International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

I hope Raven recovers for you. Wishing you good luck with her.
And I love the name Raven.

Thank you! I know she will never be in my breeding program. She is so small compared to the others but that doesn't affect her being my baby. I think she had cocci then got an infection. She had drainage from her vent. She never stopped eating though. She eats good. I had her on antibiotics but that didn't seem to clear it up. I started her on Prebiotics and that has helped a lot. She never acted sick.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Aww that's sad to hear. She's in great hands tho. I know nothing about cocci, but I thought it was fatal? It's not?

 

[marchick]

Aww that's sad to hear. She's in great hands tho. I know nothing about cocci, but I thought it was fatal? It's not?

No not always fatal but not good. She may always be smaller. She is the only one that got it. She has been in the house for about 3 weeks now and she thinks she owns it. Lol

 

[chickengr]

I have some bad news. I lost the one rooster that was attacked by the turkey. So I am kind of lost on my future breeding program. I do have some young ones from the other rooster. First 3 pictures are the same cockerel #1. The 4th picture is cockerel #2 . The last 2 pictures cockerel #3. I do have a couple more younger BC cockerels.

I learned the lesson hard way: never keep turkeys (read: toms) with other animals.

 

[marchick]

I learned the lesson hard way: never keep turkeys (read: toms) with other animals.

I never had a problem having turkeys with chickens until the hen almost killed the rooster. So I haven't had turkeys since then. Where the chicks are I have not had turkeys in that section.

 

[Chooks man]

I have some bad news. I lost the one rooster that was attacked by the turkey. So I am kind of lost on my future breeding program. I do have some young ones from the other rooster. First 3 pictures are the same cockerel #1. The 4th picture is cockerel #2 . The last 2 pictures cockerel #3. I do have a couple more younger BC cockerels.

Sorry about your lost . The cockerels are good looking . I ll comment on them when I m back home . I m in Sydney at the moment
Chooks man

 

[marchick]

Sorry about your lost . The cockerels are good looking . I ll comment on them when I m back home . I m in Sydney at the moment
Chooks man

Thank you Chooksman! Have a good trip!

 

[marchick]

You know how when you do something and it was really bad. I had this BC pullet that I missed a chick rubber band. I took them off of all of them but missed one. I had seen her hobbling but didn't catch her to check big mistake. I just thought she hurt her leg. After about a week I decided to catch her. The band was embedded I cut it out. I put her on antibiotics and doctored her. After she healed she had scar tissue and couldn't straighten her leg. I worked with her everyday. I put a splint to slowly straighten her leg and break up scar tissue. After about 2 1/2 months I figured she was about as good as she will get. She had a limp but was a lot better. That limp has almost gone away. She has developed white feathers on the injured leg. I feel so bad I caused that! Lesson learned! I am so happy about her recovery though. She is a pretty pullet but that may be I am biased from caring for her so long.

 

[wrathsfarm]

They grow up so fast...

Kong's watching over one of his newest girls while she lays. He got scolded for showing her my nail/screw cabinet as a place to lay... Corndog.

 

[Bantambird]

Turkeys can be downright nasty. I find that, if they all have enough space to get away from each other, they usually don't hurt each other. The turkeys have free range. It makes them a lot nicer and less likely to kill each other or any other birds. Turkeys need a lot more space than most folks think they do. A whole lot more, for the heritage ones. They practically need a pasture.
The broad breasted turkeys are weird, I dislike them because they are so fragile and can't really mate, they break bones just hopping a foot down, but the heritage ones will fly onto your roof, or the neighbor's roof. I still love my turkeys, though.