***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[NanaKat]

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NNN hatched the one Wyandotte...I guess you still think it is a Columbian? I posted a pic of it's back a few pages back. MJ brought her little banty cochin and the New little CW from yu were takin in by NNN and she will now brood out the three together.

I hated losing the BLRW Roo...Roger said that after all it had been thru it's name should have been "Lucky". I do still have the beautiful Joy...BLRW hen from your gene pool. Glad to hear you have access to some others in the gene pool.

Do all Wyandotte breeds have the stress/artery/vein issues or is it just the BLRW?

 

[artsyrobin]

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awww, i am sorry!!! i am always worried about that, but we do all we can to keep them healthy and safe, but sometimes it isn't enough...

no more maggot issues with my little silky hen, that was very weird.

so they are saying now an inch of snow.... won't last long

 

[sjarvis00]

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NNN hatched the one Wyandotte...I guess you still think it is a Columbian? I posted a pic of it's back a few pages back. MJ brought her little banty cochin and the New little CW from yu were takin in by NNN and she will now brood out the three together.

I hated losing the BLRW Roo...Roger said that after all it had been thru it's name should have been "Lucky". I do still have the beautiful Joy...BLRW hen from your gene pool. Glad to hear you have access to some others in the gene pool.

Do all Wyandotte breeds have the stress/artery/vein issues or is it just the BLRW?

It's not so much the BLR it is nearly all large fowl that are larger than average, it is common in the big orps, rocks, and a few others as well. You have to restrict the growth speed by reducing protien after 10-12 weeks of age to around 14-16%. that is why it takes so long for them finish. If fed out at 20%+ protien levels in increases the opportunity for tears due to fast growth.
You will not see that problem in the smaller hatchery stock versions of the breeds or varieties, primarily only in the larger heavier show lines.

 

[sjarvis00]

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Check with Boggy Bottom, Aubrey is a great guy and if it's a D'anver he has it... Nearly 30 varieties I believe.

 

[sjarvis00]

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Let me see that birds back side... Top of back is it stripped and kinda brown? or a greyish color without stripes?

Here you go. I hope this is clear enough. It looks brownish, but I don't see stripes....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/23941_chicks_back.jpg

Yep, finally found it, that is a columbian. If its a male it will be very well colored if it's a female it will have very strong black color in tail and primaries may have a bit of salt and pepper in teh back but will likely molt that out as it matures into a hen.

 

[NanaKat]

Thought I'd brighten up my mood and took baby pictures.
Nesty Nasty Nellie and her babies...a little stinkeye going on.

The adopted babies. The Columbian Wyandotte and MJ's baby bantam Cochin

The baby she hatched

Lessons begin...this is food.

Warning...duck for cover

Terra and Quiver..single combed Columbian Wyandottes are six weeks old now.

Turnips growing in a patch of dirt. Grandsons helped scatter the seeds. I think there will be plenty to share with the chickens.

 

[NanaKat]

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It's not so much the BLR it is nearly all large fowl that are larger than average, it is common in the big orps, rocks, and a few others as well. You have to restrict the growth speed by reducing protien after 10-12 weeks of age to around 14-16%. that is why it takes so long for them finish. If fed out at 20%+ protien levels in increases the opportunity for tears due to fast growth.
You will not see that problem in the smaller hatchery stock versions of the breeds or varieties, primarily only in the larger heavier show lines.

So...it would be a good idea for me to watch the protein intake on the Blue and Black Cochins and the young Columbian Wyandottes?

 

[sjarvis00]

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It's not so much the BLR it is nearly all large fowl that are larger than average, it is common in the big orps, rocks, and a few others as well. You have to restrict the growth speed by reducing protien after 10-12 weeks of age to around 14-16%. that is why it takes so long for them finish. If fed out at 20%+ protien levels in increases the opportunity for tears due to fast growth.
You will not see that problem in the smaller hatchery stock versions of the breeds or varieties, primarily only in the larger heavier show lines.

So...it would be a good idea for me to watch the protein intake on the Blue and Black Cochins and the young Columbian Wyandottes?

They will do fine on the layer you use, I assume you have had them off of the medicated starter / grower. Since they get to free range a bit they will do real well.

 

[NanaKat]

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So...it would be a good idea for me to watch the protein intake on the Blue and Black Cochins and the young Columbian Wyandottes?

They will do fine on the layer you use, I assume you have had them off of the medicated starter / grower. Since they get to free range a bit they will do real well.

Thank you...relieves my mind a lot.

 

[GotGame]

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Good looking birds, GG

Thanks Tara.