nails

Two of my quail - Jupiter the rooster and Eris the hen - have recently had nails come off. Jupiter's nail came off last night while I was attempting to remove a developing poop ball. Eris had a nail a week or two ago which was growing more and more yellow (see pic) and which was very, very...

Hi! It's been a while since I've been in here, and I was curious for people's opinions of my boy's nails. Without looking closely they seem fine (and honestly, my initial instinct is that they are) but I'm new to having ducks so I want to have other other people's opinions. I never really...

My rooster has pretty long nails and VERY long spurs, they are so long that they click together when he walks. I’m also worried about him hurting the hens while mating because of them. I don’t want to lose his trust and hurt him but is there a painless way I can shorten them? All the vidoes I...

I can now effectively hold Oak back and her feet but my nail clippers just won’t go through her nails currently I am using regular human nail clippers do I need any special kind for hers??

One of my hens looks like her nails are getting too long. Nobody else in the flock has long nails, but they all walk on the same surfaces! My question is, should I cut them? I have some cutters for my large breed dog's nails, so it would cut them like butter.. hopefully.. lol

My pekin bantam has recently stopped being broody (she was broody around 3 weeks to hatch out some eggs) and I have noticed alot of white feathers scattered everywhere(like ALOT of feathers), so I inspected her and her legs seem to be missing feathers (she's a pekin so her legs grow feathers) I...

While my hens' nails generally get ground down from free ranging, I do trim them every few years. How often do you? I am not referring to rooster spurs.

Hi. I just noticed our 23-ish week old Sapphire Gem hen has one different colored nail on each foot. In other words, each middle toe is white, and the others are black. She acts perfectly healthy, but I haven’t seen this before in our years of have multiple flocks. Anyone else? I was just curious.

I have one rooster for my 18 hens. He’s a good protector and caregiver but I notice damage to the hens. He is a Brahma and has very long nails. How do I go about trimming his nails?

Hi everyone! I’m a new chicken mama to 4 Easter Egger ladies. They are just about 8 weeks old and still in their brooder. The chicken farm we got them from told us to keep them indoors until the temperature outside matches the temperature inside. We’re in NJ and it’s in the 20s here right now...

my ducks’ nails/talons are getting long, would it be ok to trim them back? If so, What would be the safest way to do so?

Is it normal for geese to lose nails?? About a week ago I noticed the back bit on my goose’s foot had been bleeding and he’d lost the nail there. I stressed so bad about him getting it stuck somewhere and hurting himself! 🙁Today I noticed the back of his foot bleeding, this time the opposite...

Is there anyway to get chickens to stop eating plastic and trying to eat nails? It's all in the yard and I don't know what to do. GOD bless.

I need advice fast please. I'm very limited on time. (MY QUESTION IS:) What do I do about nails sticking through my coop ceiling. Some people wouldn't worry about it but I am because I'm afraid my chickens might hit their head on the nails on the ceiling. Any advice? Should I cut the nails and...

I have 3 6-week old black silkie chicks who just went out into their coop full time. Two of them are almost identical, and the small one 'Peanut' is catching up quickly. For our other grown sexlink and Orpington hens we use leg bands, but I'm afraid by using them on the silkies they will get...

Our 7 week old seems to have gotten his right back toe caught on something and the nail is half pulled off. I put some peroxide on it with a cotton ball and some a&d ointment. I wasn’t sure if I could do anything else.

Hi I have a Bantam roo who recently got frostbite on three toes! THE TIP OF ONE FELL OFF and one is 1/3 purplish and the other was 1/2 gray and swollen like a human finger. I brought him in and soak his feet in warm water and Epsom salt once a day for about a week and a half then put Neosporin...

Howdy, My coturnix quail have long nails. They are sharp too... Do I just leave em or do I cut em? Or anything? Thanks

Hi everyone!!! It's officially been a year today since I joined BYC. And what a fantastic year it's been!! I never did "officially" introduce myself and I figure if I don't get it done tonight...well, I think it's time I get it done. So here it goes... I grew up with my grandparents on their...