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by mrsyue
Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:33 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Help! When to remove eggs? Hen is losing feather
Replies: 3
Views: 1422

thank you very much guys!
by mrsyue
Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:32 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Help! When to remove eggs? Hen is losing feather
Replies: 3
Views: 1422

Help! When to remove eggs? Hen is losing feather

Can someone please tell me when to remove the eggs of a ringneck and the nestbox? My female laid three eggs, she has been staying in the box night and day since 6th of March and now is really looking weak because she seldom comes out to eat. Her feathers on her breast a all falling out and I'm reall...
by mrsyue
Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:20 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Female bathing herself 22? days into incubation
Replies: 1
Views: 1069

Female bathing herself 22? days into incubation

This is the first time my IRNs are laying eggs so I have lots of questions. My female has been incubating the eggs for about 21-23 days now (I don't know exactly how long because I was away when it started). I'm just wondering roughly of all the eggs IRNs lay the first time after mating, usually how...
by mrsyue
Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:22 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: HELP! It's an EMERGENCY, I want to cry...
Replies: 6
Views: 2550

I monitored her since Sunday, she is still eating and sitting on her eggs. A breeder in the town was nice enough to give me some liquid calcium for her, I don't know if it was that she passed the egg or it was something else, I haven't been able to see her up close because she runs away every time s...
by mrsyue
Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:32 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: HELP! It's an EMERGENCY, I want to cry...
Replies: 6
Views: 2550

First of all, thank you so much for the replies. I really don't know what to do now, there is no avian vets in the area and I would really have to fight to get my IRN out because she was never properly trained. I'm worried about breaking her egg, if she is egg bound. I had someone tell me that if th...
by mrsyue
Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:01 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: HELP! It's an EMERGENCY, I want to cry...
Replies: 6
Views: 2550

HELP! It's an EMERGENCY, I want to cry...

Please help me and tell me what happened to my female IRN, I suspect that she is eggbound. She has been incubating her eggs since the 6th of March. However when she came out to the cage to eat this morning I noticed that she was a little strange and saw a big lump by her vent. What should I do?! Cou...