Posted March 20, 200916 yr I bought some Clearwings from Nubbly5. they were delivered the other day, and here they are.
March 20, 200916 yr no she is violet i think but i agree she not looking to smiko eye looks puffed and looks really lathargic but ....dave knows birds so im sure she is all good if not he will be on to it she may just sleep like that nice birds though i love the cobalt cock Edited March 20, 200916 yr by GenericBlue
March 21, 200916 yr Great birds. I agree the violet hen looks poorly at the moment. perhaps she has damaged her wing... it looks like she is favoring one side.
March 21, 200916 yr Author The photo does her no favours. She comes from a nest where her father was a feather plucker, and I think she may have been a victim of the plucking, so she may never have great looking feathers. She is not sick though, trust me. I will get some more photos later and you will see. She is no sick, she has some feather issues, but she is okay
March 21, 200916 yr Author the more I look at those photos, the more I think that is a terrible photo of the violet hen. i will get another one tomorrow
March 21, 200916 yr Author off the top of my head, i think he was born in 08, pretty sure he has a black ring. i will dig out the paperwork later. Why?
March 21, 200916 yr Author Oh okay. I would say thanks, bu the real credit goes to Nubbly5 who bred them. Me, all I have done so far is pick them up from the airport and put them in a cage
March 22, 200916 yr Author I took some new photos of my clearwings, as promised. You can clearly see that my violet hen is not as good in regard to feather quality as the others, as in she looks scruffy. Whether this is her nature, or whether it is due to feather plucking by her father, well, that is neither here not there. She is not sick, all the birds are doing well, they are all happy, chirpy, and quite flighty. I checked on ages, as Pearce asked earlier, and they are all 08 rung, except one who is 07, but the excellent info given to me by Nubbly5 shows me her birthdate is in November 07. Here are the promised pics.
March 22, 200916 yr Could it be that she is just out of condition Dave? She may bounce back. The cobalt cock is still my favourite he is really good. Are you going to breed them down the track?
March 22, 200916 yr Author She may be in the middle of a moult, but I doubt it. I spoke with Nubbly5 and she told me the reasoning for the feathering difference. I do not really name birds these days, but i am going to name this girl Scruffy. Yes, eventually I will breed clearwings
March 23, 200916 yr Yup definitely feather plucked and there were a couple in the nest badly plucked (pretty bald) coz I work away and hubby....well he feeds them and I thank him for that but...... sick birds, feather plucking, etc, all that goes unoticed There was also a dark green cock that Renee bought from the same nest who also looked very rough and scruffy. You can see the little bits of down sticking up on the back - sure sign of healed feather plucked birds. If I'm home things get sorted out but otherwise...... on the positive side, most of my sick birds are self culling Oh and yes she is probably moulting into adult feathers too. Here is a picture of the brother before he went (on the right). Edited March 23, 200916 yr by nubbly5
March 23, 200916 yr Author Thanks for clearing this up. I think little Scruffy is cute, and I would not trade her anyway for a bird that was neat and tidy.
