Just 2 rosey:
thanks for the tid bit...I've been told birds improve in quality of lacing/feathers after each moult. I'm having the challenge of "training" my eye to pick/choose which birds to keep for our 4H project and possibly showing in the future. They are all partridge with a second brood...
We have bantam chicks we hatched out in Oct. A few of them have a few barred feathers (not a lot...you have to look for them) however, the trio we breed with...NONE have barred feathers. So may I ask, who is the carrier? How do I determine if it's the male or which of the hens would be the...
It doesn't look injured, he just keeps it closed and the area around it looks slightly swollen. (you have to look very closely to see it.) There appears to be a small ball shape under the upper lid. (smaller than a petite pea?) We'll keep washing it out I guess and see what happens.
I have a bantam cochin rooster (10 months old) who had a milky type fluid in his eye. I left it be thinking he would work it out. Then next day he kept it closed. We opened his eye and sprayed water into it...hoping to flush it. I don't want to touch it & cause more damage...but a week later...
I love the super roo! Totally wicked! I will be checking back with my girls to pick an apron out for each of their ladies. We've been looking for our 4H project, now we have a resource.