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    Lame hen

    My pekin hen Little Edie, aged around 3 years, is suddenly lame in one leg. Happy, chatty, eating drinking & pooing normally, but her right leg is not weight-bearing and the foot doesn’t respond to stimulus. I’ve had her indoors for several days and wrapped the leg in vet’s tape to try and give...
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    Saying hello - any Pekin (cochin) keepers?

    Hi! I've been keeping hens for about 3 and a half years in the backyard of my Victorian terrace - if you know English houses you will know that these yards are not particularly big, but it's all theirs. We have a run with bark chippings as well as the cemented space, which is really easy to keep...
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    Small hard lump on pekin's head

    Hi all, My wheaten pekin (cochin) hen had a bit of a swollen head last week and one eye closed. I treated her with antibiotics and the swelling has gone, she's eating and scratching and pooing, but she now has a hard lump the size of a ball bearing under the skin next to her comb that I've not...
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