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    Hen can barely walk - bum scraping ground

    She didn't make it through the night last night :( Thank you all for your suggestions and concern.
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    Hen can barely walk - bum scraping ground

    She is still alive. Eating layer feed from IFA mixed with oyster shell. She is still pooping several times a day as well, but does not seem to be getting too much better. She did improve the first day I brought her in and bathed her and gave her close access to food and water but she seems to...
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    Hen can barely walk - bum scraping ground

    Yes, one leg seems paralyzed. Her toes are curled up on one foot. She was never vaccinated for anything that I am aware of. I bought her from a local IFA when she was a few weeks old.
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    Hen can barely walk - bum scraping ground

    Up to this point, her diet has been crushed grain and water, with an occasional (once or twice a week) 3 hour stroll on fenced 1/4 acre and once or twice a week bird seed. The other 20 hens are fine, but maybe as you suggest this one needed something more in her diet??
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    Hen can barely walk - bum scraping ground

    I let her sit in a small bath tub of warm water with epsom salt for about 45 minutes. She drank the bath water, so she must not be getting around well enough to get water. She would not eat any crushed Rolaids. I dried her off and inspected her vent. I didn't see anything to be concerned about...
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    Hen can barely walk - bum scraping ground

    She has been like that for at least 2 days now...
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    Hen can barely walk - bum scraping ground

    Rhode Island Red - 1 year old - She can barely walk and her bum is always on the ground. She walks like a penguin kind of. No other birds have issues, just her. Steady supply of crushed grain and water. Feathers look fine, weight seems normal. Lives in a coop with wooden floors and roosts and...
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