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[hotcurltr]

I lost this beautiful girl early this morning. I don't know what brought her down.

She is so beautiful. So sorry for your loss. Did a predator get her or did she just get sick?

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: that is like the permethrin bottle i have! Good idea to be able to measure it out

artsyrobin

Do you sale silkie chicks or hatching eggs? I think they are beautiful birds.

I haven't yet- altough i may in the future- these are all from parents from BetsyOK here- at this point i''d suggest her, by spring i may have quite a few, i have a broody...she has 5, and these young ones, another 5, they can be seriously addicting!

I lost this beautiful girl early this morning. I don't know what brought her down.

did she seem lighter than normal? sometimes we just never know, they are very good at hiding symptoms



here is anoter of this gorgeous boy- he will fall asleep when i am petting him

 

[Kassaundra]

Shelbydog, so sorry for your loss

 

[Ksane]

Robin-with the Corrid-are the chicks with adult birds now? If they're just by themselves in a brooding area then they're not being exposed to coccidia. They get exposed through droppings of adult birds. The amount of Corrid is so tiny in medicated feed in order to let *some of the disease through so the chicks build up an immunity. It would be hard to duplicate such a tiny amount. I don't even use medicated feed until the chicks go outside. And then only if they're on ground that other chickens have been on (which I try to avoid at all costs). Corrid doesn't kill near as many strains of coccidia as Sulmet does. I want to say.....Corrid kills 3 strains whereas Sulmet kills 9. I'd have to go look it up again if you want better facts than my memory lol O'Brian is gorgeous!!! I'm glad he made it to you safe and sound. Rinda, you have a big heart to help so much in getting him to her.
Shelby, I'm so sorry about your girl. Sometimes they can be sick for so long and they just hand in there and we never really know what the prob lems was.
HotCurltr-the main route of contamination is wild birds overhead. They fly over, around and in our pens and yards and poop all over the place. THAT'S what passes most diseases. And there's no way to escape it except keep birds in the house 24/7. Which is impossible.

 

[NanaKat]

Met Cheryl (SonRisesilkies) in Norman this morning to pick up 7 Cochins she had purchased as chicks from my flock back in the spring and early summer. She was unable to keep them so I bought them back and the five pullets and two cockerels are settled in a pen and coop for quarantine. A few of the pullets are out of Delilah and Big Blue...some very pretty eye candy. The rest are out of Big Blue and the Iowa hens.

Roger found Alice, one of my Australorp hens, in the sunny window of the hen house looking like she was asleep. She had died. Alice was the hen who would steal chicks from their mothers when the mother began to wean the chicks. She never went broodie on eggs,but raised many a stolen chick. Alice was five years old and was a hatchery purchase.

Hope everyone is okay thru this ice storm. we drew up water just in case the electricity goes off with ice damage. when you live with a well, the well won't pump when the power is off. I 'm hoping for hot coffee in the morning.

Loved all the pictures everyone posted. Hope those of you who are sick recover quickly.

 

[artsyrobin]

Met Cheryl (SonRisesilkies) in Norman this morning to pick up 7 Cochins she had purchased as chicks from my flock back in the spring and early summer. She was unable to keep them so I bought them back and the five pullets and two cockerels are settled in a pen and coop for quarantine. A few of the pullets are out of Delilah and Big Blue...some very pretty eye candy. The rest are out of Big Blue and the Iowa hens.

Roger found Alice, one of my Australorp hens, in the sunny window of the hen house looking like she was asleep. She had died. Alice was the hen who would steal chicks from their mothers when the mother began to wean the chicks. She never went broodie on eggs,but raised many a stolen chick. Alice was five years old and was a hatchery purchase.

Hope everyone is okay thru this ice storm. we drew up water just in case the electricity goes off with ice damage. when you live with a well, the well won't pump when the power is off. I 'm hoping for hot coffee in the morning.

Loved all the pictures everyone posted. Hope those of you who are sick recover quickly.

i am sorry of your loss of Alice, sounds like she was quite a girl!

How is your calf doing you had to nurse?

From what i have heard they are calling this a 'significant' ice storm- not the kind of white i wanted for Christmas


@Ksane what made me wonder was one of the silkies seemed a bit off, droopy- will be keeping an eye on her

 

[NanaKat]

Robyn, Norman is doing great! His mom lets him nurse anytime he wants and he has not had a bottle for four days. He gets to run in the lot and claims to be " king of the mountain" on the big compost pile. Mom runs right after hi. And they have bonded nicely....whew! Yes, Alice was special.

We fortunately don't have any other pending births in the herd...do have eggs in the incubator due to hatch after the 1st.

 

[Kassaundra]

Robyn, Norman is doing great! His mom lets him nurse anytime he wants and he has not had a bottle for four days. He gets to run in the lot and claims to be " king of the mountain" on the big compost pile. Mom runs right after hi. And they have bonded nicely....whew! Yes, Alice was special.

We fortunately don't have any other pending births in the herd...do have eggs in the incubator due to hatch after the 1st.

That is awesome I kept meaning to ask about your "kitchen calf"

 

[cathiesue]

@hotcurltr I would think you could have reasonably good success w/ one month into laying eggs, they should be big enough by that time.

As far as killing your own birds I find it easier w/ a pellet gun. I still wouldn't be able to use a knife or hatchet to kill and cringe at the thought of the broomstick or club. But the gun makes it doable for me

I'm ready to try it with a pellet gun. I hated doing it with a knife. I looked on amazon for pellet gun and OMG it's crazy! You can get exact replicas of famous firearms. Nuts. Do you have a pistol type? how do you restrain the bird?

 

[cathiesue]

Beautiful - and so round....they remind me of the yeast rolls from Golden Corral!

Hilarious comment. Beautiful birds.