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She definitely is acting broody, but has some of these other symptoms too. I've never had chickens before, so I don't know the classic signs of a broody hen. I haven't treated for mites or lice... what do you recommend I do for that? I do clean out their pine shavings in the coop and nesting box...

Ruby Update!! Okay, so need your help again on what to do. She is still alive and maybe got 20% better, but now she is just hanging in there, and I've noticed a few other symptoms. Here is what is going on: *She sits in the nesting box all day *Fluffs up her feathers in the box when I go to...

I wanted to add too, that I sat outside and watched her for about an hour tonight.. I brought her out, and she actually stayed outside of the coop for about 20 minutes. She mainly just stood their preening and fluffing and scratching ALOT. Every so often she would flap her wings and make a...

So, an update on Ruby my Maran.... She is about the same. Still hanging out in the nesting box 24/7 and still eating a little bit/drinking a little bit when I take her out and try to get her involved. Fluffing her feathers alot, and making some different noises. I just came in from giving her...

Thank you so much for all the info! Wow -- that gives me hope that maybe it isn't the screw in her crop. We looked up all about screws and found that they are often just plated with zinc, and the rest is stainless steel. Obviously the zinc would be enough to poison and kill a chicken though, so...

Thank you... so, she has been acting definitely off for 3 days, but now that we know something is wrong, she was spending more time in the nesting box even a few days before that. We just thought she was being broody. So, I would say she has been showing some signs for about 4-5 days, with the...

So, I have 8 girls that are about a year and a half old. They have all been happy and heathly and wonderful until our Maran starting acting off the past few days. She stopped laying and wasn't leaving the nesting box. I suspected that she was egg-bound, so we took a trip to the vet today...