NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

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Do the white Spitz boys always look like this ?

And the Brown ones look like this ?

I was surprised by the white ones comb .
I expected a crest ..

 

[Gramma Chick]

We had a Silkie pullet die yesterday. My daughter is devastated. I bought corid, vetrx, nutridench, and the packets of probiotics at TSC after work today.

Sorry to hear that ..
Look for Symptoms in the others ..before treating them
Many times when they die young they had a internal problem..
in which everything was not quite right .
Explain to your daughter that sometimes they are born with problems ..
As she died quite quickly ..she didnt suffer long .
Give it a little funeral

 

[Monkeysmom5018]

Are they 1st Years ? They will usually lay through the winter

Yes they just started laying in November

 

[Monkeysmom5018]

Sorry to hear that ..
Look for Symptoms in the others ..before treating them
Many times when they die young they had a internal problem..
in which everything was not quite right .
Explain to your daughter that sometimes they are born with problems ..
As she died quite quickly ..she didnt suffer long .
Give it a little funeral

Thanks. Today is funeral day as long as the grounds not too frozen. Everyone else seems fine, except for one who’s been a bit puffed up but maybe she’s just cold? She’s a NH red. The other silkies seem fine. My Australorp sneezed once last night but I’d just put a fresh bag of shavings down. Ugh i just don’t know.

 

[Monkeysmom5018]

This is the NH red. I just brought her in the house and she’s chowing down on chick feed mixed with warm water so that’s good

 

[Aria]

Gramma Chick....our flock have stopped laying. Some say it is the change in time? WOW...had to purchase eggs. We miss the Dr. Whitings Eggs...BUT NOT THE MESS THEY MADE IN OUR COOP...TOO BIG A PRICE TO PAY FOR EGGS. HA HA. Regards, Aria

 

[PhoredaBurds]

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Do the white Spitz boys always look like this ?
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And the Brown ones look like this ?
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Your silver (white & black) roo has the correct comb, but is a little short on crest. I hatched a hen this year like that too. Seems the perfect spitz crest (forward sweeping Mohawk) requires heterozygous genes, a balance between super poofy & no crest. Same for gold spangled (the one ur calling brown). The perfect spitz crest is tough to find in this country. That's why people have been importing them from Europe.

Your birds look healthy & happy!

 

[Gramma Chick]

Gramma Chick....our flock have stopped laying. Some say it is the change in time? WOW...had to purchase eggs. We miss the Dr. Whitings Eggs...BUT NOT THE MESS THEY MADE IN OUR COOP...TOO BIG A PRICE TO PAY FOR EGGS. HA HA. Regards, Aria

Also how dark it is ..Heres a Sign for you
My 18 hens are laying 4 - 6 eggs a day ..
But I have older hens some are almost 4 years old
It is enough for us to eat ..but barely enough to sell

 

[Aria]

Also how dark it is ..Heres a Sign for you
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My 18 hens are laying 4 - 6 eggs a day ..
But I have older hens some are almost 4 years old
It is enough for us to eat ..but barely enough to sell

Grandma, They started laying...one a day from 7 chickens. We have old hens too. Two a day would be fine for us.

There is an article on Dr. Tim Whiting in the December 2017 January 2018 Field and Stream. Quite an article. I guess these chickens are making money for him. He is a multimillionare. And his chicken establishment and business is LARGE. I gave away
rare chickens. ha ha. It was an interesting article. Almost all the flys that are used in fly fishing come from his breed of chickens.
Quite a large accomplishment. Aria

 

[Gramma Chick]

Grandma, They started laying...one a day from 7 chickens. We have old hens too. Two a day would be fine for us.
Aria

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