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    Adult Chicken's legs suddenly spread wide apart - help please

    Thank you for your assistance. A few days ago I isolated her in the garage and I had her sit in warm water for a few hours and, though the water seemed very dirty when we took her out, I didn't see evidence she had passed an egg or yolk or anything. Last night I was watching her and her legs...
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    Adult Chicken's legs suddenly spread wide apart - help please

    I had posted about a hen of our seeming to be paralyzed at times ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/944524/hen-appears-paralyzed-one-moment-fine-the-next#post_14551608 ) Eggcessive posted there as well...seems a very helpful person!! :) Our hen is still having the same issues as before, I...
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    Hen appears paralyzed one moment, fine the next

    The sunbathing chicken is very much how it looked, but this was around 7am and the sun is not quite up yet. It's been very cold lately and my mom suggested maybe the cold was causing this. We do have a light in the inner coop with their roost and nesting boxes) to keep the hens warm...
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    Hen appears paralyzed one moment, fine the next

    We only have a few hens (no rooster) and over the past week I've noticed one of them being very strange when I let them out of their pen in the mornings. She is the head chicken (henpecks all the others) and she will be laying almost on her side, one leg spread towards her head, the other...
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    Getting rid of roosters

    what problems might occur with keeping just the 2 roosters?
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    Getting rid of roosters

    A few months ago we were having a problem with a hen-pecked rooster. That problem is gone because the rooster vanished. I think he ran away because of the issues he was having with the other chickens (he hardly ever left the henhouse). Has anyone ever heard of a rooster just up and leaving...
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    henpecked chicken and rooster

    Thank you.
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    henpecked chicken and rooster

    *bump* with hopes someone has idea to help.
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    henpecked chicken and rooster

    When I suggested to my mom about getting more chickens, she said no. On a daily basis we get about 4 eggs (sometimes 5, sometimes 3) and already that is so many that we have to give eggs away. Our henhouse is small and dad would have to build a new larger one if we got more chickens. He was...
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    henpecked chicken and rooster

    Thank you for your reply. We have 5 hens. One of them is abused as well. Your suggestion is to get rid of the mean rooster? I am hoping to find a way to make them all get along. The mean rooster does not bother me anymore. I think I was too aggressive when I was trying to be the alpha...
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    henpecked chicken and rooster

    We have 8 chickens (5 hens and 3 roosters). My mother bought the chickens on a whim. She was at hardware store, saw baby chicks and ... now we have chickens. This was about a year ago. 1 of the roosters is kind of mean (He seems to be a polish crested?). He will chase the others around...
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