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    Toenail broke off, quick exposed - what to do?

    Hi there, one of our little birds was standing on one foot today, and upon further inspection, we found that one of her toenails had broken off mid-length, and a little bit of her quick is poking out. Its about 1/8 of an inch of quick, or less. Just a little pink/red pointy thing. She seems fine...
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    Sick, then fine, then sick again?

    Thanks MrsBrooke for the help. I wanted to give an update on my little birds... So, after about 4 days or so she was back to her normal self, slowly recovering, a little better each day. She's now eating like normal, and her tail feathers are up and strong. She's laying again (phew) and as far...
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    NatureSmart layer pellets - pellets too big?

    Hi all, I recently got a new bag of NatureSmart Layer pellets for my birds - and the pellets are larger than I remember from previous times I've used it. The pellets are about 1/8" in diameter, and approximately 1/3" long. My birds look at it, and then walk away. They were happy with the...
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    Sick, then fine, then sick again?

    Thanks much. Never wormed them. No nasal discharge, no sneezing. She hasn't laid since then - but not abnormal - she usually lays once every other day it seems. I don't have Corid, I'll do some reading on that. Funny - she was lethargic this morning, and I checked on her after writing...
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    Sick, then fine, then sick again?

    Hey all, I have a flock of 4 birds, 3 Buff Orphs and 1 Araucauna. The Araucauna is usually full of energy (she's about 9 months old), until 2 days ago (Sunday). On Sunday, they all had a totally normal day. About 7PM, she changed - went from totally normal, to having a drooping tail, moving...
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    Chickens eating gophers?

    Hey all, I haven't seen this topic yet, thought I'd ask... We have a bunch of gophers in our vegetable patch this year - and are trapping them one by one to get rid of them. Given our chickens love big bugs, I was thinking about tossing the dead gophers to the birds to see if they'd like...
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    1 out of 4 birds stopped roosting

    Hey all...I have 4 hens who are laying nicely. All seems "normal" but one of them decided that she doesn't want to get on the roost any longer. I go out there at night and she's sitting on the floor of the coop in the doorway, while the others are on the roost. If I shine a light in there...
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