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[farmraised86]

what kind of shamos are they I have a f1 shamo cock

not sure yet I'm get some tomorrow right now I'm using a malay hen

 

[hildar]

With our game chicks we may end up with only 1 chick. One of them has now been sick for 2 days. We are babying it big time. But it seems to have what I call seizures. It has always been the one that slept more, but larger then its older sibling, but it sits and its whole body starts jerking. It also is holding it's wings down like it is sick. It seems to be sleeping more then running around. The 2 games have a whole coop to themselves, but the one just stands there at my feet when I go in. Where its sibling is running every wheres and jumping up on everything.

The only thing that I have seen it do different before this started was it was eating a few beetles. But most of my chicks do that. And little Speed, is as active as ever tearing all over the place and speed ate a few beetles, but not the bigger one. It just wants to sleep. So I don't think it was the beetles. It seems to just be sickly. Maybe it hatched out to early?? Not sure, but it has always been sleepy. But this sagging wings when it is standing makes me think their is something really wrong.

 

[centrarchid]

With our game chicks we may end up with only 1 chick. One of them has now been sick for 2 days. We are babying it big time. But it seems to have what I call seizures. It has always been the one that slept more, but larger then its older sibling, but it sits and its whole body starts jerking. It also is holding it's wings down like it is sick. It seems to be sleeping more then running around. The 2 games have a whole coop to themselves, but the one just stands there at my feet when I go in. Where its sibling is running every wheres and jumping up on everything.

The only thing that I have seen it do different before this started was it was eating a few beetles. But most of my chicks do that. And little Speed, is as active as ever tearing all over the place and speed ate a few beetles, but not the bigger one. It just wants to sleep. So I don't think it was the beetles. It seems to just be sickly. Maybe it hatched out to early?? Not sure, but it has always been sleepy. But this sagging wings when it is standing makes me think their is something really wrong.

Coccidiodosis.

 

[farmraised86]

I'm really liking my new birds they have a lot of personality for chicks and very sweet they just follow me around waiting until I get low enough to fly to my arm and then my shoulder... Two shamo x malay and one malay - thanks Lee!

 

[roosterhavoc]

Hello everyone. I haven't been on here in a while. I just recently hatched a few game fowl. This is a 5 week old ruble hatch.

 

[hildar]

Coccidiodosis.

It passed away this afternoon. It's sibling as as healthy as a horse, and still going like the energizer bunny rabbit, but that one has been always slower then the other from the time it hatched out. It started pooping out blood just before it passed on so now I am wondering if it ate something, or if something just has been wrong with it since it hatched out.

 

[roosterhavoc]

These two chicks are supposed to be Mel Sims blacks. The first black chick looks ok so far but the chick in the back of the second pic has yellow legs. I'm sure it's too early to tell exactly what it is. Fairly sure it's not what it's supposed to be. He's a little smaller, needed help getting out of the egg but is perfectly fine now. Sorry the pic isn't that good.

 

[centrarchid]

It passed away this afternoon. It's sibling as as healthy as a horse, and still going like the energizer bunny rabbit, but that one has been always slower then the other from the time it hatched out. It started pooping out blood just before it passed on so now I am wondering if it ate something, or if something just has been wrong with it since it hatched out.

All birds outside become infected. immunity ideally builds to prevent problems but that takes time. Weak birds and those with poor genetics for cocci in area are at a disadvantage. Having young birds confined around confined adults, especially when wet makes such particularly difficult. Genetics very much involved but you can head off such by keeping chicks well away from adult pens during first four weeks or so. I have to broody hens are almost on completely different ground from breeding pens and other confined birds.

You can also treat profolactically with medicated feed when infection rate low but may need to get more aggressive when birds start showing full on infection.

I prefer to manage without medication and have weeded out the weak. Does not take many generations to see major improvements in resistance but this means you have to work with a closed flock and some broods you will find need to be culled in their entirety as well as one or both of their parents. This not just about looks or gameness, etc..

 

[hildar]

All birds outside become infected. immunity ideally builds to prevent problems but that takes time. Weak birds and those with poor genetics for cocci in area are at a disadvantage. Having young birds confined around confined adults, especially when wet makes such particularly difficult. Genetics very much involved but you can head off such by keeping chicks well away from adult pens during first four weeks or so. I have to broody hens are almost on completely different ground from breeding pens and other confined birds.

You can also treat profolactically with medicated feed when infection rate low but may need to get more aggressive when birds start showing full on infection.

I prefer to manage without medication and have weeded out the weak. Does not take many generations to see major improvements in resistance but this means you have to work with a closed flock and some broods you will find need to be culled in their entirety as well as one or both of their parents. This not just about looks or gameness, etc..

They were no wheres near where my adult birds are in fact the little games had their own place. My husband built it just for them, and in an area where there has never been any chickens. However we do have wild rabbits going through the area, can they get it from them?? And the area is 100% dry.

I also don't have adults confined, all of my adults are free range here and on the big property.

 

[Yahya Morse]

My daughter's favorite hen "Buddy" had her first chicks today... on her birthday... needless to say, she is sooooooo happy.

She looks like a toppy