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To prevent Rhialto from digging out of a portable frame-like outdoor enclosure I made for him, I put down a large rectangle of chicken wire on the ground. The chicken wire was type with hexagonal 1" openings.
I figured the wire would keep him from digging out of the enclosure frame while allowing him to eat weeds poking upward through the hexagon openings.
What happened is, while grazing, Rhialto would often bite down on the chicken wire, hard enough that he damaged the sides of his beak, fracturing parts of it off.
For longest time I figured I was seeing some kind of unusual beak growth causing radical re-shaping of his beak. But after witnessing him chomping on the wire a couple of times it dawned on me that what I was seeing was damage.
Thought this might be useful information for the forum. Thanks
I figured the wire would keep him from digging out of the enclosure frame while allowing him to eat weeds poking upward through the hexagon openings.
What happened is, while grazing, Rhialto would often bite down on the chicken wire, hard enough that he damaged the sides of his beak, fracturing parts of it off.
For longest time I figured I was seeing some kind of unusual beak growth causing radical re-shaping of his beak. But after witnessing him chomping on the wire a couple of times it dawned on me that what I was seeing was damage.
Thought this might be useful information for the forum. Thanks