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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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    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?

    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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