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Interesting! Original Poster (OP), did you ever figure this out? My guinea's feet look just like this. Our family describes the guinea's toes as carrot-like. It looks like she has lost nails, and the tip of the toe looks like the top part of the carrot where it emerges from the soil. I'm not...

I was looking for this. Thank you!

YES!!!!! We're a learning community! Let us learn from and with you!

In my prayers right now. For the sake of all the rest of us, what would you do differently? You had enough of a warning to start a conversation, but for some reason when the time came, you weren't quite prepared. I'm thinking that if I'm ever in enough trouble to post on BYC or FB or...

How HORRIBLE!! Like @EggSighted4Life I'm going to ask for more info. Where are you, what sort of run security (if any) do you have in place, does your flock free range, how close are you to neighbors and do they like you, and can you post any photos? (With photos, give readers AMPLE heads-up...

A few other things: 1--Do they feel pain in the crop? It's a muscle, but I don't know about nerve endings in there. Hmmmm. Anyone out there know? 2--What came up, and did it come out in parts or in a whole ball when you dislodged the matter that was impacting her crop? 3--Do you feel like a...

I don't know if this is any comfort to you, but I NEVER thought I'd stick a tube down anything or anyone's throat. But when it came to saving a life, I womaned up and did it. Two things about that: First, I got set up by a vet who gave me the equipment and ensured me that the tube I would use...

Oh, and yes, she's getting picked on a little bit out in the chicken run. Not massively, but out of precaution, we keep her inside in a cage between her noon and dinner feedings. My little dog Pablo (a Havanese, a breed that has performed for circuses and herded poultry) keeps a close eye on her...

Daddy was a one-of-a-kind, amazing, beautiful, sweet, faithful tailless Ameraucana (probably Easter Egger is a better label) from Townline Hatcheries. Truly priceless...to us! They've never had another tailless come from them, so he was already a genetic anomaly. He died in the line of duty...

I'm curious about how you cleared the impacted crop. I had to do surgery--I don't recommend that route, but after a week, we couldn't make any progress on a fist-sized ball of straw, so...! But @Wyorp Rock is right--that's a GREAT article. And this is a reminder that I need to stock up on...

Any news or more clues?

LOVE that crossbeak!!

I keep coming back to this because of incubation problems and then developmental problems. Thanks for putting this out here and making it so accessible for the community!

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I stick the detritus from cracked eggs directly into the microwave for about 10-20 seconds each, depending on the power of that microwave. If I have a stack of 5 egg shells from breakfast, they go onto a napkin and get zapped for 1-1.5 minutes. It cooks everything up, kills bacteria, and I can...

For some reason, I can't go back and edit this post!! So I have a couple of updates: 1--Grit can be dangerous. There is ALWAYS the chance of aspiration, and grit won't do well in the airways! So I only give grit when I'm CERTAIN she has none in her crop (should be able to feel it when empty or...

Let's hope this pastes well! She's doing great! Here is the 10-day chart of Little Miss Crossbeak's weight gain and feeding amount. The first few days, I probably fed 5-8 times per day. Since she has reliably been able to take 15+ ml per feeding we are down to 4 (once only 3) feedings per day...

I'm going to say that this baby had a double whammy: genetics and a problem in the incubation. Here's why: One of my babies, Brownie, was horribly malpositioned (see original thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-humidity-all-wrong.1250863/page-10 ) and it may have been a pink...

I'll update shorty!

That's very cool! Thanks for the update! Post a picture? I'd like to see how that beak looks!