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It was a tumour:( thanks for everyone's help, esp Kiki's Girls.

They have a deep litter winter coop that is insulated, three windows, the litter is a mix of straw and cedar shavings, mainly clean straw. And its a good sized building like a normal sized bedroom since our winters are longer than our summers.

I order the feed in and sometimes to my dismay it contains mold bits that I pick out. It takes about a week to get here so returning it is a hardship. I give them oats and sunflower seeds along with some chard or kale and oyster shell.

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No No, its not frostbite. I've tried researching images and posts of similar and believe its either a plugged sinus or a tumor. I hate to lose her as she's one of three dark Cornish I have left but she's getting on in age. I do want to protect my laying flock and not have her suffer. She seemed...

I separated her from the main 9 hens last night.

I don't have TV/cable/satellite so have never seen that show.

It started just before a sudden freeze up, it rained and then froze. They were in the summer coop and I had to hurry and get them in the winter coop last month. We normally don't have such an early freeze up.

My I hope the reset helps my service.

I live out in the country in remote Alaska, my cell and internet coverage is spotty. Had to factory reset my cell this morning so I apologize for not being able to get back on last night after I posted.

Its hard.

She is an older hen, not laying but in good body weight. Eating, drinking, active. We do not have a vet in out small town and esp not any visiting avain vets.

Some of my best deals were from the wonderful people on BYC

All you need is a drop spindle and a bit of fiber to start and you tube helps, there are top whorl and bottom whorl spindles with fiber on eBay at decent prices or if you have a guild or persons nearby they're usually eager to get someone started. You can make a drop spindle out of a piece of...