Yes I think that is all true. And if you think about it, must be true or she wouldn't be alive.
Her crop is very weird. It isn't blocked - it is like her whole GI system just isn't working (which is why I am obsessed with poop). I can more-or-less empty her crop with some massage and lifting it up. But then if she moves or I stop pressing it, all the corn comes rushing back in. I actually (of course) looked into this and it turns out chickens are known to have food move the wrong way back into the crop!
And on the subject of poop - last night she had two modest but nice looking poops and another one when she was outside with me and her Hooligan friends this afternoon.
Poops! Yes! :celebrate💩:yesss: I hope to read she keeps improving. I too think there's no reason to believe that her neurological problem is limited to her leg muscles, given the gizzard is made up of a bunch of muscles, and there on down could be affected too.

I know so little about this, but was curious to read about B6 deficiency contributing to "gizzard erosion" (don't know if she has that, but if her gizzard isn't working right, could that be why?) and seeing the bit about leg maturation and crippling.

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...ltry/vitamin-deficiencies-in-poultry#v3348035
Gizzard erosion has been noted in vitamin B6–deficient chicks. It can be prevented by inclusion of 1% taurocholic acid in the diet, leading to the speculation that pyridoxine is involved in taurine synthesis and is important for gizzard integrity. In pyridoxine deficiency, collagen maturation is incomplete, suggesting that this vitamin is essential for integrity of the connective tissue matrix. A chronic deficiency can result in perosis, with one leg usually being crippled and one or both middle toes bent inward at the first joint.

There's an adenovirus that actually causes gizzard erosion itself, but there's nothing about associated leg weakness.
 
It’s a good thing, means our environment is better.
Unless you are prey. But yes, in general you are correct. I do think there should now be relocation services to move them away. I do not wish to kill them but I need to be able to release pressure on my ladies.
 
Getting Down

I have been wondering for some time now Gucci got down off the porch each morning. I was fairly certain she was not using the ramp. Almost none of the hens do. Yesterday I caught her getting down on video.

Oh, dear! She needs a longer flight path! I kept thinking 'okay, now she's going to go....okay, now...nope....now? Then she lets loose and smooshes right into the fence! :eek: I guess that is the difficulty with being a good flyer...is a gentle take-off for a short landing! :confused:
 
Getting Down

I have been wondering for some time now Gucci got down off the porch each morning. I was fairly certain she was not using the ramp. Almost none of the hens do. Yesterday I caught her getting down on video.

The other two girls were in Gucci's way! but she did it anyway. 😋

Glynda is getting sooo pretty.
 
So we are still integrating the two littles with the big girls. They are often cuddled together at a corner of the run where there is no shade in the afternoon, so we still bring them inside to their brooder box from 2-5.
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This morning the lotus bloomed FULL
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@BY Bob I don't mean to be auditing your signature😅, but I truly needed to go to your Primer article to find something so I clicked on it (in your signature), but it gave me an error, so perhaps something wrong with the link?
Beautiful pullets and flower. Very pretty.

I am checking the link now. :barnie
 
Getting Down

I have been wondering for some time now Gucci got down off the porch each morning. I was fairly certain she was not using the ramp. Almost none of the hens do. Yesterday I caught her getting down on video.

I'm happy to see Gucci's leg and mobility is improving. Also do my eye's deceive me or is Lady Featherington gaining her white speckles?
 

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