South Carolina

[dixiebeast]

OOO and Amy...I wonder how my self blue bantams would do with your project as far as color??? This could get very interesting...if we can get lil scrappy to stop chasing the big ladies!lol

Soprry not best pics but they are so pretty and very tiny!

 

[emptynester]

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Wish you were closer, I have 2 trios that are 3 months old I am about to put up for sale.

 

[dixiebeast]

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Wish you were closer, I have 2 trios that are 3 months old I am about to put up for sale.

DONT TEASE ME!!!! LOL

 

[emptynester]

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Wish you were closer, I have 2 trios that are 3 months old I am about to put up for sale.

DONT TEASE ME!!!! LOL

I didn't mean to tease

, but I didn't think you would want to drive 200 miles to get them LOL

 

[RedBugPoultry]

OK, here is the question of the week! -- At least for me! Does anyone know how long it takes, once exposed, for a chicken to show signs of Fowl Pox? I have never had a chicken with Fowl Pox before now. Today we discovered that our Silver Laced Polish rooster has a pretty bad case! He is not bearded so he has good size wattles and they are covered with bumps--so is his face! They have not opened yet. My husband thinks I brought it in on the peachick which I got Thursday. The areas around the peachicks eyes are looking to me like they may be pox and not just from the keets, although they probably are a little of both if it had sores and I did not see them until the keets opened them up for him. What ever the case, I have seperated the peachick from the other young birds altogether since the chicks decided it was good sport to peck him too. The sores are open and dry on the peachick already and he seems to be doing ok with them now that he is alone and no one is pecking on him.

Is it by chance that the polish is getting fowl pox now around the same time as I got the peachick? I have not found any other birds here yet with the poxs. Is it a given they will all get it? The polish rooster that has it is free ranging--should I catch him and pen him? Does it matter? What can you guys tell me about fowl pox? So far it is only the dry type.....

 

[Joycats]

Jackie B. :

It's official (as if it wasn't before). Guineas are stupid. And fast. And need to be penned up as long as possible. I am now covered in spider webs and probably posion ivy as my 3 made a bee line for the woods when they escaped. At least is great weather out!

That's why I tell everyone that takes some of my keets to PLEASE pen them up for several weeks. I prefer until they're half grown or bigger. Did you catch them Jackie? I once had some guineas escape and they were lost in the woods for several days and then they came home! There's still hope.​

 

[Joycats]

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So sorry Heidi - I don't know anything about fowl pox. But I will be watching responses to your post so I can learn. Hope they both recover.

 

[Joycats]

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Hey Amy - I suspect my husband brings home all kinds of germs to us. He works at a different jobsite everyday, and he goes from a/c somedays to construction sites with no a/c the next day. But just between us, I'm thinking maybe my dirty house might be part of the problem so I am really trying to get some cleaning done.

My house has never been this dirty before, ever! But I'm just so busy with the birds.....and I'd much rather do the bird things than push a vacuum cleaner. You understand.

I didn't have any guineas hatch, my silly hens kept pushing the eggs out of the nest until they were sitting on air. I did try to save some by putting them in the incubator but they didn't hatch. They were fertile eggs, it was all error on my end. Heidi was very nice to send me some more and I've put them in my new incubator. I can't wait to see what hatches from them. I will let you know.

 

[emptynester]

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I just went through a bout with fowl pox. It is spread through mosquitoes, mites, wild birds. There are two forms, dry and wet. The dry pox usually starts as raised bumps on areas without feathers, then becomes scabs. Once you reach that stage, the bird is recovering from the virus. Good news, is that once a bird gets it, it will never get it again. Simply watch for secondary infections from pecking at scabs, etc. Eggs are not affected and can be collected. Wet pox affects the mucus membranes of the bird, inside the mouth, throat, nostrils causing ulcers and mucus wich may affect the birds breathing and eating. Dry pox can become wet pox. There is a vaccine avialable you can get to give to the rest of your flock to keep them from getting it.

The mosquitoes are terrible here this year, so it spread pretty quickly once it started but was over and gone in about 3 weeks time. Here is a PDF about it, it's very short. http://www.apa-abayouthpoultryclub.org/Edu_Material/Poultry Diseases/Fowl_Pox.pdf

it could be chance that it showed up when you brought home the pea chick. if the other birds are not vaccinated, eventually they will all get it. I would catch the polish rooster and pen him just so you can watch for a secondary infection and make sure no scabs form on his eyes, nostrils, etc.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Congrats on that big egg!
My JG girls sometimes give me a 4 oz one so I understand the

when you get them from the nest box!