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yeah, that's probably what it is, I ran out of oyster shell about a month ago and haven't been able to get anymore yet.

I'm glad to know that! Thank you!

Today she seems to be doing better, putting more weight on it, but she walks on the side of that foot with it partially curled up like you do when you've broken a toe. I don't suppose there's anything you can do for a broken toe but I just hope it will heal right, and she won't be walking...

I've been on a trip for a while and when I came back my hen who has been sitting on eggs for a week now was limping around on one foot. It doesn't seem to be broken, all the toes are pointing the right way, it's not swollen, and is the same temperature as the other one, but it does have a thin...

Yes, it is in a corner. The cage has roosts in it so I hung a towel up in the middle that covers the top part and also stapled a metal container onto the the roost above her head so if the others decide to sit up there they won't poop on her. Now she has a sort of apartment feel, with food and...

Okay I will, thank you for your help, Hokum Coco!

I was just worried the other pigeon might get over-bullied because the nest has no real ending place, or that he would break the eggs or something.

Ok, thanks!

Is it okay to leave it like that? I feel like I read somewhere that it wasn't good to have them on a flat surface. The wire of the bottom is covered with straw, and they have piled more straw and leaves on top. The cage is elevated inside a run, but we're going on a trip in a few days, so I...

I was feeding my chickens and the pigeons were flying around and all the sudden our dog barked and rushed towards a flailing mass on the ground. At first I thought that a chicken had been caught by a hawk, but it was just one of the pigeons. I put her in a cage with food and water, but she's...

Yes, they're still feeding them, and I'm giving them enough food again. I wasn't really paying attention to them nearly as much as I normally do because of the test. Now they're about two weeks old and already have more shine on their necks then their two month old sibling. But they're still...

My pair had another clutch hatch about a week ago, and from day 3 to day 6 I barely fed them because I was busy with a major test. Now the squabs are still the size they were on the third or fourth day. Will they ever make up for it? or will they be smaller than they should be forever? Also, the...

Thank you. :)

Cool, laughingdog. I'm really sad right now because the fourth snake this year got one of the babies this morning. It's especially sad because the blacksnake wasn't even big enough to eat the squab, it just suffocated it. Every other snake the parents scared away and alerted us to it, and we...

OK. I don't know if the photos show it but one has a mostly white head with some black, and the other has a mostly black head with some white. So you're saying to breed each parent to one of it's babies, and keep doing that, so then if they get too inbred you can breed the two lines together? I...

What color do you think my birmingham rollers are? The closest I can figure is something like blue bar checker badge? Is that combination possible? They look like a blue bar, with checker on their wings, and a partially white head (badge). They are about 1 1/2 years old (so they are in their...

Everyone, it would be unendingly helpful if you referred to the person you are talking to when you respond to a post. I might be new to this backyard chickens account, but we've had up to 50 (at one time, and since we got the chickens the number has never gone lower than 12, most of the time we...

Thanks for all your advice, she passed away yesterday. :(

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive.html This is a good page, complete with pictures (eww!), showing first many ways poop can look, and still be normal, then it shows poop from diseased or parasite infested chickens. I found some similar matches for...

Okay, but do they make large, random holes or are they in a straight line like these? I haven't seen any lice on them, and they are the ones with the holes. The chickens are the ones I've seen the lice on, but their feathers look normal. Is it possible that these pigeons's feathers normally look...