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    Broody Buff Orpinton

    My case is a tad unusual. My buff went broody day before yesterday for the first time, but..... she made her nest under a bush in my yard, not in the pen. So....she cannot stay there at night, or she will be one dead chicken. So...is it wrong to remove her and place her in the chicken coop at...
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    Ask Me Anything!

    Thanks and now the second question. I have two Buffs 8 months, and 2 Black sex links. Just this past weekend, my one black sex link stopped getting up on the roosting bar. Now I have to manually put her up, and my 1 buff, the one which is now at the bottom of the pecking order never got up on...
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    Ask Me Anything!

    Okay my 8 month old buff orpington hen suddenly could not stand. I removed her to her own cage expecting her to die. I hand force watered her, and force fed what she would eat. When I first removed her, i removed an egg that was out but stuck to her yucky feathers. She did not die, she was down...
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    Sudden paralysis of chicken

    How do i get her to drink this, she will not drink anything and fights me. I have a real crappy syringe, can you recommend a kind to get please, or tell me another way to get this molasses flush into her.?
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    Sudden paralysis of chicken

    This is my little Butter, that became paralyzed suddenly. Any hope for legs back functional?
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    Sudden paralysis of chicken

    This is my little Butter, that became paralyzed suddenly. Any hope for legs back functional?
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    Sudden paralysis of chicken

    Thank you for insight. Finally someone who gives me some idea what might have happened. I'm going to try the molasses flush tonite, but it will be a chore as she is not drinking anything on her own. I have not tried to feed her water with a syringe today, because i read on here that forcing...
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    Sudden paralysis of chicken

    My 7 month old Buff Orpinton named Butter suddenly became paralyzed Sunday afternoon last. Its now been three days and she cannot walk or stand. She is eating practically nothing and not drinking water not forced fed. She layed and egg today in a seperate cage. She looks good in the face with...
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    Leg paralysis in hen-sudden onset

    Wow, you guys, I'm sitting her dumbfounded. I never had any idea about chicken paralysis. My little Butter girl got it Sunday. All of sudden, she was fine one minute and paralyzed the next. I'm heartsick. She is separated from the others, but she was with them till yesterday till i started...
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    Paralyzed Chicken

    Pardon me for chiming in, but my 7 month old buff orpington hen just decided to become paralyized on this past Sunday afternoon. She was fine in the am. She was laying down in the grass, and could no longer walk. Her eyes were clear, her comb look red and usual. She also decided she would not...
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    My 7 month old buff orpington just started laying down, will not get up

    My buff, Butter will not get up layed in her cage all day, up for a brief moment and then plops down again. She is not eating or drinking on her own. I fed her water withntibiotics in with syringe. She ate five bitefuls of yogurt, a piece of bread and some raisins. but she will not walk. Her...
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    do buff orpingtons roost on a perch

    I have a similar issue. I have two black sex links 8 months old. the jump on the roosting bars each taking one. The bars are long enough fo for chickens each and there are two of them at the same height. Each black sex link hens take one bar then pecks my two buff orpingotons when I put them on...
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    Bullying chickens

    In the morning first thing, I open the secured box door to let the chickens out in the small run for the morning hours. The queen black sexlinks come jumping out and go eat. The younger buff orpingtons are kept hostage in the secure box and cannot come out and eat. Every time they try to come...
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    Chickens not eating their food and not laying eggs

    Does anyone know why my two black sexlink hens have stopped eating food and not laying? The heat is horrible hear in south Florida, and I also introduced three weeks ago two buff orpington hens. They are indeed the little ones on the block, but they are being tolerated alot better than when they...
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    Young chickens with older chickens

    I have four hens, two black sexlinks 23 weeks old, and two buff orpingtons. 13 weeks old. We recently put them in the same coop after a month of seeing each other but not touching. We put them on the roost bar after dark and that seemed to work, but I had to take them down from the roost in the...
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