Russian Orloffs

[randgpogue]

I have a question for everyone. Do RO chicks need anything special added to their diets? I have adult birds, and last month I set a dozen eggs. Only nine ended up being fertile, and 7 hatched out of those 9. All the chicks were doing fine for the first week, then they started dying. They were in a large brooder with other chicks that were hatched at the same time. I didn't have any problems with the other chicks. They are all fine. We ended up bringing them into the living room in a brooder by themselves where we could keep a closer eye on them. Two days later we lost another chick. We are now down to two chicks, and I am very worried about them. They seem fine, they eat and drink, seem active, but so did all the others. Since I am not losing any other chicks I was just wondering if they might need something extra that the others don't. Any suggestions?

 

[Cknldy]

mississippifarmboy has Orloffs, but he has been dealing with health issues, so may be hard to reach. He is in Glen, MS.

Cknldy, where in the appalachians are you?

where tennessee kentucky virginia and west virginia sort of come together.

 

[randgpogue]

Lost another chick...now I am down to one. Anyone?

 

[RiddleMe]

Lost another chick...now I am down to one.  Anyone?

Not that I am aware of... With no symptoms pre-death can't even make a guess as to cause/possible fix. Wish I could help.

 

[Gresh]

I have posted here before but it has been a while and it seems I cannot find my most recent posts, so I'm sure y'all will forgive me if I repeat myself.

Does anyone know how pure Ideal Poultry's Orloffs are? I am almost certain I have asked this question before but don't remember if I got an answer. I had a cockerel from them that seemed of fairly good type, but I understand that that doesn't always mean a chicken is purebred. I have heard that Ideal's stock descended from exhibition Orloffs, but I find this a little suspicious because, to my knowledge, Orloffs have not been shown much for many years (save in the bantam class), and as such I doubt there would be a whole lot of exhibition Orloffs out there.

Secondly, does anyone know of some Malay breeders in or near North Carolina? It is a well-known fact that the gruesome Malay chicken was used in the development of the Orloff, and I would like to acquire a trio of Malays if I am to ever breed Orloffs, for I think that many Orloffs today lack that Oriental-gamey look.

God bless,
~Gresh~

 

[TheCrazyClucker]

I have a question for everyone. Do RO chicks need anything special added to their diets? I have adult birds, and last month I set a dozen eggs. Only nine ended up being fertile, and 7 hatched out of those 9. All the chicks were doing fine for the first week, then they started dying. They were in a large brooder with other chicks that were hatched at the same time. I didn't have any problems with the other chicks. They are all fine. We ended up bringing them into the living room in a brooder by themselves where we could keep a closer eye on them. Two days later we lost another chick. We are now down to two chicks, and I am very worried about them. They seem fine, they eat and drink, seem active, but so did all the others. Since I am not losing any other chicks I was just wondering if they might need something extra that the others don't. Any suggestions?

I raised my four from eggs and they were fine on layer feed and the occasional piece of kale.

 

[desertmarcy]

Not that I am aware of... With no symptoms pre-death can't even make a guess as to cause/possible fix. Wish I could help.

Same here, been thinking about this, but don't know what could be causing them to die. They don't need anything special as far as diet. Since your other chicks, in the same brooder, same feed, are doing okay, leads me to believe there is some problem with the bloodline of the chicks or nutrition of the parent birds. If you read hatchability problems, nutrition of the parent stock plays a big part in how well chicks develop and hatch. Perhaps these were strong enough to hatch, but not viable enough to keep going. Just guessing here, FWIW.

 

[Cknldy]

Do you give anything like electrolytes or vitamins? Are they on Medicated feed for cocci? Are there too many in a brooder so perhaps the smaller ones can't get enough feed/ water? Any nasal drainage or eye drooping? Is any other breed of chick doing this also? Where did you get your r.o.'s? Not sure if mt. Healthy sells them but I know they went through another salmonella problem this year.

 

[vtguania]

My Orloff enjoying a cool day outside

 

[Alaskan]

Great pictures!