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    Sideways Gait

    My Nana is not looking so good. She is standing by herself all fluffed up. Her shoulder (do chickens have shoulders?) feathers are in the pin stage so I worry about her keeping warm (it was 37 today and 18 degrees tonight). She is still eating and drinking but not a well hen. The other three...
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    Hen Pecked

    I have a pecking problem as well - one feisty bossy hen! What is pick spray, do you know what's in it?
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    Sideways Gait

    From what I've been reading today, the "penguin" walk is more likely when they are egg bound, and the "duck" walk is more likely when they have a belly full of fluid or "cooked" egg yolks that have gotten into the abdomen (internal laying). I hate to think of her being in pain. I just don't have...
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    Sideways Gait

    After doing a bunch of reading today, including some very long threads here, I am starting to think that my squatty hen may be an internal layer. She started out as a good layer but has had egg issues for a long time - either very soft shells or no shells at all. She has not laid an egg for some...
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    Sideways Gait

    Thanks for responding rmack2. She gets the same feed, oyster shell and their own crushed egg shells as the other three, who all lay good strong shelled eggs. Something is for sure wrong with this one hen. She may just be genetically weaker, although she was the biggest in the bunch. She has had...
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    Sideways Gait

    Thanks for the bump, I'm bumping again. She is about the same today, doing some circling and kind of looks like she is duck walking if that makes any sense - sort of a squat walk with her belly near the ground. She was up on a perch this morning so I know she has no paralysis, and she continues...
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    Sideways Gait

    I appreciate your reassurance. With all the glitches this one hen seems to have it doesn't seem to have affected the others. I too hope that someone else will chime in. I looked at some videos of Newcastle and the head/neck involvement is not the same as what I'm seeing, although if as you say...
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    Sideways Gait

    This was their first molt, and fairly light - mostly their butts. I gather that it varies by breed. The Americaunas molted last October and stopped laying completely for awhile but the Black Stars didn't. I was curious about that too but read that sometimes the hybrids will molt later in the...
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    Lost a hen today - not sure why?

    Cyndi, I'm so sorry about your hen. I have one that's been off for a few days. I too wish they could talk.
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    White spots on combs, is this pox?

    Do you ever give your chickens milk or yogurt? When I give it to mine they splash it all over themselves and each other. It was a little scary the first time I saw them with white spots on their black feathers and combs until I figured out what it was. It's hard to tell from your picture if it...
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    Sideways Gait

    Thanks for the link. I sure hope it isn't Newcastle. The other three seem fine so far. This girl hasn't been "right" for awhile so I hope it is just her. The "circling" sounds right but I see no respiratory distress at this point. I'm not sure why she is molting again so soon. The other black is...
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    Sideways Gait

    I have four two year old laying hens two Black Stars and two Americaunas. One of the Black Stars has begun walking with a strange sideways gait, and sort of squats while she is walking. It is mostly to the left, and she positions her head on the opposite side of her body like she is trying to...
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    Hello from Wyoming

    Thank you all for the warm welcome. I posted in the "Behavior/Egg" forum, having some issues with odd eggs from my new girls. I am definitely addicted, and my husband is secretly getting there too!
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    Odd Eggs Young Hens

    Hi Everyone! We bought 4 pullets on April 9th. We bought them from a great guy who we also buy meat and milk from. The girls had about a two hour ride in the back of a pick up, in a dog crate covered by a blanket. They are all in good health as far as I can tell. They all came from a hatchery...
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    Hello from Wyoming

    Hello All, I have been lurking for a long time, and finally joined this fine community. The level of information is quite impressive. I have had chickens on and off. When I was a young girl I had Bantam hens as pets, and as a young adult I had some chickens that someone was getting rid of...
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