Sounds like a plan. I don't want her to suffer, but I also don't mind keeping her around as long as she is still happy. I'll keep an eye on her but we've got a couple other "special" hens we rescued from our neighbor and they don't get picked on usually so hopefully she won't either.
Good to know - what would you suggest, just let her back in with the flock and keep an eye on her and let her be as long as she doesn't appear to be in pain?
So we've got a 2 year old Sapphire Gem hen that one day suddenly stopped using one of her legs. She tried limping along on it for awhile but after a few days gave up and doesn't use that leg at all anymore - it has been a bit over a month now (we moved her into isolation from the rest of the...
So my husband and I are new to all this. He's wanted chickens and ducks for the past couple of years, but we didn't have the time to dedicate to them until this year. We ended up with 8 chickens and 2 ducks, and it was kind of an impulse purchase so we were not really prepared (oops).
I've...