Posts by MoodyChicken

Thanks guys!  The project is pretty open-ended on what we can do, so I should be able to pull something out of this.  Anyone else, please feel free to participate until Monday the 10th.  Thanks!

There's definitely great potential!  The top hen looks quite nice in the that photo, and the second hen has a tad too much white a whipped tail... but great start!!!

Hello everyone, long time no talk!  I hope you are all doing well!I have a favor to ask of you all, and if you could help I would greatly appreciate it!  In my statistics class, our current project is to obtain data of any...

Hm, but she slips if she tries to walk.  I'm afraid shell splay her leg on top of the injury.

Quote:Originally Posted by Lynn57 Well I'm not even 100 percent sure that thats what mine have, but I suspect that the silkie I brought home  about a month ago may have had it or have it.  Her eye (left only though) ...

Oh no, I hope it's not Coryza.  That's a nasty disease.  You'd know it though; birds with IC smell horrible, like rotting flesh.  It's extremely difficult to get rid of, and your best and most ethical approach is to cull...

Any diagnosis yet?  Could be Coryza.  Does she smell terrible?  That's a telltale sign.  I once cared for a bird with coryza.  He was otherwise fit as a fiddle but his throat was filled with cheesy goup.  He...

I have a young Modern Game pullet with a hock injury.  Unfortunately, I was gone all weekend when she managed to hurt herself, so I have no idea how she did it or how long she's been hurt, but she's clearly uncomfortable.  Her...

Small blue portions are normal, large portions are cause for alarm.  The comb is an extremity, like your fingers, and when it's cold outside oftentimes the blood cools before it reaches the tips.  Older birds get it too,...

Oh, and the mites definitely won't help.  They will slowly weaken her.  Paleness goes hand-in-hand with nearly every disease.