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I did a sling like the one above using a tub. I usually take her out at night and put her in a carrier. Wondering if I should just keep her in the sling at night as well. Also I noticed if I put her up to high where her legs are off the ground they tremble. We were wondering if she had gotten...

update....still living,eating,drinking and poo is fine. Right leg still stretched out backwards and she cannot stand. she can kick her legs though when picked up.

pick her up and she kicks it...trying to make a sling but little success since i have no idea what i am doing

today her right leg is very cold and she leaves it stretched out...could it be broken???

i posted pics of her feet above

i bought them online several years ago and dont remember where

Here she is in her sling bag.

I wonder the same thing and I think you are correct about an infection. I took a few photos and noticed some red areas. Would that make the right leg not usable as well? I put her in a chicken sling type pouch otherwise she lays on her side. The first pic is of her left foot..I think infection...

she is eating fine. she had a limp a few months ago in one leg while jumping from perch. she can kick her legs but cannot stand on them she falls over. her poop is normal. one eye is closed...the other one was really red but the color is returning to normal. she is very alert as well. no foaming...

I have a 4 year old hen that started limping a few months ago. I could not find anything wrong. Yesterday I found her in her run swatting unable to move. She cannot stand nor walk. She can kick her legs and curl her toes around your finger but she cannot use them to stand. Her wings are down...

I have a 4 year old chicken (barred rock) hen that cannot stand but can kick her legs and curl her toes. Today her right eye is closed but the left one is open. She is eating and drinking out of a saucer today. No mucus around nose. Around eyes are red. Any ideas?

we bought this to check it out and found that on high it is very hot to the touch and will burn your hand. The instructions state otherwise. We are not sure if we are going to use this or not.

I used sand in my runs and now that winter is approaching and the runs are being wrapped the dust is horrible.

I have a hen that our rooster over bred and her flight feathers are exactly like this. Wish there was more on this subject.

One is 1.5 years old and the other 3 months old. Sorry as I do not ship.