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I have some Sex-links wearing them from time to time, also. They see okay in an upward direction, so they can spot danger from the sky. They see okay downward so they can eat just fine. They can see from side to side, and some still manage to pick feathers, but the peepers cuts the feather...

Yes, I have had this happen to three out of four of my youngest chickens, and it's a mystery. Read my thread if you're interested in comparing symptoms. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/five-month-old-australorp-suddenly-lame-update-now-another-pullet-going-lame.1432738/ I had another...

Open her abdominal cavity and take a look. My guess is she was laying internally. This can happen to any hen, even a pullet just getting ready to lay. I had this happen to a new layer last summer. She was barely a year, had been laying for a few weeks, then no eggs for a few days, and then one...

One thing May is having no problems with and that would be appetite. I'm trying to get some weight on her, and I think she may be getting heavier. She is getting close to point of lay, and it's just a matter now of having the body mass to ovulate. She's getting around, but that right leg is...

She may lay a normal egg. Once. Or never again. She's getting old, though she may still look hot. Her parts are wearing out. (Tell her welcome to the club.)

Instead of my asking you a whole lot of questions, why don't you look at this thread I made for a pullet that went suddenly lame? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/five-month-old-australorp-suddenly-lame-update-now-another-pullet-going-lame.1432738/ If you see some similar symptoms, and...

The very best way to satisfy a single chick's need to be with other chickens, not just chicks of its own age, is to brood it in proximity to the flock. In other words, rig whatever sort of brooder you would have in the house, but place it with the flock so they and the chick can relate to one...

The older hens never pick on the babies. While the babies are small, they are so fast, no one picks on them. As they reach the three-month mark, the youngest hens will give them a bad time for sport. I've never, ever had anything serious.

If it was an egg, was the yolk runny as a normal egg would be or was the yolk "cooked"? If the yolk is solid, that is not good.

Actually crop disorders are the top physical ailment chickens have. Have you checked it?

Do you have any idea which pullet is responsible for that? Did you slice into it? Is it solid or runny? A photo shows two dimensions. Your words need to describe the third so we have the complete picture.

Does your whole flock have weak and crippled legs? No? Then just treat the one chicken. I cut the tablets in half and give a half of a B-100 each day directly into the beak.

If you look up above for the tool bar in white, on the far left it says, "find threads". Click on that and it will take you to a page with all your threads listed.

I don't know that you can manipulate the leg to fix it, but vitamin B therapy does strengthen legs and B-6 helps restore nerve connections. If you get one of the heavier B-complex formulas, such as B-100, you will get the B-6 in it, along with other B-vitamins. Trying to diagnose leg issues is...

Thanks for letting us know they're getting better. You could have updated your original thread, and then everyone would know what you're talking about. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/i-think-my-chickens-have-cholera-help-please.1447175/ What did you end up doing for treatment? Are you...