Recent content by Lanfear

Hi folks, I have a special little birdy in my flock right now. I've had guineas and chickens together for years, and what do you know, this year I hatched out a hybrid day 22 from a guinea egg, whom I dubbed Ember - I say she's a 'her' but I actually don't know. Let me preface this by saying...

It's been a bit since my last update and sorry for not replying earlier - I'm not keen on the idea of uploading video elsewhere from an account and sharing here so I guess I'll stick to photos. Anyways Ember is still going strong and has been free ranging with the rest of the birds for a while...

Thank you. Yes my vet clinic is a fun, humerous bunch so they put the logo on the boot as a decoration and it made me laugh. Hybrid or not I'd do the same for a bird that wasn't "as special". I just hope I am capable of making that difficult call when it would be in her best interest. That I...

Ember may be capable of living longer however it seems doubtful it would be humane to keep 'her' alive as her deformities worsen with growth. I haven't checked with them yet I don't think. But at same time I hesitate to do it if "she's" going to be euthanized within a month kind of thing. I'm...

The problem with this is I don't feel being kept indoors full time offers much quality of life. I bet she feels strain wearing the boots because it's forcing the feet to be in a direction they don't want to normally grow at, so whether it makes it better or worse for her I'm not sure. I'm just...

No I haven't gotten DNA results yet - I've reached out to 3 labs and they either haven't responded or have said no they can't DNA test. I accidentally refer to her as a her and often go back to edit comments but forgot ahaha. The boots appear to be helping keep in place and for now it's okay as...

Today Ember saw the vet, I feel a little helpless with her case. Vet doesn't think amputation likely to contribute to quality of life - she will check with some other vets but likely means putting her down in future as her quality of life will worsen. They did make some booties for her that are...

So far so good - s/he's now jumping up on the roost on her own, but I feel the humerus bones are slowly twisting more. I did think about that, but A couple years ago I had a chicken called PutPut - as a chick she roosted on my heated water bowl over winter lost both her legs. I felt soooo bad...

Unfortunately Ember although is doing well, still eating/drinking/growing, her feet and twisting leg bones are getting worse. I suspect before long the feet will cause more of an issue once s/he is fully grown, or perhaps before then. (of note I put Ember up here, they didn't jump up on their own).

I just figured I'd follow up in case someone else stumbles across this thread. Definitely thinking deformity now - the legs have gotten noticeably worse. I fear they will be causing a problem before s/he reaches adult size.

Thank you for the reply. The toes were gradually worsening and weren't as bad at the start. The left foot it's a newer thing - the foot wasn't rotated in like this when it was younger so I'm not sure if it's trying to counteract the effects of the crooked toes and making things worse for itself...

Hi guys, So my "cheet" is now 2 weeks 5 days old. It has had curled toes off the hop and even trying for 2 weeks straight I could not get them to fix - anytime a wrap was removed the toes would just reset. I decided to let it be - it was probably beyond fixing, and perhaps part of the reasoning...

Oops sorry I didn't reply to your previous post - yes I read about Miracle and thought it was fascinating - I just hope my cheet ends up more normal and less genetically messed up. Aside from some toes that are persistently trying to grow crooked even with my various wrap jobs, good so far! The...

In all honestly I don't think deciding not to hatch them is the wrong call. From what little I can find on the internet, these hybrids aren't very healthy. I'm hoping that isn't the case for this little one! I did candle similar colored guinea eggs (this egg is very light so it stands out...

I've had chickens and guineas together for 3 years, but this year I hatched out a surprise from one of my guinea eggs. I had guinea eggs put in the incubator May 16th. June 7th I went to check the eggs and much to my surprise there was a empty eggshell sitting in atray (that makes hatch date 22...