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    Assortment of Unsexed

    Thanks everyone. I'll see if I can grab saddle feather pictures of the three for a closer look. The brown girl at the bottom of 1 and dustbathing in the others is definitely a pullet - hence the lack of pictures focusing on her. I got all of my birds from a backyard heritage breeder. These...
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    UPDATE - It appears that the leg bothering her is actually shorter. I'm working on developing a boot, after various stretches have failed to help. She's growing, and is quite happy, though her mobility is still not the best.
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    Assortment of Unsexed

    I have several mixed breeds that I have tentatively sexed - any input would be much appreciated! They are all 5-6 months. Americauna cockerel is my guess here. This guy almost looks like some kind of americauna / delaware mix. Saddle feathers lead me to believe it's a cockerel? I don't...
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    I've got her on a multi vitamin now. I'm just giving small doses for now, and I will be adjusting it as needed. She's started trilling back when I talk to her again, and appears to have at least mostly recovered from whatever this last lapse was. Thank you everyone for your input.
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    I would definitely agree, but again, she has been supposedly like this since hatching.
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    Thank you, that makes a lot of sense. I've been giving her a bit of calcium to try and aid her bone growth already, and even just that little bit seems to be helping her. I'll get my hands on those and start adding them to her diet. =)
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    Definitely. =) Yes, that's what I'm referring to. Thank you, I didn't know that. I'll give the other chooks a look just to make sure hers matches.
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    Thanks for your input, anyways. Anything helps at this point. I thought about that, but I don't want her to get it stuck behind her and be unable to get it forward again. Any ideas on how I would prevent that?
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    Videos. I checked for mites and gently stretched both legs. Videos are before I stretched. Only difference afterwards is that her balance seemed a bit better. I almost feel like it might be something in her hip?
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    Thank you for your input, and sorry for the late response. Apparently it didn't post the first time. At this point, I'm only keeping her alive because she appears to be strong in mind. She doesn't show any outward signs of suffering, other than her gimp with walking, but the moment she does, I...
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    She seems to be doing a bit better this morning. She does seem to be having trouble getting up still, but once I put her outside with the others she perked right up and was running around like a madman. I managed to get pictures of her red patches and a video of her walking. Pictures attached...
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    Thank you =) I'm in Canada, just above Idaho. We've been having wonderful weather (15+ c and sunny) for the past few days. It did get cold about a week ago, but their coop is very well cold protected in preparation for the coming winter.
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    I'll do that as soon as I can tomorrow. The pictures I posted are from when I first got her. I'll see if I can find some from the "in between" period. And the way she looks in the photos is quite deceiving. She really isn't very photogenic... I really don't want her to suffer, but at the same...
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    ~6 Month old hen having trouble standing

    About two months back, I acquired 6 chickens and 3 ducks. I originally went to purchase only 5 chickens, but after taking an interest in a chicken that seemed to be having trouble walking, the seller decided to let me throw her into the bundle too, on the logic that she might be happier with...
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