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Quote: the flapping is going to REALLY REALLY REALLY freak me out. the last thing i want to do is torture it, or think I'm torturing it. I haven't decided what I'm going to do for her yet.

my semi-paralyzed chicken has gone downhill fast. yesterday she could stand and take a few steps, now she flops over to her side every time. I don't think there is any way for her to recover. what is the best way to put her down? I am NOT going to wring her neck, chop her head off, etc.

yay!! she is doing better!! when I came in she was sitting, but in the middle and not on her side, eating pellets. when I approached she stood up and took a few unsteady steps before falling down. I set her on her feet and she stood! I left her standing by her food again.

I have 2 roos: a bantam cochin and a standard GLW. they never fight, as the cochin is very shy. again, I do not think the GLW attacked, he only picks on the smaller cochin hen and quail d'anvers hen. I am going to go check on her right now...

If she WAS attacked I don't know why, she is not regularly picked on, no missing feathers, etc. I am going to go check on her in about half an hour. and her comb is not THAT bloody, just one individual little spike.

This morning I fed the chickens and one of my adult BO hens was on the ground, on her right side, comb bloodied from being pecked ( I assume). I sat her up but she repeatedly flopped back over to that right side. a couple of times she managed to balance, croched down. She does not appear to have...

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my chickens LOVE: tomatoe worms, tomatoes, rice, spaghetti, mango, strawberries. I think they like spaghetti so much because it looks like a really long worm!!!

I'm sorry to announce that it died a few days ago It hung on for about a week and then I woke up and it was dead.

oh no!!! I guess I will run out and try to get some gamebird food. I do not know if there are any wildlife rehabers around here, I will do some research and find out! I hope I did the right thing, but the kids were running around everywhere and I really doubt that momma turkey would have come...

Yesterday at my school there was a wild momma turkey and she had a chick with her, somehow they got seperated, the chick was caught by a teacher and I took it home because there was no one to take care of it. I don't know how old it is, but it has a few feathers on its back and most on its...

I saw a picture somewhere of a silkie breeder with homemade booties on her birds to protect their leg/foot feathers. I just got a pair of black Cochin bantams () that are pretty good quality and their leg feathers are very nice. I keep my chickens in a large run and their feathers are going to...

have you ordered from her before?

I love your birds but unfortunately I live in California!! They are gorgeous and I hope you find a good home for them.

I know Ideal hatchery is in Fresno, but their birds aren't anything special. I am really just looking for Orpingtons, silkies, and RIRs. those are my absoloute favorites. but I need live birds, I don't have an incubator for hatching eggs.