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She doesn't seem too bothered, I'm just concerned that she seems to be sleeping more than the others and one of my other hens has had to be separated from her as she bullys her because she can't run away like the others. Thanks :)

Thanks for the reply. My perches are low, but she's had this problem since I brought her home. It's something she was either born with or something happened to her where we got her from. I'm baffled :s

Hi everyone, I have a 26 week old splash Orpington that has been limping since we got her at 16 weeks old. It seems to be her left leg, she doesn't put much of her weight on it and when she's standing still she lifts it if occasionally. Her toes are bending fine and she doesn't have bumble foot...

Thanks for your reply. 8ft squared at a guess but it's taller than us and has different levels. I suspected as much with her being the lowest ranked bird but she has accepted Murial (rhode island red) our other new one that came with Betty. I'm thinking maybe because Betty is weaker and placid...

Hi thank you for your reply, quite large definitely large enough for 5 hens. We've introduce new hens in that environment before too with no problem, it's just the cream legbar won't quit she goes ott

Hi 8 weeks ago I bought 2 more hens to add to my current 3. I segregated an area off for the new girls within the run so that they could see them but not be hurt, we did this for 3 weeks before trying to introduce, we let them mingle in the garden in that 3 weeks also. Then we put them all...