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    Penelope Drama: A bald leg, half bald butt, and a lack of neck feathers in Winter snow.

    As a quiet offering, the last photo taken of Penelope
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    Penelope Drama: A bald leg, half bald butt, and a lack of neck feathers in Winter snow.

    Uh... We had her separated in the house for the time being and we wouldn't have been able to do that. At this point, my post is no longer useful. She passed around 4:30 today while I was at work, according to my husband. She simply went to sleep and... didn't wake up.
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    Penelope Drama: A bald leg, half bald butt, and a lack of neck feathers in Winter snow.

    Okay, so. Hi, me again with chicken problems. This problem started last night when my husband found Penelope, 33 week old Diamond Duchess hen, in the middle of the run, laying on her side. Fortunately, she's alive and in the house, but she was weak when responding and cold with an eye swollen...
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    Help: How to Cull (if you've never culled before)

    I ended up contacting my husband's uncle and asked if he'd help with killing her. She's gone now, and I feel guilty, but she's... not hurting anymore, so I'll look at that at least?
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    Help: How to Cull (if you've never culled before)

    She's my little tweety bird (bc it took so long before she made actual chicken sounds) and I love her, but... because I love her, I know that I cannot help her in a way that would let her live as long as her siblings will.
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    Help: How to Cull (if you've never culled before)

    Oh. I... usually use relocate or re-home for those situations? Thank you for the clarification, though! And thanks. I. Am not enjoying this. I've had hens and young roos die on me, but... never had to euthanize one myself.
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    Help: How to Cull (if you've never culled before)

    So, this is a chicken that we've been trying to help live despite disabilities she has. Scooter, the chicken in question, was born with malformed legs and we had been trying to help fix them as best as possible. Unfortunately, we couldn't. So, we've mostly been trying to at least have her...
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    Help: How to Cull (if you've never culled before)

    Unfortunately, yeah. I mean to kill a chicken. I didn't realize cull could be used as a general "removing from the flock".
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    Help: How to Cull (if you've never culled before)

    Aight, so. How do I cull a chicken for the first time? Especially since this is one I'm attached to and so is my husband. Raised from egg to now, and... it isn't going well right now. So... suggestions? Preferably not poisoning bc that's got potential to be slow and cruel.
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    Chicken is behaving off

    She's never laid an egg, and she's got grit and access to calcium. She did not get apple seeds, I am honestly paranoid about them getting any. Her crop felt like normal, and her poop is actually extremely good. The rest are doing really good, though. We... figured out what was wrong. She was...
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    Chicken is behaving off

    Hi, I'm back again. One of my chickens, an Easter Egger mix that's about 18 weeks and named Seven of Nine, is not doing good. She's behaving strangely for herself; moving slowly, was stuck briefly on her side when I came out, has her wings drooped like shields, and looks to be having trouble...
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    Why is my chicken pecking me?

    Theo sound amazing! I'm currently in a losing fight with Seven and River, becoming their human perch anytime they have me in the run. Some of our older hens, like Buffy and Selena and Artemis, keep tricking us that they'll be broody, then go, "Nah, no thanks." Because we have two roosters, Luke...
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