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    Hen not using a toe??

    Thank you for your insight!
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    Hen not using a toe??

    This is encouraging! I'll continue to watch her but if it doesn't impead her perching abilities, I'm inclined to just leave it alone
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    Hen not using a toe??

    She seems to have full range of motion with it like all her other toes
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    Hen not using a toe??

    It is stiff-looking but can bend completely fine. I thought maybe it was uncomfortable for her to bend but when I bend it down like her other toes she has no reaction. She just stands there and lets me do it. I held her and did it as well and she had no issues, no squawks or squirming. It's not...
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    Hen not using a toe??

    I can't upload a video for some reason but she walks fine, just doesn't curl that toe when she picks up her foot. The bottom of her foot looks fine, just a soft whitish pink like the other foot.There doesn't seem to be any swelling either.
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    Hen not using a toe??

    I have a 2-year-old Black Australorp hen that has really gone through the ringer the last couple of weeks. She's partially blind and going through a rough molt. My other hens attacked her till she was bloody and half bald, giving her a vacancy in my bathroom for the foreseeable future, and today...
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    Blind Hen Not Doing Well

    Thank you for your insight on raising blind hens. Fingers crossed my hen's sight doesn't get too much worse towards the end of her life as she's not even 2 years old yet. We may have to transition her to a system like you're talking about.
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    Blind Hen Not Doing Well

    Thank you for your insight, I'll try to figure out a way to lower one of the perch bars if I can.. your idea of blocking off an eggbox might work since they all love to pile in one out of the four :rolleyes:
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    In distressed girl 🐓

    Electrolytes! You can buy little packs of electrolyte mix for chickens and mix it with water. I'd recommend you get a syringe or dropper and try to get some down her beak. Just be sure you don't drop it into her airway(avoid water in the little hole in her mouth as it leads into her lungs)...
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    Blind Hen Not Doing Well

    I have a nearly 2 year old Black Austraulorp hen, Juno. About a month ago, we realized that she may suffer from partial blindness in both eyes (Reason unknown still) and its caused several issues we don't have solutions for yet. Feeding: Our feeding system is a pest proof bucket with 3 large...
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    Bumblefoot??

    Okay thank you so much!
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    Bumblefoot??

    Any suggestions of what I should do? We have a few vets around that can treat poultry but not super immediately.
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    Bumblefoot??

    I was outside watching my girls free range when I saw one of them raise their foot and start to pull off some dirt/poop. I noticed a small dark spot on her foot and immediately thought of bumble foot. After looking at her I made sure to check the rest of my girls and found that more of them have...
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    The butt of my silky chicken is red with blood or something stuck on it and in it

    Can't see the problem area very well but it may be pasty butt. Its pretty common in chicks and can get serious quickly. Wipe the area with a warm, wet paper towel. Do not soak the chick please! They can get a cold and die very easily. Pasty butt is usually caused by stress and its common for...
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    Bloody Combs and Tattered Feathers

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