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Isn't it a great feeling when you can restore health to an animal in distress? I'm so glad it worked. My chickens who have received first aid all seemed to understand that I was trying to help them, and have become more friendly and sociable. The one with the crop problem is now a "lap chicken"...

Doing better! I put a new feeding station in the coop yesterday, and a log. All very distracting, and this morning hens #2, 3, and 4 were fine. This afternoon I swapped out the red heating lamp for a ceramic reptile one that will provide heat but no light, a new experience for them to be in the...

Currently separated, and the injured hen has been reintroduced. She had a hard time and looks depressed but she's basically OK and is hanging in there. Another hen has seized the opportunity to become alpha. I'm hoping this will keep the bully busy. How and when do you suggest reintroducing her?

I'm having a similar issue... I had to separate a hen from her flock of three others (all 21 months old, together since chicks) for two weeks to recover from a leg injury. She is fine now, but I'm having difficulty reintroducing her. The flock got along fine for the first year or so, but then an...

Last year my 8 month old Wyandotte recovered from a frostbitten leg and now I have a 20 month old Buff Orpington currently recovering from a leg or foot injury, possibly from slipping on ice. I bring the injured bird into the house in a cage made from two laundry baskets until she stands -...

This happened to my chicken too. She was running around as usual but making a loud wailing moaning sound with every breath, with occasional hiccuppy noises. After looking this up online I separated her from the flock and fed her olive oil from a dropper against the side of her beak, then...

I have four hens, no rooster, and two nesting boxes. My eight-month-old Wyandotte had been brooding without eggs - just sitting in everyone's favorite nesting box - for about 10 days. Other hens were climbing over her to lay. She didn't object when I removed their eggs. I tried removing her from...

My 7-month-old Wyandotte went broody with no eggs. I'm a new chicken owner and this was my first experience with a broody hen. I read a lot of online advice, which all seems to focus on shaking up the chicken's reality and cooling her underside, preferably in a wire cage. I do not have a wire...