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    Can an elder/sick hen live alone?

    I have a 5-yr old hen who recently stopped being able to walk. I don’t know why- I’ve tried everything to diagnose/treat her. She was living with the flock ok, hobbling over to food/water, so I left her there. Well they attacked her, left her comb a bloody mess. I isolated her, she healed up...
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    Elder hen acting off

    Here are her feet. I took her out of the coop and she seems to be walking normally.
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    Elder hen acting off

    Hey all. We have a hen who is about 5 years old. Over the past month or so she’s been acting strange. I saw her lying down and resting her head on a board. I walked up to her and she didn’t run away. She seemed to not be able to/want to put weight on her legs. I isolated her in the “hospital”...
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    Turkey hen playing dead?

    Today I came home to my turkey hen sitting in the nesting box, motionless, her face smooshed up to the corner of the wall (I couldn’t even see her head), legs splayed out abnormally. She looked dead. I called for my husband. We cautiously approached the motionless bird. Then she blinked and we...
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    Roo or Hen? Lavender Orpington

    12 weeks old. Lavender Orpington is much larger than my other hens same age. Boy or girl?
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    Chickens won’t go in coop at night

    No, we didn’t do that. I was kind of worried about locking them in a small space with a new roo, wanted to give them space in case someone was a bully. But maybe I should?
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    Chickens won’t go in coop at night

    Help! We have had 3 hens for a year and a half. They had a small coop, and this winter they started being tardy in going into their coop at night. Often times we'd head out when it was pitch dark and they’re still pecking around in their unsecured yard. So I started bringing a “treat” out every...
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