Black Star's are also known as Black Sex-links. They are superb egg layers and even had a few lay eggs during molt when other breeds stopped laying during molt. They seem to be more friendly than Red Stars IMO. Barred Rocks are my favorites, Black Stars are a close second. You'll be happy with...
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I too have a Black Star hen that had an accident and she's crippled. She hops around on one leg and does just fine, including laying eggs. This happened about a year ago. When the accident occured, I bought some vitamin B complex tablets at the pharmacy, crushed them into a powder and...
Try putting her in a container with warm water in it, enough to cover her bottom. Gently massage her bottomside for about 10 minutes. Then put on a plastic glove and lube her vent area with some kind oil (olive oil, KY or vegetable oil) and put some on your finger and gently stick it up her...