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As in, put in an OG tube several times a day for feeds? That seems terribly traumatic. And for how long? The rest of her life? Will she ever learn to eat?

Does anyone have any suggestion to help with her care and health?

I have an 8 week old chick with a cross beak. She is unable to eat regular chick crumble so we have been feeding her a special mixture of foods that are soft/liquiy. She was doing ok, had gained some weight but was still significantly smaller that the other chicks of the same age. She now has...

Nothing happening so far. She does look a little perkier today and she is drinking well (I put Calcium in her water). But she isn't eating that I have seen. Back to the tub with her!

I have a 2 yr old hen who is acting like she doesn't feel well. lots of sitting, I thought she was going to lay an egg in my compost pile yesterday, but she didn't. her lower half is very fluffed out. I don't know what a penguin walk is, but she's walking slowly, although she did run from me...

OK, we have determined that Ruby is now a layer! Yay She has consistently produced green eggs for us all week.

Got another greenie today! Starting to be excited!

Fast forward more than a year. When I checked the nest box today I discovered a green egg. This is weird because our EE that was actually laying eggs died last fall. I bought another EE this spring, but she lays brown eggs. Ruby still squats and goes into the nest box on occasion. She has...

check the toner cartridge.

Update: All chickens are now in the coop. The baby is integrated but still wary of the bully. The bully isn't nearly as interested in bullying anymore, sometimes she chases Queenie around but it seems half-hearted like she just thinks she should but doesn't really have a plan. They all sleep...

I have an EE that is now over a year old. I got her and her sister at two days old. Her sister laid beautiful green eggs daily starting at about 20 weeks, then just up and died last fall. We found her on the floor of the coop one morning. The remaining chicken squats, does egg song and...

We had the neighbor girl separate the chickens each night but they free ranged (in their large enclosure) during the day. We got home and I partitioned off a small part of the run and put the worst offender in time out. She'll be there for a few weeks at least. The "new" chick stays in the...

4/21/2-15: I'm going to get a fourth chicken today and was worried about integrating her. My Barred Rock even chases the little birds away from my patio. She's such a bossy thing, and she's the youngest of my three! Last year we kept her inside for a few months until we thought she would be...

OK, so I went and got another EE that day and the poor thing still lives in a dog kennel in the house. She free ranges in the back yard with the big girls all day, mostly stays out of their way, Laura the boss chases her when she can. But at night Laura will not leave her alone. We took her...

This is Laura, I think she needs therapy (multiple personality disorder). She'll be sweet while you're holding her and eat our of your hand, then BAM! she strikes as soon as you put her down! Any suggestions? Still no eggs, and NO that is NOT blood on the chopping block, my husband put deck...

Won't that hurt?

She has lots of feather stubs, like they've been broken off or pulled out. Her poor tail just has a few feathers and the rest is bare and prickly. The girls we got last year as chicks never looked this bad, they grew in pinfeathers but never looked "shaved". She sits a lot, too. Even eats...

I just got a new "baby" yesterday. There was quite a bit of commotion getting her out of the brooder and into a box for transport and she was really freaking out so I didn't have the chance to examine her well yesterday. When I got her home and lifted her wings I noticed that her back is...

I just got a new "baby" yesterday. There was quite a bit of commotion getting her out of the brooder and into a box for transport and she was really freaking out so I didn't have the chance to examine her well yesterday. When I got her home and lifted her wings I noticed that her back is...

These are really good replies, I'm going to get a fourth chicken today and was worried about integrating her. My Barred Rock even chases the little birds away from my patio. She's such a bossy thing, and she's the youngest of my three! Last year we kept her inside for a few months until we...