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    Ended Miss BYC Beauty Pageant—Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contest

    Entry 2 Mac 8 months Grey Sapphire Gem This is our little lame chicken. At 4 months, after her first egg, she lost the ability to walk. With calcium and B complex supplements, plus lots of warm baths, she is back to hobbling around with the rest of the flock. A happy ending to an often sad...
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    Ended Miss BYC Beauty Pageant—Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contest

    Entry 1 Babs 8 months Speckled Speckled Sussex We call this little one the plutonic ideal of a chicken. She just hits all the right notes.
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    Lame chicken (not Marek's) - A rare account of RECOVERY.

    Came to tell my story of our little Sapphire Gem. She started to lay early, about 4 months old. First egg was no problem, but on her 2nd egg we noticed that she began to stumble. On the 2nd day, she couldn't even get up. We brought her to the vet and they said it was most likely a neurological...
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    What type of comb is my blue-laced gold wyandotte?

    Hi, everyone. Our wyandotte is 6 months old and has a comb that looks like this. Almost flat with a tiny nub up near the top of the head. Any ideas what this comb is called?
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    Hi Birdfull, I wanted to check in and ask how you're hen is doing? Mine is able to walk on her tippy toes now, but they don't bend very well so she kind of still hobbles along. But she can walk! So I count that as a win. She still doesn't balance well, but I'm so happy that she is able to move...
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    Pullet panting and eyes rolling back

    Thank you for this!! I'll look into this as an option, and maybe see if there are local clinics that would test for Marek's too.
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    Pullet panting and eyes rolling back

    Hi there. Yes, she is still laying eggs (not daily, maybe once every other day). She probably is having reproductive issues...her first few eggs were soft shelled and easily broken, which is why I started giving her calcium supplements too. Is it possible to get testing done while she is...
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    Pullet panting and eyes rolling back

    Hi there, I have a 5 month old sapphire gem named Mac. About 3 weeks ago, she laid her first egg, but shortly after, she started having trouble walking. Ever since then, she has been unable to stand or uncurl her toes to put weight on them. She walks on her hocks and recently I've noticed...
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    Yes I've been putting half a Vitamin B complex pill into her beak every day, in addition to crushed up egg shells for calcium. I have oyster shells from TSC but they are huge and I don't see her touching them. I may have to try crushing them a bit more. I've tried several times with the...
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    This is so promising! I'm sure you were relieved to hear that! Thank you for the info and I'll be sure to keep up the calcium in addition to the Vitamin B supplement. Good luck!!
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    Chicken oddities: what’s something you wish your chicken/chickens didn’t do?

    💯! Its hilarious when they'll look at me as if I'm starving them but there's a whole mess of feed at their feet.
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    Chicken oddities: what’s something you wish your chicken/chickens didn’t do?

    Loved reading through this thread! For me, I wish my chickens knew that the food that is in their feeder is the EXACT SAME FOOD as the pellets in my hand. They must think the ones in my hand are premium grade and only for special, royalty chickens, while the food in their feeder is garbage and...
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    Hi! I called the hatchery and forgot to ask about selling in TSCs, but the hatchery is Hoover's Hatchery in Iowa (I think they are large enough where it is likely they stock TSCs in MN). They believe my SG has Marek's, despite her being vaccinated, since that is the most common cause of...
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    Thank you for your advice!! That is one of the theories I'm thinking, in addition to the riboflavin deficiency. I did end up crushing up some eggshells in a blender after sanitizing them in the oven and fed them to my Sapphire Gem for a calcium boost.
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    Also: here are photos of my SG, you can see her toes curl like yours. I just made this little wheelchair for her today and she pretty much just sat there, didn't attempt to use her legs at all. Her toes curled in and they dragged on the floor. It was pretty cute to push her around though lol.
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    I'm thinking of calling the hatchery tomorrow to see if they know anything we don't, especially if it's a genetic trait in Sapphire Gems. I'll update here if I find anything. I read somewhere else on this forum that someone took 2 months to heal a paralyzed rooster! So it may also be a matter of...
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    W Wow I wonder if it is genetic? My Sapphire Gem came from a small hatchery in Iowa, and I purchased her through a local farm store. I'm based in Minnesota. I'm really glad to hear that there has been progress where she can stand and even run! Today, my girl moved around a bit more which is...
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    My squad

    Ah thank you for the kind welcome messages! Here are photos of my girls - I've named them after the main characters of Chicken Run the claymation movie - Bunty (Maran), Babs (Sussex), Ginger (Wyandotte) and Mac (Sapphire Gem).
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    Hi! Yes, I also have calcium tablets around and can give her some. Both her eggs were hard-shelled and looked healthy though, so I didn't think calcium was the issue. Yesterday's egg was passed quietly (I was in the same room and didn't hear her struggle or anything, just suddenly found an egg...
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    Hi there! I am experiencing this exact scenario! My sapphire gem of 4 months laid her second egg about four days ago but stopped walking after that. Her legs look exactly like the one in your photo. She is panting frequently, which I believe to be because of pain :( Do you have any updates on...
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