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She's been here for almost two years! It's really strange... Whatever it is, she seems far happier now than earlier in the week when she was hardly moving!

Thank you very much for the advice. She hasn't laid an egg but appears to have much better since her bath - she's moving a bit more and showing an interest in her surroundings again now so while she still hunches up and closes her eyes quite a lot I think she's getting over whatever is wrong...

Thanks for the response! She doesn't particularly like getting close to people (and I spent half the morning trying to get her out the coop for this), so no photos I'm afraid and she wouldn't tolerate a check for an egg, but looking at the links you posted her symptoms do match up fairly well...

Hi, One of my chickens (about three and a half, ex battery hens) is really out of sorts. She's seemed a bit under the weather for the past couple of days, and both chickens haven't laid these past few days either. The one I'm worried about is spending most of her time standing hunched over in...