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  1. azygous

    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    Yes, as @rosemarythyme linked to the original thread that introduced us all to this brooding system. I've used it on nights it got down into the high 20s. I would lay a folded wool blanket over the top of the hating pad frame to keep heat from escaping. The chicks did great, and they were only a...
  2. azygous

    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    You need not be worried about bringing baby chicks into the flock. Generally, adult chickens feel no threat or concern for baby chicks. I brood my chicks in my chicken jail pen and they grow up in close proximity to the adults, and by two or three weeks, the chicks are safely mingling with the...
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    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    I mentioned chicken victim syndrome. You may need to consider this as part of a problem that could be developing and figure out a setup to treat it. I discuss how I go about this here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-bully-chicken-victim-a-two-sided-issue.73923/
  4. azygous

    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    Have you tried letting her roost with the others? That goes a long way toward integration. When they all wake up to her on the roost with them, they often figure she belongs with them. (I haven't had chickens actually tell me this, but by their behavior, I conclude it.) Part of the problem...
  5. azygous

    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    She needs a safe pen, temporary and makeshift if necessary, or a large crate, to be back in the flock but separate and safe. This will give everyone a chance to get used to her being back, and she can eat and drink all she wants at her own pace. It shouldn't be a problem for ther o roost with...
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    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    Very professional wrap job!
  7. azygous

    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    Through experimentation, I found the one-inch wide strips sixteen inches long are just right to get the foot adequately wrapped. Any shorter and it may leave a gap somewhere that dirt can find its way through. Chickens are most curious about red things, so I avoid that color, but I use all the...
  8. azygous

    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    Your thread is a conversation and we can go on for weeks, even months. I have an old thread that has 735 comment windows filled and 76,000 views. There are threads on BYC even longer and they've been active for years. Ah, immortality. So, have fun with your threads. This is a very fun place...
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    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    Get Vetrap at the feed store where the horse supplies are shelved. Vetrap sticks to itself if you rub your fingers back and forth on it to make it stick. I wrap in around all the toes, back and forth across the foot and then end it at the back of the shank. Their beak can't reach back there.
  10. azygous

    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    Glad you joined us. You'll get lots of ideas on how to reintegrate your hen. My advice is do it gradually, letting conflicts take place and resolve as they usually do, intervening only if it goes on longer than a minute or so and looks like someone is going to get hurt. However, bumblefoot...
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