I have a chicken with the exact same issue. Did you find a solution, or find out what it was for sure? What would make a chicken get gout? They free range, and this is the only one with this problem, so thinking it is not food related, as they all eat the same thing. Thanks!!
Do you harvest the apples off the ground? Is that going to be a problem if chickens are in there? You probably won't be able to get the ground falls...they will be pecked at or pooped on? I was searching for chickens in an orchard, as we have several apple trees, and I was wondering if the...