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Have you examined it to rule out trauma or a tumor? He's a bit old to develop Marek's symptoms, but it's not unheard of. If he's in with others his own age, look out for lameness in them, too. Not much you can do about it at this point, if that's what it is.

If all of your birds have white spots on their feathers, all of their offspring will have white spots. What you are seeing is called mottling. It's a recessive trait, abbreviated "mo". All your birds are mo/mo, and they will all pass it to their offspring. If a pair is each heterozygous for...

There will be plenty. You'll have a great time!

Sharon Middleton and Mandy Malin are near you. I saw Sharon at the ON last year, so she may still have Seramas. I believe Edgar has a pair of whites for sale. I have a white cock I'd like to move out. Beverly Fledderjohn is a couple hours north of you, and she usually has something. Matt...

Probably a version of wheaten.

A few pages back, people were asking about providing water for chicks. Here's how I do it. Cut the top of a big shampoo bottle, and cut a small hole i the bottom on the side. Thread a soda bottle waterer into the hole, flip the unit upside down, and fir it with a full bottle of water. It...

The wings will touch behind them when they're young. They're like children in that different parts grow at different rates. Hopefully they won't stay like that.

I know, they sound like crickets, right?! Drives me nuts. I hung a fleece blanket around my brooder in the garage. Everybody's warm and happy in there.

Fifty Seramas at Sparta! An amazing white cock won both ABA shows and the ASA show. A tiny white hen went RB for one ABA judge, a frizzle went RB for the other, and my pullet was chosen reserve champ for the ASA judge. There were a lot of very pretty birds there!

Congrats! My first Serama hatch took 21 days, and it gave me the best birds I could start out with. I have to keep reminding myself of this when I get impatient on day 20. Can't wait to see your chicks grow up!

I don't know how to post a Punnet Square, but it works like this: most frizzled birds have the genotype F/f, F being the dominant frizzle allele. A smooth feathered bird is f/f. Each of those birds will contribute one of the two alleles to each chick. The smooth bird will give each chick an...

Uneducated guess: your hen is brown red, and the cock is birchen. They are gold/silver versions of each other.

Runner Ducks have their own version of table top. They are judged moving around in a pen, at the show's discretion, and although I have no idea what they're looking for, it's pretty fun to watch. Ducks make me giggle... And as far as color breeding goes, I believe that I read something a...

I have my entries in, Larry! My paramedic 1 finals will be over, and I'll have plenty of time to play instead of study. Seven hour drive, though, so make sure I can get a nap in!

Theese are whar I meant. The cheaper the better. The more expensive ones are thicker and more flexible, and the chicks can pull those off easier. You cut these in little spirals so that the ends overlap.

Those spiral keychain wristbands do a great job in sorting out chicks. You can buy the cheapies on Amazon, and you get 12 loops of 6 colors for arund $5. Cut the loops into 1.5 loop pieces, and you get about 30 legbands per wristband. Very easy to put on new hatches, and they grow very easily...

Sounds like starvation or failure to thrive. If there is something wrong with their legs, they won't be able to get around to the food. Also, they need to be taught how to eat, a task their mother usually takes care of. Many people spread food on a paper towel and 'peck' at it with a finger...

Looking good, Kyle! I'd hoped he would keep his lacing!

Cluck-Cluck, I think you have a Harriet, and her barring will go away. I call those 'baby bars'. The others are too young to tell yet.

The cookie tin is a container with a lid. The bulb goes inside the container, and the cord comes out a hole that I make in the side of the tin. When possible, I attatch the light to the cord inside the tin, but if I can't, I tape up the connection really well and make sure that it doesn't lay...