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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    So she/he didn't make it :hit Tried my best, but she must have had some neurological issues going on. Pretty bummed, but the rest of the flock seems to be much less stressed, so trying to see the silver lining. Thank you for all the help!
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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    Thank you so much, it's been a very stressful 24 hours! I'm pulling for her big time. I will post updates when I have them ❤️
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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    Yes, hubby came home, took one look at the chick, and sent Blacky to the giant free range farm in the sky. The straw that broke the camels back and all that.
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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    I'm worried about that as well. She's having tremors in her legs when she's on her side. If she makes it tonight I will pick up first thing in the morning!
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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    She (or he?) did, but I'm a little worried. It's been laying on it's side since yesterday. When I try to prop her up, she's unsteady and can't stand for long. Still eating and drinking though, still alert. Going to give it another day or two. Don't want to give up on her, poor thing. She's...
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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    OMG thank you for this, I needed to laugh :lol:
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    Old hen just started attacking younger hen, time to go?

    Thank you very much! Appreciate the info!
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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    Thank you everyone for the replies! I'm inclined to agree that isolation isn't going to help at this point. She's always been mean, but it just seems to be escalating. We haven't had a rooster, and I'm almost wondering if the EE might be one? It's kind of hard to tell since they're so...
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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    Yeah that's exactly what I'm afraid of as well. I've been reading about the isolation thing for the last hour, but I just don't trust her. She's still stalking the poor thing. It's like she's crazed.
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    Older hen attacking younger hen, time to go?

    Hi all, I believe I may have posted this question in the wrong category earlier, sorry about that! Figured I'd try here, since it's more a behavioral thing than an emergency. I just discovered one of my approx. 5 month old EE hens being attacked by the head hen "Blacky" who's about 5yo (I...
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    Old hen just started attacking younger hen, time to go?

    Hello all, I just discovered one of my approx 5 month old EE hens being attacked by the head hen "Blacky" who's about 5yo (I don't know what breed she is, we got her from a friend a few years ago, but she's all black with a green sheen to her when she's in the sun). Poor little EE is in...
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    Chicken attacked by bobcat, back of neck completely exposed! HELP!

    Thank you both very much for the advice! I'll get some hardware cloth. I will start the cleaning process right away. She is isolated and in a crate in the house, and I will keep her in as need be. She is definitely a fighter! She ate some eggs this morning, so that's a good sign. My husband...
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    Chicken attacked by bobcat, back of neck completely exposed! HELP!

    Yesterday morning I heard my girls making all kinds of "stressful" noise, ran out to the coop and there was a rather large bobcat pacing on top of the coop and reaching his paw down through the chain-link. My girls were on top of their box (God I wish they weren't so STUPID sometimes!) and at...
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    REALLY bad scaley leg mites!! Is there a point of no return?

    We just rescued this girl earlier in the week. Took me a few days to figure out what was going on (I'm a pretty new chicken owner) but I'm assuming this is scaley leg mites. Besides walking "gently", she seems to be fine. Is there a point at which you can't treat this? This seems pretty bad...
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    Is this comb normal? Or something I need to keep an eye on?

    So I heard Butthead (yeah, the name kinda picked her, for obvious reasons) making some weird noises. Found her huddled between my tomato plants and the dog fence.. When she finally moved I found these babies! Woohoo! They're finally starting to put in some work!
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