I let them walk around in water up to the hock joint (help wash their nasty feet so I could better check for leg mites). The hot water seemed to really help them breathe better, and the hot compresses over their eyes really helped with her eye and their sinuses. She does open the eye now, but there's a white film over it (thinking that's the nictitating membrane, but it's opaque with grossness). We've given them another round of antibiotics, and they're all eating medicated chick starter (she especially has had some ultra-nasty poopies

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Can you tell what kind of comb the bellbottom roosters have? The hen doesn't seem to have one--there's just a tiny pink patch above her beak, but it doesn't have any other features I can make out. They all seemed to have very small wattles as well. I haven't been able to make out any extra toes (so there goes Sultans) and they don't have any beards either. Langshans have red earlobes, big red single combs and lack those crazy nostrils. I've been trying to find chicken breeds with funky noses, but the only one anyone's mentioned was the Sultan (which these guys aren't).

 

[Indyshent]

chick rookie
I've seen hens lay diff shades - like one starts out peach but fades to white several months later. I've also seen some brown speckled egg layers sometimes lay a solid brown. Unless one of her eggs was shell-less , I doubt there'd ever be that much of a difference. However, I understand what you mean about that know-it-all personality. One of my daughter's classmates criticized DD's drawing of a chicken. The little girl claimed that all chickens must have orange beaks & feet. My daughter told her that chickens can have black, gray, olive, white, etc legs and that she owned chickens. The little girl simply told her she was wrong & of course a liar. Later DD went to her locker & brought back a photograph for show & tell of herself holding some of those nonexistent chickens. She didn't want the whole class believing that all chickens looked like White Leghorns. Then when she told them about the green, blue, tan, pink, & speckled eggs, their jaws dropped. I ended up getting a call with a request for an in school field trip.

Welcome to Spit Take Theater, where the jokes are well-timed and the spray really matters

 

[ChickCrazed]

I gave the turkeys a pseudo-bath yesterday. I didn't want to wash off the medicated dust, so I let them walk around in water up to the hock joint (help wash their nasty feet so I could better check for leg mites). The hot water seemed to really help them breathe better, and the hot compresses over their eyes really helped with her eye and their sinuses. She does open the eye now, but there's a white film over it (thinking that's the nictitating membrane, but it's opaque with grossness). We've given them another round of antibiotics, and they're all eating medicated chick starter (she especially has had some ultra-nasty poopies ). 

Can you tell what kind of comb the bellbottom roosters have? The hen doesn't seem to have one--there's just a tiny pink patch above her beak, but it doesn't have any other features I can make out. They all seemed to have very small wattles as well. I haven't been able to make out any extra toes (so there goes Sultans) and they don't have any beards either. Langshans have red earlobes, big red single combs and lack those crazy nostrils. I've been trying to find chicken breeds with funky noses, but the only one anyone's mentioned was the Sultan (which these guys aren't). 

Look up Breda Fowl. I have mottled Breda and the description could be a match.

 

[Indyshent]

I am sure fighting this odd sinus and eye infection in a few of the turkeys
I will try to find out from where they came what the breed is with the bell bottom feathers and white earlobes,. Dying to know the breed! Very unusual nostrils also. My dynamics here are changing since we have added my FILs older Boston Terrier. Very bird aggressive lil dog. She loves our pug mix and they have had play dates for years. Suzy is at least 9 years old so she is being a real challenge to train.
With the recent additions I took in, am not offering hatching eggs or chicks period until I know that the lil roosters are all gone or clean. Its been a painful learning experience I won't do again. My 2 Hollands have me so worried and I thank you for helping them.

The earlobes and nose look a lot like this guy: the La Fleche. This breed appears to be related to Crevecouers, Sultans, Houdans, and Polish. Going to have to figure what color she lays (probably white) and what the boys' combs are like. Depending on how long Barb had the Cochins, they could be some oddball Cochin cross (not suspecting Brahmas on this one). Sultans are known for vulture hocks and crazy foot feathering (like this girl has) and coming in these colors, but they have crests, beards and muffs too, which none of these do (and muffs are dominant).

 

[daskhan]

The earlobes and nose look a lot like this guy: the La Fleche. This breed appears to be related to Crevecouers, Sultans, Houdans, and Polish. Going to have to figure what color she lays (probably white) and what the boys' combs are like. Depending on how long Barb had the Cochins, they could be some oddball Cochin cross (not suspecting Brahmas on this one). Sultans are known for vulture hocks and crazy foot feathering (like this girl has) and coming in these colors, but they have crests, beards and muffs too, which none of these do (and muffs are dominant).

Are you sure he has those horns like a brahma lol

 

[ChickCrazed]

The earlobes and nose look a lot like this guy: the La Fleche. This breed appears to be related to Crevecouers, Sultans, Houdans, and Polish. Going to have to figure what color she lays (probably white) and what the boys' combs are like. Depending on how long Barb had the Cochins, they could be some oddball Cochin cross (not suspecting Brahmas on this one). Sultans are known for vulture hocks and crazy foot feathering (like this girl has) and coming in these colors, but they have crests, beards and muffs too, which none of these do (and muffs are dominant).

Breda have vulture hocks and vulture beaks as well as heavy leg feathering and white earlobes. Barb S has Breda if that is the Barb you are referring to.

 

[Indyshent]

Breda have vulture hocks and vulture beaks as well as heavy leg feathering and white earlobes. Barb S has Breda if that is the Barb you are referring to.

ERMAHGERSCH!!!!! THAT'S WHAT THE BELLBOTTOM BOYS ARE! Woot woot! No wonder I couldn't figure it out--They're super rare, don't show up in any of my poultry-related magazines or on any lists of feather-footed breeds I could find! Thank-you so much for solving the mystery of the bellbottom boys!

No on to figure out what @jchny2000 plans to do with her new-found feathered friends

 

[Faraday40]

The earlobes and nose look a lot like this guy: the La Fleche.

Never saw one of these before.

 

[daskhan]

The earlobes and nose look a lot like this guy: the La Fleche. This breed appears to be related to Crevecouers, Sultans, Houdans, and Polish. Going to have to figure what color she lays (probably white) and what the boys' combs are like. Depending on how long Barb had the Cochins, they could be some oddball Cochin cross (not suspecting Brahmas on this one). Sultans are known for vulture hocks and crazy foot feathering (like this girl has) and coming in these colors, but they have crests, beards and muffs too, which none of these do (and muffs are dominant).

I want some.. Are you a breeder and exactly how much of my leg shall I give up?

 

[Indyshent]

La Fleche are pretty, rare, old, obscure dual-purpose French breed. They're related to Sultans, Polish and Houdans. Nope, I don't breed them, but I would if I had some because they're almost extinct (much like the Breda)