Recent content by SDerrigo

She is almost 100% better now, thank you all so much for your help! She is still weak and wobbles backwards on occasion but she is getting up and walking around on her own now. I believe it is something she ate that caused the problem. When I cleaned out the coop I was cleaning out a long hard...

Thank you very much for the resources, I will check into them! At the very least it gives me information on what to watch for in the future with the rest of the flock.

I am sure she is at least 7 yrs old now, I got her from a friend that had them at least 5yrs and I have owned them for two years. I had a rooster live 12 yrs so I don't know how old is old for chickens. I think the breed makes a difference too, I was given a HUGE white leghorn someone raised...

Thank you, I have never had this particular problem before. I have had chickens just die for no apparent reason but that was nearly a year ago and was only one chicken and it happened the day after I changed the bedding too. The other chickens are just fine, very healthy and no signs of...

I have a small flock of mixed hens, they are egg layers, very friendly. I cleaned the coop and added a fresh bale of wood shavings to the floor of their coop while they were all outside for the day. Next day my one rock hen was still outside laying in the grass after 6pm when all the others had...