1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
It is the entire flock, ranging from birds about 7 years old to 2 years old - various breeds
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Not laying, sneezing, wheezing - but NO discharge
3) How long...
2 weeks ago, i brought home some new pullets. 2 polish, 3 silkies, and a silver laced wyandotte.
We have a flock of 10 birds, a few auracaunas (sp?), sex link, comets, australorp. oh, and a peacock who thinks he is a silkie
Anyway, almost immediately we noticed the polish did not seem as...
Over the winter, one of my husbands peacocks took off, and we have never been able to find him. It was his fathers day present a couple years ago, so I want to replace him.
Color does not matter, but we already have a white one so something else. I think he likes the brighter colors, so probably...
I am a longtime member too - but I can't seem to get into my account....
ANYWAY
We are in Kensington NH, on the coast, right near the MA border. Earlier this week, our juvenile male peacock was startled out of the pen at dusk, and went to roost in a tree.
Our experience has been that they...
I have a peacock that thinks he is a chicken, does that count?
Snowpea is about 1 1/2 - 2 years old, and yesterday he got into a scuffle with a coyote. Amazingly, there are no obvious wounds, though the coyote pulled out mounds of feathers. I brought him to the vet today, who said she couldn't...