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    Looking for any ideas for a nine-year-Old sick/dying hen and a single hen… please!!

    Thank you, I appreciate everyone’s answers. I think I knew that, but just wanted to make sure that I was doing the right thing for them. Does it help if I bring the healthy chicken inside with the sick one at night so they are not alone? Thanks again!
  2. Marcellaandholly

    Looking for any ideas for a nine-year-Old sick/dying hen and a single hen… please!!

  3. Marcellaandholly

    Looking for any ideas for a nine-year-Old sick/dying hen and a single hen… please!!

    Hi! I started out with four chickens, adopted from a friend who couldn’t keep them. I’ve since lost two, and I’m down to two girls who are about nine years old. I’ve had them since they were one year old And I adore them! Over the last few days one of them has increasingly gotten more weak, I am...
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    Only one chicken

    Ok I'll do that! I'm in Las Cruces, NM. I have a tarp over half of the outdoor run and the coop itself to protect from weather now. In the summer I'll probably cover most of the outdoor run due to the hot sun. The top has a netting over it to protect from hawk's, you can't really see it in the...
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    Only one chicken

    Ok. That's good to know. My chickens don't really free range, they have a coop and an outside run, I live in the city so can't have them in the street! So I'm not sure how to separate them.
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    Only one chicken

    So I should do the introduction over time... But I only have one coop, so how do I keep them separated at night? I have a big crate, should I do something like that for a bit at night?
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    Only one chicken

    Thank you everyone! I so appreciate the advice, everyone is so great. So the flock that I got my single hen from is down to two hens now. I took the two hens that I had because the one that died was getting bullied very very badly. So these two came to live with me. Well now that the poor...
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    Injured hen leg

    I live in Las Cruces, NM. I don't know anyone, though now I'll start to ask around
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    Only one chicken

    Can I introduce other adults?
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    Only one chicken

    I had to put one of my hens down today, she was almost 5 and the vet said that was the best. I only had two chickens so my other hen is alone now. I'm so sad for her and don't know what to do?
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    Injured hen leg

    I have another question now....I only have one chicken now. She can't live by herself, can she?
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    Injured hen leg

    Thank you everyone for all your help. I had to put her down today, the vet said it was the best thing. Poor girl
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    Injured hen leg

    Yes. It rotates normally. I can't find anything that seems to be causing the issue. Could it be a tendon or ligament issue?
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    Injured hen leg

    Upon getting a good look and feel...I don't think it's her toes at all. They all look okay and move okay too. There doesn't feel to be any brakes or fractures though, not on any part of her leg or toes, everything feels as it should. It doesn't feel warm or cold and I don't notice any other...
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    Injured hen leg

    I checked her leg. It's not her leg, her one toe is broken. It seems like maybe she got it caught or something like that. That toe just hangs there. She didn't protest much at all. She can't put weight on that foot though.
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