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I've been able to move a broody hen successfully (other chickens kept kicking her off the nest) and I noticed that once I took her eggs to move them, she ran to another nest box that she could see had eggs. I think she just wanted to sit on ANY eggs. But I moved her and she sat back on the...

She's been breathing a little heavy, sometimes she opens her mouth slightly to breathe, but her eyes and nose are clear and clean. No sneezing or discharge.

I put some neosporin (not the pain relief kind) on the spots... It looks like a cut at the leg joint, where the scab is. Could the other red, raised spots be signs of infection?

She's been a little lethargic for a few days but she kept perking back up so I didn't think it was serious. I'd been giving her electrolytes in her water. Tonight I decided to bring her in since she was still looking a little down and I noticed right at her lower leg joint where the feathers...

Thank you - it's kinda nerve-wracking wondering if any more will get sick. I have a group of 4 1/2 month old Marans and some older hens ranging from 7 months to 2 years old. Since the original group of Marek's-infected chickens died, one of the Marans babies at 4 months started looking ill and...

Just wanted to give an update to anyone who may find this thread - after nearly three weeks of further decline I had this pullet euthanized and sent for a necropsy. It was Mareks.

Thanks. I am keeping her inside and babying her to see if she improves. She was so healthy and strong just last week you can tell she hates suddenly not being able to get around. If she passes or if she gets bad enough to need to be euthanized I'm definitely going to get a necropsy to find...

In May I bought some Speckled Sussex pullets (4 months old) from a lady. Starting in July, all of those chickens got sick and died except for one, with symptoms like going lame, squinting their eyes, and having trouble breathing. One of them also had strange crusty scabs on its face in the...

It may depend on the bird, but I had one RIR in particular who was flying and had me scared she would fly out of the yard. It took a few tries, and I had to trim everything starting below the wing tip section (I left that section intact) back to her sides but she is definitely not flying...

You said the yard kept the chickens in for 3 1/2 years, what changed when they started getting out? Was it that they started flying out? I would try clipping their wings again, make sure your fence is completely secure, and definitely try putting them back into their coop at night. If you can...

Are there usually any warning signs? I don't remember her acting any differently yesterday (I'm having trouble remembering the last time I saw her yesterday, but she did go to bed earlier than the others), and the day before that she was definitely acting normal. Other than the weird egg...

I found my nearly one-year-old RIR dead in the coop this afternoon. Last night, I found this weird crumbly egg shell thing in the coop too, but none of the hens were acting differently. She was huddled in a corner of the nest box. I checked her all over because she hadn't been dead long and...