toenails

My ameraucana or Easter EE 8 week old pullet has extra toe nails! On each outter side of her feet higher up not a toe just nails…… what the heck do I do about this? Has anyone ever even heard of this before? Since Etsy bought from a place called Chaplin INN bed a breakfast in New York I don’t...

So I have 5 silkies ~2yrs old. All very sweet, and healthy. The one problem? Their TOENAILS They grow so long and so fast. I cut them today and some nails were nearly an inch long and corkscrewing in on themselves. I don't understand it. They have a covered run to scratch in, so that should...

Hello. I have 2 ducks 1 drake and 2 geese. The other day i saw my drake (Draco) was limping. When i examined him i found one of his toenails had been caught on something and was almost torn right off. I brought him inside to trim it but by the time i had the scissors ready the toe was gone. He...

The coturnix quail toenail/beak trimming today did not go so well. They develop these hard balls of debris/poop on their toes, and their feet are so delicate that completely removing these balls isn't really realistic, at least with the tools I have. The quicks in their nails were longer than...

Hi Two months ago I hatched an emu and it's nails have been growing very fast. The nails are long enough that it is starting to turn one of the toes when it walks because it looks like the nail is too long and it doesn't let the emu run properly. I felt the bottom of the toe and the toe pad is...

Hi. I just took over a couple hens from a woman who shows them. They both have crazy curly long toenails. I get it, as they really don't know how to "chicken" and I assume they've never been allowed to scratch. So i cut them and was able to get them pretty short, but now they're just these...