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  1. CocoBChick

    Chicken walking backward, as if a seizure

    Thank you for the suggestions. I do go way over board with treats, and my husband supports his own treat counter.😁 I think I need to practice self control! She does tuck her head down when she walks backwards. Just as fast as she does it, she comes out of it.
  2. CocoBChick

    Thinking about switching from a manual coop door to an automatic one – what should I watch out for?

    I love my automatic door, solar battery operated. We got one from Amazon that had a variety of options to set the timer to, such as day and night Timer to Timer, or set Light (based on sun) to Light, or one or the other. Light in morning, Timer at night if preferred. It is suppose to be good to...
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    Hello I am new to Backyard Chickens, but not unknown to Chickens

    No I meant to say 3 hens with 21 chicks! That was then....now I have just 4 young EE hens! I don't know...but maybe someone else has noticed "they" (who ever "they" are 🤔) don't make chickens like they use to! When I was a kid my flock grew, I sold eggs and they did not require the work my 4...
  4. CocoBChick

    Chicken walking backward, as if a seizure

    Thank you for your response. She does not do it every time pecked. I have only 4 hens, so the feeding area has plenty of space. They do get alot of treats, so maybe an unbalanced diet could be a reasonable suggestion. I will look into giving her vitamin therapy. Do you have any suggested...
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    Chicken walking backward, as if a seizure

    Hello all, I have a 11 month old Easter Egger who in the last 2 months I have seen walking backward with her head down as if in a seizure. It is very momentary and seems to only happen when eating, at least that is when I noticed it first. She was eating some food with chilli peppers, and I...
  6. CocoBChick

    Hello I am new to Backyard Chickens, but not unknown to Chickens

    When I was 10 years old my grandfather decided I needed chickens, 3 hens and 21 chickens arrived, saved from an abandoned farm. I raised a flock of 20 to 35 birds until I was 21, some of those original hens lived to be 8 years old. Well loved and cared for. The love of chickens as a little...
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