I hope mine lives as long as that! I did recently learn that Peanut, the current oldest living chicken (21 years!) is half Mille Fleur D'Uccle, so that gives me hope!
That's so strange about the line in the dirt thing! I suppose she could be hypnotizing herself, but she doesn't really look like that when it happens and that wouldn't explain the violent shaking.
I'm sorry about your hen! I certainly hope that my hen doesn't have cancer or something like that. She seems perfectly healthy the rest of the time, it's just the odd behavior when dust bathing. It certainly could be a nervous system reaction- she really does get into dust bathing and takes it...
I live in zone 5b, so spring and summer temps have been anywhere from low thirties (in the spring) to high eighties (in the summer). We have gotten so much rain lately that I wouldn't be surprised if it was some sort of bacteria or mold she's reacting to. She's bathed in a few different soils on...
Hello there! I suppose this is not an emergency, and I don't know if this is a disease or injury, but something definitely isn't right and this seemed like the best category to post this under.
I have an adorable year-old Mille Fleur D'Uccle bantam hen. She is the sweetest little thing, so...