Anyone have a flock of disabled chickens?

Sparko

In the Brooder
Mar 10, 2020
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It’s something that randomly popped out of my mind.

So, does anyone here have a flock of chickens that are physically or mentally challenged?
 
I have two chickens of my original ten with disabilities. One has a leg issue, his name is Skippy. And another has sight problems and just seems a bit slower or needier as far as self sufficiency goes. She is a hen but was named Woody before we knew and the name just fits for some reason.
 
I have a polish hen that is out to lunch. She knows how to eat and drink and lay a egg but that is about it. She sits alone in the coop while everyone else is outside and roosts alone. I bought her at a sale so I don't know her history. I thought maybe she can't see so I even trimmed her feathers but her behavior stayed the same. I've had her since last fall. I have a silkie that does this sneeze hiccup noise, she isn't sick just makes this noise when she gets excited. I have a separate pen of chickens that get bullied by the others and they all get along fine.
 
I have a BO that is "normal" now, she just does her own thing and doesn't really care what the flock is up to, but was very slow on maturing and just seemed like a "sickly child", and a mixed hen that we hatched last year that is also special in her own way- I think she may be blind in one eye-she turns around in a circle when looking for the flock, and when she jumps down off the roost she is definitely NOT graceful about it and kind of tremors and shakes and looks very confused for a bit.
I also have one chick in the brooder that i just got a couple weeks ago that seems a little off as well, slow to move around and not gaining weight as fast as the rest of them, she also mostly stands on only one leg so I am wondering if she has an injury or if she will deteriorate-so far she hasn't gotten worse and may be just a tiny bit better after adding electrolytes/probiotics to her water so we'll see about her in a few weeks/months.
 

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