Yes, i know! These were pictures from when i first bought them, the breeder was a mighty stingy lady and crammed them into a tiny cage in a dark corner, since then i have had their nails trimmed by a petshop owner, given them egg food and greens and reduced the amount of millet in their diet and...
My oldest bird, named Sowhat. He is rather calm compared to the other one, looking at me as if saying 'so what?' He looks like a plump, grumpy old man in this photo!
This is one of them on their favourite perch. Placing perches in the corners of cages for smaller birds really belps them feel safe and becomes an ideal sleeping perch, btw.
Hi, all! Here are pictures of my spotted munias or spice finches, (lonchura puncrulata). Many people likely haven't seen this bird before, as it is a shy southeast Asian finch species. They are social birds, and prefer their own company rather than that of humans. I have two of them, and one is...
So its a long story, but my rooster pecked my hen, tore her comb real bad. Took her to a vet, got things cleaned up and perscribed. There was this antibiotic powder medication given for putting on the wound every other day for a week, but i noticed rashes on the poor bird after the treatment, so...
Yeah, i guess you're right, i was trying to avoid this outcome in the end, but i have a few people lined up who just might like a crack crazy rooster, or I'll give him back to the breeder. Such a shame, though, he was getting to be such a handsome bird, with glossy purple tail feathers coming in...
I've also been having problems with a rooster. I have a real small flock of 3, 1 eooster and 2 hens. I did not intend on a rooster, but i asked for 3 hens and 1 turned out a rooster. I know this ratio is totally terrible, but i really love all my birds including the roo, and I've had them since...
Yeah, definitely mites that you find in grain will not be a problem for chickens, its a bit like saying bugs found on a cow's hide will affect the person who drinks its milk🤣 what i would do would be to spread all the grain out to dry in the sun, as in really, really spread out and hot, then...
My chickens never eat millet, though i grow it a lot for my finch birds. I think what i grow is foxtail millet, are you supposed to dehull or soak them or smth? My birds dont even consider them food. I grow rice extensively, the only fodder that i can manage and the only chicken-only crop...
I dont free feed because my whole neighborhood has a mouse problem, and chickens being chickens they'll spill like anything, plus the bowl will be there for all to see. Plus, i have heard from our local vet that keeping them fed less in a small coop can help their digestion, not getting as much...
Well, what i do is i take a bowl and put:
Ground corn (called chyakhla in nepali)
Whole wheat
Raw rice, i use brown rice ( bhat)
Lentils of any sort (dal)
And oats of any sort
I soak it for a bit, making sure water level is above the feed in the bowl, then ladle it out to the chickens. They...
I have 3 birds, 1 rooster and 2 hens. Firstly, i have concers on whether this ratio is alright, incase of stress and overmating. Nextly, i generally feed once in the morning before starting my day, then keep the full feed dish in the coop after about 3:00, when i get back. My coop is far from...
I'm a bird, gardening and bushcraft enthusiast from nepal. I own 3 chickens, 1 rooster and 2 hens, of a local mixed variety. I also have 2 spice finch birds, or spotted munias, and what feels like a 100 plants, including crops like rice, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, peas, peppers, tomatoes etc...