The Wyandotte Thread

[dajen]

As hatch day is arriving tomorrow. What vaccination or medication protocol does everyone use?

 

[ki4got]

I have a question, is there a difference between bantams and regular birds? If so what?, how can you tell?

Thanks

size primarily. they should have the same basic type, bantams are just smaller.

 

[Wyandotte103]

Can you tell when they are chicks?

 

[dracoe19]

As hatch day is arriving tomorrow. What vaccination or medication protocol does everyone use?

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.

 

[DMRippy]

Can you tell when they are chicks?

For the most part yes. But I have hatched from very small LF chicks. Bantams are usually 1/2 the size of LF at hatch.

 

[jockeyeba]

My cute little day old Wyandotte chicks (only 2) that we let one of our AG broody pullets hatch. Moms or either BLR or GL & dads or either our BLR or the black lace roo. Just trying to get more future laying hens at this point. I don't have enough pens to separate the colors, maybe in the future

 

[sixpugs]

If you are breeding bantams, you remove any and all bunny tailed birds from your breeders. The true breeder motto is: "You will continue to get that which you tolerate." Too many decent birds in the world to try & spend generations to fix a serious flaw. If your male is bunny-tailed, he is 1/2 of your flock & a much larger contributor of this defect than one hen.Good luck.

Jill

 

[dajen]

[ 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. 
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Thank you for the input.

Jen

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

Would one consider this a "severe" bunny tail, like one one on a Cochin? I would love to keep him and use him for breeding, but if his tail is that bad I may have to find a better male and sell him. I apologize for the lack of a good photo of the tail, but I just purchased him last week and I haven't got the chance to work with him so he won't run off when I set him somewhere. Next month I'm going to a few shows and am looking forward to the oppoutunity to talk to judges and Wyandotte breeders.

He is sitting in this picture.

 

[ki4got]

Quote: not pure wyandottes (tho some are half) you can tell the lf from bantam chicks pretty easy at a couple days, and the differences only get bigger as they grow.


there are 14 lf and 6 bantams in this bunch...