Recent content by Chicks 'n ducks

Sorry I didn't see this sooner. She hung in there for quite some time but eventually she passed away. She had gotten worse and then just plateaued, and couldn't get around or eat on her own.

She hasn't started laying yet, my birds tend to start late. Her breathing isn't labored and her legs aren't splayed. Is there anything at all I can do for her if it is in fact Mareks?

I noticed it yesterday, she was fine before this. I observed her more today. One of her legs she doesn't put her weight on, and it is always moving up and down like something is going on with the nerve, possibly. Because of this she is having a really hard time walking. I have had many sick...

I have an 8 month old silkie pullet who recently began showing signs of some sort of illness. She doesn't move much if at all and if you move her she loses her balance and begins flapping her wings to keep herself upright. Her rear end is poopy and her poop is bright green in some places. She...

Thank you all so much! I did bathe the birds that I am planning on taking, and it did get rid of some or maybe most of the live lice. however the eggs in the beard did not get any looser? I tried yesterday on another bird to get the nits out with oil, it was an olive, safflower, vegetable...

Anybody?

Hello! I have a show coming up in 2 weeks (first one in over a year) That I am really excited for! Except, my birds have lice :barnie I have silkies. I see some adult lice in the feathers on the body of my birds, and they have a lot of nits in their beards that I can't get off. I don't see any...

Sorry for the bad photos, I didn't want to disturb her for too long.

You all were right! 3 beautiful babies in the nest this morning. I'll get pics soon!

Yeah, that's what I was going to say, to carry to full term and build a nest doesn't totally sound like a false pregnancy but I could be wrong.

No babies when I checked this morning :( Is she not pregnant after all? I'm confused.

Thank you to all those who replied! I'll just let her be like you suggest and check again in the morning. I'll keep you updated.

Hello rabbit people of BYC, I have a Dwarf Hotot on day 30 of pregnancy, this is her first time. Earlier today she was building a nest and haystaching. Then she pulled fur and lined her nest. Nothing has happened since then. I have read that after they pull fur kindling shortly follows. She has...

You're right on the blue, the lavender is probably a white. Whites can start out very gray but mature into a pure white.

I can never be sure from just pics because you really need to observe how they behave. Pretty darn sure the Lav is a cockerel though. The showgirl doesn't seem to have any cockerel traits, just looks like a pullet to me. I've found silkie pullets get their crest in faster, and it's placed higher...