I got mine from the guy that heads up the buckeye club. I believe he is back east somewhere. That's "back east" from me, not necessarily from you. I think he is in the midwest.
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I got mine from the guy that heads up the buckeye club. I believe he is back east somewhere. That's "back east" from me, not necessarily from you. I think he is in the midwest.
Wasn't sure where to put this, thought I would ask it here:
What does everyone think about Egyptian Fayoumis? Supposedly they have some resistance to bird flu. Do you think there's any truth to that? Anyone have any info to back it up?
I was just looking for opinions at the moment.About a year or two ago some "old-timer chicken folks" told me they thought this breed was going to take off like crazy in the US and become super-popular but it didn't happen. I thought it was kind of a strange prediction, to be honest... wondering why they thought that.
Anyway, I love this thread!
@JulesChicks I'm so sorry to hear about your girls... it is a decision that we are now facing as well...Welcome to the thread Maria! Which heritage breed did you choose and why? What region do you live in? I live near the coast in Washington state and I've been looking at various heritage breeds for when I add to my flock. Right now we have Black Copper Marans, Welsummers, Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas, Cream Legbars and Swedish Flower Hens.
Update on the girls in the tractor with MG: Well, I have seen no improvement from the antibiotics which they have been on since last Monday night (so we're on day 9). The one who was first sick, the younger CL, still has a clear runny nose but no sneezing/coughing and seems to be fine otherwise. I did catch her eating a nasty dark caecal poop though the other day. She was the only one eating it and ate quite a lot of it. Disgusting. The smallest (Scrappy) BCMarans still has a crusty nose with discharge and is coughing/sneezing....and, well, we lost the other sick BCMarans on The 4th to a neighborhood dog. My husband went to feed the chickens and was down at the main coop and there were 3 dogs in our yard. They came to greet him and were friendly enough. He went up to the tractor and heard crunching and saw something black on the ground and thought the dog had a crow. He walked over to the tractor and counted birds and then knew he had one of our birds. He was so mad he kicked it on its way out without checking the tags. The other Marans was sunning/dust bathing in the whole the dog dug so she would have been next. We found out who the dog was but haven't had a chance to find and talk to the neighbor yet. So, we're down to 2 sick birds anyway.
The Duramycin package says to treat for 7-14 days, but I would have thought they would show improvement by now. I don't know if this strain of MG is resistant to the Duramycin or not, but I'm not willing to try another at this point. I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that we may need to cull them. Since this is the first time we're going through this I would love some moral support - should we cull? The three older girls in with them are not showing outward signs of illness, although the older CL will be 32 weeks on Thursday and is still not laying. One SFH lays fairly regularly and the other seems less often. Some days we get 2 eggs, some none, some one.
Would love to hear your thoughts...thanks!