South Carolina

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

I need help!! 

I guess my two Buff Orp's have recently come down with Fowl Pox... I don't see any symptoms in my silkies or my Barred Rock. Everyone is eating fine and seem healthy. Just the two Buff Orps have the scabby looking things on their combs and wattles...

Is there anything I can do to cure them or are they a lost cause? Is it too late to vaccinate the rest?







On another side of things. My Muscoveys haven't been sharing a pen with them at all since beginning of June... But it seems that I am having problems with them sooner than anticipated. One of the males (Howard) has claimed the two females and keeps chasing my other male (Max, my favorite) away. Howard and the two females are from the same clutch. Max shares a father with the females but had a different mother. What is the best plan of action? I was thinking I would find a new home for Howard and let Max take over. Or should I be thinking in a different direction?  I don't really want to increase the flock size at this time though, I would like to keep the flock down to 3-5 ducks for now. They have run of the property let alone the neighborhood, I don't want to overrun things yet.

If my plan of action is sound, anybody interested in a beautiful Muscovy male?

I'm sure someone will chime in....But, I think I've read u should vaccinate all. Sick or not. It's supposed to shorten duration/ severity?

 

[trixiebarracuda]

I'm sure someone will chime in....But, I think I've read u should vaccinate all. Sick or not. It's supposed to shorten duration/ severity?

I have been doing research, But I am reading a lot of conflicting info, So I just wasn't sure. One site says once they have it there is nothing you can do and alludes to death and impending doom. Another says to Vaccinate all with no symptoms but not to vaccinate those with symptoms because it may cause them to die. Yet another says that as long as it is the dry version then it will run its course and not cause any harm but to supplement them with antibiotics and electroytes in their water to ward off any further infections. So I was just trying to get a bit more clarity.

As I said, only the Buff Orps are showing symptoms. All of the chickens share the same coop and yard. But the Silkies tend to stay to themselves and like to roost in the nesting boxes together, (they are all non-stop broody it seems) and the 3 larger hens they hang together, all are eating and running around like healthy birds, just the two Orps have the scabby marks, nothing on the legs though only on the combs and wattles. And no other signs of parasitic infestations in any of the birds. The three are also still only in the 3-4 month age range. only the Silkies lay, when they aren't being all broody...

 

[Cpntherfan]

White Crested Black Polish juveniles...one is definitely a young cockerel but the other I am not sure. It has a suspiciously cockerel looking crest but hardly no tail compared to it's hatchmate...Approximately 2 months old...asking $5 each:

those the ones you got from me?

 

[Patsy29332]

those the ones you got from me?

Now how did you recognize them...It was their sweet smile...wasn't it? LOL I think I am getting out of the White Crested Blacks...I do have the other boy in the background from you I want to build on...He is getting gorgeous!

 

[Cpntherfan]

Now how did you recognize them...It was their sweet smile...wasn't it? LOL I think I am getting out of the White Crested Blacks...I do have the other boy in the background from you I want to build on...He is getting gorgeous!

ok let me know if you wanna try a different color

 

[leirob007]

My hatch count is in for this hatch.
60 egg set.
7 non-fertile
4 poor baby didn't make its
34 pullets
15 little cockrels.

I love my RIR's

34 in the living room watching tv.
15 on the back porch with their one week older brothers and sisters.
I really love girls.

 

[Patsy29332]

My hatch count is in for this hatch.
60 egg set.
7 non-fertile
4 poor baby didn't make its
34 pullets
15 little cockrels.

I love my RIR's

34 in the living room watching tv.
15 on the back porch with their one week older brothers and sisters.
I really love girls.

Sounds like you are having some awesome hatches!!!

 

[gvilledh]

It is 106 in the shade at my place today.  I have fans and misters running on the chickens.  I lost 2 silkies yesterday.  One was my best male.     So far today, I have lost 2 young orpingtons.  
I have been wetting the silkies down with the hose.  I am hoping that helps.  They won't stay under the misters.  I was wetting one down and she dropped an egg on my toe.       
If this continues much longer, I am moving a bunch of silkies into the house.  I just have too many!!!!   And I can't buy enough air freshner to cover that much chicken poo odor.   But I will do what ever I have to do.  

The three teen Orps we got from you ( now named Jasmine, Kalina, and Loralei-JKL for short) seemed to have the hardest time this weekend. I think it was because of their age, fairly heavy feathering for their body size right now, and the fact that in our case, their run area is the smallest of the three we have. They finally learned to enjoy the frozen bottles and to eat the frozen vegetables and they had their very own fan. They are quickly becoming spoiled! Next week, they should be able to be moved in with the babies, Maranda is really interested in her old friends recently and a little less interested in her babies. When Lou Ann gets back in town next Monday, we are going to start moving everyone around.
You are right about the chicken poo! Wet straw and wet chicken poo are awful, just awful!!! Any old straw will be removed as soon as this heat is over and I have time to get it done!

 

[trixiebarracuda]

In reference to Fowl P{ox.

Got the answers I needed. Thanks Anyway.


Sorry y'all are losing birds to heat. I am not having that problem, luckily.

 

[Avonshire]

OK so what do you suggest to use for the floor of the coop? Pine shavings? Sand? Chopped hay? We are hoping to finish our coop in the next week and I need to decide!