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My approximately eight year old hen took ill or got injured about four days ago. When she tries to walk, it seems that one leg won't work - I can't tell if it's paralyzed or hurt. Her toes/talons are curled up tight on that leg. She is also puffed up, but it's cold here so I'm not sure if it's...

My chicken - a five year old large black hen - has been limping and looking miserable for the past three days. One leg may be swollen, but not much, and she has no visible injury. I've been soaking her feet and legs in warm water and epsom salts and putting anticeptic spray on it but today I...

I have a wonderful older hen, she's about 10 and a light brahma. Over the past couple of days she seems to have developed a sore crop or maybe a sour crop. Her feathers are a bit scarce over the crop area and, while she's getting up and around normally, it seems hot and sore to the touch. I...

poppiti <[email protected]> 3:56 PM (0 minutes ago) to Mazuri Hi, I know there are a few similar threads, but I've not found this question addressed directly. My apologies in advance if I missed it somewhere. We have a mixed flock of 7 hens (all female - various...

We have a nice coop with an attached run that we use for our main flock. We need to get a separate coop though for another hen who got sick and went blind - whenever we try to get her back with the others, even just free ranging, they attack her. Our parameters are that we don't want to spend...

We have a sick hen and are trying to find ways to help her. We raised her from a chick and she is about 8 months old. Her breed is a light brahma. About 2 weeks ago, we noticed that her eyes were closed and she was lethargic. This lasted about a day and a half before we took her inside to...