I can go through this chat all day long and not contribute because I will have at least 15 to read before I catch up and by the time I get to the end I forgot what I was going to say. Go figure- if its important enough I will quote it on a separate tab.
it gets exhausting.
Madamwlf- I feel your pain with the not knowing what you are getting. When we purchased our first BLRW we just thought they were all the same- now we know there are a lot of color variations.
I am starting to learn to do my research completely before I jump into a breed. I am head over foot into SFH's and am learning that they need vitamins added to keep them tip top shape. I actually give all my birds poultry drench and ACV everyday, I have found I have no need for meds by doing this and have virtually no sick birds and the ones that get sick were not very healthy to begin with. I had a SFH that acted crippled and couldn't walk. I thought about culling him but, I loved his color and crest so I kept babying him. I started him on extra vitamins and about a week later- all better and hoping around like everyone else, that was a few months ago and still doing good.
Recently I took icelandics from a swap and didn't think anything about it till they were in the hatcher and realized I have them with SFH's. Not a good idea, can't tell any difference- hopefully when they grow up I can tell them apart- hopefully...
