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Toe Punching

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Tailfeathers:
When I toe punch my chicks, I use my thumbnail to tear off the "hanging chad" as Mike so humorously put it.  This usually results in a pretty uniformly round hole and I don't think I've ever had to go back and re-punch again.

God Bless,

Beth C:

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--- Quote ---So do you cut the web on the toe you punched?
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Since the toes don't get "punched" that leaves two web area on each foot to work with.  Instead of the punching a hole in the web, as I did for years, I now do the punching more outboard...so there is notch or cut into the web area.

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Glad you suggested this because I did it on a couple by accident last year and it was so much easier to see, with no chance of it growing back, that I was debating doing it intentionally this year.

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