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My oldest chicken was a mutt bantam named Buttercup, and she lived to be twenty. She was a bossy hen who was top hen of my first flock for years, and she outlived her brothers and sisters, her babies (tragically lost the last who was only around 5 to a raccoon), and most of my second flock. In...

Hi, I have a 19 year old hen who had developed bumblefoot a couple months ago. I did surgery and removed a kernel of infection and she looked like she was on the mend. I had been cleaning and wrapping the foot. I ended up having to do the same on her other foot about a week and half later, but...

The only wormer I have right now is Wazine... I'm a little afraid to give it to her if she is weak, but if it is worms I'm going to wish I had.... I'm not sure how soon I will be able to get any other medication, and I still find it a little hard to believe she could have coccidiosis when her...

Hi everyone, So, I have an 18 year old hen that I had posted about a few months ago. She was doing poorly at the time but bounced back just fine after a few days. Now, however, I'm very worried about her. Yesterday she started having watery bloody stool and didn't eat much at all. This has...

I was thinking the same thing about antibiotics. I was just too afraid to use them when I wasn't even sure she was actually sick. I guess I'll continue to wait and see. I know she won't go on forever, but I'm going to keep on trying to help her in any way I can. I'm still hoping she can get past...

Hi everyone, I'm new here but I have been keeping chickens for a long time. 18 years in fact, because the little bantam hen who is having a problem was amongst the first batch of chicks I ever received. This old girl has had increasingly worse cataracts for two years and is mostly blind at this...