Not such a silly idea - every invention started with an idea. Some of them may have sounded silly at the start, like being able to talk to someone on the other side of the world or replacing missing limbs. I think the beak is made from material much like our fingernails or a dog's toenails. I...
What a wonderful story! It just goes to show what love can do. You could have easily given up and put her down and saved yourself the hard work, but you made the extra effort to save your little hen and she responded to your love for her. I know animals can sense when a human cares for them. You...
I am so sorry to hear about what happened. My rooster also had something similar a few months ago. He broke the end of his top beak off almost halfway back and it was bleeding like crazy. I was afraid he would bleed to death. I was relieved to find that his bleeding had stopped by the next...