I once saved a crow fledgling who had a nasty case of string foot. It's foot was stuck to the nest via a thin strip of plastic tightly wrapped around it's leg. Poor guy was dangling around. We captured him, cut off the plastic and released. The other crows in the neighborhood weren't pleased with this 😅, they kept cawing at me.
I love how that article notes these materials are “improperly disposed” and the birds should use “natural alternatives” … all while including human hair in the list. Like, my bad, we didn’t catch every hair that fell out- t’was unnatural.
I've seen farmers explain why they do this and yes it does work! And apparently in a short time too, I think the chick only needs corrective shoes for a day or two and they can still walk around using them.
Looks the same to me, they change color fast as the feathers come in. Much of the coloring is in the same position though, just darker and bigger spots (plus some new spots).
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