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    Depressed or sick hen after unsuccessful clutch?

    Today the female has crawled her way out of her enclosure and can't stand. Her feet are curled up in front of her and when she tries to stand she immediately falls forward. She is very lethargic, and she still refuses to eat or drink. The male is extremely defensive of her but I'm able to...
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    Depressed or sick hen after unsuccessful clutch?

    My 2 year old female turkey sat on a clutch of 7 eggs for about 5 weeks and wouldn't let us touch the eggs during that time. (I know incubating only takes 4 weeks but I'm telling you she would not get off those eggs for anything. Food, water, treats, nothing. We had to leave food and water in...
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    31 eggs??

    It doesn't appear that any of the eggs are viable. Do I need to wait longer or...?
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    31 eggs??

    My 2 one-year-old spangled Orpington hens are laying in the same spot, and they keep arguing over who is going to sit on the eggs. Meanwhile, the eggs have been exposed for more than 2 weeks now, with the hens only sporadically sitting for a couple hours at a time and at night. There's a total...
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    We adopted an inbred hen with a mangled foot

    I really appreciate everyone's input and advice! Thanks so much!
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    We adopted an inbred hen with a mangled foot

    They are able to see each other, and they chatter at each other all day. I hope that's enough. I also fixed the picture.
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    We adopted an inbred hen with a mangled foot

    This is a picture I got of her today. I'd love to know what breed she is if anyone can tell. She won't let me catch her to give her a bath and it seems that she is distraught, maybe from being separated from her siblings, despite the abuse they heaped on her. I think I'll have to wait until dark...
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    We adopted an inbred hen with a mangled foot

    Hi everyone, I live in western NC and I'm still relatively new and inexperienced at chicken keeping. We have 8 chickens, all about a year old - 4 spangled orpingtons and 4 smaller ones that I'm not 100% sure what the breed are. The unknown breed ones we got a few months ago from someone who...
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