Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

Two blue and gold macaws. Sophie I've had for over 20 years. Julio for about 15.

beautiful birds! You breed them?

 

[Debbie292d]

beautiful birds! You breed them?

No. Sophie I got when she was about 6 mos old. She started plucking when she was 5, so we found Julio, also a plucker at an avian rescue and purchased him thinking they'd help each other stop that. They hate each other and are in separate cages behind me in my office lol.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

What breed is she?

I believe she is a Prairie Bluebell Egger. But she looks like a Sapphire Gem, only with white earlobes. I have no idea what color egg she lays. White or cream is my guess.

It's so frustrating when they go broody, we break them, then two weeks later they're right back at it again. I did find out that one time, it was rooster-caused. These hens can be good actors!

How do you mean, rooster-caused?

No. Sophie I got when she was about 6 mos old. She started plucking when she was 5, so we found Julie, also a plucker at an avian rescue and purchased him thinking they'd help each other stop that. They hate each other and are in separate cages behind me in my office lol.

Do they still pluck?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

No. Sophie I got when she was about 6 mos old. She started plucking when she was 5, so we found Julio, also a plucker at an avian rescue and purchased him thinking they'd help each other stop that. They hate each other and are in separate cages behind me in my office lol.

that sucks!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

snack time for me. BBL

 

[Debbie292d]

I believe she is a Prairie Bluebell Egger. But she looks like a Sapphire Gem, only with white earlobes. I have no idea what color egg she lays. White or cream is my guess.


How do you mean, rooster-caused?


Do they still pluck?

We had four hens in that pen with a rooster just fine, then suddenly the hens all started looking ragged and going broody. I bought saddles and put one on one. She never went broody again, but two of the others did. You'd put them back after a week and they'd still put their wings out and walk around clucking like they had chicks following them or something. I switched roosters and voila, like magic, they stood up and stopped their act.

And yes, they still pluck. I even took them to an avian vet an hour away to try figure out why. I did every trick in the book.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

So ... being overbred makes them broody?

 

[Nomadicus]

Good evening. We got home not long ago. Fed Sophie. She is going to be a wonderful pet if we can just get her bad leg healed up. Ms. Red is in the same condition as Sophie is in. Both pullets got injured by hormonal cockerels in the pullet grow out pen that I didn't get out into the cockerel grow out freezer camp pen soon enough.

 

[Nomadicus]

Had my meds and now taking time for a before bedtime snack.

 

[Cynthia12]

Maybe he thinks if he holds still I won't see him.