I just got her today, (free) and she looks horrible (wet, poopy and messy feathers) and is now in quarantine... with some healthy feed, electrolytes and a heat lamp. She's been wild, completely free range for at least a year, needless to say she was not at all easy to catch
She has a very obvious yellow marking under each of her eyes... is this normal for older IB Hens? I don't see this yellow at all on my 2 younger IB Hens
I am new to Peafowl and have no idea if she is a normal looking approximately 5yr old IB Hen, or if she is maybe possibly split to something?
These are horrible, poor quality/bad lighting/wrong angle pics, and I'll try to get better pics if I need to... but hopefully someone can help me out just looking at these 2 pics?
TYIA!
ETA:
I was reading thru a peafowl database link and looking thru all the pics I could find, and I see that spaldings have the yellow under the eyes, but I did not see any clear pics demonstrating it... anyone think this new girl (lady) of mine may have a little spalding in her? Right now, other than the yellow above her cheeks/under her eyes and the fact that she has less of a tan chest area she looks very similar to my 6 1/2 month old IB Hens... but it's so hard to really tell cuz she's a mess
I'll try to get some better pics of her asap, at least of her face, neck/throat and chest areas... if she'll let me. I don't want to put her thru any more stress than she's already been thru. I've decided once she eats well for a couple days I'll switch her to pumpkin for a day then start the worming process. I doubt she's been wormed in a lonnnnnng time, if ever
A couple better pics, but she's still a mess, I feel bad for her
She has a very obvious yellow marking under each of her eyes... is this normal for older IB Hens? I don't see this yellow at all on my 2 younger IB Hens
These are horrible, poor quality/bad lighting/wrong angle pics, and I'll try to get better pics if I need to... but hopefully someone can help me out just looking at these 2 pics?
TYIA!
ETA:
I was reading thru a peafowl database link and looking thru all the pics I could find, and I see that spaldings have the yellow under the eyes, but I did not see any clear pics demonstrating it... anyone think this new girl (lady) of mine may have a little spalding in her? Right now, other than the yellow above her cheeks/under her eyes and the fact that she has less of a tan chest area she looks very similar to my 6 1/2 month old IB Hens... but it's so hard to really tell cuz she's a mess
A couple better pics, but she's still a mess, I feel bad for her
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