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Okay, I know this is going to sound like a weird question, but one of our three 9 month old Coronation Sussex finally starting laying last week (the other 2 free loaders....that's another story). Anyway, she seems to be an entirely different chicken now. Much more desperate for food (seems...

Well, our little Gimpy passed today while we were at the vets office (in my arms). They did manage to get an x-ray before she passed and my vet did a necropsy free of charge. She had pneumonia. Not sure what type but the vet said her lungs were pretty inflamed with lots of mucus, etc. I had...

Morning update: she won't come out of the coop this morning with the others. That's a first so I know today is going to determine what happens. I feel so bad for her, I really don't want to cull her but I don't want to see in prolonged pain either. As far as laying, she is one of the younger...

Yes, we are hoping she will make it as well. We had hoped even if she didn't produce eggs she would be a good companion to the others. They all seem to be so attached to each other, but maybe I'm just seeing what I want to see.

I have 4 Coronation Sussex chickens between 7.5 & 6.5 months old. One of them, Gimpy, was injured when she was very young (about 6 weeks old) by our overly "friendly" dog. We didn't know if she would make it at the time but she seemed to come through it fine. She got her name Gimpy because...