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The first year didn't lose any hens from our flock. The 2nd year one of the hens raised some chicks and we lost a few of those, 1 fell in a hole and died, another got taken by a hawk. The next was raccoons reaching through the coop and biting the head off a pullet, she was days away from...

She has not been eating nor drinking the vitamin enriched water we gave her exclusive access to for the past few days. Her comb went dark again and she hardly moves. I picked her up, which she doesn't like anyway, held her like I do the others and soothed her for 20 mins until she fell asleep...

I can do that. Her feet are no where near as bad as those in the 1st picture. Those almost look like duck feet. Her's are pink on the bottom, and the main joint is puffy underneath. I'll get the pictures tonight. She is not eating nor drinking and we are making arrangements to end the...

her feet didn't appear to have any sores or scabs, but they do look puffy and i can imagine they are painful to stand on. she started her isolation with food and enriched water a day ago. she is keeping still and her comb has now got some color back. i hope she can fight off what is ailing...

While I was isolating her, we checked her feet and they were swollen and I'm sure it's the pain point. We put her in some deep wood shavings to try and help her to sit comfortably, started her on some probiotics in her water and something else. I'm having my kids read the package and...

thank you. I'll isolate her with some vitamin enriched water see how she does.

she is about three years old now. I've not been watching to see if she is laying. no new birds, last one was in August when we adopted a hen someone found in the foothills (probably abandoned). They run free in the yard eating bugs, worms and grasses we give them bagged feed for flock and...

I felt each of her legs from toes to hip and she doesn't seem to be bothered by it no more than the fact that she doesn't like to be handled. i put her on a bench which was at least 18 inches tall. she jumped off of it without much trouble and landed almost as though there was no problem. she...

Here we have a buff orpington. She is one of the larger birds in the flock, she's not mean or overly aggressive to the others but she in the top 3 out of 12. During the winter we noticed her comb went very dark but she was eating and getting about like she always had. Once the snow melted...

I have the same behavior from ours. They have a full run of the yard, almost 3/4 of a acre but they will still hang around and get in the way. Here is picture I took last year when they were about 5 months old. I was cleanup piles of leaves and dead grass, when I turned around to fill the...

Agreed. I have some Buff Orpingtons. Most of them will put up with being handled and all are so friendly that they are constantly under foot and some get a kick up the backside, by accident, because they like to be in front of me while walking the yard. 2 of the 10 are so cuddly they will...

We've had a small flock of chickens for two years now. Started out with 4. Road Island Red, Easter Egger, Cochin Grey, Cochin Black speckled. They are cooped up at night for safety but have the run of 1/2 acre during the days lots of open areas with bushes and shade and an area to dust bathe...