American serama thread!

[jmcgee83]

4 that go into lockdown tomorrow

great! I hope you get some of the colors you want. How many started? Just so I know.

 

[clousert]

great! I hope you get some of the colors you want. How many started? Just so I know.

1 bloodring and then the 4 developing

 

[artsyrobin]

hey - are seramas prone to blindness? this boy is blind now, dilated pupils

any idea on treatment?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Poor boy. I was at a tabletop show a few years ago and someone brought a cockerel with nerve damage. She attributed it to inbreeding and showed it to make people aware of the problem. Maybe cause of the blindness is something similar. I know Mareks can cause changes in the eyes, but not blindness. Can't think of anything else that might be causing it.

Can he find his food and water?

 

[artsyrobin]

yes, his hen is showing him around, i'm giving him extra vitamins, i just feel so sorry for him- he has a frizzle cochin hen that is super timid, so before this happened they got along fine, she is mothering him, and eating and drinking, preening- i know inbreeding is an issue sometimes, i got him as an adult so can't say whether that is an issue-

 

[froggiesheins]

yes, his hen is showing him around, i'm giving him extra vitamins, i just feel so sorry for him- he has a frizzle cochin hen that is super timid, so before this happened they got along fine, she is mothering him, and eating and drinking, preening- i know inbreeding is an issue sometimes, i got him as an adult so can't say whether that is an issue-

Inbreeding was one of my first thoughts too Artsy... Poor fellow, SO glad he has a friend to help him tho.....

 

[bobby317]

There is ocular Marek's.

 

[drumstick diva]

I never knew that - I will have to research ocular Mareks. Is it confined to the eyes and non-lethal?

 

[artsyrobin]

here is a good link on everything mereks-
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq

nambroth did alot of research and put a good resource together on it- when i asked her about the ocular she had with one of hers, she just made the hen comfortable and made sure she ate and drank ok

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I havent read it obviously but is it permanent then? The blindness.