Recent content by portugeeaggie

  1. portugeeaggie

    broken feathers, mites *if you are experiencing this, PLEASE READ*

    I just finished speaking with him, he said the bugs that only attack white feathers are feather lice. I'm going to take another really good look at my girls tomorrow but I'm pretty sure it's just the white ones with this issue. He said they treat their owl and hawk with sevin dust just be very...
  2. portugeeaggie

    broken feathers, mites *if you are experiencing this, PLEASE READ*

  3. portugeeaggie

    broken feathers, mites *if you are experiencing this, PLEASE READ*

    I think I'm having this problem as well, but it's only the white hens tail feathers that are being eaten, I'll post a picture. I have helped do wild bird rescue (not at home!) and I know there's a certain bug that only eats the white of feathers, I'm waiting on a reply from a colleague to see...
  4. portugeeaggie

    Texas BYC Cafe

    Howdy! I am a newb to BYC hailing from the big city of Snook!
  5. portugeeaggie

    2016 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!

    This has taught me I need to stop taking pictures on my iPhone and take the good camera out more often lol finding a high quality image was hard!
  6. portugeeaggie

    Howdy from Texas!

    Thank you :)
  7. portugeeaggie

    My duckling has a broken leg

    Maybe some hay? That way she doesn't slip but she still has something to grip. Glad to hear she's doing well :)
  8. portugeeaggie

    Howdy from Texas!

    We have had our birds since spring of 2014 and every time I Google a bird question it brings me to BYC! I decided we may as well join since we spend enough time on the forums lol. My family and I own a small homestead (less than an acre) in Central Texas and so far we have a garden, chickens...
  9. portugeeaggie

    My duckling has a broken leg

    My ducklings leg is broken, he/she uses it as a crutch too but it's bent outwards. The duckling is able to use it a little bit to get around on he's just slower than the rest of the duckings. I'm glad I found your thread because I was debating wrapping it!
See more
Back
Top Bottom