Maggie- I found some really good info at poultry connection.com. It was incredibly easy. Just get waterproof tape (I used 1" '3M Transpore' from the drug store. Duct tape is oo sticky. This tape was hard to get off though, so I has to cut some feathers. Anyways, simply tape the wing(s) into shape. Wrap around the wings only, and one-2 inches wide is plenty. I left it for 5 days, cut the tape off yesterday and it seems fixed. I will re-tape if necessary but so far so good. Leaving the tape on too long can also cause problems, I hear 1 week is plenty to solve the problem. Angel wing is thought to come from too high protien diet. This corresponds directly to a week where I was given a bag of free broiler food- so basically I cheaped out while the ducklings were in rapid growth and got burned for it.

No, I live in Georgia. Still warm here. I am also looking for Rex Begonia, and any Elephant ears. I do have heat packs, I could send you one....

I do think begonias in general are susceptible to root rots, they don't like damp feet. They also can get various fungus diseases which can cause browning and leaf loss. And being too wet can encourage fungi and mold, so keeping them dryer will help avoid this as well. If fungus has started a mild fungicide can help. In Sonoma you should be able to grow these outside in bright shade or morning sun/afternoon shade. You may or may not loose them in winter depending on what your lowest average winter temperature is. Here they're about 50/50 in winter, and we usually get down to about 40 to 35*f with the occasional 20-32*f. If it gets that cold for more than one or two days, they they're gone. But you can bring them in the house to winter over if they're potted up. Inside I'd give them as much light as you can and re-pot them in cactus mix and be very conservative with watering. They also like to be fertilized regularly but with a mild percentage. They do drop the older/lower leaves as the leaves age, but they should at the same time be putting out new branches from the base if they are happy, so if they're just loosing leaves and no new lower branches are growing then it could be the soil staying to wet for too long. In general begonias like bright light but not hot sun, warm temperatures and keeping on the dryer side.

I did see that one but I should have explained....I'm not planning on using it as an ornament but on large paper and will most likely frame it. I was trying to come up with something to change the poem, but a poet, I am not. LOL Thanks