Flight problem

[laurab]

Hi all

I have a hen Jacarini in an indoor flight and I have noticed the past two days she is having trouble flighing up to the perches.

It seems that flighing high is a little too much trouble.

Has anyone got any ideas as to what can be the cause of this:-?

[chris]

Hi Laura,

i suppose the obvious question is is the bird moulting and does it have any of it's primary flight feathers missing?

Chris:wink:

[laurab]

Mmm...I don't think so, but I will double check tomorrow ;-)

[Waxbillman]

hello Laura,

thats my first guess as well

the other obvious one would be birds that are over weight or unfit, i had this have to a hens Zebra a few years ago.

but that is unlikely because shes in a large aviary is she not.

Matthew

[laurab]

The indoor flight is much smaller than she is used to, but there are not many birds in there.


I think the other thing to bear in mind she is my SUPER hen, and has laid 4 clutches this year but successfully raised 7 chicks!

[Waxbillman]

shes probabily bottom heavy with hundreds of eggs she is producing for next year :lol:

Matthew

[kenny]

hi laura

have you got more perches inside than out ,if so she might be used to just hopping from one perch to another instead of stretching her wing muscles
ken

[laurab]

I guess all of these are a possibility, espcecially Matthews diagnosis :razz: :razz:

[chris]

Hi Laura,

i had a similar problem with one of my canaries earlier in the year, however she has some sort of allergy to nest fibre (the natural stuff you can buy, not coconut fibre the other one) and gets queezy so to speak. the other problem was she nested in the food pot on a few occassions and damaged her primary and tail feathers, that combined with the respiratory problem from her allergy meant she couldn't fly very well. the problem has pretty much sorted itself out now she's moulting and outside in the fresh air.

Chris

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Laura,

I'm afraid I can't think of anything other than what has been stated already,:-? but the moult is an obvious thought, maybe if she hasn't started moulting yet she may be about to?
Another thing to consider is the fact she has laid so many rounds and reared the chicks too, she might simply be knackered.:lol:

I would suggest putting a Vittamin supplement in the Birds water, and provide mini Mealworms fed on Eggfood or Insectile mixture and then dust them before feeding to the Birds.

Apart from the above, I haven't a clue what else to do?:-|

Paul.

[chris]

an exercise machine for birds wouldn't go a miss:-D all you need is a TV and the Motivator Man:lol: :roll:

Chris

[Waxbillman]

hello Paul

just out of interest, why do you say dust them down a little after feeding the live food eggfood?

Matthew

[chris]

Hi Matthew,

it just adds a bit of vitamins to the mealworms when eaten, and also sorts out the phosphurous:calcium ratio

Chris:wink:

[Waxbillman]

oh right, he meant dust them with a vitamin powder, i see, i thought he meant dust the meal worm after feed them eggfood for some resaon or other, as i always feed my livefood on dry eggfood.

Matthew

[laurab]

Oops! Laura hastily returns feather duster to cupboard :oops:

Chris, Motivator Man! When was the last time he was seen on TV? Careful, you could be showing your age :razz: :razz:

[chris]

maybe shiny polished mealworms are more attractive?:lol:

you didn't actually think dust them with a duster? :grin: :lol:

Chris

[chris]

Hi Laura,

i might have just gone 18 but i'm not old yet:grin: , i think i remember seeing him while waiting for power rangers to come on when i was about 5 years old, now i think back... power rangers was naff!!:lol:

Chris

[Waxbillman]

i sorry to break the news to you Laura, but mr motivator, wasn't very motivated for along time, he recently hung him-self during a game of happy families!!! :grin:
same here Chris, i remember them well :neutral:

Matthew

[chris]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

now that's what you call dead motivated

Chris:roll:

[Waxbillman]

Laura,

before you pop out the prozac pills, i was just joking :grin:

Matthew

[laurab]

He came on TV after the Green-Goddess didn't he? Err....um....oh...can I say that?!!

Matthew! and I was just about to try to make contact with him through Most Haunted!

[chris]

Green Godess, what's that then??

Chris:grin:

[laurab]

Now you don't have to pretend with me ;-)

[chris]

who said i was pretending, i'm serious:grin: who/what is this green goddess of which you speak?

Chris:grin:

[Waxbillman]

chris, have you never heard of the green godess?

Matthew

[laurab]

Thank you Matthew ;-)

[chris]

erm, nope:? :neutral:

never mind i think i'm just going to make a fool of myself here:roll:

Chris:wink:

[dave85]

hey chris,

Dont worry i aint a clue who she is either!

and im older than you and matt so :S

laura,

with your older spiritual wisdom tell us of what we have missed?

Thanks
Dave

[laurab]

Oh alright then. She was the female equivalent of Mr Motivator except she always wore a green leotard yuk!!

[kenny]

hi laura

i remember her she ended up having a double mastectomy(seriously)

ken

[laurab]

Really!! I have always said sport and fitness are not good for you.

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Laura,

How is the Jacarini hen doing recently?

Paul.:wink:

[Karl-D]

what about the birdie :? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[laurab]

The birdie seems fine now :razz: No sign of a moult though :-?

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Laura,

I'm pleased the Jacarini is OK,:grin: but back to the Green Godess, I can't believe with all of the members here of the older generation that nobody mentioned a Fire Engine.:grin:

Paul.:wink:

[Waxbillman]

how could we forget them,

they ran the fireservice, when the firefighters when on strike up here,

now sadly they have been de-comissioned after half a centuary service, and sold off.

Matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Matthew,

Well said mate, I didn't know what a Green Godess was until the Fire Service strikes, a work colleague answered my question of 'what the hell are they?' (I think that's what I said:roll: ) as two of them passed us driving in the opposite direction during the strike.

It is hard to believe that they came into play during the strike, but shortly afterwards they as you say were decommissioned.:?

Paul.

[Waxbillman]

very sad really, part of history, finally ended,

they sold them off at a few grand each so now they will be moth-balled in some rich collectors shed.
though better a shed than the knackers yard,

Matthew