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    Question 😣

    From what I've observed, this is just regular chick play behavior. They're just having a grand ol' time! As long as they don't single anyone out or peck them to death, it's perfectly fine.
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    My chickens like to eat... my fingernails?

    It's a beautiful coincidence that makes for a great joke though!
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    My chickens like to eat... my fingernails?

    20% all flock feed, corn, wheat, and bugs as regular treats, dandelion greens and other fruits and veggies as we can afford them, and some oyster shells they can free feed on. They've been going nuts for the oyster shells lately.
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    My chickens like to eat... my fingernails?

    I have never encountered a more interesting and challenging flock than the one I and my husband currently have. When we first got them, we were concerned about cannibalism because one of our birds killed a flockmate by pecking at her tail. That's stopped entirely now, but now my birds have begun...
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    Newbie from SE MN

    Welcome to the site! :welcome:woot:wee
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    My baby chicken is displaying cannibalistic tendencies

    Update as of 11-17-23: We had to move this bird to true solitary confinement with no possibility of interacting with her flockmates because she was pulling at her flockmates' feathers through the bars and showing no signs of improvement. Not only this, but one of our other babies has started...
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    Atlas the Chicken Tender

    Here is the link to the other thread. Thanks for the warm welcome! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-baby-chicken-is-displaying-cannibalistic-tendencies.1603971/
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    Atlas the Chicken Tender

    I always try my best to make the most informed decisions regarding my feather babies, I never want anything bad to happen to them.
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    My baby chicken is displaying cannibalistic tendencies

    If the diet change doesn't work, we'll give that a try. Get her some silly little chicken goggles! :lol:
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    My baby chicken is displaying cannibalistic tendencies

    Will do, we are looking into better (but still economical) feeds that we can find around us. Thanks for the advice!
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    My baby chicken is displaying cannibalistic tendencies

    We will give that a try. I will post updates once we have this implemented. Thank you for your help!
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    Atlas the Chicken Tender

    Thank you, I'm happy to be a part of the community finally!
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    Atlas the Chicken Tender

    Thank you!
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    My baby chicken is displaying cannibalistic tendencies

    The protein content is at least 16%, it's Producer's Pride laying hen crumbles.
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    My baby chicken is displaying cannibalistic tendencies

    As it says on the tin, but here are more details regarding the issue. So I got 5 baby birds (now around 16 weeks old) from a fairly reputable breeder a few months ago to go along with my three other adult birds. Everything was relatively normal as far as flock integration goes. The babies were...
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