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It has been a few days now, and she seems to have gotten much better :) However, this morning she laid an "shell-less" egg with visible...

In your experience, how long will a French Copper Maran live, under good care?

She is doing better today. Eating, scraping, talking, drinking, and she has also made several normal poops. However, when i checked on...

She is still eating, and she seems a bit better today. More like her old self. Getting her to eat the pill was close to impossible...

I only found capsules (those with edible plastic). How could i give her those? Is the plastic bad for her?

Just sit her on your lap head facing front, grab her wattles with your left hand and tug down. She will open her beak and you can...

Thank you. I will break it up into 2 pieces, just to be on the safe side. I wouldn't want to make her inhale it so it gets into her lungs.

Put it in her mouth. Works nicer with two people. Don't worry that it's too big as they eat mice, snakes, and lots of things bigger...

I can only find ones that are pills/tablets, but I don't think i can get her to eat it. She usually only eats grass. She doesn't even...

I checked on her this morning. She didn't come out of the coop like she usually does. I also saw this in the "yard": I'm afraid it is...

There is no hard and fast rule that I know of. You kind of have to let the hen let you know. You can try what @LeFleche suggests above...

I would give her a nice warm soak to clean her butt of any poop, then dry her thoroughly with clean towels and blow dryer on low...

When would you normally have a chicken euthanized? We have talked about a rule being: "When lethargic, above the age of 5, won't eat or...

I can't unfortunately as i threw it in a haystack, so i lost it. Tove did a similar egg before she died, so I am afraid Tonny might be...

So, if she becomes ill/lethargic/wont eat or drink, it should just be the end?