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    Stress & egg laying

    Help! I have 6 free range girls, a huge cochin who has never laid in her 2yrs but is a great duvet for the others, a silkie who goes broody at the drop of a feather, 2 recently arrived americaunas who were laying everyday when they first came(6 weeks ago), a legbar(2 1/2yr) who isn't broody...
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    Bumbling around

    Thank you so much everyone....it's really helpful to get so much support. I'm treating the legmites with neem oil diluted with olive, and petoleum jelly as well.....like to see the little b...s survive that! think i will trim her feet feathers....they are getting ridiculously large. I don't...
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    Bumbling around

    Ummm, sorry bout the elbow confusion, I meant her knees. She's not mature yet, only 5mths, so I'll rule out "old and arthritic". She's a large bird, heavy, with very heavily feathered feet, so she does tend to lumber around, but doesn't seem to be in any pain....she also has legmites, so I...
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    Bumbling around

    She doesn't appear to be suffering from any other symptoms, and she is only aprox 5mths old. Is it usual for bumblefoot to be present at the elbows? Apart from a stumbling gait, which I put down to her heavily feathered feet, she seems happy and sociable with her 3 coop-mates. I know most people...
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    Bumbling around

    I'm quite new to chicken-keeping and enjoying it hugely. However, 2 of my girls were rescued from grim conditions....free range, but filthy and neglected. These pics are of my big cochin, and whilst we seem to be getting somewhere with her leg mite prob, I'm now worried she has several bumbles...
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    What are your chickens' favourite treats?

    Vanilla ice cream, they got absolutely crazy for it!!
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