Recent content by Wyandottes7

Looks like a Harlequin to me, too.

Thanks for the links and suggestions! Pigeon genetics sure are complex. It does seem like the squab is a dilute barless blue (I guess the "official" name would likely be Dun Barless). The father and mother must have both carried "barless" and the father must have carried the dilute allele of the...

Do they work now? When I first posted they didn't work for me but they work for me now.

I have two three-week-old Baldhead Roller pigeon squabs. One is definitely a Blue Bar, but I don't know the color on the other one. The father pigeon was a Blue Bar and the female was a Blue Check. I'm looking for ideas on what color the unidentified squab is. This is the unidentified squab...

About 6 weeks ago, I noticed my 7-year-old Production Red hen, "Red", limping slightly. I looked at and felt her foot and leg and saw nothing wrong; she showed no sign of pain no matter where I touched her leg. I left her alone, thinking it was a mild sprain or strain. She was kept inside her...

The bird you pictured is a female. She is a Light-Brown Leghorn, who I suspect is laying your white eggs. It is normal for Leghorns to have large combs and wattles, which can make them appear to be roosters even when they are hens.

I would highly lean towards cockerel.

I usually stop free feeding at 3 months, but then give about twice as much as a normal adult ration until about 5 months. Thereafter I feed the normal adult amount. This has worked for me, but I predominately raise small breeds, which grow and mature faster. If I had a large breed rabbit...

I am new to pigeons and right now am feeding my two Baldhead Show Rollers a mixture of game bird grower feed (23% protein) and wild bird seed (8% protein). If the pigeons eat half of each type of feed, the average protein level would be 15.5%. I think they are eating more of the bird seed than...

I just want to update this thread in case others come along with the same question. My pigeon laid one egg fourteen days after I got her and then another two days later. At the time, I was moving them to a new, larger area instead of the cage they had been living in. When I moved them to their...

I have used pine shavings in the litter trays/dropping trays of my rabbits before, with no ill effects. Right now I'm actually using pine pellets (sold as horse bedding) which are very efficient and work great. I also use pine shavings for my poultry and have had no respiratory issues with them...

I have hand-raised/supplemented domestic rabbit kits before, using the following formula: 1 egg yolk 1/2 cup evaporated goat milk (undiluted) 1/2 tablespoon corn syrup This provides the rich, concentrated nutrients that baby rabbits need. I suspect it would work for wild species of rabbit as...

If you are concerned about the other eggs, then I would move the double yolkers to a separate incubator, just to be safe. Though, with so few days left before hatching and both embryos still left alive, I wouldn't be overly concerned about the eggs becoming rotten and exploding. I definitely...

Alfalfa hay will be fine, especially for a young, growing rabbit since it has higher levels of calcium than other hays. My rabbits never seemed to like alfalfa as much as timothy hay, but they would still eat it. If you want to feed your rabbits hay, I see no problem with the alfalfa. Do make...

They are bedded on wood shavings and I have given them some hay, but I will be adding more hay tomorrow.