HELP! Swallowed a nail/staple...

[Chick-N-Daddy]

Yes, they may peck at glass. I would go over the area again juest to make sure you got it all. I live on an old farm where people have thrown away old broken bottles and dishes for 110 years, and I have to collect small pieces of glass near my coop in a coffee can. Every year more works up to the surface.

THIS! So much of this on Mars. I till the dirt and actively look for shards and bits, but it is always coming to the surface after a heavy rain - like little diamonds strewn out across the field. I've been repeatedly going over the areas where I want my girls to range so that in the spring when it is ready it will be at least sorta-safer-kinda-maybe-I-Hope.

I worry so much about their feet uncovering something I missed or that migrated upwards through the soil.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Chickens are notorious for eating shiny objects. I have found coins and costume jewelry inside of the gizzards of fryers and old laying hens when they went into the food system.

 

[Thechickentrainer1999]

I guess I could always get a metal detector and see if they swallowed any.

 

[Saaniya]

My chickens just moved into their new coop about 5 days ago and I noticed one tried to eat a nail/staple yesterday and I'm worried one may have eatin one already. I used a magnet but I guess I didn't get them all. Can someone please help me and tell me what signs to look for if any of them did swallow one. Here is a picture of what it looks like. Is it possible they could digest this? I'm so scared something could happen. I love them so much.

How old that chicken who eat this kinda big for them.
Keep.a close close eye and notice them.for almost 7 days especially poop.and acting
One of my friend chicken.eat Earring @kriz the farmer but his chicken do fine

If it doesn't cause problem then may stay there but it looks pointy shRp can hurt or tear inside keep.a close eye



Symptoms Include :
Lethageric
No appetite
No activity
Poop with blood

 

[townchicks]

I worry so much about their feet uncovering something I missed or that migrated upwards through the soil.

Oh, they will. I've been picking up stuff where my chicken run and yard are for years, it used to be my garden area. I find something new to pick up almost every day, and the chickens have been there for 2 1/2 years already. I try not to worry about it, just pick up what I find and go on with the day. Oh, and then there's the stuff that the squirrels and jays and crows drop, it's never-ending. We can only do the best we can.

 

[Eggcessive]

The material in the soil will especially be pushed up through the ground during a heavy freeze. I find gravels, glass shards, and old hardware every year.

 

[Thechickentrainer1999]

How old that chicken who eat this kinda big for them.
Keep.a close close eye and notice them.for almost 7 days especially poop.and acting
One of my friend chicken.eat Earring @kriz the farmer but his chicken do fine

If it doesn't cause problem then may stay there but it looks pointy shRp can hurt or tear inside keep.a close eye



Symptoms Include :
Lethageric
No appetite
No activity
Poop with blood

Thank you GOD bless.