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Thank you all for your responses. I have decided this time to purchase a few fertilized eggs from a neighbor. when the eggs hatch, i will try putting a few extra chicks in there for Goldie to foster. I hope this makes her happy. She is so serious about wanting to be a mommy. We don't have a...

Well, Sharon was killed yesterday. The other hens were pecking at her, so my husband pout her down. There did not appear to be any disease in her. We don't know what it was. Her legs were yellow and cool...but everything else seemed fine. RIP Sharon.

do you think if i put a new chick under my broody hen, that she will raise it - even tho she did not hatch it?

No, not paralyzed. She can scoot around in about a one foot area where she has food and water and bedding. i cleaned poop of of her butt yesterday. She can move her head. She eats. She cannot stand

This is day 3 of Sharon's disease. She was limping 4 days ago, and I did not see an accident. She is free range on 4 aces with 12 other hens and 12 turkey chicks (who are half grown). 3 nights ago I saw her in the pen, lying down by herself in the doorway. I picked her up - she did not fight...