Silkie thread!

[crystal10asee]

That Silkie is GORGEOUS!

wow! I could'nt have said it better myself.GORGEOUS!

 

[LaPetiteFarmer]

As you wish!

It just so happened to be a sunny morning here. Beautiful enough to bring out my three month old juvies onto grass. I hatched these four from Sheryl Butler eggs. I've posted quite a few baby chick pic's but these are their first pictures where I can see some quality appearing.



The typey little one in the foreground is Miss Peggy. She is coming along very well. They look pretty good to me for three months old.

I don't have any good pictures of my breeding trio together yet or my Grey roo. I'll get on it.

I love her type!

Thank you.

S Butler lives in Bothell/Woodinville area of Washington State. I've never met her or seen her flocks. I purchased hatching eggs at the WFF Winter Brisk show last fall. I used a liaison I met on BYC and she delivered the eggs to me. Sheryl Butlers reputation for beautiful Whites is legendary. I've heard she is now down sizing her farm.

My Grey Marg Best roo is six months old. I lost my little pullet that I purchased with him as a pair. I have no other Grey chicks and don't know how I'm going to use him. He is a funny little character. He and the Catdance White roo can't tolerate each others company so I put a cage over them so Stinkus could play on the grass and act tough. He is light for a grey but I don't care. He has beautiful color and his foot feathering is magnificent. I've cut half his crest back and also cut his cushion back. I didn't need to yet. Though he is crowing, he shows no interest in the girls. Six months is still too young for hanky panky.









He has no leakage or off color. He does love his FF and gets filthy with it. Silly boy!

What a good looking guy! Love, love his feet

 

[Sanna]

HELP!
I sent two of my girls for a necropsy in hopes of finding out what was wrong with them and to be sure it wasn't some infectious disease that was going to spread through my flock...and worst case...through the whole farm! That would have been a disaster because we are a large non-profit farm..

Good news, they do not have avian influenza or pullorum. Bad news is, I have no idea what most of this report says. lol

This was the final comment and in language that I could understand. lol

Preliminary Comment: There were no gross diagnostic findings in any of the chickens. Histopathology and culture are pending.
Final comment: There were no microscopic findings that could explain the cause of the clinical signs observed in these chickens. No evidence of any inflammatory, infectious or neoplastic disease process was observed. The hyperplasia of the respiratory associated lymphoid tissue is indicative of a persistent antigenic stimulation; however this is non-specific and it can occur with a variety of causes or insults. In one chicken, there were several nematode parasites in the lumen of the intestine. The bacteria isolated from the nasal cavity of both birds are considered either as environmental contamination or normal flora.

If someone wants to take a look at the full report out of curiosity and help me understand what it says, here it is:
http://www.sanna-c.com/Tootie&Bandit.pdf


So, luckily there was nothing contagious and I can take a chill pill now.

I was starting to freak out over the black hen that had a puffy head. She's the one that had the parasites.
I will treat my flock for parasites, for sure. Once we get a warm(ish) day, I'll take and empty the whole coop clean it up and spray it with Oxine just for the heck of it.

Any suggestions for a good product to kill parasites? I treated them a while back with the safe-guard paste for horses which was recommended by someone here on the forum. If there's something that's better, I'm all for it!

 

[crystal10asee]

[COLOR=FF0000]HELP![/COLOR]
I sent two of my girls for a necropsy in hopes of finding out what was wrong with them and to be sure it wasn't some infectious disease that was going to spread through my flock...and worst case...through the whole farm! That would have been a disaster because we are a large non-profit farm..
Good news, they do not have avian influenza or pullorum. Bad news is, I have no idea what most of this report says. lol

This was the final comment and in language that I could understand. lol

Preliminary Comment: There were no gross diagnostic findings in any of the chickens. Histopathology and culture are pending.

Final comment: There were no microscopic findings that could explain the cause of the clinical signs observed in these chickens. No evidence of any inflammatory, infectious or neoplastic disease process was observed. The hyperplasia of the respiratory associated lymphoid tissue is indicative of a persistent antigenic stimulation; however this is non-specific and it can occur with a variety of causes or insults. In one chicken, there were several nematode parasites in the lumen of the intestine. The bacteria isolated from the nasal cavity of both birds are considered either as environmental contamination or normal flora.

 
If someone wants to take a look at the full report out of curiosity and help me understand what it says, here it is:
[COLOR=FF0000]http://www.sanna-c.com/Tootie&Bandit.pdf[/COLOR]


So, luckily there was nothing contagious and I can take a chill pill now.  I was starting to freak out over the black hen that had a puffy head. She's the one that had the parasites.
I will treat my flock for parasites, for sure. Once we get a warm(ish) day, I'll take and empty the whole coop clean it up and spray it with Oxine just for the heck of it.

Any suggestions for a good product to kill parasites? I treated them a while back with the safe-guard paste for horses which was recommended by someone here on the forum. If there's something that's better, I'm all for it!

not sure but I hear diatimatious earth( food grade ) is good.

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

How does everyone keep their silkies so clean?!? Things are starting to melt here so it's muddy but what about the coop? I have shavings and they all look awful!

 

[crystal10asee]

D.e. is supposed to be good internally as well as externally

 

[heirloomorps]

He/she/it was bought as a "probable roo" from Bobbi Porto at Newnan at 3.5 months. Every day, "he" looks more like a "she" to us.

 

[aoxa]

As you wish!

It just so happened to be a sunny morning here. Beautiful enough to bring out my three month old juvies onto grass. I hatched these four from Sheryl Butler eggs. I've posted quite a few baby chick pic's but these are their first pictures where I can see some quality appearing.

The guy in the middle is Mr. Big Foot. My two year old Grandson named these chicks. I so love them and him.

The typey little one in the foreground is Miss Peggy. She is coming along very well. They look pretty good to me for three months old.

I don't have any good pictures of my breeding trio together yet or my Grey roo. I'll get on it.

Mumsy, what is their birthday?

Gosh they are pretty! I especially love Big Foot!!

He's got some wicked streamers for 3 months!

 

[Sanna]

D.e. is supposed to be good internally as well as externally

I guess I'm going to have to try this product someday to see how it really works....or if it works? I keep reading peoples comments, some say they had good results...and others say DE didn't really do much.
Who knows.

 

[aoxa]

HELP!
I sent two of my girls for a necropsy in hopes of finding out what was wrong with them and to be sure it wasn't some infectious disease that was going to spread through my flock...and worst case...through the whole farm! That would have been a disaster because we are a large non-profit farm..

Good news, they do not have avian influenza or pullorum. Bad news is, I have no idea what most of this report says. lol

This was the final comment and in language that I could understand. lol

Preliminary Comment: There were no gross diagnostic findings in any of the chickens. Histopathology and culture are pending.
Final comment: There were no microscopic findings that could explain the cause of the clinical signs observed in these chickens. No evidence of any inflammatory, infectious or neoplastic disease process was observed. The hyperplasia of the respiratory associated lymphoid tissue is indicative of a persistent antigenic stimulation; however this is non-specific and it can occur with a variety of causes or insults. In one chicken, there were several nematode parasites in the lumen of the intestine. The bacteria isolated from the nasal cavity of both birds are considered either as environmental contamination or normal flora.

If someone wants to take a look at the full report out of curiosity and help me understand what it says, here it is:
http://www.sanna-c.com/Tootie&Bandit.pdf


So, luckily there was nothing contagious and I can take a chill pill now.

I was starting to freak out over the black hen that had a puffy head. She's the one that had the parasites.
I will treat my flock for parasites, for sure. Once we get a warm(ish) day, I'll take and empty the whole coop clean it up and spray it with Oxine just for the heck of it.

Any suggestions for a good product to kill parasites? I treated them a while back with the safe-guard paste for horses which was recommended by someone here on the forum. If there's something that's better, I'm all for it!

I would ask them over the phone what it means. The clinical signs show congestion in the lungs. Ask if it is CRD.

They should put it all in laymans terms for you!