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Both girls! One grew spurs though 🤣 I think the smaller one had more Polish in her so they developed differently.

Hey, thanks for the help. Sadly it passed away. I wasn’t the one directly dealing with it but here’s what she said: “Did a bit more work on it about an hour ago, stopped at blood and put them back in for a while. Could tell there was a struggle for breathing already. Waited an hour, checked...

We have an egg hatching on the pointy end with yellow fluid leaking out. Day 25 hatch. It’s not peeping at the moment but it does seem to be breathing. Reoriented the egg to reduce chance of drowning. We’ll wait for now but I’d like whatever advice anyone has. Especially if the fluid does turn...

I got these two from Lockwood Feather Farm. She was experimenting with auto sexed chocolate Marans and I managed to scoop the only two girls from her first hatch. Her normal chocolate Marans might be a little different, I’ve noticed these two are such a dark brown that they’re almost black...

One of them (Chip) had little white marks behind her eyes when she was little so I didn’t struggle to tell them apart while they were still growing but now I can only tell them apart if there’s ample light to see the differences. My beautiful babies 💕 I can’t wait to see their eggs, they’re due...

That’s crazy! Were you and your birds okay? They’re pretty hard to photograph when they’re not loafed but I tried to find the best shots of their legs I could. Fun fact! The feathers are actually one of the three best ways to tell them apart visually, “Chunk” has feathers all the way down her...

I have a pair of chocolate Maran pullets which look almost identical, I’d like to give them leg bands to tell them apart more easily but being Marans, they have lightly feathered legs. Does anyone know of a type of ring that would be suitable for feathered legs or some other alternative?

My other option would be making a vest for her, to help hold the hernia in. That’s how we fixed her ruptured air sac ultimately. It was past the point of regular draining with a syringe. The main problem with the vest is that she has all her feathers now and she’s bigger so I can’t just reuse...

I’ve personally lost one of my favourite hens during surgery. I’m painfully aware of the risks. I don’t take my birds to that clinic for surgeries anymore. I also have cockatiels, so the vet who would give her the surgery is an exotic avian vet. He has lots of experience with birds even smaller...

I have a young pullet who lays an egg almost every day. She does fine with it but she has a massive hernia on her side which was caused by a ruptured air sac when she was a chick. She’s seen a vet and it’s not life threatening as long as it isn’t punctured. She basically has her intestines...

Sorry, I forgot to update right away. He’s doing great! He turned a corner after getting some antibiotics and he’s all better now. Thanks for all the help!

What colour morph is this Ameraucana? This precious girl was a hatchery rescue. She suddenly passed away recently and we realized that we never figured out what “colour” she was. Any idea what she’d be called?

She ended up giving him some antibiotics since his symptoms weren’t getting any better. He still has energy but he’s not eating or drinking as much and still has LOTS of green diarrhea. Fingers crossed that it helps. He had some pumpkin purée soon after.

Any thoughts on the comb turning dark? Evesy had mentioned that it was more floppy lately. Hopefully everything is as you said and he just needs a little TLC and water

It’s a layer feed 17.00% protein