The Wyandotte Thread

[sixpugs]

These pictures do not give a fair representation of the bird. If possible a standing side view is best. He appears to have nice yellow legs and a decent head. May I ask where you got him?

 

[Chickengirl1304]

They're from the same trio how come they look so different? They're silver laced wyandottes

 

[ki4got]

[ quote name="dracoe19" url="/t/279470/the-wyandotte-thread/7320#post_10597478"]I don't vaccinate my chicks. I give them medicated feed but that's about it. During a whole year I migHt lose 3 birds to I think Mareks disease but that is out of all chicks hatched (usually well over 100) and my adult birds are now immune and cannot catch it. I prefer not to vaccinate animals unless it is a must. Vaccinations can be hard on an animal because you are actually infecting them with the disease but at a low enough does as for the body to fight it off. It still makes the body go into attack mode though. At a hatchery it is an option so it's a "if you want to pay extra to be more assured" type thing. Even if you vaccinate it is not a 100%. I got a few EEs that were vaccinated for Mareks and i still lost one later in the year to it. That is how I run things but others may do it differently. I always assume I am going to lose a handful of birds to predators, sickness, or other. Just a good precautionary mindset. Like having a backup rooster. You don't want to lose him but having a backup is always a good idea. That's my 2 cents on the topic.

Thank you for the input.

Jen[/QUOTE]
well, medicated feed does nothing for mareks... it's got amprollium in it to help prevent coccidia. 2 different scenarios. mareks is a virus that causes cancerous growths in birds, most usually affecting the nervous system. (the only known cancer-causing virus thus far).

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

These pictures do not give a fair representation of the bird. If possible a standing side view is best. He appears to have nice yellow legs and a decent head. May I ask where you got him?

I got him at a show last weekend in a trio with two other black hens. I'll try and find one of him standing, but he does not like me (yet) so it's hard to get a good picture of him.

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

This is probably the best picture I have of him standing. When I get home tonight I'll try and take a better picture of him.

 

[dracoe19]

I know the medicated feed has no effect on the Mareks. I just use it for what you mentioned, coccidiosis.

 

[sixpugs]

This looks like either his tail is growing out &/or narrow. He looks young to me as well. Just hard for me to say with these pics.

 

[sixpugs]

Go to my profile & while I need to update pics, there is a pic of 3 pullets. The middle black one next to the silver laced has a bunny tail & was sold as a pet.

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

This looks like either his tail is growing out &/or narrow. He looks young to me as well. Just hard for me to say with these pics.

He's very young - the breeder I got him from said he's from last fall's hatch. That picture doesn't do him justice though, he was trying to get away from me while protecting his hens, and was in an unnatural position as you can tell.

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

This is as good as I got tonight. Every day I've been handling him and trying to get him used to me.
View from top:

Back view, weird lighting and awkward position in this pic.

Still not a good picture of him standing naturally, but it's better than the others.

And this is the only picture I got of him standing naturally... Of course he doesn't when I don't have the door open.