Search results for query: *

  1. D

    Serama Cockerel in need of a good home

    my little Serama has started coming of age and being the only survivor of a failed incubation could rather do with a good home with other chickens He has been well looked after to the best of my ability and is of good health Though it would always be best to have a vet give him a look over...
  2. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    it's been some time now and my little boys feathers have come in properly...the hackles and saddle feathers are starting to come in too his tail feathers are starting to get a green iridesence too (you won't be able to see it in the photo....he was too freaked out by the camera)
  3. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    another chick update here I have good reason to believe I have a male here because the comb and wattles are coming in and the general posture and "aggressiveness" is definitely pointing to male anyway...here's a photo
  4. D

    My first Silkies... I'm beginning to think they are thick!!

    I have heard a little saying regarding silkies that goes a little bit like "lack of Intelligence is directly proportional to the amount of fluff covering thier eyes" I know mine was dumb as bricks until he got a haircut
  5. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    another update...my little chick has floofed out a lot since the last 11 days and you can even see the comb properly now
  6. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    my little baby is just over 3 and a half weeks old here's a photo I just took now...it reaaally wasn't happy about being picked up when it was sleeping though EDIT:my phone's camera isn't great and picking up colours indoors unfortunately
  7. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    I have given my chick a good look over today....it's tail is really coming in now and it's wings are pretty big now too :D but the nost interesting thing is that the wing feathers closest to it's body (if the wing in extended) are now turning into a rich reddish brown...my little baby is going...
  8. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    yes that looks almost excatly like my chicks wing feathers though I am seeing a good bit of brown now in my chicks feathers as they grow in
  9. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    managed to catch my chick with it's tail lifted up like a good Serama should have
  10. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    well...after much indignant screeching at being handled and having it's wing extended against it's will...I managed to get some rather clear photos
  11. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    I would love to see some examples! my chick is growing nicely as well by the way. it's tail feathers are coming in nicely and it's wings have mostly feathered out now.
  12. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    oh I should of put something down in my inital post...it completely slipped my mind this is a Serama chicken chick
  13. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    no sorry....this chick is the result of a rather failed attempt at incubating a set of 6 eggs bought from Ebay....and this was the only one that survived...there were 3 developed eggs and only this one hatched out
  14. D

    can I get a colour check on my chick?

    my chick is just over a week old now and has some wing feathers coming in...I was wondering if could get some idea of it's adult colouring and maybe a comparison photo or two
  15. D

    My Coturnix is limping

    yeah my little girl has recovered since I last posted here...it's likily she just mistimed her jump up to the wooden platform that holds her water supply away from the sand. she normally either jumps up just fine to walks up the ramp if she doen't feel like jumping.
  16. D

    my silkie won't keep quiet anymore

    small update: The excessive noise at 5am hasn't stopped so I've been in touch with someone to take him in also yes...apparently Tobi is male..I found spurs starting to grow on the back of his legs near the feet
  17. D

    my silkie won't keep quiet anymore

    it's a sound a little bit similar to that on canada geese honking as for everyone elses question as to why I'd get a chicken in an apartment...it was originally an experiment...I was planning for a pair but given the size Tobi is now...probably for the best and as for the gender...
  18. D

    my silkie won't keep quiet anymore

    so my 22 week old Silkie "Tobi" has just recently started honking every morning at 5am and because I live in a high rise apartment...the sound wakes me up every morning now i'm not a morning person by any stretch and picking Tobi up for a cuddle only gives a few minutes reprieve from the noise...
  19. D

    The start of a new flock

    unfortunately I don't know if the rest of my quail are female or not yet....I only know that 6 of them are male so far
  20. D

    The start of a new flock

    small update regarding my King quail I have found the pure white quail crowing today and a number of them are developing bib feathers which should point them as male as well
Back
Top Bottom