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It works great every time on chickens, for me. I have also used it for young rabbits with success. I can't speak to ducks.

https://www.bunnyrancher.com/store/p42/The_Ballista_-_Penetrating_Bolt_Gun_.html This is what I use when I have to cull. It's a penetrating bolt gun, and for every chicken I've used it on, it's been an instant lights out. I couldn't be happier with it, and I can't see myself ever going back to...

I'm glad it worked out for you, Tikvah146!

Thanks guys! So far I've had quail get scalped several times in a cage setup. Those were from the same cohort, with what everyone told me should be adequate space, so I really wasn't expecting it. So I'm really nervous about introducing newbies!

I'm trying to figure out the best way of introducing new coturnix quail, given my situation. I have an 8'x8' aviary with a partition so that I have one adult male and one adult female in a 6'x8' space, and one spare adult male by himself in the remaining 2'x8' space. I also have some 4 week old...

The rooster tends to just cuss at me when I mess with him.

Haha, okay. Actually, I doubt this rooster will be much of a problem (fortunately, because he's the dirtiest at this point). It's a couple of the hens that tend to do the projectile protest pooping.

Okay, thanks! That makes me feel a lot better. I'll do that.

Any tips on bathing chickens that tend to projectile poop over and over in the water (or any other time that they're unhappy with you)?

Okay, here are new pictures of his feet. Ugh, I feel terrible that he's so messed up. The scales have really improved quite a bit... they are better colored, less raised, and a lot softer now. But they're still raised more than I think they should be. Like I said, I have tried to treat this...

I was planning to get the castor oil, but my husband bought me some giant vaseline tubs for it that I'm still using up... maybe that means I need to treat longer since it's just vaseline? I'll get some new pics.

I've been treating the flock that this rooster is in for six weeks now, and another flock (has come in contact with this rooster in the past, but not much in the way of symptoms) for almost 4 weeks. Treatments have been daily up to this point. The rooster looks much much better... all his old...

They seem so fragile to me, since they keep injuring themselves. But they have healed amazingly well so far. The scalped female is healed up now and is back in with the group. So far so good. Now I'm just waiting to see what happens with the hen with the leg injury...

There is the Rollins lab in Raleigh that does necropsies for a pretty reasonable price.

I don't see how that would be possible for her to get stuck in bars. The "cage" I was keeping the injured male in (and had these girls in with him for a few minutes) was a big plastic bin with netting on top. There aren't bars to get a leg stuck in. Maybe something got dislocated another way...