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  1. EllenPos

    Injured chicken new to flock and LOTS of drama!

    Just wanted to offer an update in case anyone else comes along in a similar situation. We've had the injured chicken more than a month now and we are getting into a routine. She spends the day in a nesting box with food and water and chicken wire in front of it to keep the other hens from...
  2. EllenPos

    Injured chicken new to flock and LOTS of drama!

    Thank you! I actually already did try those. I think it did help cushion her feet for a few days while she was healing, but she was so clumsy trying to walk in them and they were tricky to get on because her toes are so mangled. I even made little popsicle-stick splints to put inside them, but...
  3. EllenPos

    Injured chicken new to flock and LOTS of drama!

    Thank you ALL for your honest responses. I am not surprised by the advice to cull her. I just don't think that's an option for me. Rainekitty, I really appreciate hearing your story as well. I am starting to get savvier every day, observing when and where the problems seem to be happening. I...
  4. EllenPos

    Injured chicken new to flock and LOTS of drama!

    Hi all, We are new to chickens, taking in two hens from a friend this summer. My son works on a farm and brought home a chicken whose feet were severely injured (caught in a pig feeder). She has been with us a couple of weeks now, and I've determined that the only semi-functional toes she has...
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