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    Chicken lies / sits down to eat - something wrong?

    We have kept chickens for 7 years now, but after moving house, we decided to have a fresh start and buy 7 Point of Lay hens, all hybrids of different breeds, Sussex, RIR, Marans, etc. On getting them home, we scattered some feed in their run, and to our surprise, 3 of them walked up to the food...
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    Please share your experience with broody raising chick(s)

    Hi, do bear in mind that if your adult hen has been away from the flock for a while, they will try to dominate it to get higher in the pecking order and peck it, but it should be old enough to deal with it hopefully.
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    Day old chick can't walk-help!

    Hi, I know this is too late for you, but may interest anyone else with a similar problem. One of my chicks hatched 3 days ago and its feet were clenched and turned inwards and it was just shuffling along and couldn't stand or weightbear. Every day, for about 30 mins at a time, about 6 times a...
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    Please share your experience with broody raising chick(s)

    Hi, first answer: my broody hen told her brood to leave her alone when they were 6 weeks old. Second answer: I had 2 older hens and they took months to accept new chickens into the fold. Older chickens see any new chickens as intruders and will peck it to death if given the oppurtunity...
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    3 Day-Old Chick Not Walking

    Hi, I know this is too late for you, but may interest anyone else with a similar problem. One of my chicks hatched 3 days ago and its feet were clenched and turned inwards and it was just shuffling along and couldn't stand or weightbear. Every day, for about 30 mins at a time, about 6 times a...
  6. tessa123123

    Please share your experience with broody raising chick(s)

    Hi, first answer: my broody hen told her brood to leave her alone when they were 6 weeks old. Second answer: I had 2 older hens and they took months to accept new chickens into the fold. Older chickens see any new chickens as intruders and will peck it to death if given the oppurtunity...
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    Chicken leg trembling - reason?

    Hi, we did have some warm weather recently, but the last few days have been a lot cooler with a lot of rain.
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    Chicken leg trembling - reason?

    Hi, we live in England and I don't know what a hot pick lotion is nor what blue kote is. Where are you from? We have bought a blue spray, so I think that is what you mean, but she only preens it off. I also feed her both layers and growers pellets to increase the protein. She isn't broody, as...
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    Chicken leg trembling - reason?

    Hi, this is the first time I have noticed it. She is a large chicken and normally quite placid. Perhaps a sign of old age creeping up, if it isn't a sign of some illness?
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    Chicken leg trembling - reason?

    Hi, thanks for replying. I will now go into more detail about this chicken, in case you can help me please. The chicken in question was in perfect health until late last year, when she moulted. Then she started to eat the new feathers despite all efforts to spray her to try and stop it...
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    Chicken leg trembling - reason?

    Hi, can anyone tell me what is wrong with my 2 and a 1/2 year old Sussex-cross hen? When she raises one leg whilst standing, it trembles. Is she ill or just getting old?
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