Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

[eatmorechicken]

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[SteveH]

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Thanks for the update, it will be an interesting to see how it grows out.

 

[Minniechickmama]

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I ALWAYS brine my whole birds. I haven't put any of my older (over 18 weeks) in the freezer yet, but they will be brined and slow cooked. I like to cut up the tougher pieces and make another dish with it, like tacos, or chicken and biscuits. It is more pleasant eating in smaller pieces, I think.

I am going to find out what a year and a half old roo tastes like soon enough though

 

[Totalcolour]

AAARGH!

Some of my birds came down with a cough - the vet is on vacation and he won't be able to see any til Monday. I have them isolated (3 of them). We killed one a few days ago because of it. I thought it was an isolated case, but now with these three showing symptoms I'm really worried. It may already be too late - usually by the time a symptom appears, they have all been exposed.

We don't have any new birds from out side, so I don't have any idea of how they got sick or why. We did get some goats a while back (2 months ago), and one was sick so we returned it to the previous owner - it got worse and died (pneumonia) but I didn't think respiratory illnesses crossed species. They were in an adjacent pasture, but no direct contact (well, a few birds got under the electric fence).

In all the books I have read, respiratory illness seems the worst. The weather has been warmer, and we had some early morning fog for a bit. They cough and gurgle, gone off feed a bit, not laying. This came on very rapidly - does ANYONE have any ideas what it could be and how do I treat it - or should I just wait til Monday to see the vet?

thank you

 

[Minniechickmama]

I had gotten a Blue Copper Marans trio recently, just a young set. The cockerel seemed to have a rattly sound after a couple of days, so I gave him about .8ml of Duramycin and he is doing better. I don't know if that would help in your case. I hope you find out soon though. It would be worth it to have the symptomatic birds tested. This could be something they picked up from wild birds too. You can't be too careful.
Good luck.

 

[NevadaRon]

Totalcolour do you free range your birds? If so, they may have come into contact with wild birds and contracted bird flu from them. Unfortunately, I don't know what the treatment is for bird flu, but I'm sure you can find out online.

 

[SteveH]

I picked up some LF DCs last night; three hens, twelve juvies which I may share with another, and a baby chick [had two but one got suffocated on the trip home

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[Totalcolour]

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Yes, free range. Right now all the adults are cooped - the sick birds are in quarantine until I have talked to the vet. I know it's probably to late for quarantine to be effective, but I thought it worth a try. I never thought of them getting flu from wild birds. If there is a medicine, keeping them in the coop will make it easier to administer, specially with hubby leaving on Tuesday for a hunting trip.

Thanks for the info

 

[AquaEyes]

Hey, sorry to go a bit off-topic, but I figured with the experts on this thread, that this would be the place to ask. Are there B/B/S Cornish? I see the Dark but wonder if there is solid-black that comes in the black/blue/splash series. I'm making notes from info on this site for future personal reference, as I prefer the looks of B/B/S and am thinking about adding Cornish to the list of possible breeds to have someday. Thanks in advance.

 

[big medicine]

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Working on it.