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    Hen limping. Pics of legs included

    Im beginning to think she just needs a little rest and relaxation. She definitely wasn’t eating or drinking much - if at all - when she was out there. It was one of the reasons I brought her in. That and I’m not good at tough love lol. I couldn’t watch her get picked on. I do have a couple...
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    Hen limping. Pics of legs included

    When I thought she was egg bound I gave her epsom salt soaks and calcium. She improved some but really started to improve when I gave her B complex. She walks on it fine. Just the first few steps are a bit awkward. When she’s standing to eat she’ll hold the leg up like she doesn’t want to put...
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    Hen limping. Pics of legs included

    Should have added she’s a gold laced Wyandotte. 10 months old. Ignore the messy bathroom. Scales aren’t really raised. Nothing compared to pics I have seen on the internet. The rest of the flock don’t seem to have any issues.
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    Hen limping. Pics of legs included

    I have a hen that went lame awhile ago. I thought she was egg bound or hurt her foot. Treated her and she was better for two weeks. Now she’s favoring one leg and there seems to be a bump on the bottom of her foot. The first pic is the bump. Second through 5th pic is the same leg. Pic 6 is the...
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    Reintroducing a hen after injury during winter

    So day two of reintroducing was a nightmare and bloody. As soon as my girl came out of the coop the rooster and two hens were all over her. The rooster had her pinned down and was pecking at her head while two hens joined in also. I let the go at it for a bit but then they bloodied her ear and...
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    Reintroducing a hen after injury during winter

    The second reintroduction went well! I made a temporary run just outside the covered run out of chicken wire about 25 feet long by 5 feet wide and spread out a bale of hay and tossed some scratch. My girl that was injured still hasn’t come out of the coop yet. But the others are mingling in...
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    Reintroducing a hen after injury during winter

    After a week of the see no touch method I decided to turn my girl loose with the rest of the flock. All went well until she got too close to my miserable hen, Gert. There was a little tussle and she went and hid in the nest box for awhile. She finally got the courage to try and enter the run...
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    Reintroducing a hen after injury during winter

    My girl is back in the coop! We moved her out and put her in a large exercise pen that’s 4 x 2 x 3 and covered so they can’t poop on her. We rigged her up a roost but I do need to get a couple of dishes for grit and oyster shells. So far so good. She did get henpecked a bit by my miserable...
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    Reintroducing a hen after injury during winter

    Thanks for the suggestion! I love the idea of getting a hay bale. I’ll have to seek one out. Temps are going back up to high 30s by Wednesday so I will put her and her cage out then. Maybe by Sunday I can try turning her loose with the flock. With the distraction of the hay and moving...
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    Reintroducing a hen after injury during winter

    I have a 9 month old Gold Laced Wyandotte that I will soon need to send back to the coop. She had a bit of trouble with lameness and I’ve been treating her inside for three weeks. She’s currently in my bathroom and getting around a little too well when I let her out of the cage. Yesterday, I...
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    Egg bound or something else

    Thank you for the tip. I will stop the calcium. And just hope for the best ! She’s seems to tolerate standing better each day. And today she took steps without having to use her wings at all. She’s progressing. Slowly…but I’ll keep keepin on!
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    Egg bound or something else

    Posting an update so I can keep track of progreso so far: 12/28-found chicken in run after dark. Set her in the coop 12/29-chicken in exact same spot in coop in a.m. 12/30- brought inside thinking she was egg bound. Added electrolytes to water. Epsom salt baths a couple times a day...
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    Egg bound or something else

    Update…she seems to be improving. She’s still not walking but is standing a bit - although not directly up yet. But she is moving herself around in the cage very frequently whereas three days ago she wasn’t moving at all. She actually leapt out of her Epsom salt bath yesterday! I’m not certain...
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    Egg bound or something else

    I didn’t think to take a picture. It was white on the outside and seemed to have digested pellets in it. It was soft but not runny. She seems to be pooping regularly so I don’t think it’s constipation. Her feet and legs look fine from what I can see. I’ll try to get photos tomorrow. She's...
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    Egg bound or something else

    Thank you for all the suggestions. She just had a scrambled egg with a calcium tablet crushed up in it and she ate it right up. She’s still drinking and she just pooped probably the biggest ball of poo I’ve ever seen. It was three quarters the size of a golf ball. I’m about to resume her epsom...
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