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  1. lazy gardener

    My Hen is Walking Backwards

    No. moving her into the house would be detrimental to her.
  2. lazy gardener

    My Hen is Walking Backwards

    Even bigger an issue of heat is ventilation. What are your openings in the coop to provide for that? They need ventilation even in winter cold.
  3. lazy gardener

    My Hen is Walking Backwards

    I had a RIR that would molt in the coldest part of every winter. We had weeks on end when the temp was below 0*F. She looked like she belonged in the poultry case at my local Hannaford store. In spite of the cold and her nakedness, she came through molt just fine. They are far more...
  4. lazy gardener

    My Hen is Walking Backwards

    Pick up some Poultry Nutri-Drench. I'm guessing she does not metabolize her vitamins as well as the rest of your flock. Her system is stressed right now, and this is why you are seeing an underlying weakness present it'self right now. You can give this to the entire flock in their water. If...
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    My Hen is Walking Backwards

    In this summer heat, I would not give them magnesium chloride. Just give them the vitamins in one waterer, and plain water in the other. HOWEVER, vitamin water needs to be changed daily. It goes rancid very quickly. You can get a bottle of Poultry (or sheep) nutri-drench, and give her a few...
  6. lazy gardener

    My Hen is Walking Backwards

    You might try giving her Nutridrench. I also have a pullet who does this, usually just in the morning, and only for a few seconds. Had a chick who had what is called wry neck, with the backwards walking. I brought him back from comatose to acting normal with electrolytes, probiotics...
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