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Rose seems to be doing a lot better, she still isn't eating much. But most of the oddness is gone, she still paces, but it isn't frantic, and she isn't holding her beak to the fencing anymore. I think she may recover, if she'll eat something.

She is a Buff Orpington, they have a run and house in the back yard. I feed them purena layena and scratch and some kitchen scrap, mostly tomatoes and strawberry stems. She is a little more than a year, along with most of the rest of the flock, all are buff orpingons other than my 2 chicks...

Okay, in addition to the one that was injured in a fight, I have another that is acting strangely. She walks in circles backwards, stops, then looks like she's having a seizure, then runs frantically in circles forward, then sits down, and looks like she's trying to recover. Is there such a...

to update: Rose is in her own pen. She is still uneasy, falters when she walks, unbalanced. She drinks some water, but is not really eating. The pacing has slowed, not as frantic, but she still keeps her beak to the fencing, almost to steady herself. She laid an egg 2 days ago, but nothing...

Update: I think she is blind. she is pacing along the fence with her beak just hitting the netting, like she is feeling her way around. Sophia started in on her again this morning, so Rose is back in confinement. She is just standing with her head in the corner just as far as she can stretch...

So, Sophia Petrillo apparently had enough of Rose's St. Olephff Stories. They were fighting, I should say, Sophia was beating the poo out of Rose. Rose's Comb was injured and bleeding, so I put her in confinement. She seemed better this afternoon, just her comb was a bit pale, I figured from...

Greetings! I have just received 6 buff orpingtons and am so excited. I am, however, alarmed at how loud they are. I am wondering if they may pipe down after settling in or if this is something my neighbors and I will have to deal with? hmmm. I will be posting updates and pictures in the...