I had a Red Star, but she died of Sudden Death Syndrome, or an egg block. I might have an image here somewhere... hold on...
Yep! Here she is! And yes, this is an image of when she as younger, about 17 months old!
Then I don't think you have anything to worry about! My friend has some TINY birds that were originally not from a small breed, and they are perfectly normal. I think she's just a small bird. As you say, it's probably just a freak of nature.
And about the mystery illness too; I had a Red Star...
I really don't think you have anything to worry about as long as she is eating and drinking healthy, her egg yokes look fine, and she is acting completely normal for your average BO Welsummer. Was her mother small at all, and do you think her father might've passed on disordered genes from his...
Yay, I'm back on! I haven't been on for a while, so I want to catch up on what people are doing around here! Update, Berry started to crow, so we had to get rid of him, Chestnut has been caught by a hawk, Lucky has FINALLY started to lay her beautiful blue/green eggs, and everyone else is good...
I have 2 black sex-links, 2 buff orpingtons, a red sex-linked, an australorp, and an arucana! They are awesome! I have a thread called 'Your Happy Flock' if you want to visit it at any point!
I have an Ancona birdie! Her name is Flashwing! Why were you looking for other members of BYC with Anconas? This is WyandotteLove1
Here's an older pic of Flash!
Oh no! I found out that my young buffie chick is a roo! He hasn't crowed yet, but he has hackles, GARGANTUAN spurs, and the biggest comb and wattle I have ever had on a roo! He's already tried to mate with his favorite girl, Chestnut, who is a black-sex linked, and that's pretty much what...
Awwwwwww..... Have you ever had an entire group of new chicks fall asleep on your lap? I did once, and I didn't dare get up!! They had blacked out completely!!!! SO ADORABLE!!!
Yeah, I get that. I couldn't figure out how to upload them for a while either. But here are my birdies!
These are some pretty old photos. My babies, (the ones at the top,) are adults now!
Enjoy the pics!
Holy smokes!!! SMALL SNAKES???? That's CRAZY!!! The only strange thing one of my birds have eaten is the head of a dead mouse that my cat had caught and left in the yard. We had to chase her for a good 1/2 an hr.!!! It was so gross!!! We're gonna get two more cats since my cat died (she was 13...
Buff Orpingtons are really nice birds. But I just want to warn you... one of my Buffy girls is EXTREMELY broody. That's probably the only con that I can think of.