Daydream thread continues.....

COOLTRIKERCHICK

LIR....oooooo noooooo

they are not eating something to poison them? fumes or some sort of fungus spores from something?, something/dust etc from the building work?

really hope you get to the bottom of it....

well i finally candled the eggs, all infertile, so i have emailed the seller, i dont care what he said about sending them through the post... as i have had great results in the past... plus the plonker did send them on the coldest day/night of the year:mad:

so really do need good luck, or some of your devon voodoo stuff itsmehonest;).

lostinrates

Yep, i think i might have to take the little bodies to the vet tomorrow for a post mortem.

The snow balls were all in a house together in our front garden, fairly small run, because i had decided they were too tiny to leave out. They had been in there for only about ten days.

alfie_1

LIR..... pooop !:(
mine are ok so dont think its hereditory ?? sounds like there may be something going on within thier housing?? no mites ?? stale seed ? cant imagine so as your far fussier/conscientious than me !! i would get the remainder out and put em back with the others??
my silkie c*ck bird is fine now !!

just had dinner at my sons place and much as he would be loath to admit it...he has his mothers traits ....he's just bagged himself an as new kitchen with bosch cooker and hob [latest tech], he's nicking/borrowing my van tomorow to fetch it all....FREE :Dselling it on tho as he's in need of another car.
i think ive just found a buyer for it after a quick phone call on my return..;)


well the ploughing didnt really happen. they didnt get any of the horses out as to be honest it would have been such hard going and hardly anyone turned up to watch...:(

panto full dress rehearsal over this afternoon....cant really think of any thing enthusiastic to say about it :rotfl:.....bit harsh but we will see.... i hope they pull it off...

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

RAS, wherever you are, I got the sharks and all your detailed info, safe & sound! :j:beer:

Many thanks....at least I have the space to give them freedom to explore & expand!:D DW was very interested, and we do need things that keep well.

For the rest of you, these sharks don't look like fish or swim. For many, they'd probably be a bit more than you'd want on your plot, like pumpkins.

Shark fin melons? I've been after some seeds for those....

Lotus-eater

lostinrates wrote: »

Will it never end? Now my snowballs are in trouble. One girl dead, the other keeling over. The boys are fine.......have put alive girl inside in the dark and quiet and will hope...

I just can't work out what is wrong. The one still alive looks........drunk. fine this morning, and indeed earlier this afternoon.

That doesn't sound good, something outside my experience.

Found this.
http://www.raising-chickens.org/chicken-walking-like-she-is-drunk-.html

I would agree with you, vets is definitely a good idea and start taking isolation and disenfectant proceedures between the poultry, as a precaution I would suggest.

First thing I thought of, is have they eaten something that doesn't agree with them. If you can move them easily, it may be worth your while doing so. Maybe take the opportunity to move them further away from the rest.

I'll be crossing my fingers for you. x

Lotus-eater

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

well i finally candled the eggs, all infertile, so i have emailed the seller, i dont care what he said about sending them through the post... as i have had great results in the past... plus the plonker did send them on the coldest day/night of the year:mad:

I've hatched eggs after they've been in the fridge for a while, so I wouldn't have thought that's a problem. But I suppose it depends how cold they got? I honestly don't know the answer to that one.

But from what I've just read (I was interested ) if they freeze, it's over and you should let them come up to room temp before putting in the incubator.

alfie_1

CTC.......what type of chook eggs were they ??
you are welcome to some silkie or some normal big chook mongrel eggs when they are ready ...

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

Yep, i think i might have to take the little bodies to the vet tomorrow for a post mortem.

The snow balls were all in a house together in our front garden, fairly small run, because i had decided they were too tiny to leave out. They had been in there for only about ten days.

Apoplexy?
No, seriously, it can be due to high feeding (or some say over-laying).

Itismehonest

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

LIR....oooooo noooooo

they are not eating something to poison them? fumes or some sort of fungus spores from something?, something/dust etc from the building work?

really hope you get to the bottom of it....

well i finally candled the eggs, all infertile, so i have emailed the seller, i dont care what he said about sending them through the post... as i have had great results in the past... plus the plonker did send them on the coldest day/night of the year:mad:

so really do need good luck, or some of your devon voodoo stuff itsmehonest;).

Even devon voodoo needs a decent temperature to incubate eggs, CTC.
Is there nobody local who will let you grab a few eggs out from under their broody?

alfie_1

LIR... im feeling guilty now....:( horrible to get attatched then lose some...maybe they are all pigging out cos you feed em so well ??

im afraid all mine just get ordinary corn and whatever they eat whilst demolishing my garden...:)

i can hatch you /give you eggs if you want some more ??