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She'll be fine. Go to sleep. They don't eat for the first day or 2 anyway.

Mine like oatmeal, leftover rice, and fruit like grapes and cherries. But their favorite treat of all? Chicken scratch (cracked corn). They go for that first and then eat the other stuff I mentioned after the scratch is gone.

Thanks, I did not think about the waterers...will take a look at that. Yup, they are fat little babies so far. They are treat-obsessed just like ther rest of the flock!

Oh no--We just hatched 2 chicks (the natural way--using a broody hen), and at 3 weeks, I just noticed one of them has a crossed beak. Looks pretty bad, but the chicks are almost the same size and growing every day--so far no one is undernourished. They have a GREAT mamma who dotes on them...

Thank you to everyone for your help and advice (and the links are very informative too)!

Yay, I did it!! I used rose-pruning gloves, and she did try a couple of lighthearted pecks, but much less aggressive than when some of them eat scratch out of my bare hand. I put her on the ground and she just sat there clucking very quietly. There were 8 eggs (including 1 from the Barred...

Well, I started to pick her up, but I'm ashamed to say, she turned her head and looked at me...and I chickened out. She's wedged in a corner and I have to hover directly over her to pick her up, and I have this image in my mind of her flying up and attacking me. So I will try again after it...

Oh, I thought I'd mention, the chickens are all at least a couple of years old. I inherited them from their previous owners, who had to move and couldn't keep them. So the chickens know what they're doing, it's just me who's new at this!

Hi, I'm new to chickens--only had my full grown Ameraucanas for a couple of months now. 10 hens and a rooster. Suddenly, one of the girls has been sitting in one of the nests for 2 straight days. I can't get her to move. She isn't aggressive, she actually seems like she's trying to ignore...

She died just before dark.

It is like her legs are paralyzed...I gave her a warm bath because she had dried poo on her back end (and because some people here recommended it), and she didn't move a muscle. She did close her eyes and I think the warm bath felt good, but now she's just lying on a towel not moving. Her...

Previously she had an open sore, which turned out to be from the rooster. That healed up, and then a couple of weeks ago she was limping very badly for several days. She mostly stayed in the coop, and then she got better, limp almost gone. Now yesterday I noticed she wasn't coming over for...

Update: The former owners came by and told me it's from the rooster. Has cleared up completely, but new problems with her including limping, which went away too,and now she won't eat and is laying on her stomach with her legs behind her. I think she may have been eggbound...found 2 poopy eggs...

Just one rooster, and now that I think about it, the sore is right where his feet tend to "latch on" if you know what I mean. Since there are 11 hens, I figured no one would get too much 'attention' from him and therefore avoid injury. I'll keep an eye on things and report back. BTW...

Thanks for the replies so far--I don't think I can post pictures because of being a newbie, but Ill see about the blukote. Separating her is going to be hard --will try! Thanks again I feel better just getting some support here!!

I just noticed today one of my 11 hens has an egg-sized open wound/sore on her back side, to the side of the vent. All of the feathers are missing from the wound area. Some of her other feathers look a bit disheveled too, like maybe she got in a fight or something. The area isn't bleeding...

Thank you--that does sound like good advice, although it's gonna drive me crazy because it seems mean (LOL).

My neighbors are moving and they offered me their 11 hens and a rooster. They range from a couple of years to about 5 years old each. I don't know what kind they are (some are black/white striped, some are golden, one is black, a couple are reddish), but they're the "normal" chicken size--kind...

Thanks for answering this question everyone--I was worried about free-ranging for this reason also! Sounds like it wont be a problem as long as they have access to their nests.