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According to the standard Brown Red and Birchen modern games should have gypsy faces. This is not a black skinned bird it just has a lot of melanisers in it's skin that cause the gypsy (or mulberry) in the face. There are a lot of Modern games cockerels with red faces but the ideal is that they...

I'm looking for a cocopop serama male or a birchen serama female. I am trying to start a colour project so if it's possible to post several pictures of the sale bird, and it's parents, I would really appreciate that. I really don't care that much about price as long as the bird is worth it. I...

It's hard to tell from the picture, but if the feathers curl outward it's a frizzle.

Though some books suggest that birds of the same breed will gravitate toward each other, you can totally mix and match whatever breeds you want. My only suggestion would be to pick birds of similar size (no bantams and large fowl, though this can work). A few good layers are: Rhode Islands...

I just hatched chicks last month. I would recommend keeping the chicks and broodies inside if you aren't already. They don't technically need heat if they have a mother, but it will make it easier for them to run around instead of staying under the broody. I would recommend a heat lamp.

Pictures would be really helpful. Is the swelling located around feathers, or just swollen?

Welcome, Jeff!

Alain, the ameraucana, died today. I am considering sending her in for testing. Though externally the bumps appeared to be feather cysts, when punctured they were fleshy (like tumors) instead of filled with an infection (like bumblefoot and feather cysts). They were external tumors which...

If anyone is interested or has this problem with there birds: It turns out she has a common genetic defect, found most famously in a strain of chickens bred for disease testing but also naturally. This defect is a genetic linking of uveitis, which causes blindness and loss of colour in the...

Do you breed, and sell?

We have been giving her nutri-drench. She has lost significant weight (severely underweight), and is acting really strange. She has never been a friendly bird and hates being held. Usually she is very vocal on this point, but now she's just very quiet and only struggles when I touch her...

Any ideas about gender?

Keel Breast Neck Back

Can you feather sex baby seramas?

Here are her eyes And these are her feathers. They came in black, and now are slowly loosing pigment.