Sunday, February 17, 2013

Gotta Question For Big Bird? "Waving"

Young Border Hen Not Quite Ready Yet


Please post this weeks unrelated questions here.

Monday Waving Border

Question: Jean writes: Some of my borders seem to make, from time to time, like a "wave" with one of their wings. Not stretching a wing but just like a slow big wave, if you know what I mean. Any reason for this?

Answer: Not sure I have ever seen the "wave". When coming into breeding condition, you expect the hens to do some flapping but that is both wings. Is the bird stretching? Is it hot and trying to cool itself? Is it frightened when it "waves"? Do you think the birds that wave have an injury? Any balance problems? Any one out their got any ideas?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...


Hi Linda,

Do you have walk-in flights
in your birdroom? Thankyou, soo
much for your canary blog!!!

Linda Hogan said...

I do not have any walk-in flights in my birdroom. They are nice.

Anonymous said...

Hi Linda,
Some of my Borders seems to make, from time to time, like a "wave" with one of their wings. Not stretching a wing, but just like a slow big wave, if you know what I mean.
Any reason for this?

jean

Anonymous said...

Hi Linda,
No injury, no balance problems, not hot, not freightened, just a "wave", nothing else wrong with them.

jean

Anonymous said...

The "wave" is most likely just a cramp. Happens often enough with some birds