Recent content by Midnightman14

I think it depends on the bird species in question. If say you have goldens or amhersts and you're not able to keep them without blinders it might be worth re-evaluating your practices. The lophurans, green peafowl, tragopans, and junglefowl though I'd be a bit more hesitant to judge if...

Feeding nutrient dense foods is more important than water soluble vitamins at least initially. I use Farmers helper chick crumble mixed with regular chick starter and dusted with some roasted mealworms. The worms seem to kick some innate instinct in the chicks and they begin to peck at them...

(rave beat) nts nts nts nts nts nts (laser show everywhere) wub wub wub

They are not good for beginners. Their microbial tolerance is non existent

sounds like someone sprayed some sort of pesticide or herbicide. Doesn't even matter if it was on your propert, if it's adjacent even it can effect them.

yep. That's why alot of pheasant people are so tight fisted with their birds. They don't want them to go to people who will cross them to add zeros onto a price tag. There's also the fact that the pheasant hobby is conservation oriented rather than ornament collecting.

The india blue is extinct as a species in captivity in the United States because of hybridization. Sure you get some that are superficially "blues" but often times you can see the result of Spalding heritage in the form of coal dusting coloration on the front of the wings. Wild blues look...

putting chickens and peafowl together invites disaster. It's not just blackhead and other diseases. Pea are often aggressive and will bully or kill chickens. Have seen quite a few people lose chickens during breeding season because a male got roid ragey and killed it.

The day that happens is the day I weep for the hobby. Thankfully congo peafowl are out of the hands of those who would try such a thing.

sharpies are non toxic did a lab on this in freshman chemistry. The smell means nothing, vinegar is non toxic too and it sure doesn't smell good either.

incorrect. The ink is non toxic.

stock standard india blue.

Regular india blues do have some purple but the Purple mutation can vary widely in appearance. Some Purples have a nice gumdrop color to them which is often what people want and some are more storm cloud purple. I managed to get both examples for my own breeding after deciding I would try and...

Only if you are okay with never seeing them again. Sure a few might hang around for a couple weeks but they have no self preservation instincts and predators and cars will pick them off quickly. They should not be kept with chickens.

Is it possible there was a head injury?