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[josh44]

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[seminolewind]

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I doubt three bumped their head playing and got injured. Were they exposed to your flock, or dust or dander from your flock before they were 2 weeks old? If so, you may have a different problem. Was it directly from the hatchery to you? Or from someone who claimed they were vaccinated? If they are about 6 weeks old, and then get wobbly, can't walk or aren't really eating, or eating and wasting anyway, it sounds like Marek's. Or something in their environment. Or coccidiosis.

 

[appychick]

Chicks were direct from hatchery to me in less than 2 days. Only thing different I have done this year was switch from shredded paper bedding to pine shavings. These chicks are the rowdyest birds I have ever owned. They are isolated in my house with only others from same hatchery within aerosol contact. They vocalize & then I removed them from cage being not normal. Are they bored & pick on the large crests because I had isolated them by themselves as they got too rowdy with the cochin bantams ?

 

[cmsdvm]

None of what you describe sounds like a typical Polish problem. The ones with larger crests may be females and therefore weaker and more susceptible to whatever disease is hitting them. I also would vote Marek's first and coccidiosis second. If you have a poultry lab nearby, take the worst in for a necopsy.

 

[appychick]

Thanks for the input but I really don't think these birds are diseased. Neurotic maybe ,but not deathly ill. I just don't understand why this handful of standards are so rowdy compared to my other birds & my gentle bantam Polish. So maybe I just don't know how to make them happy. But I trimmed the crest on the "weak" one & it seems better so maybe vision obstruction was the problem as now it has a more upright stance & much more active. Possibly the lg crested got bulleyed & I wasn't watching close enough. Is it necessary to separate Polish males & females early on to avoid injury ?

 

[seminolewind]

Intoxicated from paper?

I agree with cmsdvm mom. With Coccidiosis, they will look sick, hunched up, standing in one place. Marek's-they can look perfectly normal. I would change the feed and bedding, and see what happens.

 

[momma-hen]

Hi all. Does anyone have black crested blues? How about opinions on Sand Hills Polish?

 

[jnkir7]

hi all i have wc black polish and golden lace, im really wanting silver laced anyone got any eggs for sale.

 

[MuskokaChick]

Looking for a White Polish Frizzle

How does one go about getting one of these. I have looked around the local farms, local fairs (asked many chicken owners) and all I get is a *shrug*

 

[Chicken Chickita]

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There is a bantam white polish frizzle pair for sale on BYC auction page. You might also try the polish breeders club.