Sweet! I’ll try to find it
I highly recommend Polish! They are sweet, quirky little weirdo birds and so beautifulI’m partial to tolbunts, but I also just love the all whites and the candy corn colors too! You really can’t go wrong! You should come join the Silkie thread too!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkies-they’re-simply-spectacular.1334299/Sweet! I’ll try to find it
I would post a new thread about this in the medical section. It sounds like he is not thriving.Well I have a confusing Polish boy and I’m not sure what to do about him! So his name is Macky and he’s 13 weeks old and part of my 6 Tolbunts group. I gave him and his brother to my broody silkies, and kept the three girls and the tweener that ended up a boy…inside with me. This is relevant to mention so that you know there isn’t likely an outside factor to his issues.
So Macky was growing fine like all the others, was healthy, ate, drank, explored with the silkies and his brother…up until week 8. Around week 8 I noticed that he was way behind in feathering and seemed sort of isolated. He would chicken…just usually on his own away from most of the group. I have watched him eat, drink and poop, and everything seems normal! Except he’s not normal. At 13 weeks he lays around a lot, walks like he isn’t very strong and balanced, and spends a lot of time alone. I have upped his protein, I have wormed him, I have given him vitamins B and E and let him get sun for some Vitamin D. He’s not deathly skinny like his sister that died (she was an indoor chick) but very small compared to his brother (see picture) that lived outside with him. His eyes are clear, he squawks when unhappy, and eats and drinks. It just seems like he’s on deaths door and every day is the same. He will sit in your lap, you can carry him around with one hand, and doesn’t seem to have interest in anything! Anyone had a case similar? I don’t know what else to do for him cuz he’s not sickHe’s a weird little bird and I just don’t know what to do with him!
I know…that’s my thought too :-(
That is really odd! I can’t think of anything. Could he have been pecked? Sometimes neuro problems can delay. I suspect this happened to one of my polish onceWell I have a confusing Polish boy and I’m not sure what to do about him! So his name is Macky and he’s 13 weeks old and part of my 6 Tolbunts group. I gave him and his brother to my broody silkies, and kept the three girls and the tweener that ended up a boy…inside with me. This is relevant to mention so that you know there isn’t likely an outside factor to his issues.
So Macky was growing fine like all the others, was healthy, ate, drank, explored with the silkies and his brother…up until week 8. Around week 8 I noticed that he was way behind in feathering and seemed sort of isolated. He would chicken…just usually on his own away from most of the group. I have watched him eat, drink and poop, and everything seems normal! Except he’s not normal. At 13 weeks he lays around a lot, walks like he isn’t very strong and balanced, and spends a lot of time alone. I have upped his protein, I have wormed him, I have given him vitamins B and E and let him get sun for some Vitamin D. He’s not deathly skinny like his sister that died (she was an indoor chick) but very small compared to his brother (see picture) that lived outside with him. His eyes are clear, he squawks when unhappy, and eats and drinks. It just seems like he’s on deaths door and every day is the same. He will sit in your lap, you can carry him around with one hand, and doesn’t seem to have interest in anything! Anyone had a case similar? I don’t know what else to do for him cuz he’s not sick
It is a mad one isn’t it.
Gorgeous!!! I think red leakage in general is a male trait, but I do have a WTB that’s definitely pullet with gorgeous blue and red. It’s closer to lacing though and there’s many blue/red laced birds
The first 2 are definitely cockerels, the third one, that is a real close up. She acts looks and sounds like a pullet, but has wattles. I wasn’t to concerned at first because my white crested had wattles early on and she is a pullet, I will just have to keep my fingers crossed
