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dracoe19 said:
Thought I would share a "Happy Ending Story" of one of my wyandottes. I bought some LF Partridge Wyandottes up in OH and one of the 4 had a crossed beak. She was scruffy, pail, severely under weight and in general in very poor condition. My guess is she was in a small pen with a lot of birds and with her deformity she just couldn't get what little food there was from the other birds. Once I got her back she was over joyed to see food and gorged herself being fairly aggressive toward the other birds. I brought her and the rooster back to my house in Virginia for the time being while I was at school. The rooster and her were in a nice spacious pen with two other birds. I came back a few months later and I didn't even recognize her. Her feathers were shiny and beautiful, she was round and plump and she was strutting about as happy as a clam. The only way I could tell it was her was because of her cross beak. Just goes to show you just giving them a good environment, fresh water, food and some tender love and care goes a long way :). P.S. - Don't worry she will never be bred because of her skull deformity. She will forever be a happy hen that gives us eating eggs :) Before AFTER!
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Amazing how much better she looks but how does she even eat with that beak.....:eek:
 
It is quite amazing from what that girl recovered from :). I am always happy when I can help an animal in need. I honestly couldn't figure out how she could eat with a beak like that either! When I saw her the first time and her condition I was strongly considering culling her. My mind changed because I thought, "If she was able to live this long who am I to say she can't survive longer." I'm glad I made the decision to keep her. She has a wonderful personality!

I'm so jealous of everyone setting eggs! My wyandottes are still slaking and I'm never home long enough to fire up the incubators
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. Gotta wait until May again I guess
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My other SLW pullet has gone BROODY!
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She has been that way for about 3 days and no eggs from either one of them.... she has been rehomed...... with another roo and pullet LOL.

I tossed 2 of the 8 eggs I had in the bator... they started and quit
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at least I MIGHT get a few.... now if they will start laying and stop going broody
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Got some more pictures of some pullets I am growing out. Definitely excited at how they are looking :) Was only able to stalk 3 of the pullets. The others were running all over the place and I couldn't get any decent pictures
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dracoe19 said:
Got some more pictures of some pullets I am growing out. Definitely excited at how they are looking :) Was only able to stalk 3 of the pullets. The others were running all over the place and I couldn't get any decent pictures
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Those are beautiful SLWs!!!
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