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    Grooming Thread!!!!!!

    I suspect some of my boy's initial resistance to grooming his front legs was lingering pain perhaps from dew claw removal. I have no proof. We work around it, find positions he's more comfortable having me groom in, and I just don't put him in styles that require more than a minimal amount of...
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    Grooming Thread!!!!!!

    This book changed our lives. There's also some ebook versions, and a shorter ebook excerpt for nails. Will help you retrain both you and your dogs to love (or at least peaceably comply) with grooming. It takes time, but if you are consistent, the methods she teaches work. It's all about...
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    Grooming Thread!!!!!!

    @ShrekDawg - Now that I think about it, when we were first developing our grooming process, we would negotiate, him and I, about which treat was good enough for him to comply with what I wanted him to do. I would show up with clippers, or eye drops, or whatever, and stand there with a variety...
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    Grooming Thread!!!!!!

    Oh poor baby! That's an example of times I really wish my boy could speak English. It would make explanations so much easier. My boy's not a fan either, but the cheese or steak immediately appears after each snip, so he tolerates it well enough. Very happy once done!
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    Help! Pullet or Roo?

    Definite pullet. Cute girl! She has curling feathers on her back near her tail, but they are not narrow and pointy like a roo. Comb and wattles are too small and pale to be a cockerel at 10 wks old.
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    Are Cornish Giants good to keep around?

    Are you talking about cornish cross? Processing age for them is 6-10 weeks. [ETA: In this response I'm talking about cornish cross, or cornish rock cross. I think all these comments would apply to the Jumbo version also.] Occasionally, by restricting their feed throughout their lives, female...
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    Self sufficiency! We are about to take the next step and get Chickens!

    Check out chicken tunnels, or chunnels. Otherwise, depending on how many chickens you have, they can decimate a garden in short order.
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    Self sufficiency! We are about to take the next step and get Chickens!

    There are some great articles and threads on here about what works and what doesn't. 1/2" hardware cloth is your friend. Depending on what predators, predator load, and your tolerance for chickens getting eaten by them is, and the money and supplies you can put towards housing, determines how...
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    Grooming Thread!!!!!!

    My standard poodle (huge feet) has all black claws. I use a bright headlamp to inspect after each cut and so I can see what I'm doing. [I also shave all the hair off his feet and toes first.] There is a texture/color change on the soft part of the inner nail/toe tissue when you don't want to...
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    Upper beak overgrowing ....

    What a smart bird!
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    Fertilized eggs?

    Try a flashlight with more lumens. A couple hundred isn't sufficient. Look for several thousand lumens, like 1200 or more if you can find it. Super bright flashlight, super dark room, and cup your hand around the flashlight and the egg, so the only light is coming out thru the egg...
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    Upper beak overgrowing ....

    These particular clippers are super sharp and cut through nails and beaks like butter. But I appreciate the concern - there is a risk of that, especially for nail clippers that compress instead of cut (most of the other ones I've tried). I also have a dremel, which can be used to round them...
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    Raising Chocolate Eggers / Novogen Color Chocolate from Hillside Hatchery / Freedom Ranger Hatchery

    So, the chocolate eggers are 3 weeks old now, and they are INSANELY flighty. I've raised white leghorns, and these are worse. I've never had a brood of birds panic so much when someone just stands 6 feet away from the brooder, and when I go to change the food and water, they are climbing each...
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    Head twitching and chirping same time constantly except when sleeping

    Post the video to youtube. Then copy the youtube link and post that here on your thread. There's not a good way for us to view videos otherwise. [ETA: I stand corrected - see Debbie292d post below.] Good luck with your bird.
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    Integrating chicks of multiple ages, some raised by broody and some raised by humans

    I'd throw everyone in together at the same time, or at least all the chicks in together. The more targets for the already established hens, the less the individual chicks should get bullied. As long as you add more than one single bird, integration generally works fine eventually. There's...
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