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    Chicken sitting feet-forward.

    Our 3-yr old hen is sitting feet-forward like this & doesn't seem to be able to stand. When she does move in the coop, she does so by flapping her wings & pushing herself backwards w/ her feet. This just started today, although for the last couple of days she has not been moving around a lot...
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    Is this rooster behavior?

    We recently introduced a young (not a chick but not laying yet) Bantam Cochin to our flock of 3 full-sized hens. Shortly after this, our #1 hen started to have some trouble walking and spent a lot of time sitting. A full explanation here would be too long, but I'm certain this is unrelated to...
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    Lethargic hen / walking funny - heat-related?

    We have three hens, a Leghorn, a Barred Plymouth Rock, and an Easter Egger/Ameraucana. The BPR is about 2.5 years old, the others are under a year old. We live in southern AZ where it's quite warm in the summer -- every day in June topped 100 degrees. We try various things to keep the girls...
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    Adding a flock to a chicken

    Hi all, About a year ago we were given our first two chickens - 1-yr old Plymouth Rocks. One of them recently passed away - we don't know what caused it, but it has not affected the other chicken (except that she seems lonely). We would like to bring in 2-3 more chickens to keep the remaining...
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