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RE: [britishbelgianbantams] Re:Life expectancy

Stephanie thanks. I think you might be right unfortunately. I couldn’t find the article you mention although I have found information such as here: http://www.avianbiotech.com/Diseases/AvianTuberculosis.htm

 

Looks like it’s virtually impossible to treat an infected bird and given the numbers of pigeons, wild birds and peacocks that frequent the garden I can only imagine replacement birds would likewise become infected. Also I presume we will have to stop eating the eggs.

 

Has anyone else here had avian TB problems?

 

Matt

 

From: britishbelgianbantams@yahoogroups.com [mailto:britishbelgianbantams@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of stephanie coates
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Subject: [britishbelgianbantams] Re:Life expectancy

 

Could it be something like Avian Tb? In the archives of the BBBC is an article on this

 



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My 2 barbu d'uccle cockerels born last year have developed what I think are large combs and prominent wattles. The beards are there but the wattles hide them. ...
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Feb 9, 2008
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Maybe you could show them, but they DO have large combs and prominent wattles as you say - so they would not be winners ! I like the type and colour, but I do...
Bent Skaarup Pedersen
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Feb 9, 2008
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Hi, your birds are too high, you have to breed d'Uccle lower and with a "bull neck". You can compare with my rooster on the last photo, I like his shape but he...
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Feb 14, 2008
6:43 pm

Thank you both for the comments. I can see these cockerels were a bit tall and the necks thin. There were 4 out of 5 cockerels with the same characteristics...
Matt Evans
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Feb 18, 2008
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I am trying to help a neighbour who is wishing to re-establish a flock of millefleur barbu d'uccles. She requires about 9 further hens of a good standard...
Matt Evans
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Feb 18, 2008
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Hi All My name is sue and i am a new member and to Chicken breeding,we used to have a few chickens a number of years ago just for there eggs, my husband and...
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Jun 18, 2008
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Hi folks, What is the expected life span for a Barbu d'Uccle? This year I have had the loss of a hen just under 3 and a cock around 3-4. They were both very...
Matt Evans
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Jul 21, 2008
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Could it be something like Avian Tb? In the archives of the BBBC is an article on this __________________________________________________________ Not happy...
stephanie coates
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Jul 23, 2008
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Stephanie thanks. I think you might be right unfortunately. I couldn’t find the article you mention although I have found information such as here:...
Matt Evans
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Jul 25, 2008
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Realise I didn’t post an update on this previously. Had a post-mortem done on the cockerel and it came back as most likely cause of death from coccidiosis....
Matt Evans
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Oct 9, 2008
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Hi Matt, i'm a bit of a late comer to the topic, but the oldest d'uccle i knew of, was at least twelve years old on her passing. she belonged to a friend of...
robin.budden
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Oct 8, 2008
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Thanks for that Rob. What a great age and great character. Some of my ladies are getting rather white at 4 so I can imagine what they must look like at 12. My...
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